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Nanny K | Galveston, Indiana | 09/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"From movies like Summer Stock, Summer Holiday and more recently Out to Sea, this is one very tallented LADY!!! This beautiful actress (even at her age today) can still do it all, act, sing and dance. At 47, I am so glad I was raised loving this kind of music and these kind of wonderul movies. Today's Hollywood seems to want to "hide" our tallented and hopefully still acting golden stars. They paved the was for the upcoming stars. I hope Ms. DeHaven is around for a while longer and would consider recording again soon...After all....Bob Hope's wife did it a few years ago.....WHY NOT GLORIA!!!!!!!!!!! I love this recording and glad to be able to play it as often as I want. Thanks for sharing your gifts with the rest of us Gloria DeHaven......sure would be nice to meet you in person some day and hear you sing!"

Glad it's available

Beth | Mesa, AZ United States | 04/24/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Before Gloria De Haven became a star at MGM, she was a band singer for Bob Crosby and Jan Savitt's orchestras. I'd love to hear those recordings but these are radio transcriptions she made during the 40's. Her lovely smoky voice was quite the contrast from her sweet screen image. Although I like her film roles like Summer Holiday, I wonder what could have happened if she continued soley on singing. There are two duets from film co-stars June Allyson and Frank Sinatra, but he's not listed. There was a now out of print cd from Hitland a few years ago paired with Pier Angeli, that contained songs from Gloria DeHaven's movies. That's worth tracking down too.

Unfortunately the back insert of the cd forgets to mention that 4 is Blue Moon as a result the numbering is off. But this is my only quibble."