Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin was the second child of British immigrant parents who moved the family to Southern California when she was still an infant. She demonstrated a singing talent at an early age and eventually began to study voice at Ralph Thomas' Academy in Los Angeles. In 1935, while only in her early teens, she successfully auditioned for a part in a proposed film biography of opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink to be made by MGM. The studio first put her in a short, Every Sunday, in which she co-starred with Judy Garland, another young, aspiring singer/actress, who was six months her junior. There is a story -- probably apocryphal -- that MGM decided to keep only one of the two and that Durbin was dropped by mistake. Actually, the studio did not renew her contract when the Schumann-Heink film was canceled. At this point, Rufus LeMaire, the casting director who had brought her to MGM and subsequently moved to Universal, signed her and convinced his new studio to put her in the film Three Smart Girls. While it was being made, Durbin became a regular on Eddie Cantor's radio show, and just before it was released, she began recording for Decca Records; she was just turning 15 years old.
Three Smart Girls was a big hit and Durbin became a star. She made an additional 20 films for Universal through 1948. In each, she usually sang a few songs, including a mixture of newly written material and arias from operas. Frequently, she made studio recordings of the same material for Decca. (The day of the original soundtrack album did not arrive until late in her career.) Unfortunately, her movies vastly overshadowed her recordings. Of her recordings, only "My Own" -- a song she also sang in the 1938 film That Certain Age -- made the charts. By the mid-'40s, Durbin had become disillusioned with Hollywood, especially after the commercial disappointment of Christmas Holiday (1944), an adaptation of a Somerset Maugham novel that marked her attempt to become a serious actress. Although she was the movie industry's highest-paid female star in 1947, she gave up filmmaking in 1948 at the age of 26. In 1950, she married her third husband, Charles David of Pathé Films, and moved to Normandy, France, where she remained out of the limelight. Nevertheless, her films continued to be shown on television and were made available on video. Many of her recordings, drawn from her films and radio appearances as well as the Decca catalog remained in print.
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Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Pop - Editado por Master Tape Records el 15 may. 2020
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Music From Films
Bandas sonoras de cine - Editado por Master Classics Records el 1 may. 2010
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Mad About Music: Rarities & Gems
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Sepia el 9 sept. 2008
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Love Songs
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Play Digital el 8 oct. 2010
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Can't Help Singing
Jazz - Editado por Black Sheep Music el 27 nov. 2013
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Silent Night
Músicas navideñas - Editado por Santa records el 13 nov. 2023
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Spring Comes Late This Year
Clásica - Editado por HHO el 17 mar. 2023
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The Very Best Of Deanna Durbin
Jazz - Editado por RP-DSP el 11 oct. 2011
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Greatest Hits
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Burning Fire el 14 jul. 2009
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Those Were the Days - Deanna Durbin
Bandas sonoras - Editado por Bringins Music el 28 nov. 2013
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The Very Best Of
Jazz vocal - Editado por Master Classics Records el 1 jun. 2009
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Forever Gold - Waltzing In The Cloulds
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Play Digital el 11 oct. 2010
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Portrait Of An Artist
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Play Digital el 20 may. 2011
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Remember The Good Old Days
Pop - Editado por Play Digital el 12 may. 2017
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Up in Central Park
Bandas sonoras - Editado por Sepia el 8 oct. 2012
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One Fine Day
Pop - Editado por Music Today Records el 30 mar. 2015
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Six Play: Deanna Durbin - EP
Ópera - Editado por Play Digital el 30 jun. 2010
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Can't Help Singing (Original Film Soundtracks)
Jazz - Editado por Jasmine Records el 13 oct. 2011
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The Last Rose Of Summer
Clásica - Editado por Reminisce Music el 4 jun. 2020
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