Title:
Spotlight
on
Dolores
Gray
Artist:
Dolores
Gray
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1012
Barcode:
5055122110125
Release
Date:
22
April
2003
Dolores
Gray
scored
her
first
bulls-eye
(literally
and
critically)
as
the
original
Annie
Oakley
in
London’s
“Annie
Get
Your
Gun”
which
opened
in
June
1947
for
1,304
performances.
While
in
Britain
English
Columbia
signed
her
up
and
the
6
“popular”
songs
she
recorded
for
them
are
making
their
debut
appearance
on
CD
here.
She
returned
to
America
following
her
“Annie”
triumph
to
star
in
“Two
on
the
Aisle”
opposite
Bert
Lahr
and
with
John
Raitt
in
“Carnival
in
Flanders”
both
on
Broadway.
For
her
performance
in
the
latter
she
won
the
1954
Tony
Award
as
Best
Actress
in
a
Musical.
Contracted
to
American
Decca
from
1951
to
1955
she
recorded
pop
songs
and
had
some
chart
success.
Hollywood
beckoned
and
for
MGM
she
starred
in
“Kismet”,
“The
Opposite
Sex”,
“It’s
Always
Fair
Weather”
and
“Designing
Woman”.
Broadway
audiences
then
saw
her
in
“Destry
Rides
Again”
and
“Sherry”.
In
1974
Dolores
Gray
reappeared
on
the
London
stage
in
“Gypsy”
and
when
Sondheim’s
“Follies”
made
it’s
long
awaited
debut
in
London
in
1987,
critics
and
audiences
were
once
again
treated
to
her
amazing
artistry
as
Carlotta,
the
“survivor”
singing
“I’m
Still
Here”.
The
25
tracks
featured
here
are
re-mastered
from
78’s
and
most
have
not
appeared
on
CD
before.
Within
the
UK
payment
can
also
be
made
by
cheque
/
postal
order.
Sterling
cheques
/
postal
orders
should
be
payable
to:
"Sepia
Records
Ltd"
and
sent
to:
Sepia
Records
Ltd.,
96
Tubbs
Road,
London,
NW10
4SB
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your
order
please
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