MARIE McDONALD - The Body Sings! (1957) lp / Mp3

 
This album seems to be some kind of joke, because of its titles and packaging, but as it turns out Marie McDonald -- known in Hollywood as "The Body" -- can sing, for real. She was apparently good enough to get hired by Tommy Dorsey to sing with his band in one of its last engagements, and RCA Victor seems to have followed his lead. Her voice isn't powerful or notable stylistically, but McDonald does hit all the right notes and, in the context of her quiet delivery -- kind of like a distaff Nat King Cole -- does delivery a fine album of standards. "I Got It Bad (Ain't That Ain't Good)" is probably the highlight here, as an almost bluesy showcase for her work.  by Bruce Eder
Tracklist:
1 Embraceable You 3:16
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2 How Deep Is the Ocean? 2:50
Irving Berlin
3 You'll Never Know 3:20
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
4 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 3:08
Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster
5 Bill 3:26
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern / P.G. Wodehouse
6 Paradise 2:14
Nacio Herb Brown / Gordon Clifford
7 These Foolish Things 3:08
Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey
8 Don't Blame Me 2:56
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
9 It Had to Be You 1:50
Isham Jones / Gus Kahn
10 He Took Me by Storm 3:09
Hal Borne
11 I Don't Know Why 2:14
Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk
12 Falling in Love With Love 2:11
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Credits
Conductor – Hal Borne
Vocals – Marie McDonald