> <<Any idea who started this trend, was it Joni or not?>> > > That would be a good debate...Joni would of course drop a piano on your > foot to insinuate that her project was derivative of someone else's...It > was done to my recollection as early as Harry Nilsson with "A Little Touch > of Schmilsson in the Night", which was simply beautiful, but Linda > Ronstadt's recordings with Nelson Riddle became SO popular, eventually > spawning 2 follow-ups and a box set of the whole thing, that I think lots > of singers took notice. > > Whatever the debate, it was certainly NOT Joni that got this particular > ball rolling, although I think Joni WAS the first to add a hatbox and a > ridiculous price to one...running now for cover! :~) > > Bob >
Hi Bob, You're right there has always been artist doing standards in each decade. But the question I meant to ask is: didn't Joni start this LATEST trend of this decade? Laurent
