Bowery Boy Bobby Jordan Sings!
One of the Bowery Boys' best entries had Sach (Huntz Hall) transforming into the mellifluous "Bowery Thrush" -- an amazing crooner who sounded like "Crosby, Jolson and Sinatra, all on one record!". (And besides the vocal similarity, his physique even rivaled the bobby-sox era Sinatra!). Little did movie patrons know that this premise was a case of art imitating life, because it seems that former Bowery Boy Bobby Jordan actually possessed a genuine singing talent! As evidence today's post at the Bowery Bijou features an actual audio recording of Bobby's post-Bowery Boy nightclub performance, in which he sings "Sweet Lorraine". At song's end Bobby good-naturedly proclaims himself to be "the greatest male voice to be heard in the last 50 to 100 years" -- before admitting to have "lost" his head, joking that he "looks better without it!"
posted by Background Bennie @ 2:37 PM
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6 Comments:
Thanks for all the entertaining and revealing posts.
-RJ, Bobby's Grandson.
great post, shame it's more than a year old. any new ones on the way?
He had a smooth voice. Thanks for the memories! -Doreen
He had a smooth voice. Thanks for the memories! Doreen
Ah but what he might have done had he lived a little longer and drank a little less. Bobby your star will never go out. Lascema
Standards for singing were much higher then. Today he'd be a Michael Buble or Harry Connick.
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