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So, don't believe it.
Like I care!
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hey Jim...
Are you not bothered by the fact that Gleason was friends with Nixon?
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The few samples of The Gleason Stuff that I heard ages ago made me think of a Jello mold with marshmallows left out in the sun: sweet, slushy and liable to slide off the plate and make a mess.
But if his arrangers did a "Laura", I'm probably going to give another look at maybe getting a copy of the 2-disc box set on Capitol (assuming "Laura" is on it). I've seen it in the clearance bins once for maybe 4 clams. It might be enough of a foray into his works for me, just like the Baxter and Denny sets.
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How much do you think Gleason actually contributed to these?
He chose the tunes and theme for each album, along with instrumentation. Pete King and Billy May were among the arrangers he used.
I would add that he is probably the Paul Whiteman of lounge music in that era.
Whiteman is now well-known to have been not much-of-a-musician in the strictest sense. One person recounts him before a concert, listening to a recording of the piece he was to lead, and practicing his conducting, since he didn't really know how to.
What Whiteman was, and what everyone who writes about him seems to agree, was an excellent judge of talent, and able to gather those people around him to create music audiences liked. I get the feeling that Gleason was the same.
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GIGOT definitely has that Gleason Sound! I've not seen the film, though.
Saw that at a drive-in!
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Didn't Gleason attend that notorious "Rally for Decency" at the ORANGE bOWL? 1969.
yOU KNOW the one, where all the 'decent" citizens screamed about the 'indecency" of that foul-mouthed drunk, Jim Morrison, and the hippies; after the infamous Miami concert>
brm
p.s. of course, we know The Great One was a tea totaler
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