How The Microphone Changed The Way We Sing - Cheddar Explains

Ever wonder why some old songs sound outdated and others sound like timeless classics? Cheddar explains how the invention of the microphone changed the way vocalists sang love songs.
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[@Lemonminer]

Wait, this isn’t vox?

[@fungifactory8925]

you can tell because it's missing the political garbage

[@dave2.077]

yeah its actually good

[@EllieMcEla]

this is equally as bad haha

[@diegoacosta8550]

inb4 this is found out to be connected to vox

[@chukwudiilozue9171]

I know, right, there's pink instead of yellow so that's a tell. Vox seems to be affiliated to this.

[@arleas]

So Sinatra might have moved away from the mic to breathe in?

[@josgeerink1254]

Chocolate rain

[@jmoss1980yo]

@@josgeerink1254 Came here to say this, you beat me to it. Tay Zonday , the greatest singer of our generation.

[@VOYAGEUR-YT]

Everyone made fun of him for that but Tay Zonday is our generations Frank Sinatra

[@Honre123]

@@josgeerink1254 Some stay dry and others feel the pain.

[@Ebani]

@@VOYAGEUR-YT No need to describe the joke.

[@hannuback]

Sadly microphones have also made many singers very dependent on the mic. Some singers don't seem to be able to produce much sound acoustically and their singing technique suffers from being too used to singing to a mic. Yet some classical singers lack the skill to use a mic. It takes some practice too.

[@Izzy-ec4qq]

Oh yes it does, I Hate singing with a mic, it pics up all these wierd noises you dont hear when you sing without it and it's wierd to hear your own voice too

[@derogatony]

Holy shit, so true. Singing on stage versus in a studio is very different and quite the adjustment.

[@prescott231233]

Hannu Back i was classically trained and i can’t use a mic for dick. My higher registers don’t sound right unless I’m belting them, which isn’t exactly great for recording if you’re trying to do a one take cover of a song that’s in between my chest; throat and head voice. It’s like a nice quiet low section or verse then the Chorus kicks in a half to an octave higher than the verse, i either have to lose power and volume and switch into my falsetto, or gain a lot of power and volume, and peak the hell out of the microphone, and if you’re recording a loud section, it’s not convenient to have to “step away from the mic” to save your equipment and the ears of your audience. It takes a lot of practice, in a lot of ways a microphone is an instrument as much as the voice is and other instruments. It’s like playing a woodwind, and a brass. But only with your diaphragm and vocal chords instead of your lungs and lips?

[@TV-8-301]

Interesting, I didn't know there was that big of an adjustment live vs. on mic. Reminds me of the adjustments made to digital art to get it to look good printed out.

[@Magnulus76]

The classical singing style has less intelligibility, it's so focused on projection.

[@tintin3]

This video was edited masterfully.

[@andylindsaytunes]

The audio is off, tho: narration is too quiet compared with the music examples.

[@jj4891]

always that one person.

[@corbinholder6715]

*Moves away from mic to breathe in* Chocolate rain guy has entered chat

[@IamINERT]

Chocolate rain 😐

[@zacharyking6171]

I feel like he just named every single artist featured in the Fallout seriers

[@mefirstplease3676]

I suck on big nigerian dick, but Rudy Vallee isn’t in any fallout games

[@MrStronglime]

that's a great name, M8

[@SariennMusic73]

Cuz fallout is awesome and this music is awesome.

[@jonjaquez]

I also play the piano in my spare time.

[@Querymonger]

Zachary King no ink spots

[@jimdrake-writer]

Just FYI, Vallee’s name is pronounced “valley” despite the accent in his family’s surname. A comparison of his earliest Victor recordings, which were made with a double-button carbon microphone, with his mid-1930s Columbia “radio recordings,” shows the progression of microphone technology. In a long interview I did with him, he underscored that his voice barely changed between 1928-1934 but rather that the microphones got better. When he remade his early hits for an RCA Victor “Musical Smart Set” album P-111 in the mid-1940s, the ongoing improvements in microphones and recording technology were evident. He did make one acoustical recording as lead saxophonist and a singer in a vocal trio for the Yale Collegians in 1927 but was not named on the label.

