[Dixielandjazz] OT-Bing Crosby, Frances Langford?

[Rich Howard]

Frances Langford was a very popular singer in the late thirties and the forties.  For example, in the biopic, Yankee Doodle Dandy, she was the WWI USO singer with George M Cohan singing "Over There" in an army camp.  She did a lot of real USO tours with Bob Hope.  Here is her page on Internet Movie Data Base: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486387/

 

Rich Howard
 
> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:12:28 -0500
> From: meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] OT-Bing Crosby, Frances Langford?
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: flinthillsdad at hotmail.com
> 
> Hal:
> 
> I don't know Jack, but I'll give him credit for recognizing Judy Garland's
> voice
> if that was the case.
> 
> I have not been able to determine whether it was Rhonda, but judging by the
> fact that a CD was issued in 2008 with her singing (24) standards, I have
> reason to
> believe that she was not dubbed in the 1949 movie.
> 
> If everyone is willing to put their lives on hold until about mid-April
> (when I can find
> my way through my VHS archives) I'll try to confirm my previous suspicion by
> watching "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
> 
> I know I will also enjoy viewing it again as I remember William Bendix
> playing a
> somewhat overweight Sir Lancelot. It was something like seeing Chester A
> Riley
> in Camelot.
> 
> Quite frankly, I had even forgotten that Frances Langford was a singer at
> one time.
> I remember her best for her role opposite Don Ameche on radio's
> "Bickersons".
> 
> Tides,
> HC
> 
> 
> On 2/21/10, Hal Vickery <hvickery_80 at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > It all depends on the source of the recording. Bing made a recording of
> > the song ("Connecticut") with Judy Garland. It might also be from the
> > "Connecticut Yankee" soundtrack, too, in which case it would either be
> > Rhonda Fleming (or whoever sang for her).
> >
> > Hal Vickery
> >
> > > From: Jtnt at aol.com
> > > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:47:24 -0500
> > > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] OT-Bing Crosby, Frances Langford?
> > > CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> > > To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> > >
> > > Just heard a tune as a lead-in to a radio news program; something like
> > > "Connecticut Is The Place To Be" with Bing Crosby and a female vocalist;
> > sounds
> > > sorta like Frances Langford. Anyone know who it was? Google doesn't.
> > > Driving me nuts :-)
> > >
> > > Jack Thomas
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