Gordon MacRae
Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor and singer, best known for his appearances in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), and playing Bill Sherman in On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By The Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
Early life
Born Albert Gordon MacRae in East Orange in Essex County in northeastern New Jersey, MacRae graduated in 1940 from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and he thereafter served as a navigator in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Prior to this, he attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York.
Career
He made his Broadway debut in 1942, acquiring his first recording contract soon afterwards. Many of his hit recordings were made with Jo Stafford. It was in 1948 that he appeared in his first film, The Big Punch, a drama about boxing. He soon began an on-screen partnership with Doris Day and appeared with her in several films.
In 1950, he starred with Doris Day in "Tea for Two" (a reworking of "No, No, Nanette"), then in 1951, he starred again with Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay, followed by the 1953 sequel By the Light of the Silvery Moon. That same year, he also starred opposite Kathryn Grayson in the third film version of The Desert Song. This was followed by leading roles in two major films of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), both films opposite Shirley Jones.
Tea for Two
Tea for Two can refer to:
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Tea for Two (film)
Tea for Two is a 1950 American musical film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Harry Clork and William Jacobs was inspired by the 1925 stage musical No, No, Nanette, although the plot was changed considerably from the original book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel; and the score by Harbach, Irving Caesar, and Vincent Youmans was augmented with tunes by other composers.
Plot
Set in the Roaring Twenties, the story centers on Nanette Carter (Doris Day), a Westchester socialite with show business aspirations. She offers to invest $25,000 in a Broadway show if her boyfriend, producer Larry Blair (Billy De Wolfe), casts her in the starring role. What she doesn't realize is Larry is two-timing her with ingenue Beatrice Darcy (Patrice Wymore), whom he envisions as the lead. When he accepts Nanette's offer, she imposes upon her wealthy, penny-pinching uncle, J. Maxwell Bloomhaus (S.Z. Sakall), to lend her the money.
He's willing to do so, on one condition - for the next 24 hours, his niece must answer "no" to every question she's asked. Comic complications ensue when the cast arrives at Nanette's estate to rehearse; and composer and pianist Jimmy Smith, who has romantic designs on the girl, falls victim to the bet she's made with her uncle. Nanette wins, only to discover Uncle Max has lost all his money in the stock market crash. The only person still solvent is attorney William Early (Bill Goodwin), and Nanette's assistant Pauline Hastings (Eve Arden) sets out to charm him into backing the show.
Tea for Two (album)
Tea for Two was a 10" LP album released by Columbia Records on September 4, 1950 under catalog number CL-6149, featuring Doris Day, with Axel Stordahl conducting the orchestra on some pieces, and the Page Cavanaugh Trio as backup musicians on others. It contained songs from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name.
Track listing
Podcasts:
Gordon MacRae
ALBUMS
- Alone & Together released: 2005
- The Best Things in Life Are Free / Motion Picture Soundstage released: 1998
- Three Sailors and a Girl released: 1954
- It's Magic released:
- The Old Rugged Cross released:
Alone & Together
Released 2005- Dearie
- The Pagan Love Song
- The Melancholy Minstrel
- No Other Love
- Need You
- Our Very Own
- Ting-A-Ling
- I'll String Along With You
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
- Funny Little Money Man
- Down the Lane
- I Hate Men
- Little Old Church Near Leicester Square
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
- Symphony
- Tea for Two
- Why Can't You Behave
- Neapolitan Nights
- Always True to You in My Fashion
- To Think You've Chosen Me
The Best Things in Life Are Free / Motion Picture Soundstage
Released 1998- Overture / The Best Things in Life Are Free
- Button Up Your Overcoat
- It All Depends on You
- Sonny Boy
- Just a Memory
- One More Time
- Birth of the Blues
- Together
- You Try Someone Else
- Without Love
- You're the Cream in My Coffee
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
- Singin' in the Rain
- Dancing in the Dark
- You're a Sweetheart
- Cabin in the Sky
- Hooray for Love
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Jealousy
- Pennies From Heaven
- Laura
- Easy to Love
- Flirtation Walk
- Goodnight Sweetheart
It's Magic
- It's Magic
- I Still Get Jealous
- Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart (feat. Jo Stafford)
- At the Candlelight Cafe
- Bluebird of Happiness (feat. Jo Stafford)
- That Feathery Feelin'
- Hankerin'
- My Darling, My Darling (feat. Jo Stafford)
- You Were Meant for Me
- Need You (feat. Jo Stafford)
- Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue
- 'A', You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) (feat. Jo Stafford)
- Rambling Rose
- Wunderbar (feat. Jo Stafford)
- So in Love
- Whispering Hope (feat. Jo Stafford)
- Younger Than Springtime
- Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (feat. Jo Stafford)
- Lover's Gold
- Echoes (feat. Jo Stafford)
- Mule Train
- Dearie (feat. Jo Stafford)
- Dear Hearts and Gentle People
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (feat. Jo Stafford)
- Poison Ivy
- Tea for Two (feat. Jo Stafford)
- You Love Me
The Old Rugged Cross
- Whispering Hope
- Abide With Me
- In the Garden
- Beyond the Sunset
- Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
- It Is No Secret
- I Found a Friend
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Rock of Ages
- Star of Hope
- Now the Day Is Over
- A Perfect Day
- He Bought My Soul at Calvary
- Somebody Bigger Than You and I
- All Through the Night
- I May Never Pass This Way Again
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Nearer, My God, To Thee
- The Lord Is My Shepherd
- Peace in the Valley
Born: 1921-03-12
Died: 1986-01-24
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Gordon Macrae in Concert / Hallowed Be Thy Name
by: Gordon MacraeWhen they begin the beguine
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back a night of tropical splendor,
It brings back a memory ever green.
I'm with you once more under the stars,
And down by the shore an orchestra's playing
And even the palms seem to be swaying
When they begin the beguine.
To live it again is past all endeavor,
Except when that tune clutches my heart,
And there we are, swearing to love forever,
And promising never, never to part.
What moments divine, what rapture serene,
Till clouds came along to disperse the joys we had
tasted,
And now when I hear people curse the chance that was
wasted,
I know but too well what they mean;
So don't let them begin the beguine
Let the love that was once a fire remain an ember;
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember
When they begin the beguine.
Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them play
Till the stars that were there before return above you,
Till you whisper to me once more,
Darling, I love you!
And we suddenly know What heaven we're in,
When they begin the beguine