[@1neohm]

the thumbnail is more proof that reviewbrah is a time traveler

[@thatoneguy444]

Haha true... Wait, what?

[@Drockninja75]

That's why I'm watching this

[@theclassicalpanda4020]

I cant unsee this now

[@gsilva220]

He's not a time traveler. He's been rejuvenated.

[@theclassicalpanda4020]

@@gsilva220 Maybe he can travel through 5 diffirent dimensions

[@xchemicalXladybugx]

The mics and singing methods from the 40's-70's are the best in my opinion. Classic country from that time just sounds so clear, even when the mic is away from the singing they project so effortlessly, even when doing a whispery song. It's unreal how perfect they sound, not even like they are in the room, just other worldly

[@stevedoe1630]

Maddy ¿Maybe too much reliance on synthesizer / digital manipulation starting around 1980’s?

[@xchemicalXladybugx]

Steve Doe maybe when it comes to volume and fullness. When a good singer sings it sound full, today singers use several takes with one main and at least two backing at lower volumes to mimic that. Ozzy Osbourne used backing tracks in Crazy Train cause he was to old to sing like he used to

[@julietcunningham852]

In the pre-electric acoustical days, the most famous singer was Enrico Caruso, who had the range of a tenor and the sound of a baritone. The perfect sound for pre-1922 technology.

[@JimJWalker]

All singers must learn to "work the mic". Thank you for reminding us. My favorite crooner is Brendan Perry from "Dead Can Dance".

[@lilyrooney]

dare you to do one on how technology changed restaurants. I bet its much easier to maintain something commercially viable nowadays

[@Bannanasammich]

@Wish Master double dog dare?

[@em1osmurf]

seen a burrito? and an enchilada? now look at Taco Bell's "encherito"! used to be about a foot long and 3 inches wide, coated in red sauce. Technology!!

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

How we use Hobarts

[@buddyclem7328]

What technology? Technology might aid fast food restaurants, but there aren't many newer kitchen gadgets in a full service restaurant that the chefs couldn't live without.

[@reginabillotti]

@@buddyclem7328 what technology? Modern ovens, electric mixers and other tools, running water, just to name a couple examples. If you want to realize how much modern cooking relies on fairly recent technology, go watch the Townsends channel (or any number of survivalist vloggers) for contrast with pre-20th century cooking techniques.

[@badATchaos]

I like how the narrator insists on pronouncing Vallée with a French inflection. Rudy himself pronounced it Valley.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

the kid narrator should know better.

[@Natalia-no9yj]

this was the first time i heard frank sinatra sing "always" and - wow - like, an instant favourite. listening to it feels like falling in love. it's magical bro

[@NYGJMAP]

I'll never forget my dad listening to White Christmas while I played Pokemon Blue on the floor by the tree. Shit man.

[@JoschuaSchmidt]

That is exactly that kind of informative videos that you only find on youtube. You wouldn´t get that information explained that precisely, visualized that beautifully on any other website.

[@kjellhl1975]

You should have included samples of singing from the earliest one so we would hear those things you are mentioning what made it so difficult without the microphone.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Vibrato is a beautiful technique that is sadly very rare today. It allows you to carry a note between words and removes the need for a instrumental backing even if the song is sung extremely slow.

[@IgnasV]

Thank you KZbin Recommendations. Very Cool

[@Bioniking]

About time I got something cool and informative instead of “Billy chugs pistachios through his nose”

[@FlymanMS]

Vox Almanach quality. Thank you.

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

This ain't vox? Subbed anyways

[@GABE_is_here]

you mean the earworm series

[@rodimusmaximus3912]

Cheddar is Vox minus the need to push liberal ideals into every video.

[@mohammadaladham7721]

my favourite romantic song is mo bamba

[@fajaradi1223]

No despacito?

[@lewiscullen8236]

Another interesting stylistic difference between the two clips is the lack of a portamento (slide) on always. You'll find exactly the same stylistic change in classical vocal music of the time. Some time in the 1940s everyone just decided that sliding was really tasteless.

[@AtlantaTerry]

I sing second bass in a church choir. Our choirmaster is always yelling at us "No SLIDING!" LOL!

[@Ignasimp]

@@AtlantaTerry in choirs is very important no to slide because it's a much more difficult thing to coordinate between all the voices.

[@Calvini2013]

Sounds so smooth and buttery though

[@phosphorus4]

But not if you do it tastefully.

[@bnic9471]

Probably Frank himself decided that. His phrasing set a new standard from the 40s onward.

[@davidlogansr8007]

Rudee Val lee. Is how it's pronounced and among my favorites. He was also quite funny!

[@hermask815]

Would’ve been nice to know, if Sinatra and others experimented with different types and brands of microphones or even met inventors or engineers.

[@thebeststooge]

Never heard that pronunciation of Rudy's name before as I always heard it as "Valley".

[@AtomicAgePictures]

Rudy Vallee's last name is pronounced like valley.

[@JayTemple]

At least one of the sheet music covers renders his last name as Vallée, which would be pronounced the way the narrator does. My hunch is that he just stopped correcting people.

[@AtomicAgePictures]

@@JayTemple that's certainly possible, but he himself pronounced it valley. So it seems that if that was not the original pronunciation he adopted it for simplicity sake.

[@stvp68]

I’ve always heard it pronounced Valley as well. But how does someone writing about/narrating this topic never hear anyone pronounce RV’s name? And if he hadn’t heard it pronounced, why wouldn’t he look it up?

[@AtlantaTerry]

@@stvp68 or just watch some the movies he was in where he pronounces his own name as "valley".

[@davcar23]

I thought Rudy Valle was a place between two hills.

[@Lainehh]

That video editor deserves a raise this is fantastic

[@skakdosmer]

When Rudy Vallée was a pannelist on “What's My Line”, they pronounced his name “valley” with the emphasis on the first syllable, and he didn't frown. So maybe that's the correct pronunciation.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

kid pronounced it wrong, period.

[@kiamalkin4153]

My grandma loves that song and my Dad sang it to me when I was little too...Always...love them both

[@WalterLiddy]

Sinatra doing How Little We Know. I just love the lyrics and his rendition is perfect. "How little we know, how much to discover, what chemical forces flow, from lover to lover How little we understand what touches off that tingle That sudden explosion when two tingles intermingle Who cares to define, What chemistry this is? Who cares with your lips on mine, How ignorant bliss is? So long as you kiss me and the world around us shatters, How little it matters, How little we know"

[@crystalar99]

"High tenor range" once again altos ard given the shaft

[@TheMaxx111]

Your animations show the 78's looking like LPs with multiple tracks.

[@TheHippyProductions]

Videos like this are great and all but anyone who reads this, please note that Cheddar doesnt always do the most solid research

[@Theomite]

True, but they take out a lot of legwork and at least draw up a shorthand map of places to look for your own research.

[@nicksurfs1]

Could you provide an example? I’m seriously curious.

[@kopesetik]

@@nicksurfs1 See further down in the comments where people are discussing the mispronunciation of Rudy Vallee's name.

[@QED_]

@Theomite: Your comment is so sensible that I'm going to go lie down to get over the shock . . .

[@AtlantaTerry]

@@kopesetik yes, Cheddar said it wrong 5 times.

[@Ashfielder]

Dean Martin’s ‘In The Misty Moonlight’ and ‘In The Chapel In The Moonlight’ are two excellent ones.

[@LanceCampeau]

One of the best videos I've seen on this channel to date... very well done and interesting.

[@zurvey]

Excellent video. I'd even suggest that the legato style of Bing Crosby and others was developed specifically because they wanted to avoid plosives in the mic. Later, when studio tricks like comping (compositing), de-essers, and even wind screens came along, singers didn't care about plosives anymore and vocal stylings in pop music changed again.

[@singerofsongs468]

Sinatra’s voice is so soft and smooth... chills 😍

[@Al.j.Vasquez]

Unchained Melody and When a man Loves a woman are pretty much my favorite love songs ever.

[@Crazelord91]

I'm really liking Cheddar. It's like Vox without the biased political garbage

[@Omar-em7rl]

funny story, few months ago i Subscribed to Vox, after a few uploads, i noticed a few political remarks, especially on the liberal side, but just shook it off, maybe it was just this once, but then the immigration one was uploaded and i was like okay that's enough for me and Unsubscribed....

[@Crazelord91]

@@Omar-em7rl I did after the video that blamed all political problems on Republicans

[@Omar-em7rl]

@@Crazelord91 ridiculous, never saw that one, never will.

[@vvviiimmm]

@@Omar-em7rl It feels like Vox has multiple teams with completely different views. I enjoy watching Vox Borders or Almanac but Vox News is a BS that is impossible to read.

[@jdredman]

KZbin commentary in a nutshell: Video on singers/microphones, comment about how it wasn’t “political garbage”, triggered replies that devolve into other topics (violent crime statistics). Wow. It doesn’t matter what the video is about, it could be a Chicago power ballad...

[@sampersonguy5337]

This video is a fucking trip, it made me imagine a world before microphones and the effect their invention had on people, paired with the effect of “talkies” as displayed in singing in the rain (wonderful movie) it paint a vivid picture of the effect of technological advances.

[@danielk.7221]

6:57 these notes aren't right on the treble clef. on the word "i'll", he's singing a G#2, and you out it on the treble clef as a D4.

[@eazy8579]

Bon Scott, and Touch Too Much. Probably not the most expected answer, but he's damn good at it

[@bobriemersma]

So many really old song recordings make me think of somebody singing "Winchester Cathedral" through a tin megaphone. "A-vo-dee-oh-doe!"

[@AndrewTheRadarMan]

I love learning about vintage jazz

[@piyushgolait]

I felt like the video should never end!

[@thecascobaytangoproject6402]

Wonderful essay - I had not considered this .... but the man''s name is Rudy Vallee - like "valley" - the two words rhyme: "ru-DEE val-LEE....I know this because I live near Westbrook, Maine, his home town .... he tried to name the street he lived on in L.A. "Rue de Vallee" (sort of French) which didn't fly, but it's a good story and this is a marvelous piece .... keep up the great work.

[@Alejandro616]

My favorite crooner has got to be MC Ride hands down.

[@RHKang-hl3ps]

I started to listen to Billy Holiday last year, starting with "God Bless the Child", which is one of the catchiest songs ever.

[@Rob21ization]

Beautiful. We need more videos about the early ages of jazz

[@MartyFox]

They're pronouncing Rudy Vallée's name as it wound have been pronounced by his Québécois ancestors, to rhyme with the French word "fiancée." Americans, who rarely bother to pronounce French-derived names correctly, have only ever pronounced it Valley.

[@kopesetik]

yes, Americans AND Rudy Vallee: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHrYhIeKZ5xqjqs

[@memonk11]

Yup, my grandmother, Aunt, on TV, when he died et.. pronounced it “Valley”.

[@tdelfino2509]

My go-to rule for pronouncing someone's name: the correct way is however they pronounce it.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Rudy himself pronounced his name like "Valley," much as his famous grandson, singer Frankie Valli, does today. ;-)

[@helmaschine1885]

@@kopesetik if I emigrated to America, I'd give up on trying to make hicks pronounce my name correctly too. His origins was french Canadian, Vallay is the correct french pronunciation, but his stage name and Americanised name became valley.

[@motorman857]

I'd love to see a similar video on PA systems from the early days till today. I always wondered what kind of sound system big band singers used to project over all the Horns. Did they have stage monitors in the big band era?

[@nevada_us6115]

Both of them are good! Both has a good feeling.

[@slendersage8728]

Why is nobody commenting that the top ten songs in 1923 includes a song called “Yes! we have no bananas.” And a song called “Yes! We have bananas.” I demand a remake of these two songs immediately.

[@yourfault3121]

I still don't know why they are putting a 78rpm label on an lp. What's wrong work 78s?☹️

[@corneliuscross7873]

Glade to finally put a name to what's probably my favorite style of singing

[@warlocksmiling4586]

merzbow’s woodpecker no.1 is me favourite love song. it’s such a nice melody...

[@gunnarthefeisty]

And a comment- microphones were Around in 1928. However, this was shortly after the acoustic era. Music styles changed rapidly as well, giving way to different styles of music. "Crooning", a style that Nick Lucas was famous for, had more or less died out by the 40s.

[@nwsesq]

When the discs spin, the lights apparently spin with them. And Rudy Vallee's name was not pronounced as in French, but like "Valley".

[@TessaAnderson]

Great info about vintage ribbon mics!!!!

[@rea8585]

And then T-pain happened

[@mdexterc2894]

Well, that's a topic for another video. That has less to do with the way the mic works than it is with how the track is processed

[@rea8585]

@@mdexterc2894 I was kidding, but you're right. Although artists like Lil Wayne really consider the auto-tune like an instrument -like Sinatra (was it him?) considered the mic an instrument.

[@stoneycarter6429]

Quick Fix - Thought Provoking Videos auto-tune is an instrument as is the voice lol, i like that you’re trying to hate on certain lets say “different” artist, autotune has been around for ages and originated with the vox, which artists like zapp and rogers, stevie wonders, and current artist like frank ocean used. Maybe look into ALL music history before criticizing :) here’s a link to the magic at work in the hands of a genius. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp-1Ymx_g9GLjJo

[@masonjones4849]

@@stoneycarter6429 If you consider simply stating that T-Pain is a person who exists a criticism, that's on you.

[@mrbigpappy85]

Don’t hate on T Pain!

[@MrSmitheroons]

I'm not personally deaf, so take this with a grain of salt, but I appreciate that the graphics here would make it possible to follow this pretty well, even for viewers who are actually deaf. Great job!

[@benitollan]

4:26 so "Learn to croon" that was 1920s #LearnToCode?

[@abdulrahmanalammar2985]

Why is this video so beautiful?!

[@elliepurvis3151]

Thank. You so much for your vdioe I have been searching for weeks, trying to do my music exam i did it and it was compelety wrong your vidoe has helped me so much. As it doesn't have much history on the Greek style what is not needed and I can't belive that I'm done my assignment of a 7 minute video thank you so muchh ❤️

[@monteharrison1478]

One small nitpick: Rudy Vallee's name is pronounced like "Valley", not like "Valet"

[@JimPerdue14]

I caught that too

[@DidiChama]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmm4d5Rshcipq68

[@johnsauer9067]

No, before he was a singer he used to park cars at a fancy restaurant.

[@epiroks]

It's a Québécois name, not an English one, it has a French pronunciation, not an English one, it has the same last syllable as fiancée, thereby making its pronunciation more like valet.

[@monteharrison1478]

@@epiroks Maybe, but indications are that isn't how he pronounced it.

[@simoneberl2882]

Your editing is truly amazing! You are adding so many details, it's just great! Thumbs up :)

[@chublub4982]

what's that song from the part where they were talking about how oldest mics worked, the band with no vocals song

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Fascinating presentation

[@tomsalinsky1]

“Cymbal”-ance??

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

...oh you punner!

[@dnxls_]

what a FANTASTIC video

[@Efreeti]

Can't mention Billie Holiday without mentioning her recording of Crazy He Calls Me

[@randykuhns4515]

there's another reason the microphone is so successful, when you can equally hear your voice within the music it makes you harmonize, this allows you to perform the song without having to put so much into noting, thus freeing you to put the spirit into the singing,..

[@alfredstevens5276]

Most current live Opera or classical Symphony orchestra performances are still without microphones and amplification

[@MiaGarcia]

This editing is perfect!

[@JayTemple]

To answer the question that was overhead: Crosby had the better voice, but Sinatra did better things with his.

[@Ignasimp]

Having a better voice is subjective though. Sinatra had an outstanding singing technique.

[@adorabell4253]

It’s all preference. I hate Sinatra’s voice but love Crosby’s. I think Crosby did better with his.

[@Ignasimp]

@@adorabell4253 Sinatra did have the better technique and control over his voice. Bing had a beautiful voice too and good technique.

[@rosicroix777]

Great video and I agree that the microphone Did make a crucial difference in vocal performances. But multitrack recording also played a big part, even when it was only 2 tracks. That and mixers really helped the vocal tracks to stand out and the differences in singers voices be heard. That said, singers can still benefit from trying to sing without microphones along to music to develop their voices which will positively affect their later work using microphones, much the same way as many gospel singers have become great vocalists in modern music.

[@DovidM]

Rudy Vallee’s last name is pronounced as valley, not VAL-LAY.

[@maymaybridger983]

I actually love the way the 20s mic’s sounds

[@ojjenkins7110]

Since AM radio of the day is cut of at 8 kc the recordings were too. That's the big reason that those recordings were so warm sounding. Edwin H Armstrong's reason for coming up with FM was to reduce static and to expand the transmitted audio spectrum for more fidelity. Favorite singer, Bing Crosby. Favorite band, Glen Miller. Favorite acoustic singer, Billy Murray.

[@bornin049]

When you have to ajust the audio volume every 30 seconds, you know thats bad audio mixing

[@BrianClem]

How do you make such an amazingly produced video? The notes appearing on the staff is very cool.

[@trulyinfamous]

I'm so glad that we have a successful and popular series like Fallout to bring beautiful music from these eras to more people.

[@CelloLinuxFellow]

Part 2 of mics changing singing wild be interesting, not it's allowing of soft crooning, but of harsh , "loud" vocals used in blues, rock, and metal. I mean rasp, screaming, and growling, which while they sound thunderous, it's the mic doing most of the work.

[@mohammedjalloh7658]

I like Gene Austin and my favourite love song is from this era is “I’ve got a feeling I’m falling”, but not his version, the Annette Hanshaw version, though his version is good too. My favourite song from Gene Austin would be “She’s funny that way”. Nice to see people like this music haha ! 😅

[@saturn3652]

Gene Austin was amazing too!

[@sidecarcn]

You mispronounced the name Vallee. It isn'y Va-lay. Vallee is pronounced as valley. Next you use the image of a 78rpm label, but then you use an LP image. But the time the LP was introduced the labels had changed.

[@AtlantaTerry]

You are correct on both points. But you might want to delete that "at".

[@sidecarcn]

That should be as.

[@EricBrownBey]

@@keithhughes2861 No bitch you shut up that is misleading for the people who don't know. I made a comment about that.

[@carrotsandcucumbers8214]

I wonder how we could get those mics to tell and observe the difference between 2000s and 1900

[@goldwinger5434]

I have never heard anyone pronounce Rudy's last name as "Va-lay," until today. Why can't these KZbin stars learn to pronounce things?

[@runlarryrun77]

Star?????????

[@awkndr1524]

Cheddar isn't a KZbin star. It's a company.

[@goldwinger5434]

@@awkndr1524 The narrator isn't a company, is it?

[@helmaschine1885]

He's pronouncing it according to the French standard. Valleé's family were apparently french Canadians, hence why they pronounce it as a French name in the video. It's likely he went by valley in the states because dumb hicks kept mispronouncing it.

[@goldwinger5434]

@@helmaschine1885 I know why he's pronouncing it that way but that's not the way that Rudy said it. I find it hilarious that people like to criticize Americans for mispronouncing French, Spanish, or Oriental words. Have you ever heard Frenchmen, Mexicans, or Orientals try to say American words?

[@RealCoolGuy]

My favourite crooner is Dean Martin...and my favourite love song is "All I Need" by Method Man

[@saturn3652]

I like him better than Sinatra

[@VallinSFAS]

Crooning is literally like talking on the phone to your bae💋 Barry White and Barry Manilow are perfect examples.

[@johnscanlan6337]

The great 1920s singer Rudy Vallee's name wss pronounced VALLEY - NOT Vallay

[@jordansaintemarie]

John Scanlan yeah by the ignorant

[@erobertfie]

Very informative and beautifully and professionally produced. Very nice indeed. Something to be proud of. Thank you

[@antoniogallegosmusic]

So basically auto tune started with the microphone

[@shadow105720]

No autotune has already existed in pianos and guitars for centuries.

[@inorite4553]

Depends It just fucked everything in the recent present onwards.

[@xGOKOPx]

Autotune is pitch correction so nope

[@FraktalPriest]

Blame Cher

[@KingBlonde]

stupidest thing i ever did saw

[@myfirstmethod3872]

Unchained Melody and Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You are tied in my mind

[@ip9109]

2:17 The last one made me spit out my tea

[@Mikej1592]

Favorites are Sinatra and Bing Crosby of course. grew up listening to them, especially at Christmas times, all the way through the 90s they were still playing them in the grocery store I worked at every year. Holidays come and go, but there is only one White Christmas, There are a couple Jingle bell versions I like especially the big band style that has that pause I used to think was weird but is not nostalgic to me. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle....... all the way. It was so off putting when I was a kid but now I love it.

[@franzferdinand996]

My fav lovesong is Lady of Mars by Dark Star. Verry underrated NWOBHM band.

[@johnspooner1403]

Aaah! Rudy's last name is pronounced exactly like "valley." I wouldn't mention this fact if you didn't say it so many times. Sinatra was not just a master of the mic, he had his own, which he brought to sessions. And we're talking a large mic with a larger pre-amp/power supply.

[@rich1051414]

Sinatra was an audiophile. It is the reason his recordings sound so much better than everyone else's in his day. He was very involved with everything, while most musicians checked out after singing into the mic.

[@helmaschine1885]

He's pronouncing it according to the French standard. Valleé's family were apparently french Canadians, hence why they pronounce it as a French name in the video. It's likely he went by valley in the states because dumb hicks who are unaware of the French language (like you seem to be) kept mispronouncing it.

[@rich1051414]

@@helmaschine1885 Xenophobia is a disease, usually among dumb hicks like yourself. Not everyone in the US are 'dumb hicks', and I was aware of the french pronunciation, but it is not what he called himself.

[@johnspooner1403]

NessieStatic - wow, how presumptuous. Yes, my spoken French is somewhat impoverished, as is my vocabulary, but I do get along. A security screener at CDG airpot, Paris even complimented me on my french accent once. Being Canadian, it goes with the territory, you might say. The simple fact of the matter is that Rudy Vallee (no accented vowel) was famously known by one pronunciation of his name, be it erroneous or not. And maybe I am a hick, but what I am not is a rude name-caller.

[@EricBrownBey]

@@rich1051414 Lots people's recordings in the late 40s started to better and his or recordings in the early 40s sounded just as bad as the others

[@swunt10]

today we learned that recording technology was much better in the 40's compared to the 20's. big wow. who would have ever thought.

[@DoomRater]

Grab yourself the NSF files for Bionic Commando and listen to one of the channel voices and hear it play with vibrato as the note lengthens. Oh man, even chiptunes eventually played with the tricks vocals did when they got access to the microphone. I swear I can hear it better in FCE Ultra than I can in this NSF playback plugin I have for my music player though, but it is most noticable with track 6, especially as one of the instruments climbs higher.

[@xesh9520]

I really like the Video but I think the version of Always by Frank Sinatra is in the key of G# Major and not in C, at least that's what I figured out

[@ferociousgumby]

Caruso became famous because his voice recorded unusually well and sounded better than anyone else's on record. Kind of like being photogenic - audiogenic?