"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song written for the stage musical #GentlemenPreferBlondes (1949), with music by #JuleStyne and lyrics by #LeoRobin. #CarolChanning introduced the song in the original #Broadway production, and #MarilynMonroe followed in #theFilmVersion.
"Thanks for the Memory" (1938) is a #popularSong composed by #RalphRainger with lyrics by #LeoRobin. It was introduced in the 1938 film #TheBigBroadcastOf1938 by #BobHope and #ShirleyRoss, and recorded by #ShepFieldsAndHisOrchestra featuring #JohnSerrySr on accordion in the film.
Music by #LeoRobin and #HarryWarren, starring #AliceFaye, #CarmenMiranda, #PhilBaker, #EugenePallette, #CharlotteGreenwood, #EdwardEverettHorton, #JamesEllison, and #BennyGoodman and His Orchestra, to name a few. It truly is a colorful burst of energy!
#filmsky #moviesky #classicfilm #classiccinema
On this Day, ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ago...๐ฏ๏ธ
๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Harold #Arlen [ยฐFebr. 15, 1905 โ Apr. 23, 1986]๐น๐
#OvertheRainbow #StormyWeather #ComeRainorComeShine #OneforMyBaby #LetsFallinLove #TheWizardofOz #YipHarburg #TedKoehler #LeoRobin #JohnnyMercer #HymanArluck #HaroldArlen
Happy (๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌth) birthday, Harold #Arlen! ๐๐๐ฅณ [ยฐFeb. ๐ญ๐ฑ, 1905 โ Apr. 23, 1986]๐น๐
#OvertheRainbow #StormyWeather #OneforMyBabyandOneMorefortheRoad #LetsFallinLove #GreatAmericanSongbook #YipHarburg #LeoRobin #DorothyFields #JackYellen #LeoReisman #TedKoehler #JohnnyMercer #HymanArluck #HaroldArlen
๐ #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #WordsAndMusic
Jule Styne, Leo Robin & The Tierney Sutton Band:
๐ต Diamonds are a girl's best friend
#BBCRadio3 #JuleStyne #LeoRobin #TheTierneySuttonBand
A Little Girl from Little Rock #NowPlaying on #MuscialSundays from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
#LeoRobin #JuleStyne #MarilynMonroe #JaneRussell
