Marilyn Monroe Sings  

Marilyn Monroe was a shimmering on-screen presence - luminous sensual and larger-than-life. Certain cinematic images such as her skirt billowing above the subway in Seven Year Itch or her dressed in a vivid pink gown singing Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend have become iconic. She was a gifted comic actress with an instinctive feel for timing. And she projecteda smouldering sexuality that was revolutionary in the repressive 1950s.What she is less remembered for is her singing career but as this collection shows she carried it off with aplomb. Monroe was the ultimate showgirl. Witness her playing her ukelele and giving a raucous rendition of Running Wild in Some Like It Hot or wiggling her way through A Little Girl From Little Rock with Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. But as with her acting Monroe was underrated as a vocalist perceived by many to be the archetypal dumb blonde . Her singing voice wasn t perfect but it was expressive seductive and theatrical. Why else has I Wanna Be Loved ByYou become such a classic regularly used in advertising and TV? Monroe's voice suggests mood and glamour something that she worked hard to create.Track Listing1 Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend2 This Is) A Fine Romance3 Heat wave4 Do It Again5 I m Gonna File My Claim6 She Acts Like a Woman Should7 You d Be Surprised8 Bye Bye Baby9 River Of No Return10 Lazy11 Kiss12 A Little Girl From Little Rock13 I m Through With Love14 Happy Birthday To JFKFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 090328904722 Manufacturer No: MD0472

Girl's Best Friend have become iconic. She was a gifted comic actress with an instinctive feel for timing. And she projecteda smouldering sexuality that was revolutionary in the repressive 1950s.What she is less remembered for is her singing career but as this collection shows she carried it off with aplomb. Monroe was the ultimate showgirl. Witness her playing her ukelele and giving a raucous rendition of Running Wild in Some Like It Hot or wiggling her way through A Little Girl From Little Rock with Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. But as with her acting Monroe was underrated as a vocalist perceived by many to be the archetypal dumb blonde . Her singing voice wasn t perfect but it was expressive seductive and theatrical. Why else has I Wanna Be Loved ByYou become such a classic regularly used in advertising and TV? Monroe's voice suggests mood and glamour something that she worked hard to create.Track Listing1 Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend2 This Is) A Fine Romance3 Heat wave4 Do It Again5 I m Gonna File My Claim6 She Acts Like a Woman Should7 You d Be Surprised8 Bye Bye Baby9 River Of No Return10 Lazy11 Kiss12 A Little Girl From Little Rock13 I m Through With Love14 Happy Birthday To JFKFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 090328904722 Manufacturer No: MD0472  (less)