Deanna Durbin, Andrew Sisters, Carmen Miranda, Ella Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich, Frances Lanfford, Mary Martin, Judy Garland, etc
Hollywood Sings - The Girls [ Charly Records / CD - released 4/Sep/1994 ] Original recordings from the 30s and 40s |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Girl Crazy Mary Martin & Jan Clayton / Members of the Original Broadway Cast [ Prism Leisure / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] Girl Crazy is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. |
Mary Martin
Broadway to Hollywood - and Back [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] One of the legendary greats of Broadway, Mary Martin achieved fame in her first ever show with the song "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" then went on to become the star of amongst other musicals "South Pacific" & "One Touch Of Venus"... |
ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast 1949) Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, Dickinson Eastham, Juanita Hall & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 30/Aug/2004 ] It's all about historical perspective. Nowadays,when we think of South Pacific, we tend to view it simply as one more hit musical from the golden team of Rodgers & Hammerstein: a heartwarming show full of glorious songs. But to the opening... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Lord Nelson Mass / Symphony No 102 in B flat Mary Wilson, Abigail Fischer, Keith Jameson, Kevin Deas / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] "this new account opens with impact, even if the florid upper strings occasionally have to struggle against the implacable tirades of chorus, trumpets and drums. And the quartet of soloists led by agile soprano Mary Williams proves a well integrated |
FORCES' SWEETHEART / HEART-THROBS OF WWII
Forces' Sweetheart & Heart-Throbs of World War II Judy Garland, Vera Lynn, Connee Boswell, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, The Andrew Sisters, Helen Ward, Peggy Lee, Mary Martin, etc [ Retrospective / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] The definitive album of wartime nostalgia: 20 forces' sweethearts and 21 of their heart-throb male counterparts sing 50 great songs, mostly on the theme of parted lovers. For all the soldiers, sailors and airmen parted from their loved ones during... |