[bomp] Re: Rudy & Winchester

[Sknoof@xxxxxxx]

<< How many people who heard Winchester Cathedral (essentially a novelty 
song) 
could care about [Rudy] Vallee? >>

<< Also Gigi, but neither were meant for the same audience as The Beatles. 
That 
was the point of the question. Disney and Gigi weren't relevent to the pop 
music of the day. >>

Sorry, have to disagree here.  From, say, '64 to '67 there was tremendous 
crossover of that sort.  "Winchester Cathedral" could be found in the 
little-45s-box-with-handle of just about every kid I knew.  And Rudy Vallee was very 
well-known to all ages during that time, after having been out of the picture for 
a couple of decades prior to that -- he was on Broadway in a featured role in 
"How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" and showed up frequently on 
shows like "Hollywood Palace" and such.

Hard as it might be to believe, when kids first heard the guy at the end of 
"Winchester" sing "A-vo-de-o-doh," it wasn't anything new to them.  They knew 
what it was and where it was from, even if only vaguely.

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