Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!gtaylor From: gtaylor@cornell.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music,net.movies Subject: Re: Request for info: choral group from movie soundtracks Message-ID: <253@cornell.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 23:05:16 EDT Article-I.D.: cornell.253 Posted: Mon Aug 13 23:05:16 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Aug-84 00:34:27 EDT References: <973@pyuxn.UUCP> Reply-To: gtaylor@gvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor) Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 14 Yeah, Rich: The people you're alluding to were called the Swingle Singers. They had a habit of doing mostly Bach, and the choice of dumb syllables was supposed to help the voice blending and the timbral stuff. Right up there with SPike Jones, and the Cleveland Dog CHorus...... They have a couple of records available under their own name and those probably date from the late 60's sometime,... ________________________________________________________________________________ If you ask me, I may tell you gtaylor@cornell it's been this way for years Gregory Taylor I play my red guitar.... Theorynet (Theoryknot) ________________________________________________________________________________