Showing posts with label Jane Froman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane Froman. Show all posts

10 September 2010

With a Song in My Heart


Here by request is With a Song in My Heart, with songs from the Jane Froman biopic of 1952. The movie starred Susan Hayward as the popular radio singer, who was severely injured in a wartime plane crash. The voice on the soundtrack and this LP is Froman herself, a contralto with an excellent voice and technique. This is in no way jazz singing, but it is nonetheless quite well done.


The arrangements are by George Greeley, who was also an excellent pianist.

The cover is in the garish style that Capitol favored back then, and I love it for its artlessness and complete lack of subtlety. This also has the "picture frame" surround that Capitol used for its 10-inch LPs when it also was putting the contents out as a 45 rpm box set. It could use the printed artwork on both packages. That's Hayward on the front cover, Froman on the back.