Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman (born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American singer, dancer, and film/television actress. She began her film career in 1932 and her work in television lasted into 1993. She was a prolific performer for two decades. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and was a three time winner of The Golden Globe, she achieved a new level of success as Angela Channing in the 1980s prime time soap opera Falcon Crest.
She was the first wife of Ronald Reagan; they married in 1940 and divorced in 1949.
Youth
Wyman was born Sarah Jane Mayfield in St. Joseph, Missouri. Although her birthdate has been widely reported for many years as January 4, 1914, research by biographers and genealogists indicates she was born on January 5, 1917. The most likely reason for the 1914 year of birth is that she added to her age so as to be able to work and act while still a minor. She may have moved her birthday back by one day to January 4 so as to share the same birthday as her daughter, Maureen (born January 4, 1941). The 1920 census, on the other hand, has her at 3 and living in Philadelphia, Pa. After Wyman's death, a release posted on her official website confirmed these details.
Let Me Go, Lover!
"Let Me Go, Lover!", a popular song, was written by Jenny Lou Carson and Al Hill, a pseudonym used by Fred Wise, Kathleen Twomey, and Ben Weisman.
It is based on an earlier song called "Let Me Go, Devil," about alcoholism. It was featured on the television program Studio One on November 15, 1954, and caught the fancy of the public. Joan Weber sang the song on the TV production and was pregnant at the time. A result of the program was to illustrate how efficiently a song could be promoted by introducing it to the public via radio or a TV production. The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40366. Mitch Miller stocked national record stores the week before the program and because of its availability the record sold over 100,000 the first week of its release. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 4, 1954.
By January 1955, Weber's record of the song had hit No. 1 on all the Billboard charts (the Disk Jockey chart, the Best Seller chart, and the Juke Box chart). It became a gold record. It was also quickly covered by a number of other singers. One artist to "cover" it was Lucille Ball. In the March 18, 1955, episode of I Love Lucy, entitled "Bull Fight Dance", Ball sings a snatch of the song with a lot of verve and feeling. Such was the song's popularity.
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Jane Wyman
ALBUMS
- The First British Hit Parade released: 2011
- 75 Love Songs released: 2006
- Just the Two of Us released: 2005
- Great Jukebox Favourites released: 2005
- Going My Way released: 2003
- The Classic Hoagy Carmichael released: 1994
- Your Hit Parade, Volume 35: The Fun-Time '50s and '60s released: 1993
- Hollywood Party released: 1987
- Hollywood Hit Parade released:
- Golden Hits of 1951 released:
The First British Hit Parade
Released 2011- Here in My Heart
- You Belong to Me
- Somewhere Along the Way
- The Isle of Innisfree
- Feet Up
- Half as Much
- High Moon (Do Not Forsake Me)
- Forget Me Not
- Sugarbush
- Blue Tango
- The Homing Waltz
- Auf Wiederseh'n (Sweetheart)
- Because You're Mine
- Cowpunchers Cantata
- Walkin' My Baby Back Home
- Take My Heart
- My Love and Devotion
- Come a Long a Love
- Zing a Little Zong
- Brittania Rag
- Because You're Mine
- White Christmas
- Faith Can Move Mountains
- Takes Two to Tango
- Silent Night, Holy Night
- Walkin' to Missouri
- Jambalaya
75 Love Songs
Released 2006- True Love
- I'm in Love With You
- Only You
- My Love, My Love
- So Tired
- A Woman in Love
- You Are My Love
- Time's a Wastin'
- I'll Never Stop Loving You
- Sway
- Goodbye to Rome
- If I May
- From the Vine Came the Grape
- Tea for Two
- Violets for Your Furs
- Maria
- My Heart Cries for You
- Isle of Capri
- Two Lost Souls
- Let Me Go, Lover!
- (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)
- I Went to Your Wedding
- Blue Velvet
- The Girl Next Door
- Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
Just the Two of Us
Released 2005- Let's Walk That Way
- Hey Good Lookin'
- How D'Ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning?
- Isn't Life Wonderful?
- Tea for Two
- It Had to Be You
- Dream a Little Dream of Me
- Sugarbush
- Dedicated to You
- A Penny a Kiss
- My Heart's Desire
- It's Great to Be Alive
- Marrying for Love
- A Fine Romance
- No Two People (Have Ever Been So in Love)
- Broken Heart
- Am I in Love?
