Shirley Ross
Shirley Ross (January 7, 1913 – March 9, 1975) was an American actress and singer, notable for her duet with Bob Hope, "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938. She appeared in 25 feature films between 1933 and 1945, including singing earlier and wholly different lyrics for the Rodgers and Hart song in Manhattan Melodrama (1934) that later became "Blue Moon."
Early musical career
Ross was born Bernice Maude Gaunt in Omaha, Nebraska, the elder of two daughters of Charles Burr Gaunt and Maude C. (née Ellis) Gaunt. Growing up in California, she attended Hollywood High School and UCLA, training as a classical pianist. By age 14, she was giving radio recitals and made her first vocal recordings at 20 with Gus Arnheims’s band. Here she attracted the notice of the up-and-coming songwriting duo Rodgers and Hart, who selected her to sell their latest offerings to MGM. One song, which was later re-written as "Blue Moon," led to a successful screen test in 1933 and then to a number of small parts in films that included Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell in which, made up to look black, she sang "The Bad in Every Man," the original version of "Blue Moon," in a Harlem nightclub.
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Shirley Ross
ALBUMS
- This Is My Song released: 2007
- Just the Two of Us released: 2005
- The Encyclopaedia of Music: Best of the 30s, Volume 1 released: 2004
- L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911 - 1940 released: 2004
- American Standards released: 2004
- Broadway: The American Musical released: 2004
- Vintage Vaults: American Songbook released: 2004
- The History of Pop Radio: 1920-1951 released: 2000
- The 20th Century in Music released: 1999
- Swingers released: 1997
- The Envelope Please...: Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 1 (1934-1993) released: 1995
- The Classic Hoagy Carmichael released: 1994
- These Were Our Songs: The Late '30s released: 1992
- American Popular Song released: 1984
- If You Leave Me Now released: 1983
- It Never Entered My Mind / Nothing but You released: 1940
- Sentimental Journey, Volume 5 released:
- I Remember You released:
- Nostalgic Favourites released:
- American Songbook Series: Frank Loesser released:
This Is My Song
Released 2007- Mona Lisa
- Roses Are Red (My Love)
- The Tennessee Waltz
- Put Your Head on My Shoulder
- Over the Rainbow
- Pennies From Heaven
- Thanks for the Memory
- Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)
- Mack the Knife
- Love Letters in the Sand
- Blueberry Hill
- Love Me Tender
- Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
- I've Gotta Be Me
- The Sound of Music
- Release Me
- This Is My Song
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
- You Needed Me
- Mandy
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
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911 - 1940
Released 2004- Some of These Days [1911]
- Roll Jordan Roll [1913]
- After You've Gone [1918]
- Crazy Blues [1920]
- Down Hearted Blues [1923]
- I've Got the Blues for Rampart Street [1923]
- Graveyard Dream Blues [1923]
- West Indies Blues [1923]
- Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But! [1924]
- Boweavil Blues [1924]
- Weeping Willow Blues [1924]
- Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis' Mornin' [1924]
- Black Snake Moan [1925]
- Cake Walking Babies From Home [1925]
- Sweet Georgia Brown [1925]
- Soft Pedal Blues [1925]
- Careless Love [1925]
- Shake That Thing [1925]
- Too Tight Blues [1926]
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child [1926]
- Fascinating Rhythm [1926]
- Death's Black Train Is Comin' [1926]
- Young Woman Blues [1926]
- Pratt City Blues [1926]
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues [1927]
Broadway: The American Musical
Released 2004- Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones
- Flower Drum Song: I Enjoy Being a Girl
- Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Roses
- The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things
- Bye Bye Birdie: Put on a Happy Face
- Fantasticks: Try to Remember
- Camelot: Camelot
- Carnival! Love Makes the World Go 'round
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: I Believe in You
- No Strings: The Sweetest Sounds
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Comedy Tonight
- Stop the World, I Want to Get Off: What Kind of Fool Am I
- Oliver! As Long as He Needs Me
- Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly!
- Funny Girl: People
- Anyone Can Whistle: Anyone Can Whistle
- Fiddler on the Roof: If I Were a Rich Man
- Golden Boy: Night Song
- Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream
- Sweet Charity: If My Friends Could See Me Now
- Mame: Open a New Window
The History of Pop Radio: 1920-1951
Released 2000- Travelin' Light
- The Girl Who Broke the Sgt. Majore Heart
- All for You
- They Didn't Believe Me
- Shoo Shoo Baby
- Life's Full O'Consequences
- You Walk By
- Absent
- Jingle Jangle (I've Got Spurs That...)
