Ann Miller
Johnnie Lucille Collier (April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004), known professionally as Ann Miller, was an American dancer, singer and actress. She is best remembered for her work in the Hollywood musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Johnnie Lucille Collier was born in Chireno, Texas, to Clara Emma (née Birdwell) and John Alfred Collier, a criminal lawyer who represented the Barrow Gang, Machine Gun Kelly, and Baby Face Nelson, among others.
Her maternal grandmother was Cherokee. Miller's father insisted on the name Johnnie because he had wanted a boy, but she was often called Annie. She began to take dance classes at the age of 5, after suffering from a case of rickets. Her mother believed that these classes would help strengthen her young daughter's legs.
She lived in Texas until she was 9, when her mother decided to leave her unfaithful husband and move to Los Angeles. Because Birdwell was deaf, it was hard for her to find work; however, because Miller looked much older than she was, she began to work as a dancer in nightclubs so tat she could support the both of them. About this time she adopted the stage name Ann Miller, which she kept throughout her entire career.
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ALBUMS
- Cole Porter - The Essential released: 2010
- Hollywood Musicals released: 2009
- Hollywood Musicals released: 2007
- That's Entertainment! The Ultimate Anthology of M-G-M Musicals released: 2006
- The Essential Cole Porter released: 2005
- Musical Wonderland released: 2001
- Irving Berlin in Hollywood released: 1999
- That's Entertainment! The Best of the M-G-M Musicals released: 1996
- The Greatest Hits of the Musicals released: 1996
- 100 Years of Cinema: 40 Classic Performances released: 1995
- Best of the Silver Screen released: 1992
- Soho Collection released:
- The Big Picture released:
- Hollywood's Best: The Fifties released:
Cole Porter - The Essential
Released 2010- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- Too Darn Hot
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- From This Moment On
- I Love Paris
- Just One of Those Things
- Begin the Beguine
- In the Still of the Night
- Easy to Love
- Night and Day
- You Do Something to Me
- Begin the Beguine
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
- What Is This Thing Called Love
- Love for Sale
- Miss on Regrets
Hollywood Musicals
Released 2009- Annie Get Your Gun: There's No Business Like Show Business
- The King and I: I Whistle a Happy Tune
- Gigi: I Remember It Well
- Calamity Jane: Secret Love
- The Pajama Game: Hernando's Hideaway
- South Pacific: There Is Nothin' Like a Dame
- Easter Parade: Easter Parade
- Singin' in the Rain: Good Morning
- Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
- Oklahoma: Oh What a Beautiful Morning
- Kismet: Baubles, Bangles and Beads
- High Society: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Calamity Jane: The Deadwood Stage (Whip Crack-Away)
- The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow
- West Side Story: America
Hollywood Musicals
Released 2007- Singin' in the Rain (suite)
- Aba Daba Honeymoon
- A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
- Begin the Beguine
- Honeysuckle Rose
- It's a Most Unusual Day
- Puttin' on the Ritz
- Dear Mr. Gable / You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)
- I Wanna Be Loved by You
- By Myself
- Well, Did You Evah?
- Hallelujah!
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Triplets
- I Got Rhythm
- Girls, Girls, Girls!
- Now You Has Jazz
- Just One of Those Things
- Swing, Mr. Mendelssohn
- March of the Doagies
- Shakin' the Blues Away
- That's Entertainment
That's Entertainment! The Ultimate Anthology of M-G-M Musicals
Released 2006- I've Gotta Hear That Beat
- Make 'em Laugh
- Old Man River
- Be Myself
- New York, New York (extended version)
- The Worry Song
- Singin' In the Rain
- Over the Rainbow
- But Not for Me
- The Trolley Song
- The Boy Next Door
- Under the Bamboo Tree
- Get Happy
- Going Hollywood
- Well, Did You Evah?
- True Love
- Hallelujah!
- Barn Dance (Bless Yore Beautiful Hide)
- Gigi
- An American in Paris Ballet (extended version)
The Essential Cole Porter
Released 2005- Anything Goes
- I Get a Kick Out of You
- All Through the Night
- You're the Top
- Blow, Gabriel, Blow
- Let's Do It
- Let's Misbehave
- Be Like the Bluebird
- You Do Something to Me
- Looking at You
- Love for Sale
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- They All Fall in Love
- Swingin' the Jinx Away
- Rosalie
- Who Knows?
- In the Still of the Night
- At Long Last Love
- Find Me a Primitive Man
- Don't Fence Me In
Musical Wonderland
Released 2001- Over the Rainbow
- It's a Most Unusual Day
- Wunderbar
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
- Going Hollywood
- The Trolley Song
- Gigi
- I Got Rhythm
- Aba Daba Honeymoon
- The Lady Is a Tramp
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
- Cheek to Cheek
- A Kiss to Build a Dream On
- Put 'em in a Box
- If Swing Goes, I Go Too
- Almost Like Being in Love
- Let's Face the Music and Dance
- Be a Clown
- Embraceable You
- On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
- One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
Irving Berlin in Hollywood
Released 1999- The Hostess With the Mostess
- Steppin' Out With My Baby
- I Got The Sun in The Morning
- Mandy
- Blue Skies
- Puttin' On the Ritz
- Isn't This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in The Rain)
- Shaking the Blues Away
- Heat Wave
- Vaudeville Medley From Easter Parade
- Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
- A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody
- Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
- Colonel Buffalo Bill (outtake)
- You Can't Get a Man With a Gun
- Marching Along With Time (outtake)
- They Say It's Wonderful (outtake)
- Cheek to Cheek
- After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It
- Anything You Can Do (outtake)
- You're Just In Love
- Let's Face the Music and Dance
- Easter Parade
- There's No Business Like Show Business
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
That's Entertainment! The Best of the M-G-M Musicals
Released 1996- That's Entertainment!
