Marilyn Monroe--Carol Porter--Jane Powell--Foster Richardson--Terry (The Irish Minstrel)--Lewis James--Franklyn Baur

20's/30's to the right !...50's the left !....and no it's not My Way as sung by Sinatra !

1. Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend.......Marilyn Monroe

2. Bye Bye Baby......Marilyn Monroe

3. Somebody Loves You......Carol Porter

4. Then I'll be Happy Again......Carol Porter

5. True Love......Jane Powell

6. Mind If I make Love To You......Jane Powell

7. The Blue Danube.....Foster Richardson

8. The Song Is Ended.....Foster Richardson

9. Peggy O'Donovan......Terry (The Irish Minstrel)

10. My Way......Terry (The Irish Minstrel)

11. Charmaine......Lewis James

12. Russian Lullaby......Franklyn Baur

Here are a couple of recordings by vocalist Jack Plant who made recordings with a number of 1930s British dance bands.  “Carol Porter” is but a pseudonym that was used for his recordings on the Eclipse label which was sold through the British branch of the F.W. Woolworth chain.

Foster Richardson was a Operatic, Radio and popular music vocalist, born in Nottingham, England, 1890. Member of Jack Payne's Band.

Lewis James, a vocalist who was a prolific recording artist on Victor, Columbia, Edison and other labels from 1917 through the 1930s.In addition to solo vocals, James also recorded as a member of the Shannon Four harmony vocal quartette which later changed its name to The Revelers.

Franklyn Baur (April 5, 1903 – February 24, 1950 was a popular tenor vocal recording artist. Baur made hundreds of recordings for about a dozen different recording companies, including the three major labels, Victor, Columbia and Brunswick. 

Baur"s first stage appearance was in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927, in which he was a featured vocalist. The show starred Eddie Cantor.

Baur first recorded for Columbia in 1924, with many more Columbia recordings to follow, and for other labels, including Brunswick, Banner, Domino, Emerson, Gennett, Grey Gull, Puritan, Oriole, and Regal, often using pseudonyms.

          6. Mind If I Make Love To You

Frank Weir--Paul Robeson--Folk Dance Orchestra--Jane Powell--Howard Keel--Jimmy Dorsey--Kay Kyser--Ron Goodwin

 A trio of film music with the folk dance wanderers at dawn maybe in Paris or Denmark or Latvia or maybe Germany !!

1. The Happy Wanderer......Frank Weir & His Saxophone

2. From Your Lips......Frank Weir and His Saxophone

3. Just a Wearyin' For You.......Paul Robeson

4. At Dawning......Paul Robeson

5. Hattemageren......Folk Dance Orchestra

6. Litenietis / Clap Dance......Folk Dance Orchestra

7. Wonderful Wonderful Day......Jane Powell

8. Bless Your Beautiful Hide......Howard Keel

9. Rag Mop......Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra

10. Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

11. Theme From Film Limelight......Ron Goodwin & Orchestra

12. The Song From Moulin Rouge.......Ron Goodwin & Orchestra

 

                                                          Paul Robeson
Robeson performed in Britain in a touring melodrama, Voodoo, in 1922, and in Emperor Jones in 1925. In 1928, he scored a major success in the London premiere of Show Boat. Living in London for several years with his wife Eslanda, Robeson continued to establish himself as a concert artist and starred in a London production of Othello, the first of three productions of the play over the course of his career. He also gained attention in Sanders of the River (1935) and in the film production of Show Boat (1936). 

                                 Jane Powell & Howard Keel
Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who first appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals in the 1940s. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image, Powell appeared in films, television and on the stage. She was notable for her performances in A Date with Judy (1948), Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and Hit the Deck (1955).

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer, known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991.

 In 1947, Oklahoma! became the first American postwar musical to travel to London, England, and Keel joined the production. On April 30, 1947, at the Drury Lane Theatre, the capacity audience (which included the future Queen Elizabeth II) demanded fourteen encores.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) with Jane Powell was a huge success and made MGM over $3 million in profit.

                                                            Jimmy Dorsey

James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" and "It's The Dreamer In Me". His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". He played clarinet on the seminal jazz standards "Singin' the Blues" in 1927 and the original 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind", which were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.

Although Kyser and his orchestra gained fame through the "Kollege of Musical Knowledge," they were a successful band in their own right. They had 11 number one records, including some of the most popular songs of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

          7. Wonderful Wonderful Day