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)
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In My Heart
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Music From Films
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Mad About Music: Rarities & Gems
Musica vocale (sacra e profana) - Pubblicato da Sepia il 9 set 2008
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Love Songs
Musica vocale (sacra e profana) - Pubblicato da Play Digital il 8 ott 2010
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Can't Help Singing
Jazz - Pubblicato da Black Sheep Music il 27 nov 2013
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Silent Night
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Spring Comes Late This Year
Classica - Pubblicato da HHO il 17 mar 2023
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The Very Best Of Deanna Durbin
Jazz - Pubblicato da RP-DSP il 11 ott 2011
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Greatest Hits
Musica vocale (sacra e profana) - Pubblicato da Burning Fire il 14 lug 2009
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The Very Best Of
Vocal jazz - Pubblicato da Master Classics Records il 1 giu 2009
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Forever Gold - Waltzing In The Cloulds
Musica vocale (sacra e profana) - Pubblicato da Play Digital il 11 ott 2010
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Portrait Of An Artist
Musica vocale (sacra e profana) - Pubblicato da Play Digital il 20 mag 2011
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Remember The Good Old Days
Pop - Pubblicato da Play Digital il 12 mag 2017
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Up in Central Park
Colonne sonore - Pubblicato da Sepia il 8 ott 2012
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One Fine Day
Pop - Pubblicato da Music Today Records il 30 mar 2015
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Six Play: Deanna Durbin - EP
Opera - Pubblicato da Play Digital il 30 giu 2010
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Can't Help Singing (Original Film Soundtracks)
Jazz - Pubblicato da Jasmine Records il 13 ott 2011
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The Last Rose Of Summer
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Estrellita
Jazz - Pubblicato da Black & Partner Licenses LLC il 8 feb 2019
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