Brownian Motion Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 This is Marion Harris. In 1934 she made a record of "Singing the Blues", singing her own lyrics, using as the melody the Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke solos from their record of 1927. As far as I know this makes her inventor of "vocalese", an invention I've never heard credited to anyone but Eddie Jefferson. Her performance can be found on "Bix Restored, Volume 5". Quote
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