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13 August 2008

Pagan Love Song


The latest in our survey of 10-inch LPs from Hollywood films is the Esther Williams-Howard Keel romance, Pagan Love Song. This one has a score mostly by the great Harry Warren - with the exception of the title song, which is by Nacio Herb Brown. Producer Arthur Freed wrote the lyrics

IMDb claims that Betty Wand dubbed some of Williams' singing - not that her singing is all that good, IMHO. I was surprised that it was a vocal double.

The orchestrations are by Conrad Salinger, a particular favorite of many people, including me.

The file includes three bonuses - deleted versions of two songs on the LP, which I would assume are reprises, and a Howard Keel solo that doesn't appear in the film. The former are from DVD sources; the latter is an outtake on one of the CUT LPs.

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