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Thread #44752   Message #662531
Posted By: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
04-Mar-02 - 12:31 PM
Thread Name: Susan Reed - Available Recordings
Subject: RE: Help: Susan Reed lp
Well, I would disagree with all of you about Susan's folk credentials. It is true she did a movie, it was called Glamour Girl, released in 1947 (AKA Night Club Girl) where she played a singer/ zither player named Jennia Higgins from Tennessee, discovered and brought to New York, & it was a primarily a vehicle for Gene Krupa & his band. (I'd like a VHS copy of this if it ever plays on cable somewhere, have never seen it.) Susan herself was from North Carolina, had a brother Jared, who was also a singer/actor, her parents were theater people, and she grew up around theater people, learning songs, especially Irish songs, from actors & actresses. She started singing in New York in 1947 or 48 I think, though started earlier recording on 78s in the 40's and later on vinyl, straddled the border between Folk and Interpreter of Folk, I guess, but I think her versions of some Folk songs are the best ever recorded. That gets me BACK to my original question about the Children's album. I have e-mailed Jac Holzman, but got no response. I'd like to keep trying to find a copy if it was ever released, and can give up if it wasn't, though it is listed in the Elektra catalog. I would at least like to know what the songs were, even if it wasn't released. thanks