[78-L] Fw: Fw: The FBI IS doggin' my trail!! ^

[David Weiner]

Here's the scoop - I have the film and Betty sings the song solo, backed by
Jimmy Dorsey - who backed ALL the singers in the film. The version on the
Paramount promo disc is a different take from the movie version. 

Helen & Bob sing "Tangerine," and "If You Build a Better Mousetrap" (as a
ballad - Betty sang it "hot" earlier in the film); Helen & Bob back Dorothy
Lamour as she sings "I Remember You" and Bob sings "Not Mine" first, then
followed by Dorothy Lamour, Betty & Eddie Bracken. 

Dave W. 

From: "David Lennick"
>>I was unclear..Betty sang it in the film, Jimmy's band was in the film, so

>>I'm
>> assuming that JD backed her. As far as I know Betty never recorded the 
>> song,
>> unless she did it much later, but the soundtrack version appeared intact 
>> on a
>> Paramount promo transcription (and on a Radiola LP).
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Ron L'Herault wrote:
>>> Am I mis-remembering that it was HC when it was really BH or did they 
>>> both
>>> sing it with the JD band?
>>>
>>> Ron L
>>>
According to the Internet Movie Data Base Betty Hutton did sing it with 
Jimmy Dorsey in "The Fleet's In".  Nat Shapiro, in his Popular Music series 
of books, wrote that it was introduced in that movie by Dorsey and Helen
O'Connell AND Bob Eberly.  I believe IMDB, since they usually watch the 
movie for their facts, and also because dl has the Betty Hutton version on a

Paramount transcription.

On the other hand IMDB says that Helen O'Connell was in the movie but lists 
no songs as being sung by her.  It doesn't seem that she'd be there just for

her looks.  So we may need some clarification on just who sang it, and if 
both did, who was first.  This is important, (I think).
RayK

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