You'll Never Get Away From Me - Gypsy - Rosalind Russell 's own voice
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ย. 2024
- Here is the complete version of this very difficult number (one of the rangiest Broadway songs ever) with Roz doing her own singing. Took a lot of balls to even attempt it!
From her autobiography, "Life Is A Banquet": At first I was only to act the part; Rose's singing was dubbed by a professional with a big trained voice. When I heard it, I got sick. "It isn't me," I said. "I'm bad, but I can't stand to hear that. Everybody knows I don't sing operatically, it throws the balance off." Warner Brothers agreed and rescored the picture, and I sang my own part. People still say that I didn't, but that's Roz, and nobody else, as Rose on the soundtrack of Gypsy.
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Roz, we love you, but if that's you in the film, then who's that singing in these clips? Ethel?
For those of you who don't know the actor who played Herbie, Karl Malden was the reverend in Pollyanna
Despite the rough vocals, this was such a sweet scene and this is one of the few times they showed why Herbie would have stayed with Rose despite the headaches. There was something sincere and palatable here despite Rose essentially "playing" him.
One of my favorite songs from Broadway. If not favorite. I love Merman and Klugman, but this version is sadder.
Wow! That was so good, and to see and hear the late, great Karl Malden singing! What a treat! Thank you 👏 xx
If the film were being made today, Ros's voice would be considered just perfect, thank you.
Roz’ voice was used for 1 1/2 songs, but in this song she is truly awful. They could never have used this.
@@kuklafranandollie I disagree. Her voice is perfect for the character.
@@radic888 But she’s completely off pitch! Really horribly wrong notes.
I love her dancing
Love her! Always have; always will!
Love those LOW notes she hits. Could it be possible Warners showed Roz a rough cut of the film with her singing and thus her noting it in her autobiography? She was one genuine dame and I find it hard to believe she'd tell an out-and-out lie.
Yes!! That's why the number had to be cut down to one verse. I wondered for years why it happened to such a beautiful song. Finally found out.
For those who may not know, the "professional with a big trained voice" who ultimately dubbed almost all of the singing for Rose was Lisa Kirk (1925-1990). She is best remembered for her work in Broadway shows: she introduced the song "The Gentleman is a Dope" in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Allegro" (1947) and was the original Lois/Bianca ("Why Can't You Behave," "Always True to You in My Fashion") in Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate." (1948); she also appeared in Jerry Herman's "Mack and Mabel" (1974), performing "This Time it's the Big Time" and "Tap Your Troubles Away" and Meredith Willson's "Here's Love" (1963).
No, the "big trained voice" was not used. It might have been Eileen Wilson. Roz insisted that it was wrong and filmed everything to her own voice. Only after filming was done, did Lisa Kirk come in and replace everything except "Mr. Goldstone".
YIKES!
I believe you can still hear a little remainder of the original vocsl dubber in Together Wherever We Go singing "There really isn't anything to it, ya do it!" And on time of the long notes. It doesn't sound like Roz and it does sound operatic.
Nope - that's all Roz. This was cut before Lisa Kirk was hired to dub her.
she didn't have much of a voice but enough to get her through all those performances of Wonderfull Town on Broadway....and she was a bonafide movie star which Merman never was...such is life ..love it or leave it...
Wonderful Town was written specifically for her very limited range. She got Gypsy because her husband negotiated a tough three film deal, which included a non- musical version of Gypsy. The songs were added back only after the success of West Side Story. She wanted to sing for herself, but the score is very difficult and her voice had deteriorated in the years since WT.
As noted by a previous poster, composer Leonard Bernstein carefully tailored the music of the songs in "Wonderful Town" (lyrics by Comden & Green) for Russell's extremely limited range, and her delivery of them on the original Broadway cast album (1953) is indelible. But if you listen to the 1958 version made in conjunction with the television production where she re-created her role of Ruth Sherwood, there's already been a noticeable decline, and some switching of parts in the duet sections with sister Eileen (Edith "Edie" Adams in '53, Jacquelyn McKeever in '58). The further deterioration just a few years later -- the film of "Gypsy" was released in 1962 -- as heard here is distressing. Although written for Ethel Merman, the part of Rose has been performed successfully on stage (and television) by such vocally and temperamentally different actresses as Angela Lansbury, Dolores Gray, Tyne Daly, Bette Midler, Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters, to name just a few. But even on film, with the ability to "cut-and-paste" different takes -- see/hear f.i. Marlon Brando in "Guys and Dolls" -- it's obvious that there was no way Russell could navigate the score convincingly.
I believe I've read that Roz introduced the Rodgers & Hart song, Mountain Greenery, in The Garrick Gaieties in the late 20s.
"Mountain Greenery" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical "The Garrick Gaieties" (1926). It was first performed on stage by Sterling Holloway. Roz appeared in a revival in 1930, but it only lasted 12 performances.
@@lostvocals8 Thanks for the correction.
@@lostvocals8Thanks, never knew that! I love Sterling Holloway, but I'll bet he was no Perry Como, even when young.
Who’s idea was it to let her sing her own songs in this movie? Did someone lose Marni Nixon’s phone number?
After “West Side Story”, Natalie had her contract written to state that either her voice would be used or the song would be cut.
@@kuklafranandollie hence all those subsequent Natalie Wood musicals....?
@@nondescript2892Yes! She continued to try to sing in a number of films!
@@amymalina5073 She didn’t sing - read the note.
Rosalind Russell’s singing is REALLY rough sounding, and badly off pitch in several places, but dramatically, she seems better than Lisa Kirk. I’d say it is a toss up.
Listen to Merman song it.