Talk:The Modernaires

Hal Tennyson?
Was there a member by the name of Hal Tennyson? I know that there was a member named Hal Dickinson, but I read on Solid! that there was a member named Hal Tennyson! Can anyone explain!? -- Tim, 3 March, 2007

Hal Tennyson was a saxophone player in the early days of the Glenn Miller band. Hal Dickinson was indeed a founding member of the original Modernaires. --Alan Glasscock 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.181.205.13 (talk) 19:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't about Hal Tennyson but I would like to comment on Ray Eberlee. Where is he in the bio information? Also, I've always admired the Modernaires and wanted to comemmorate the group by adapting their name for my group which I called the Southwest Moderaires in which I attempted to explore the rehlm or western/bluegrass music into the same context as the original group did with swing. Paula Kelly found us on gigmaster and immediately emailed me and asked me very politely to cease and disist which I totally understood. Now I wasn't aware that the Moderaires were still in existance let alone, still performing. Paula explained to me that the tradition of the Modernaires was intended to be a generational progression passed down and kept alive for future generations to appreciate. So I began to study the story of the Moderaires and learned how the groups approach to singing has influenced the entire American pop culture. I now have renamed my group with Paula's descreet and suggestive comentary "Blazintrails" which suggests that something new can still emerge from their collective and distingtive musical approach to American song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.199.218.76 (talk) 22:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

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did indeed find "Four Freshmen" sound
This group is mentioned as an influence on the Four Freshmen, and I wanted you on Wikipedia to know of what I encountered FIRSTHAND on YouTube. (Although I am registered as a Wikipedia editor, I am going to refer instead to my Music Selections pages on Facebook account carl.moore.7792 ; they consist of YouTube selections strung together in scrapbook fashion.)

The interesting selection on YouTube is this group, accompanied by Glenn Miller orchestra, doing "Adios". It has been included on my facebook page "Adios Music Selections - Carl Moore" page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlm0404 (talk • contribs) 17:58, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Influenced Manhattan Transfers?
Not much to cite from in the literature, there is a similarity in the arrangement style- particularly in the 1975 The_Manhattan_Transfer_(album) where the leading track in both albums (the other from The Modernaires: The Great Glenn Miller Instrumentals, 1961) is Tuxedo_Junction. The choral and band arrangements in these two albums share many characteristics, but the style of the Transfers certainly diverges in later releases.~ Lmstearn (talk) 10:12, 15 September 2022 (UTC)