Somewhere over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Singin' In The Rain [From Singin' in the Rain] - Gene Kelly
- There's No Business Like Show Business, song (from "Annie Get your Gun" - Howard Keel
- 'S Wonderful, song (from Funny Face, musical) [From An American in Pari - Gene Kelly
- That's Entertainment! [From The Band Wagon] - Oscar Levant
- Stranger In Paradise [From Kismet] - Vic Damone
- Easter Parade, song (from "As Thousands Cheer") [From Easter Parade] - Judy Garland
- Lullaby Of Broadway - Winifred Shaw
- version used in the film Summer Stock [From Summer Stock] - Judy Garland
- Night and day, song (from "Gay Divorce") [From the Gay Divorcee] - Fred Astaire
- True love, song (from "High Society") [From High Society] - Bing Crosby
- Honeysuckle Rose [From Thousands Cheer] - Lena Horne
- Version used in the film The Barkleys Of Broadway - Fred Astaire
- Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet [From Broadway Rhythm] - Nancy Walker
- Baby, It's Cold Outside [From Neptune's Daughter] - Esther Williams
- For Me And My Gal [From for Me and My Gal] - Judy Garland
- Version used in the film Idiot's Delight [From Idiot's Delight] - Clark Gable & Co.
- Hallelujah! [From Hit the Deck] - Kay Armen
- Bless Yore Beautiful Hide [From Seven Brides for Seven Brothers] - Howard Keel
- Taking A Chance On Love [From "Cabin in the Sky"] - Ethel Waters
- Version used in the film Casablanca [*] - Dooley Wilson
- Lara's Theme (Main Title) [*] - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra
- Over The Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz] - Judy Garland
- It's A Most Unusual Day (for the film A Date With Judy) [From A Date wi - Jane Powell
- Wunderbar, song (from "Kiss Me Kate") [From Kiss Me Kate] - Howard Keel
- Can't Help Lovin' dat Man, song (from "Show Boat") [From Show Boat] - Ava Gardner
- Going Hollywood [From Going Hollywood] - Bing Crosby
- The Trolley Song [From Meet Me in St. Louis] - Judy Garland
- Gigi, song (from "Gigi ") [From Gigi] - Louis Jourdan
- I Got Rhythm, song (from Girl Crazy, 1930) - Judy Garland
- Version used in the film Two Weeks With Love [From Two Weeks with Love] - Debbie Reynolds
- The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms") [From Words and Mu - Lena Horne
- Version used in the film Good News [From Good News] - June Allyson
- Cheek to Cheek, song (from "Top Hat") [From Top Hat] - Fred Astaire
- A Kiss To Build A Dream On [From the Strip] - Louis Armstrong
- Put 'Em In A Box - Doris Day
- If Swing Goes, I Go Too - Fred Astaire
- Almost Like Being In Love - Gene Kelly
- Let's Face the Music and Dance, song (from "Follow the Fleet") [From Fo - Fred Astaire
- Be a clown, song (from the film "The Pirate") [From The Pirate] - Judy Garland
- Embraceable You, song (from Girl Crazy, musical) [From "When the Boys M - Connie Francis
- On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe [From The Harvey Girls] - Judy Garland & Co.
- One for My Baby (and One More for the Road), song [From The Sky's the L - Fred Astaire
Free Music Notes for Somewhere over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals
Free Music Review: "Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Age are still among us"
Hit: 5 Stars
Rhino Records and Turner Classic Movies Music present - "SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW: THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS", some of the long ago musicals and stars that will never be forgotten...a 2-CD-Set covering several decades from 1935-1965 with many of the show stoppers of that time...some rare moments from entertainers that you haven't heard or thought of in sometime.
The lineup is fantastic and gives the listener a variety of what musicals were all about in the "Golden Age of the Hollywood Musicals"
June Allyson, Kay Armen, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Ann Blyth, Jack Buchanan, Louis Calhern, Bing Crosby, Vic Damone, Doris Day, Nanette Fabray, Connie Francis, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Kathyrn Grayson, Georges Guetary, Lena Horne, Betty Hutton, Louis Jourdan, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Grace Kelly, Peter Lawford, Oscar Levant, Ann Miller, Ricardo Montalban, Page Cavanaugh Trio, Debbie Reynolds, Winifred Shaw, Nancy Walker, Ethel Waters, Esther Williams, Dooley Williams and Keenan Wynn.
