[78-L] Jane or Eileen?

[David Weiner]

Jane is on the original MGM album - when the Marilyn tracks were reissued by
20th Fox & Movietone, they replaced Jane's vocals with Eileen Wilson -
apparently MGM had Jane under a recording contract and wouldn't let her
tracks be used - the old Decca ploy!

Dave W.
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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:33 PM
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Subject: [78-L] Jane or Eileen?

Did Jane Russell do her own singing in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" or was she

dubbed by Eileen Wilson? Every issue I've ever seen of the GPB soundtrack,
on 
MGM, Stet and various other labels credits Jane, but the Movietone LP (The 
Unforgettable Marilyn Monroe) lists Eileen Wilson. MGM was usually accurate
in 
listing soundtrack vocalists, and the MGM Books list Jane..or did 20th
Century 
Fox and later Movietone use different tracks?

dl

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