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BETTY GARRETT
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Betty Garrett was an established musical actress on Broadway starring in the 1946 hit show "Call Me Mister" where she introduced "South America, Take It Away" when MGM beckoned. Fans of Hollywood musicals will remember her in films such as "Words And Music", "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", "Neptune's Daughter" and the classic "On The Town" where she played Brunhilde Esterhazy, the man chasing taxi driver. Married to actor Larry Parks star of "The Jolson Story", the late 1940s were good for Betty and Larry. They were popular and made many films but in 1951 Larry Parks admitted he had been a Communist. From that day onwards the couple were shunned and blacklisted. The film offers dried up so the couple toured Britain with their act and headlined The London Palladium where they scored a great success with the British public. They toured Britain 4 times. It took Betty Garrett 20 years to recover from this setback. In 1973 she joined the cast of TV's "All in the Family", the American version of the British "Till Death Do Us Apart", where she remained for 3 years before moving to another TV hit show, "Laverne and Shirley" in 1976. In 1989 Betty returned to Broadway starring in the stage musical of "Meet Me In St. Louis" and was recently seen in the 2001 Broadway production of "Follies". The 28 tracks on this CD were recorded between 1947 and 1953. We have included standards and novelty numbers; songs from her films; her only US Top Ten hit Buttons and Bows; and the duets with Larry Parks, Gene Kelly and Jimmy Durante. This is the first Betty Garrett solo CD and almost all of the tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. |
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 Ev'rything I've Got (a)
Manhattan (b)
Ok'l Baby Dok'l
There Ought To Be A Society
Don't Blame Me
I'm Gonna See A Lot Of You
Buttons And Bows
The Matador
The Pussy Cat Song (c)
Any State In The Forty-Eight Is Great (c)
There's A Small Hotel
Yes, Indeedy (d)
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (d)
The Humphrey Bogart Rhumba
Can I Come In For A Second? (e)
Reckon I'm In Love (e)
Side By Side (e)
Hand Holdin' Music
Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep (e)
Written Guarantee - Betty & Larry
A Lazy Lack-A-Daisy Day - Betty & Larry
I'm Strictly On The Corny Side
It's A Quiet Town
Home Cookin'
Poison Ivy
Don't Throw Cold Water On The Flame Of Love
The Soft Shoe
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Personnel: a- w/Milton Berle; b- w/Vic Damone; c- Jimmy Durante; d- w/Gene Kelly; e- w/Larry Parks |
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