- Smilin' Trough
- Honey in the Honeycomb
- You Stepped Out of a Dream
- For Me and My Girl
- Yankee Doodle Boy
- That Old Black Magic
- Where in the World
- Lamplighter's Serenade
- Chattanooga Choo Choo
- Three Little Sisters
- Green Eyes
The 20th Century in Music
Released 1999- Swinging on a Star
- A Tisket a Tasket
- Star Dust
- (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
- You Oughtta Be in Pictures
- Till the End of Time
- It's Magic
- Too Young
- Hey There
- The Wayward Wind
- Tennessee Waltz
- Anytime
- Wish You Were Here
- Fever
- It's Not for Me to Say
- Jambalaya
- Love Letters in the Sand
- Everybody's Somebody's Fool
- Release Me
- Alfie
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- You Needed Me
- Blue Bayou
- My Way
Swingers
Released 1997- What a Wonderful World
- Mack the Knife
- Magic Moments
- Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
- The Good Life
- Born Free
- Walking in the Rain
- What Kind of Fool Am I?
- On the Street Where You Live
- I Believe
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- Lollipops and Roses
- After You're Gone
- Love Letters in the Sand
- Thanks for the Memory
- Moon River
- The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
- White Christmas
These Were Our Songs: The Late '30s
Released 1992- Two Sleepy People
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means That You're Grand)
- The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out)
- It's the Natural Thing to Do
- Where or When
- Boo Hoo
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- I Want to Be Happy
- That Old Feeling
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
- September in the Rain
- Sweet Leilani
- Marie
- Goody Goody
- It's De-Lovely
- Pennies From Heaven
- There's a Small Hotel
- In the Chapel in the Moonlight
- It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
- With Plenty of Money and You
American Popular Song
Released 1984- This Can't Be Love
- How Long Has This Been Going On
- Blues in the Night
- Speak Low
- Isn't It Romantic
- Baltimore Oriole
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
- What'll I Do
- I'm Beginning to See the Light
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Something's Gotta Give
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- When The Sun Comes Out
- One Morning in May
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- Just One of Those Things
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- My Future Just Passed
- Easy Street
- My Shining Hour
Sentimental Journey, Volume 5
- Thank's for the Memory
- That Old Black Magic
- The Lonesome Road
- The Nearness of You
- The Vagabond Song
- The Way You Look Tonight
- The Yellow Rose of Texas
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- They Say
- Tom Dooley
- Toot Toot Tootsie
- Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
- We'll Meet Again
- What a Difference a Day Made
- We're in the Money
- Whispering Grass
- Whistle Why You Work
- You Belong to Me
- You're the Top
- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
I Remember You
- That Old Black Magic
- Nevertheless
- I Remember You
- The Song Is You
- More Than You Know
- I'll See You Again
- Two Sleepy People
- There Goes That Song Again
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- Some Enchanted Evening
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- You Do Something to Me
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Heart and Soul
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Solomon
- Dinah
- Jeepers Creepers
- Wher or When
- You'll Never Walk Alone
Nostalgic Favourites
- Open Road
- To Each His Own
- Shortnin' Bread
- Sally
- Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
- Changing of the Guard
- Rose Marie
- La Vie en rose
- Advance Australia Fair
- I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'
- Try a Little Tenderness
- A Star Falls From Heaven
- Begin the Beguine
- Villa
- Lullaby (Wiegenlied)
- Smilin' Through
- We'll Gather Lilacs
- Louise
- The Anniversary Song
- Paradise
- Home, Sweet Home
- Voices of Spring
- Old Father Thames
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- Goodbye
American Songbook Series: Frank Loesser
- I Hear Music
- Two Sleepy People
- See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have
- In My Arms
- Rumble, Rumble, Rumble
- Tallahassee
- Once in Love With Amy
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
- On a Slow Boat to China
- Adelaide's Lament
- I've Never Been in Love Before
- Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
- No Two People
- I Wish I Didn't Love You So
- More I Cannot Wish You
- Somebody, Somewhere
- Standing on the Corner
- Joey, Joey, Joey
- If I Were a Bell
- Can't Get Out of This Mood
- I Believe in You
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