The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-02-17
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Don't THESE!
Frantic Fay Thomas

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1afmlas en- the lounge circuit
liz aaag novelty singing style
saasht IN with q sltidsanfss that
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Frantic Pay" mate the grade
despite bard A,,lv..S es4ts.'~ ~Aa
lamnnened her Nfst fegeeA rsleae-
- Asffanome rated hsf lseoe and
its iHas counaisaeaf notnd lbel
he could nat dctld whether Fran
lie las takes herself seriously
81 thlnke shr is gaosa,en4s Fha
pnhIs however, dsd sake Fay ser.
le0sle aud bought Some TOO 0o0
Of be- b1i Money resaf,ia
A fixture Ola the. Mt Coast
slner fhe end af the Mar ghe
pfaaerh Fay Is eseihH hsetime
faalern spots 10 display her bonn
hastls enefgA and rubber faeg con
totiiens ~ date moat Of her faba
have eals had ehansv Ia hear
! her On recotds hut Il watch ber
making noises aud faces that most
people sanoat even initiate proves
a delight TOO
The SNOWY. annbhited musical
anties If Frantic iay rhumaa
springs ftom her easy feeling
about jasf She thinks styles IN
popular ,uu.te aheuid change with
the timos Her present frenrIed
songs and sounds, she explains.
weit picked ~ during the recent
hectic VAT years
performer nlnee abe waa three
he fr.g.lsel,iaNi Memphis l4i4a DAY
f tfeal uane Fannie Crawford has
never had "a FORMAL piano luason.
Just ,eliea ou her ear for picking
up neW IDEAS on the keyboard.
lay haa been performing pro.
fessianaliy ssnee lplU when she
first landed job for three dollars
a night plus tips IN netroit's AZ
lioraeinen Club At that Mo-
! CITY spot one night she was dx
covered by late Snowman Earl
+ tarfuil, WIN liked her muB4. and
immediately penned her 70
II week contract. clubbing her
Frantic Fay
Since then Frantic Fay has
+ played IN night spots from Chiea
20 IA Hollywood Her main engage
ments ii recent years hive been
dates in clubs on the West Coast
/ circuit tt'aim Spring I.as Vegas
Reno Culver Cityl.
Prior To the release Of her sen.
satieahl Don't Want Your Mon
~, Honey, coin operators trade
magazine Cash BoA tipped oil
inke box ownera. Wrote the pull
lieation. One Of the most frantic
of fgantaa Tala IA the ',so#t oat-
standing sides get cut comes Ia
this individual style singer
/ Just listen 10 this gal skim thru
the ss's and gurgle chucl!e. and
/ giggle. making more sounds than
| you've heard in month of Sum
| 1ays.
Jukstcrs listened rented the
disk md nave since reaped some
handsome rewards. Today most
Of them are crying for more Thorn
as.
Frantic Fays" future as re-
cording star and the decisions as
TO what type Of songs she'll wax
depend mainly on Exclusive Re-
cords and It's sstute Negro boss,
ex.aong writer Leon Renee.
Fay has great possibilities as
a natural singer" figures Renee.
She has style that's different
and dlstinguishabie from all 9TH
era. We're out now to prove that
she can do as well on standard
tunes as she can with those bird
noises of hers"