Would that Rich, Young and Pretty - or any of the three - applied to the proprietor of this blog, but no. It instead refers to the star of this M-G-M musical of 1951, the glorious Jane Powell.
On this soundtrack LP, Jane shares the singing chores with Danielle Darrieux and Fernando Lamas (with him, the listening also is a chore). Vic Damone was the love interest in the film, but was under contract to Mercury at the time, so does not appear here.
Powell has most of the numbers, notably "Wonder Why" and "Dark Is the Night." Those songs and most of the others are by Nicholas Brodszky (his Flame and the Flesh was featured here recently) and the ubiquitous lyricist Sammy Cahn.
By the way, the orchestrations here are by M-G-M stalwarts Leo Arnaud and Wally Heglin. David Rose conducts.
LINK to Rich, Young and Pretty (remastered in ambient stereo)
Buster - thanks for yet another wonderful post. Delightful!
ReplyDeleteBuster, none of those three descriptions apply to me either...
ReplyDeleteI'm very glad you posted this soundtrack LP - it must be one of the very few M-G-M musical soundtracks that I didn't have up to now and it goes without saying that I love these songs - and, of course, Jane Powell. Thanks very much.
Thanks also for giving me the opportunity to collaborate with you on this project. I hope we can do it again sometime.
Thank you for your wonderful blog. I enjoy discovering music and reading your comments. Please know that the time you put in to this makes life nicer for many other people. Thank you again.
ReplyDeleteJoe/Tom - Thanks for your kind comments!
ReplyDeleteLuis - And thank you, too, for the Sammy scans.
dear Buster,
ReplyDeletethough i'm not a lover of musicals, i was impressed so much by 'Rich, Young and Pretty' d/loaded from p2p network...
may i ask you to re-up this LP rip?
thanks in advance.
sincerely,
AN
Could you please re up the Sammy Cahn too when you get a chance.Thanks for a most enjoyable blog.
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