She is a vocalist much to my own taste - unmannered, sensitive, in tune. It is unfortunate that she only made two LPs - this and one two years later for Columbia. The market for pop singers changed in the post-Elvis era, and that change only accelerated when the English invaded in the early 60s. The result was the market for traditional pop singers dried up, at least on records.
Pam Garner shows up in Billboard as early as 1953, and disappears right after her Columbia LP came out. So not a long career, but one that is worth your attention.
Garner also recorded two singles for Coral. One backed "Me and My Shadow," which is on this LP, with something called "Pinch Me Baby," which can be found on YouTube. Pam linked up with the Les Brown band for the other 45, which I haven't been able to locate.
This album was among Coral's first stereo issues in late 1958. It has the familiar foibles of early stereo records. Pam's voice wanders all over the stereo field on the first side. The sound on the second side listed decidedly to starboard; I have rebalanced it here. Finally, it took some doing to lessen a pronounced hissing on Pam's sibilants. This must have been an artifact of the recording; she was too young for loose dentures.
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| 1958 Billboard ad |
