Hollywood Guys and Gals (Hey Presto! KBCD 038) was issued in the UK in 1996. Featured on the disc are 16 tracks from films of the classic era as sung by the stars of the film. Jimmy Stewart is featured on Easy to Love, a duet with Eleanor Powell (actually with Marjorie Lane, who dubbed…
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Thanks for the Memory Golden Duets
This CD was issued in England in 2002 on the Signature label (SIGNCD2045). Stewart’s duet is #7 on the CD and is from the film, Born to Dance. Unfortunately, the information about the song is incorrect everyplace it is mentioned on the CD package. Jimmy sang Easy to Love with Eleanor Powell in the film,…
1 Foot in the Groove – Hollywood Guys ‘n Girls
This single CD collection was issued in the U.K. in 1994 (ONE C005). The CD features Easy to Love by Jimmy Stewart and Eleanor Powell. It is from the film Born to Dance, not Easy to Love, as mentioned on the CD’s packaging. As mentioned in previous blogs, Eleanor Powell’s vocals were actually sung by…
Leo Is on the Air – After the Thin Man
Leo Is on the Air was a series of 15-minute radio shows prepared by M-G-M to promote their films on the radio. This one is a 16-inch, one-sided disc, playing at 33 1/3 RPM. It was pressed for M-G-M by RCA (21432). This record played in reverse of most discs in that the needle moved…
Hollywood Sings
This CD was issued by K-tel Entertainment in the U.K. in 2003 (ECD 3843). Jimmy Stewart is featured on Easy to Love, a duet with Eleanor Powell (actually with Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals) from the film Born to Dance. Another song on the CD has ties to Stewart. Joan Crawford’s It’s All…
That’s Entertainment
That’s Entertainment (MCA 2-11002), a 2-LP set issued in 1974, features one song by Jimmy Stewart and Eleanor Powell (as mentioned in other blogs, although Powell usually receives credit, the voice is actually that of Marjorie Lane, who dubbed Miss Powell’s vocals in the film). The song is Easy to Love and on the album…
Put It There Pal!
The Put It There Pal! CD was issued in 2000 by Time Music International (TMI136). Although Stewart is not mentioned or pictured on the cover, if you flip the case over you’ll spot his name at #11 in a duet with Eleanor Powell (Powell’s vocals were actually dubbed by Marjorie Lane). Easy to Love, from…
That’s Entertainment Part 2
Following the success of the 1974 film, That’s Entertainment, MGM produced this sequel which went into general circulation in the U.S. on May 17, 1976. Like its predecessor, this was a retrospective of MGM films released from the 1930’s into the 1950’s. Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire served as hosts for the film. Scenes from…
Born to Dance – Other Contemporary Artists
Although no soundtrack album was issued at the time of the film’s release, there were many 10-inch, 78 rpm, singles issued. Five of the film’s songs were released, including Easy to Love, Hey Babe Hey, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Rap Tap on Wood and Swingin’ the Jinx Away.Most of the music included here…
Born to Dance – The Soundtrack
Although no soundtrack album was issued at the time of the movie (1936), several 78 RPM singles were issued by the stars who sang the songs in the film. The most successful of the three singles released was Frances Langford’s Easy to Love/Swinin’ the Jinx Away (Decca 940). Both sides were recorded with the Jimmy…
