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,…
Good News of 1938 – Another Look
This single CD from the Starring Eleanor Powell set has the Good News of 1938 broadcast of December 23, 1937. Jimmy Stewart served as the master of ceremonies for the program. The guests included Powell, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Edna Mae Oliver, Ray Bolger, Ilona Massey, Fanny Brice, Albertina Rasch and Dolly Tree. The link…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
