Pha Terrell
Elmer "Pha" Terrell (born May 25, 1910 in Kansas City , Missouri , † October 14, 1945 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American jazz singer .
Live and act
Pha Terrell began his career in his hometown nightclubs in the early 1930s as a singer, dancer and MC until he was discovered by Andy Kirk , who hired him as a band vocalist for his formation Twelve Clouds of Joy . Terrell then sang for eight years with Kirk, from 1933 to 1941, and worked on his recordings for Decca Records with; he can be heard on his number 1 hit from July 1936 "Until the Real Thing Comes Along (It Will Have to Do)" .
Terrell had other hits with the Kirk band with "What Will I Tell My Heart?" , "Dedicated to You" (1937) and "I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)" (1938); after 1941 he moved to Indianapolis to sing in Clarence Loves Territory Band . He then moved to Los Angeles, where he performed as a soloist. Terrell died of kidney failure in 1945 .
Appreciation
In addition to his first number 1 hit in 1936, Eugene Chadbourne highlighted the song "All the Jive Is Gone" from 1937 as probably Terrell's best performance in Allmusic . Will Friedwald was critical of the high tenors of the swing era like Dan Grissom and Pha Terrell, “who [replaced] the influences of blues and jazz with something that sounded like an open-mouthed hissing sound that was real but nonetheless unpleasant Tradition of black falsetto singing was based ”. A fan of Terrell's singing style was the young Earl Coleman , who thought; "Pha wasn't a cheeky singer like Bill Kinnes (from Ink Spots )".
Discographic notes
- Andy Kirk 1936–1937 ( Classics )
literature
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Will Friedwald : Swinging Voices of America - A Compendium of Great Voices . Hannibal, St. Andrä-WIERT, 1992. ISBN 3-85445-075-3
- Gerhard Klußmeier : Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history. Liner notes and booklet for the 100 CD edition. Membrane International GmbH. ISBN 978-3-86735-062-4
Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Terrell, Pha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Terrell, Elmer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1945 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |