This is really beautiful… and while I treasure John McCormack‘s wonderful voice and singing, I didn‘t know that this was his signature song… ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you very much for sharing this magnificent recording! 🙏🍀
Oh, I so agree with you! Yes, his wife Lily wrote a biography of him a few years after his death and entitled it “I Hear You Calling Me.” And it is always interesting to hear the slight differences in phrasings in the different recordings of the song. Glad you liked it! 🥳👍😊
@@marylittlefield9091 Let me take this as a recommendation to read the biography - if it‘s still available… I like to read biographies on people I‘m interested in (well, mainly singers), and there‘s a stack waiting to be read on one of my shelves. If only there weren‘t this awful time issue! I absolutely agree with you about how interesting it is to listen to different recordings of the same song by the same singer… and also by different singers. Sometimes it‘s really, really difficult - if not impossible - to pick a favourite… On the other hand - who says we have to? 😉 Best regards and see you soon! 🍀🍀🍀 Btw, how is Henry doing?
A recording of the very great man John McCormack, can you please up the volume more just for me so I can open up the doors and windows of my house and let this most beautiful voice be shared with the people as they pass by
Oh I totally agree with you Mike! That is my favorite too! Really brings a tear to the eye…And I love to actually watch him sing it on your channel !! with the wonderful Edwin Schneider at the piano. Question: is the reason John McCormack began to sing with Gerald Moore because Edwin Schneider retired? Thanks ! I enjoy your channel very much!
@@marylittlefield9091 Thank you for your kind words regarding my channel! Regarding your question, in March of 1937, John McCormack gave his last American concert in Buffalo, New York. He then decided to leave America permanently. It was at that time Edwin Schneider, after being with McCormack for 25 years, decided to retire. The two would part and never see each other again. Schneider, I believe, moved to Arizona and died around 1957. McCormack would hire Gerald Moore, who was developing an excellent reputation as an accompanist and the two would work together for another 5 years until McCormack fully retired in 1942. Apparently, they got along very well.
....btw....McCormack's earliest recording of "I Hear You Calling Me" had Charles Marshall on the piano. Other than 1927, I believe the rest were with orchestra.
Oooops. I read a quote of Moore’s description of McCormack but I can’t find it now. He described his singing as (something like) John McCormack’s “startling honesty”with regard to his interpretation of songs. Not sure if I got that right, but it seemed exactly to describe what we all feel while listening to him. I’ve located the copies of “I Hear You Calling Me” that I have (4). The 1927 HMV with Schneider is the Heart wrenching one, as we said! I have 3 more (one can’t have too many-heehee) -one with the 4 lines at the bottom and the First Prize Buffalo at the top with price around the spindle hole (1.00 seems like a lot of money!). The other 2 are batwings -one with “Victrola” and the other “Victor. “ victrola says “tenor with orchestra” and the Victor says “tenor with orchestra in English”. Anyway, I am so amazed at your collection!! Holy kamoly! Do you have all of his records? There are so many in your collection that I’ve never heard! What a treat! And the slide shows for each one are very very lovely to watch! So many beautiful photos of his life!
That sounded like an angel singing from heaven.
So true...!!
This is really beautiful… and while I treasure John McCormack‘s wonderful voice and singing, I didn‘t know that this was his signature song… ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you very much for sharing this magnificent recording! 🙏🍀
Oh, I so agree with you! Yes, his wife Lily wrote a biography of him a few years after his death and entitled it “I Hear You Calling Me.” And it is always interesting to hear the slight differences in phrasings in the different recordings of the song. Glad you liked it! 🥳👍😊
@@marylittlefield9091
Let me take this as a recommendation to read the biography - if it‘s still available… I like to read biographies on people I‘m interested in (well, mainly singers), and there‘s a stack waiting to be read on one of my shelves. If only there weren‘t this awful time issue!
I absolutely agree with you about how interesting it is to listen to different recordings of the same song by the same singer… and also by different singers. Sometimes it‘s really, really difficult - if not impossible - to pick a favourite… On the other hand - who says we have to? 😉
Best regards and see you soon! 🍀🍀🍀
Btw, how is Henry doing?
A recording of the very great man John McCormack, can you please up the volume more just for me so I can open up the doors and windows of my house and let this most beautiful voice be shared with the people as they pass by
Soooooo true!!!
@@marylittlefield9091 Thank you
My favorite version is 1927's with Edwin Schneider at the piano. He also sang it in his 1930 film, Song O' My Heart which I have posted on UA-cam.
Oh I totally agree with you Mike! That is my favorite too! Really brings a tear to the eye…And I love to actually watch him sing it on your channel !! with the wonderful Edwin Schneider at the piano.
Question: is the reason John McCormack began to sing with Gerald Moore because Edwin Schneider retired?
Thanks ! I enjoy your channel very much!
@@marylittlefield9091 Thank you for your kind words regarding my channel! Regarding your question, in March of 1937, John McCormack gave his last American concert in Buffalo, New York. He then decided to leave America permanently. It was at that time Edwin Schneider, after being with McCormack for 25 years, decided to retire. The two would part and never see each other again. Schneider, I believe, moved to Arizona and died around 1957. McCormack would hire Gerald Moore, who was developing an excellent reputation as an accompanist and the two would work together for another 5 years until McCormack fully retired in 1942.
Apparently, they got along very well.
....btw....McCormack's earliest recording of "I Hear You Calling Me" had Charles Marshall on the piano. Other than 1927, I believe the rest were with orchestra.
Oh boy! I have been wondering about that for a long time! So glad to make your acquaintance! I have been reading one of Moore’s books and his
Oooops. I read a quote of Moore’s description of McCormack but I can’t find it now. He described his singing as (something like) John McCormack’s “startling honesty”with regard to his interpretation of songs. Not sure if I got that right, but it seemed exactly to describe what we all feel while listening to him. I’ve located the copies of “I Hear You Calling Me” that I have (4). The 1927 HMV with Schneider is the Heart wrenching one, as we said! I have 3 more (one can’t have too many-heehee) -one with the 4 lines at the bottom and the First Prize Buffalo at the top with price around the spindle hole (1.00 seems like a lot of money!). The other 2 are batwings -one with “Victrola” and the other “Victor. “ victrola says “tenor with orchestra” and the Victor says “tenor with orchestra in English”.
Anyway, I am so amazed at your collection!! Holy kamoly! Do you have all of his records? There are so many in your collection that I’ve never heard! What a treat! And the slide shows for each one are very very lovely to watch! So many beautiful photos of his life!
I read the book it was a lovely love story Rip count john ☘️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
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When you consider the technology they had to work with you can hear what it must have been like to hear him live
Really!!!!