Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-11-30 | Page 3 | Happy Warrior Becomes Glad Warbler Wow Number is 'Sidewalks of N. Y.'

Happy Warrior Becomes Glad Warbler Brown Derby Al AI Crashes the Critics Wow Number Is Sidewalks of of- N N. NT Y Y I By DALE HARRISON Associated Press Frets Staff StarE Writer NEW YORK N Nov v 30 The 30 The music critics were In a lather of ot laudation today over the debut of a promising new singer singer- singer Alfred Alfred E. E Smith of the Brown Derby Smiths Mr Smith gave his singing voice th the he air for the first time publicly late ate yesterday at the weekly community community com corn sing a benefit affair He said his participation was just a happy lappy thought that dawned on me II SIgnor Signer Alfredo as one critic in a swoon of excitement called him aim sailed right up to a challenging D without shifting gears and his voice rose above those of the others who had joined in the chorus The critics thought it was great Even headline writers became cc ec static and called him The Happy Warbler One customer said He took that D like he took Mas Massachusetts in 1928 Herr Smith presented a limIt limited d repertoire from some of the early m music sic hall hail composers His wow number which spilled the critics ou out of their seats was The Sidewalks of New York He seemed to pu put everything he had into nto it As the reporter for the Times put it The nightingale of Oliver street threw into his work all he had Invoice in invoice invoice voice spirit and body especially body especially the thelast thelast thelast last mentioned He kept time with his head and his his' hands When he be wanted volume he bent over stooped down and then jumped like a cheer leader It was was was' wasa a a good idea He got volume PROMISING SING TENOR An Au unfortunate phase of the affair alfair af al- fair air was the failure of the critics critic to agree on the range of the artists artist voice The T Times es called all him a a promising tenor The Herald Trib une referred to him as the brown derby baritone t p Critics on other papers had no not quite made up their minds The critic of the Times was ver very definite about it however H He said It was clearly a leggiero leggier on the more tender lines but a tenor teno robusto when he soared easily above the crowd Mr Smiths Smith's tonal tona attack and rhetorical phrasing were not those thaSe of ot a novice He was wa none of your sheltered pampered tenors or hothouse songbirds Some persons pretended to 10 observe observe ob oh serve a nervousness as the tenor leggiero advanced to begin his first firs number but it was probably political jealousy There was some misunderstanding misunderstanding misun misun- derst between the singer an anthe and the orchestra as a result of whIch the orchestra was away to a flying 1 start art before the Signor Smith wa waIn wad wu in his proper stance But it did not seem to bother him a aHe He e merely turned to the orchestra and said One of us is wrong Lets Let's get ct together The hint had its Us e ef feet for on the next attempt Mr Smith and the orchestra got away to o practically a simultaneous start From rom there on it was Smith in jn a romp APPLAUSE UPROARIOUS When the Sidewalks was over Signor Smith modestly moved as though to call i f it a day but but- the applause ap- ap uLo lause was uproarious Cries for U Encore filled the air no end The enore leggiero with artistic apprecIation elation of the needs of the occasion returned and launched into a anum numer num- num ber er be beginning Oh the night that I str struck tJ tJ l' l went out for a a quiet walk i His auditors were puzzled Here was a new Al AI Smith Maybe Mayba it was wai Alfredo do meet They were Unfamiliar un tin familiar with the song But they recognized it quickly enough nough no h when he e reached the chorus with its The Bowery the Bowery Before the recital was over Mr Smith had bad sung the Sidewalks thrice and as he he departed amid such uch bravos as Caruso might have envied he twisted the thc cigar in his 4 mouth grinned happily and said Im Tin glad you lik liked d it