Everything I Have Is Yours / Lili

M-G-M combined the songs from two of its early 50s musicals on this one 10-inch LP - the backstage story of Everything I Have Is Yours, and the naive girl-with-puppets fairytale of Lili.

Marge and Gower Champion were the dancing protagonists in 1952's Everything I Have Is Yours, joined for a rare musical outing by glamorous actor-singer Monica Lewis.

Monica Lewis and the Champions

The score is a mishmash of old items like the title tune and new material from Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, who contributes a song for Lewis with the unpromising title, "Seventeen Thousand Telephone Poles."

The music for 1953's Lili is more satisfying, with the beloved "Hi Lili, Hi Lo" from Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer, and a few attractive instrumental cues from Bronislaw Kaper.

As always, the M-G-M Studio Orchestra is a delight to hear, as conducted by Green, David Rose and Hans Sommer. Orchestrations for Everything I Have Is Yours were by Albert Sendrey; for Lili, Bob Franklyn and Skip Martin. The sound is very good. (May 2024: newly remastered in ambient stereo.)

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