Al Bowlly: The life that never was

[@victorialees6043]

Good someone finally knows al bowlly

[@lukehaywood-jennings1344]

There’s a very good documentary on KZbin as well. Originally broadcasted by the bbc in 2007. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qonRp3mIg56AjtEsi=Zm_hTRx99NrFScES

[@sarahwayne5102]

Probably the only one under 60 in Kansas City who knows he exists

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

@@sarahwayne5102 I wonder how many people up here in Maine besides me know who he was. It's safe to say that I have NEVER heard someone mention AL's name or music in person. A shame.

[@iancarranza4153]

Wow, this is amazing. Thank you for the effort. He is still not forgotten. May he rest in peace

[@hollingum]

Glad you liked it

[@alanoneill3065]

Wonderful..I am continually amazed by the work that went into this TOTAL respect from me Sir

[@humusir1113]

Such an astonishing art style and beautiful usage of music, this is a masterpiece!

[@hollingum]

Wow, thank you!

[@Aliannaxenos]

My heart holds such a space for Al. I’m a 19 year old girl, and fell in love with him at 14. His voice, his music, it was so beautiful.

[@kafkastrial8650]

He was nothing to do with my generation but his recordings are a musical time machine . Wonderful indeed !

[@richardmurphy9006]

My dad loved al bowly and it has rubbed off and amazingly I hear him often in movies I love him too

[@nowhy4382]

This was a very fine video, but I think you're missing one of Al's final hits from 1977, 'Dancing Through The Night', written by the Gibb brothers. Nobody expected him to hop on the Disco bandwagon, but it got to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the UK charts just ahead of 'God Save the Queen'.

[@hollingum]

You know I'd completely forgotten that one. Obviously he sang it an octave lower than Barry sang it in the demo.

[@alanoneill3065]

Not bad!

[@mickywoods]

Love this - great stuff John

[@matthiaspfisterer2066]

Great work, a beautiful bit of "What if..." history that touched me deeply. Al really would have deserved to experience all of this. But I am sure he sits on his cloud now and smiles down at us, approving of your work which is visibly a labour of love. I always also liked the tunes he did with Jimmy Mesene very much. They are so stunningly modern... One detail crossed my mind while watching your video: wasn´t "When That Man Is Dead And Gone" in fact his very last recording? I think so, if I remember correctly. Isn´t that somehow ironic?

[@hollingum]

It was indeed his last recording. So truck loads of irony there.

[@anthonyfrew1571]

I would love to own a copy of his book - he recorded more songs in 13 years -than many artists do in 43 years - there may be lost recordings waiting to be found - Stardust - When Day is Done - I do not think I am overstating to suggest he has become an almost mythical figure - I work in Drama - often with young people - I played them a few of his songs - while they did say it was not their kind of music (Remember these are teenagers) they all agreed that he had great talent -somewhere very impressed - 'Just let me look at you' gaining several approving nods - from 13 to 18-year-olds

[@hollingum]

Not the same as owning it, but the entire book is on line here archive.org/details/modern-style-singing-crooning-al-bowlly-1934_202106/Modern%20Style%20Singing%20%28Crooning%29%20-%20%20Al%20Bowlly%20%281934%29%20V2_Page_001.jpg

[@anthonyfrew1571]

@@hollingum Thank you very much

[@yorukaadams940]

I built my KZbin algorithm brick by brick

[@georgioskissas1538]

The first super-star! He was a Greek singer.

[@hollingum]

Yes, that's (partly) why I had him retire to Hydra

[@alanoneill3065]

He was born in 1899 in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. Al's father, Alick, was an Orthodox Christian who was Greek by nationality. His mother, born Miriam Ayoub-NeeJame, was a Lebanese Catholic, though Al himself was raised Greek Orthodox Wiki

[@davidcunningham2074]

never heard of the guy before but i might have if he had lived.

[@Matt78collector]

He was huge during the 1930s, rivaling huge singers such as people like Bing Crosby. I highly recommend you check out some of his songs, he was a world-famous crooner with a singing style no other singer from the day had! :D

[@timburr4453]

crazy how he died...yikes. Love the music though

[@senorbb2150]

Why was Bacharach writing songs for a man long since dead?

[@ChuckwoodStarstock]

You're not paying attention

[@alanoneill3065]

@@ChuckwoodStarstock duh lol

[@alanoneill3065]

Interesting ...Al or AI ?