- Get Happy
- From This Moment On
- Over the Rainbow
- Ol' Man River
- Singin' in the Rain
- The Trolley Song
- The Varsity Drag
- Easter Parade
- All of You
- On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe
- Honeysuckle Rose
- I Like Myself
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Hallelujah!
- There's No Business Like Show Business
The Greatest Hits of the Musicals
Released 1996- Don't Cry for Me, Argentina (from "Evita")
- Memory (from "Cats")
- Summertime (from "Porgy & Bess")
- Some Enchanted Evening (from "South Pacific")
- Day by Day (from "Godspell")
- Losing My Mind (from "Follies")
- 76 Trombones (from "The Music Man")
- If I Ruled the World (from "Pickwick")
- S'Wonderful (from "An American in Paris")
- Make Believe (from "Showboat")
- Too Darn Hot (from "Kiss Me, Kate")
- I Don't Know How to Love Him (from "Jesus Christ Superstar")
- A Couple of Swells (from "Easter Parade")
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (from "Funny Face")
- One (Finale) (from "A Chorus Line")
- Send In the Clowns (from ''A Little Night Music'')
- New York, New York (from "On the Town")
- Trolley Song (from "Meet Me in St. Louis")
- The Impossible Dream (from "Man of La Mancha")
- I Know Him So Well (from "Chess")
- Any Dream Will Do (from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat")
- Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz")
100 Years of Cinema: 40 Classic Performances
Released 1995- Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
- Chattanooga Choo Choo
- White Christmas
- They're Either Too Young Or Too Old
- Foolish Pride
- Too Darn Hot
- Hi Lilli Hi Lo
- Stranger in Paradise
- Thank Heaven For Little Girls
- Hello Dolly
- Move Over Darling
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
- Pillow Talk
- A Woman In Love
- Let's Do It
- Mambo Bacan
- Stardust
- Who's Sorry Now?
- Did I Remember
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Soho Collection
- Night and Day
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Begin the Beguine
- Just One of Those Things
- Easy to Love
- When Love Comes Your Way
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- It's De-Lovely
- Ridin' High
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- Let's Fly Away
- I'm a Gigolo
- Two Little Babes in the Woods
- Down in the Depths
- Red Hot and Blue
- Friendship
- Let's Be Buddies
- I Love You
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
The Big Picture
- Singing in the Rain
- Over the Rainbow
- Inka Dinka Doo
- Good Morning
- From This Moment On
- As Time Goes By
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
- Too Darn Hot
- I Remember It Well
- Get Happy
- I Got Rhythm
- Just One of Those Things
- It's Magic
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- Hallelujah! (feat. Vic Damone, Kay Armen, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds and Clark Burroughs & Co.)
Hollywood's Best: The Fifties
- Aba Daba Honeymoon
- A Kiss to Build a Dream On
- Singin' in the Rain
- The Tender Trap
- Baubles, Bangles, and Beads
- From This Moment On
- Gigi
- Get Happy
- All of You (extended version)
- If You Can Dream
- When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
- Love Can Change the Stars
- The Opposite Sex
- Easy to Love
- What Good Is a Gal Without a Guy?
- True Love
Born: 1923-04-12
Died: 2004-01-22
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by Ann Miller
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by Ann Miller
TOO DARN HOT
by: Ann MillerBIANCA:
It's too darn hot
It's too darn hot
I'd like to sup with my baby tonight
and play the pup with my baby tonight
I'd like to sup with my baby tonight
and play the pup with my baby tonight
but I ain't up to my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot
It's too darn hot
It's too darn hot
I'd like to stop for my baby tonight
and blow my top with my baby tonight
I'd like to stop with my baby tonight
and blow my top with my baby tonight
but I'd be a flop with my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot,
it's too darn hot
it's too darn hot
I'd like to fool with my baby tonight
break ev'ry rule with my baby tonight
I'd like to fool with my baby tonight
break ev'ry rule with my baby tonight
but pillow you'll be my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot
it's too darn hot
*BRIDGE*
According to the Kinsey report
ev'ry average man you know
much prefers to play his favorite sport
when the temperature is low
but when the thermometer goes way up
and the weather is sizzling hot
Mister Adam for his madam is not
cause it's too too
it's too darn hot, it's too darn hot
It's too too too too darn hot
I'd like to call on my baby tongiht
and give my all to my baby tonight
I'd like to call on my baby tongiht
and give my all to my baby tonight
but I can't play ball with my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot
it's too darn hot
I'd like to meet with my baby tonight
get off my feet with my baby tonight
I'd like to meet with my baby tonight
get off my feet with my baby tonight
but no repeat with my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot
it's too darn hot
I'd like to coo with my baby tonight
and pitch some woo with my baby tonight
I'd like to coo with my baby tonight
and pitch some woo with my baby tonight
but sister you fight my baby tonight
cause it's too darn hot
it's too darn hot
According to the Kinsey report
ev'ry average man you know
much prefers to play his favorite sport
when the temperature is low
but when the thermometer goes way up
and the weather is sizzling hot
Mister GOB for his squab,
a marine for his queen
a G.I. for his cutie-pie is not
Cause it's too too too darn hot
It's too darn hot
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