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Golden Moments From The Silver Screen
Title:
GOLDEN MOMENTS FROM THE SILVER SCREEN
Category:
Soundtrack
Label:
Harmony
A Product Of Columbia Records
Catalog Number:
H 30549
Release Date:
1970's
Type:
12" 33 1/3 rpm
Discs:
1
Length:
Not given
Availability:
Out of print

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ABOUT THE DISC & RECORDINGS:

This collection of film songs in misleading. Several of the performances are actually studio recordings made by the artists at the time the films were released or after, but were not from the film soundtracks themselves. Most famously is Betty Grable's rendition of "I Can't Begin To Tell You". Although no mention is made on this album, it's obvious when listening to the recording that it's Betty's then-husband trumpeteer Harry James on the trumpet solo break. Grable recorded the song in 1945 under the name of Ruth Hagg (a combination of Betty's middle name Ruth and Haryy's mother's maiden name). The reason for the name is that Fox would not allow its contract players to have recording contracts outside of the studio. Something Betty desperately wanted. This is the only "commercial" recording Betty ever made.

The sound quality on this album is good, but a bit echoey due to the "simulated stereo" effect. This was a common practice in the 1960's and 1970's, an attempt to make older mono recordings sound fuller and more stereo-like.

All images on this page from the collection of Scott Brogan.

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    TRACK LISTING
* Courtesy of Epic Records
† Studio (not film soundtrack) recording

Judy Garland track in
blue.

Song Title
Performed by...
From the film...
Record One - Side One
This Year's Kisses
Alice Faye
On The Avenue
(20th Century-Fox - 1937)
The Gold Digger Song (We're In The Money)
Dick Powell
Gold Diggers Of 1933
(Warner Bros. - 1933)
Panamania *
Dorothy Lamour
Swing High, Swing Low
(Paramount - 1937)
Straight From The Shoulder (Right From The Heart) *
Bing Crosby
She Loves Me Not
(Paramount - 1934)
They Call Me Sister Honkey Tonk
Mae West
I'm No Angel
(Paramount - 1933)
Record Two - Side Two
Lola
Marlena Dietrich
The Blue Angel
(Independent - 1930)
I Can't Begin To Tell You
Betty Grabel
The Dolly Sisters
(20th Century-Fox - 1945)
Cheek To Cheek *
Fred Astaire
Top Hat
(RKO - 1935)
The Man That Got Away
Judy Garland
A Star Is Born
(Warner Bros. - 1954)
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CREDITS

Produced by: Shaun Considine

Cover Photos: Culver Pictures/Shaun Considine

Cover Design: Teresa Alfieri

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