Hollywood Guys and Gals (UK, CD)

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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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…

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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…

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AFRTS Basic Musical Library

The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), and its predecessor, the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS), issued thousands of discs featuring music tracks as a part of its basic music library series. Our research has thus far turned up just one such disc on which Jimmy Stewart appears. It is part of the AFRTS…

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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…

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Hollywood’s Best: The Thirties

This is a single CD issued by TCM Turner Classic Movies Music/Rhino Movie Music (R2 72907) in 1997. Stewart is involved only on track 12, Easy to Love (Alternate Version). In the film, Born to Dance, he appears to be singing the song with Eleanor Powell when, in fact, her vocals were dubbed by Marjorie…

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Leo Is on the Air – Born to Dance

This special MGM program was listed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but some extras, including the audio, are presented here for the first time. The 15-minute show was meant to help promote the film by showcasing five of the Cole Porter songs which were included in the movie. The copy of the show in…

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Great Duets

This 2-CD set (Time Music DTCD019) was released in 2000. The CD’s features previously recorded duets, many taken from films, radio and TV. A complete listing of songs is included: Stewart fans will be interested in the second track on the first CD – Easy to Love. This duet with Eleanor Powell is taken from…

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