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Re: The Deborah Allen duets revisited

Posted by Frank Baker on December 28, 2007, 11:31 am, in reply to "Re: The Deborah Allen duets revisited"
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Thanks for the info, Larry.
I'm sure we will all enjoy reading more of this kind of information in your book!
Happy New Year to you, and to all the readers,
Frank

--Previous Message--
: It was Mary's love interest, Blue Boy Bud
: Logan, who was smitten by Debra Allen when
: he met her at a party, and he prevailed upon
: Mary to use her on the duets. Despite their
: commercial success, Mary was critical of
: Debra and found her difficult to work with.
: In fact, Mary herself told me she regretted
: the choice, and would rather have had a
: different female vocalist (whom she named),
: do the overdubbing.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I was just reading an on-line biography of
: Deborah Allen, the young singer who dubbed
: some duets with Jim. It includes the
: following quote: "...in 1979 [she] was
: handpicked by the late Jim Reeves' wife to
: dub duet vocals onto three unfinished Reeves
: tracks — "Don't Let Me Cross
: Over," "Oh, How I Miss You
: Tonight," and the Top Ten hit
: "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold
: Me.""
: Now I know that the statement about
: "unfinished Reeves tracks" is not
: correct, but I'm wondering about the
: "handpicked by the late Jim Reeves'
: wife" statement. Does anybody know for
: sure about that? I participated in a thread
: awhile back concerning how Deborah as a
: newcomer was chosen to sing with Jim, but I
: don't remember learning that Mary had done
: the choosing, although I readily admit to
: having a very poor memory.
: Any thoughts?
: Frank Baker
:
:
:

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--Previous Message-- : Thanks for the info, Larry. : I'm sure we will all enjoy reading more of : this kind of information in your book! : Happy New Year to you, and to all the : readers, : Frank : : --Previous Message-- : It was Mary's love interest, Blue Boy Bud : Logan, who was smitten by Debra Allen when : he met her at a party, and he prevailed upon : Mary to use her on the duets. Despite their : commercial success, Mary was critical of : Debra and found her difficult to work with. : In fact, Mary herself told me she regretted : the choice, and would rather have had a : different female vocalist (whom she named), : do the overdubbing. : : --Previous Message-- : I was just reading an on-line biography of : Deborah Allen, the young singer who dubbed : some duets with Jim. It includes the : following quote: "...in 1979 [she] was : handpicked by the late Jim Reeves' wife to : dub duet vocals onto three unfinished Reeves : tracks — "Don't Let Me Cross : Over," "Oh, How I Miss You : Tonight," and the Top Ten hit : "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold : Me."" : Now I know that the statement about : "unfinished Reeves tracks" is not : correct, but I'm wondering about the : "handpicked by the late Jim Reeves' : wife" statement. Does anybody know for : sure about that? I participated in a thread : awhile back concerning how Deborah as a : newcomer was chosen to sing with Jim, but I : don't remember learning that Mary had done : the choosing, although I readily admit to : having a very poor memory. : Any thoughts? : Frank Baker : : : : :

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