- Long Ago and Far Away
- When You Wore a Tulip
- A Bushel & A Peck
- You're Just in Love
- Can Anyone Explain?
- Two Sleepy People
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
- My Romance
Great Jukebox Favourites
Released 2005- Music! Music! Music!
- Mona Lisa
- Jezebel
- Shrimp Boats
- Because of You
- The Blacksmith Blues
- Cry
- The Glow Worm
- You Belong to Me
- Mockin' Bird Hill
- My Truly, Truly Fair
- Come On-A My House
- My Foolish Heart
- If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake
- Undecided
- Play a Simple Melody
- Around the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)
- High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
- Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
- The World Is Waiting (For the Sunrise)
- Any Time
- Charmaine
- Come's A-Long A-Love
- On Top of Old Smoky
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
- Shanghai
- Harbour Lights
Going My Way
Released 2003- Dear Hearts and Gentle People
- Play a Simple Melody
- Gone Fishin'
- Far Away Places
- I Can't Begin to Tell You
- Sam's Song
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
- Mule Train
- Sioux City Sue
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- If I Loved You
- Night and Day
- A Fella With an Umbrella
- Day by Day
- Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)
- Sparrow in the Tree Top
- The Day After Forever
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- Put It There Pal
- Evelina
- Going My Way
- You Belong to My Heart
- Galway Bay
- Now Is the Hour
Your Hit Parade, Volume 35: The Fun-Time '50s and '60s
Released 1993- The Thing
- Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
- If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake
- I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)
- Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell (Who's Got de Ding Dong?)
- Auctioneer
- In the Middle of the House
- Zorro
- (Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'
- Daddy-O
- Black Strap Molasses
- Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (on the Bedpost Over Night)
- Speedy Gonzales
- Dance Everyone Dance
- My Boomerang Won't Come Back
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
- Delaware
- A Dollar Down
- May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
- The Boll Weevil Song
- The Marvelous Toy
- Beans in My Ears
- Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious
Hollywood Party
Released 1987- Stardust
- Lullaby of Broadway
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- Let's Dance
- Cry Me a River
- I Won't Dance
- You Made Me Love You
- That's Amore
- What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
- Island in the Sun
- How High the Moon
- Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
- I'll Be Seeing You
- I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby
- River of No Return
- Jailhouse Rock
- Only You
- Love Theme
- Minnie the Moocher
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
- Cocktails for Two
- Chattanooga Choo Choo
- Black Market
- Be My Love
- Swanee
Hollywood Hit Parade
- As Time Goes By
- I Wish I Didn't Love You So
- Dear Heart
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme)
- You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
- Laura
- Strangers in the Night
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You)
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
- Tender Is The Night
- Long Ago (And Far Away)
- I'm in the Mood for Love
- Let's Fall in Love
- Sentimental Journey
- Where is Your Heart (The Song from 'Moulin Rouge')
- When I Grow Too Old to Dream
- Love Letters
- The Man That Got Away
Golden Hits of 1951
- Undecided
- Come on-A My House
- Because of You
- Too Young
- The Loveliest Night of the Year
- Jezebel
- Sparrow in the Treetop
- Hot Canary
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
- My Truly, Truly Fair
- Shrimp Boats
- Unforgettable
- Little White Cloud That Cried
- The Gypsy Fiddler
- Tennessee Waltz
- Mockin' Bird Hill
- Syncopated Clock
- Gone Fishin'
- Aba Daba Honeymoon
- On Top of Old Smokey
- Allentown Jail
- Black and White Rag
- Forty Fahsend Fevvers on a Frush
- Oh What a Face!
- Barwick Green
Born: 1914-01-04
Died: 2007-09-10
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by Connie Francis
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by Patti Page
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by Kathy Kirby
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by Wanda Jackson
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by Hank Snow
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by Dean Martin
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by Peggy Lee
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by Joan Weber
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by Teresa Brewer
Let Me Go Lover
by: Connie FrancisOh let me go let me go let me go lover
Let me be set me free from your spell
You made me weak cut me deep I can't sleep lover
I was cursed from the first day I fell
You don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that you'll say that we're through
Please turn me lose what's the use let me go lover
Let me go let me go let me go
You made me weak cut me deep I can't sleep lover
I was cursed from the first day I fell
You don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that you'll say that we're through
Please turn me lose what's the use let me go lover
Let me go let me go let me go