This
LP is the first of two known times that the soundtrack to Till
The Clouds Roll By (1946) was paired with the 20th Century-Fox soundtrack
to Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes (1953) (the second pairing is here).
Fox did not have their own soundtrack division, so M-G-M Records stepped up and
released the soundtrack. It appears on many of the "two-fer" and
other series with a variety of other non-Garland M-G-M Soundtracks throughout
the 1950's, 60's, and 70's.
Due to the time constraints of the mid-50's "long playing" records,
this LP leaves off two numbers from the Clouds soundtrack: "Till
The Clouds Roll By" and "Ol' Man River". Obviously, MGM was wise
enough to keep the two Garland tracks as a selling point. Which is also obvious
by Judy's placement in comparison to the other Clouds stars on the album
cover artwork.
Images
from the collections of Scott Brogan and Eric Hemphill.
TRACK
LISTING
Judy Garland Tracks in blue.
The back of the LP gives some notes on who originally performed
the
numbers on the stage. We've included those notes below.
Title
Performed
by...
Side
One - Till
The Clouds Roll By
Look For
The Silver Lining First introduced to the
public by Marilyn Miller in "Sally" (1920) at New York
City's New Amsterdam Theater.
Judy Garland
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
From "Show Boat", in which is was first sung by Helen
Morgan.
Lena Horne
Leave
It To Jane/Cleopatterer
From the musical comedy "Leave It To jane", produced at
the Longacre Theater, New York, in 1917.
June Allyson
Make
Believe and Who Cares If My Boat Goes Upstream
From "Show Boat", in which these songs were sung originally
by Norma Ferris and Howard Marsh.
Kathryn Grayson & Tony Martin
Life Upon The Wicked Stage
Originally sung by Eva Puck in "Show Boat" (1927) at
The Ziegfeld Theatre in New York.
Virginia O'Brien
Who? First sung by Marilyn Miller
in "Sunny" (1925) at The New Amsterdam Theatre, New
York.
