Tuesday, December 16, 2014

MERRIE MELODIES IN ITALIANO

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The team of Ines Talamo & Crivel, vocalists I linked to in a previous post, but hadn't heard of until a few days ago, made quite a quantity of recordings of songs composed by Harry Warren (lyrics) & Al Dubin (music) for Warner Bros. musicals. With new lyrics for the Italian translations, the evocative classical singing style make these 78s interesting and exciting.

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"Shanghai Lil", originally sung and danced by James Cagney and Ruby Keeler (Mrs. Al Jolson) in FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933).


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"About a Quarter to Nine" and "Latin from Manhattan", both featured by Al Jolson in GO INTO YOUR DANCE (1935).




Enjoy,
Milt


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