| Biography | Active in opera, oratorio and concerts, Dearth made more than 225 recordings. In 1916, he recorded "The Canadian Guns," a stirring tribute to the skill and audacity of Canadian gunnery units then helping enormously along the Western Front. His recording of "Leanin'" is the perfect embodiment of soulful indolence, and justly famous. He would often sing it on request in pubs he frequented in his later years. |