On Disc One 21 Classic Songs from great musicals with songs in alphabetical order:
AS TIME GOES BY - Dooley Wilson with Elliot Carpenter, pianist (1942)
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - Esther Williams & Ricardo Montalban (1949)
BLESS, YORE BEAUTIFUL HIDE - Howard Keel (1954)
EASTER PARADE - Fred Astaire & Judy Garland (1948)
FOR ME AND MY GAL - Gene Kelly & Judy Garland (1942)
GET HAPPY - Judy Garland (1950)
HALLELUJAH! - Tony Martin, Vic Damone, Kay Armen, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Clark Burroughs (for Russ Tamblyn) (1955)
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE - Lena Horne with Benny Carter & His Orchestra (1943)
LARA'S THEME (MAIN TITLE) - M-G-M Studio Orchestra (1965)
LULLABY OF BROADWAY - Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell (1935)
MILKMAN, KEEP THOSE BOTTLES QUIET - Nancy Walker with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (1944)
NIGHT AND DAY - Fred Astaire (1934)
PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ - Clark Gable & Company (1939)
'S WONDERFUL - Gene Kelly & Georges Guetary (1951)
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Gene Kelly (1951)
STRANGER IN PARADISE - Ann Blyth & Vic Damone (1955)
TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE - Ethel Waters & Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1943)
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT - Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray & Oscar Levant (1953)
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS - Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Keenan Wynn & Louis Calhern (1950)
THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME - Fred Astaire (1949)
TRUE LOVE - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly (1956)
On Disc Two more memorable performances from the Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals:
A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON - Louis Armstrong (1951)
ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter (1950)
ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE - Gene Kelly (1954)
BE A CLOWN - Judy Garland & Gene Kelly (1948)
BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE - June Allyson & Peter Lawford (1947)
CAN'T HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN - Ava Gardner (beautiful woman, who my youngest grandaughter is named after...Avalon) (1951)
CHEEK TO CHEEK - Fred Astaire (1935)
EMBRACEABLE YOU - Connie Francis (1965)
GIGI - Louis Jourdan (1958)
GOING HOLLYWOOD - Bing Crosby (1933)
I GOT RHYTHM - Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney (1943)
IF SWING GOES, I GO TOO - Fred Astaire (1946)
IT'S A MOST UNUSUAL DAY - Jane Powell (1948)
LADY IS A TRAMP - Lena Horne (1948)
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE - Fred Astaire (1936)
ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE - Judy Garland & Company (1946)
ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD) - Fred Astaire (1943)
OVER THE RAINBOW - Judy Garland (became her theme song for the rest of her life) (1939)
PUT 'EM IN A BOX - Doris Day & the Page Cavanaugh Trio (1948)
THE TROLLEY SONG - Judy Garland & MGM Studio Chorus (1944)
WUNDERBAR - Kathryn Grayson & Howard Keel (two of MGM's favorite singing duos) (1953)
It was once said by the songwriters of that era - "There are two artists you want perform your songs on the big screen, they are Fred Astaire and Judy Garland they sing it just the way we wrote it, for which you will have a guaranteed hit on your hands"...well, this collections certainly has some merit to that statement...because with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire performing seven songs each, there must be something to it.
This collection of musicals still has the magic that we remember from those bygone years...but as long as we have the labels and networks who play and show these wonderful films of yesteryear, they will never be forgotten...hats off to Rhino Records, George Feltenstein (producer) and Doug Schwartz (engineer) and Turner Classic Movies for sharing those 42 selections from 42 films...celebrating decades of the tunes and artists that gave it their all...from what it commonly called "The Hollywood Dream Factory"...The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals is still among us...gotta love it!
Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Rhino Records 78323 ~ (6/02/2002)
Somewhere over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals Poster
The "Golden Age" referred to here spans The Jazz Singer and the advent of the talkies to the death throes of the old studio system in the 1960s. So vast was the era's musical landscape that even this 42-track, double-disc anthology can't encompass all its peaks. Not surprisingly, the bulk of this collection originated with the Tiffany's of the screen musical, M-G-M, a body of work whose riches here encompass both pop-cultural bedrock ("Over the Rainbow," "Singin' in the Rain," "There's No Business Like Show Business," etc.) and some less familiar, if equally delightful star turns: Clark Gable gamely "Puttin' On the Ritz"; the sassy, 1948 original of "The Lady Is a Tramp" by Lena Horne; and a loopy duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban. Fred Astaire's elegant, epochal reign at RKO and M-G-M is represented by "Night and Day," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," and three others, while Metro mainstays Gene Kelly and Judy Garland share equal time and billing. It's not perfect--Cagney's "Yankee Doodle Boy" and/or some Sinatra seem more logical choices than the odd "bonus" duet of Casablanca's "As Time Goes By" and "Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago that close out disc one--but it's a stunning, surprisingly comprehensive primer on the Hollywood film musical nonetheless. --Jerry McCulleyBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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