Dick Haymes - Keep It Simple
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Artist: Dick HaymesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-12-01
Music Label: Audiophile
Soundtracks:
- That's All
- As Time Goes By
- I Get Along Without You Very Well
- I'm Glad There Is You
- I'll Remember April
- While We're Young
- Medley: That's for Me/It Might as Well as Be Spring
- Emily
- This Masquerade
- Little White Lies
- Almost Like Being in Love
- Somewhere in the Night
- Last Night When We Were Young
- I Love You, Samantha
- Here's That Rainy Day
- Way We Were
- There Will Never Be Another You
- But Beautiful
Music reviews of Keep It Simple
Music Review: A Good Haymes Legacy
Rating: 4 Stars
The man who succeeded Sinatra as a big band singer possessed an equal vocal instrument. An absolutely gorgeous baritone held great potential as an all-time great artist.Unfortunately, Dick Haymes' downfall was due to a lack of good solid vocal training . . . not coaching, but vocal lessons. That's where Sinatra had the good sense early on, and even in his mature years: he sought and received solid technique which, along with his early bandsinger experience, held him well through his career.Even on this very enjoyable and beautiful cd, one can hear one missed opportunity after the next. Haymes' decision to take on the mid-50's style of throwing away the last word or line prevented him from sinking into the center of the pitch, of obtaining full resonance and sostenuo qualities. His tendency to close rather than keep open diphthongs deprived the listener from being thrilled by his full voice. His choice of rhythmic stylisms were often more mechanical than heartfelt--more musical posturings than emotional expressions. It's no accident that Haymes didn't achieve the fame of many other great singers of the 20th century. His downer life experiences probably didn't help his vocal craft either. Yet, this is what's left--some very good recordings, offering the musical legacy of one of the truly great vocal instruments of the century, nicely sung, with a sparse background that leaves nowhere to hide vocally. Perhaps that's the point of Haymes: a lesser singer with a golden voice, in a program of beautiful ballads. He gives these his all, and this is the best he has to offer. Myself, I enjoy the recording when taken for what it is: a legacy of not only a gifted vocal artist but also representative of a rich period in American popular music.
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