tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post3425384970445497511..comments2024-03-17T19:23:11.973-05:00Comments on EBL: Ethel Merman: Blow Gabriel BlowEvi L. Bloggerladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post-56876118646077378972014-09-29T10:04:31.867-05:002014-09-29T10:04:31.867-05:00That is very true. That is very true. Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post-50773857359963954212014-09-29T05:13:22.015-05:002014-09-29T05:13:22.015-05:00She was Porter's go-to girl in a show.She was Porter's go-to girl in a show.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587842796867542781.post-87688497100526467302014-09-28T21:06:32.592-05:002014-09-28T21:06:32.592-05:00It's interesting to hear singers whose success...It's interesting to hear singers whose success was so clearly a matter of technology. Presumably Ethel M. was prized for her ability to project a song to the back row of the second balcony, but as wireless mics make that skill unnecessary, her style gives way to a completely different kind of B'way singer.<br /><br />Sinatra might've been nothing more than a singing waiter in pre-microphone days.Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.com