Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
[Collector announcement] informant, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about his song repertoire and song sources; sings the chorus of 'Two Little Girls in Blue'; sings 'All Through the Night'; thoughts on what makes a good song - stories/words with meaning, importance of words and being able to hear them; the Beatles; what makes a good singer - voice, training; singing in a male voice choir; diction; bad singers; pub singing locally; the Black Bull pub in Ugthorpe - singing after quoits matches; George White and singing duets; favourite songs; sings 'Beautiful Dreamer'; BH's ear for pitch; singing outside, in Parish Hall and church; acoustics; sings 'I Dream of Jeannie'; favourite songwriter/arranger, Stephen Foster; young singers; audiences; Irish songs; use of a microphone; television; sings 'Jerusalem Jerusalem'; song repertoire; Country and Western music; Jim Reeves. [Tr. 4] BH talks about old songs dying out; younger people at quoits club social events; revival of old songs; learning songs from his mother, helping her on the farm; remembering songs; singing in public; sings 'You Made Me Love You'; Mrs. Jagger, District Nurse and piano player; sings 'You May Not Be An Angel'; forgetting words; truth in songs; tailoring songs according to the audience; performance and bad local singers; singing in church/at weddings; sings 'Come Back to Erin', two unidentified songs, 'The Old Rustic Bridge', two unidentified songs; singing and choosing what to sing. [Tr. 1] 44 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | yfbnq764 |
| IRN | 414502 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A451r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/yfbnq764 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 12 December 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 91' 24". |