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Champian Fulton: Flying High - Big Band Canaries Who Soared

by Richard J Salvucci
If memory serves, Woody Herman was once quoted as saying it's tough to be a canary," or words to that effect. Canary" of course, was just one of the many euphemisms used for female big band singers in the 1930s and 1940s. Herman's pointed observation was spot on. He thought, correctly, that most female singers were being evaluated--by male critics, of course--on their physical attributes primarily, not on their vocal prowess. This is no place to go into detail, but ...
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