al bowlly

[charlie]

Spoiler: Wiki Page

Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1899 – 17 April 1941) was a South African-British vocalist, crooner, and dance band guitarist who was Britain's most popular singer for most of the 1930s.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bowlly#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bowlly#cite_note-:0-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a> He recorded upwards of 1,000 songs that were listened to by millions and even crossed over to the United States. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bowlly#cite_note-:0-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>

His most popular songs include "Midnight, the Stars and You", "Goodnight, Sweetheart", "Close Your Eyes", "The Very Thought of You", "Guilty", "Heartaches" and "Love Is the Sweetest Thing". He also recorded the only English version of "Dark Eyes" by Adalgiso Ferraris, as "Black Eyes", with lyrics by Albert Mellor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bowlly#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>

 

[charlie]

 

[Geezer]

I like that the album art has a huge gypsy-jazz guitar what looks to be a similar condenser mic to the ones used in the American Epic sessions. (Link Here)

 

[Geezer]

Found a new banger song recently:

This being the "Cover Era" I found out Al also did it (though I don't like it that much):