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This is a recording of the 1953 television special celebrating the Ford Motor Company's
50th anniversary which brought together two of the greatest leading ladies
Broadway has ever known Ethyl Merman (link below) and Mary Martin (link below). The highlight of the program is Merman and
Martin's 13-minute duet medley, where they sing the songs that made them
famous. Martin performs a brilliantly
comic routine about changes in fashion over the first half of the 20th
century; it was staged by director Jerome Robbins (link below).
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The TV Special was broadcast on June 15, 1953, and featured a stunning array of music and movie talent: Marian Anderson, Wally Cox (Mr. Peepers), Bing Crosby, Eddie Fisher, Oscar Hammerstein II, Anna Held, Edward R. Murrow, Frank Sinatra, Lowell Thomas, Rudy Vallee, and many other stars!
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Featured in archival footage was Charles Chaplin,
Greta Garbo, Al Jolson, John Gilbert, Charles A. Lindbergh, Franklin D. and Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolph Valentino, Orville and Wilbur Wright and even Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky!
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The recording is listed in the United States Library of Congress (link below) as an historical recording in the Performing Arts Encyclopedia as part of the Show Music on Record category. The original film was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on May 3 & 4 of 1963 (link below).
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Merman sings “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “Mademoiselle from Armetières” and Martin & Merman perform a Vaudeville Pantomime, “ Your Folks and My Folks” by (Fields, Hall; Carlin America) which was recorded in 1925 by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare (“The Happiness Boys”).
Together, Martin & Merman perform a medley:
1. There’s No Business Like Show Business (Berlin)
2. A Wonderful Guy (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
3. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Edwards, Madden)
4. Wait ‘Till the Sun Shines Nellie (Sterling, Von Tilzer)
5. I’m the Sheik of Araby (Smith, Snyder, Wheeler)
6. When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along (Woods)
7. Melancholy Baby (Burnett, Norton)
8. You Made Me Love You (McCarthy, Monaco)
9. Mississippi Mud (Barris, Cavanaugh)
10. I Cried For You (Arnheim, Freed, Lyman)
11. I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles (Kenbrovin, Kellette)
12. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (Mc Carthy, Carroll)
13. I’m in the Mood for Love (Fields, McHugh)
14. I Love a Parade (Arlen, Kohler)
15. I’d Climb the Highest Mountain (Clare, Brown)
16. I’m Sitting on Top of the World (Henderson, Lewis, Young)
17. I Got a Feeling You’re Fooling (Brown)
18. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Fields, McHugh)
19. I’ll Get By (Turk, Ahlert)
20. You’re Just in Love (Berlin)
21. I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Outa My Hair (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
22. I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter)
23. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Porter)
24. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Porter)
25. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
26. Indian Love Call (Friml)
27. Tea For Two (Caesar, Youmans)
28. Stormy Weather (Arlen, Koehler)
29. Isn’t it Romantic? (Rodgers & Hart)
30. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
31. There’s No Business Like Show Business
2. A Wonderful Guy (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
3. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Edwards, Madden)
4. Wait ‘Till the Sun Shines Nellie (Sterling, Von Tilzer)
5. I’m the Sheik of Araby (Smith, Snyder, Wheeler)
6. When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along (Woods)
7. Melancholy Baby (Burnett, Norton)
8. You Made Me Love You (McCarthy, Monaco)
9. Mississippi Mud (Barris, Cavanaugh)
10. I Cried For You (Arnheim, Freed, Lyman)
11. I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles (Kenbrovin, Kellette)
12. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (Mc Carthy, Carroll)
13. I’m in the Mood for Love (Fields, McHugh)
14. I Love a Parade (Arlen, Kohler)
15. I’d Climb the Highest Mountain (Clare, Brown)
16. I’m Sitting on Top of the World (Henderson, Lewis, Young)
17. I Got a Feeling You’re Fooling (Brown)
18. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Fields, McHugh)
19. I’ll Get By (Turk, Ahlert)
20. You’re Just in Love (Berlin)
21. I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Outa My Hair (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
22. I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter)
23. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Porter)
24. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Porter)
25. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
26. Indian Love Call (Friml)
27. Tea For Two (Caesar, Youmans)
28. Stormy Weather (Arlen, Koehler)
29. Isn’t it Romantic? (Rodgers & Hart)
30. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
31. There’s No Business Like Show Business
Side 1:
A – Ethel Merman And Mary Martin - The Actual Recording Of The Duet From The Ford 50th Anniversary Television Show, Conductor, Arranged By [Orchestra] – Jay Blackton, Producer – Leland Hayward, Stage Manager [Staged By] – Jerome Robbins
Side 2:
B1 – Mary Martin - Mountain High, Valley Low, Directed By [Orchestra] – Raymond Scott, written by Bernard Hanighen*, Raymond Scott
B2 – Ethel Merman - Eadie Was A Lady, Directed By [Orchestra] – Jay Blackton, written by B. G. De Sylva, R. Whiting, written by Herb B. Nacio*
B3 – Mary Martin - I’ll Walk Alone, Directed By [Orchestra] – Camarata*, written by Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Notes:
A - Recorded During Telecast
Ethel Merman And Mary Martin – The Actual Recording Of The Duet From The Ford 50th Anniversary Television Show
Label: Decca – DL 7027
Format: Vinyl, 10", LP
Country: US
Released: 1953
Genre: Pop, Stage & Screen
Style: Music Hall, Soundtrack, Vocal
Viewfinder links:
Bing Crosby
Net links:
MOMA screening
YouTube links:
Ford 50th Anniversary Television Show
Mary Martin & Ethel Merman Medley (11 min., 30 sec.)
Mary Martin & Ethel Merman Medley (3 min. video)
Mary Martin - Fashion Show (6 min. 40 sec. video)
1953 Ford 50th Anniversary - original commercial
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, January 16. 2019
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