The Voices Sing the Title and a Few Lines, and Then Go to Wordless Vocals

[Teasing the Korean]

It seems that by the 1950s, this had become a thing on mixed orchestral/vocal albums.  The group singers may sing only a couple of lines of the song, including the title, but otherwise sing wordless vocals. 

I wonder when this began.  Les Baxter was doing it at least as early as 1954.  I've wondered also about Paul Weston, who is considered to be the father of mood music, but his early albums are mostly orchestral.

 

[GA Russell]

That's great, TTK!

Was that a 10-inch LP with only eight songs?

My first thought here is that the title of the song is sung to remind the less musical members of the public what the song is.  Just a guess.

I'm reminded of a comment here years ago, maybe by aloc, that often he would attend a concert when the musical introductions to the songs made it obvious what the song was, but most in the audience would not recognize the song until the singer began to sing (and they would then at that point applaud).

[Teasing the Korean]

On 6/21/2024 at 12:13 AM, GA Russell said:

My first thought here is that the title of the song is sung to remind the less musical members of the public what the song is.  Just a guess.

That would be my guess, also.  I'm trying to figure out how/when/where this originated.

[bichos]

paul desmond - same year 1954 with the bill bates singers: garden in the rain