For most of this scene Ray Eberle must have been standing on a box, he's noticeably taller than the 5'7" Lynn Bari...but at the long shot starting about 4:45 you can see they're really about the same height. No matter, Ray was very handsome and what a voice! This is my favorite version of this classic song.
Yes, let's all please recognize, for the record, that the woman's voice singing "At Last" in this clip is really that of Pat Friday (Helen Patricia Freiday). She helped Ms. Bari learn to lip-synch it, and apparently, Lynn was quite gracious about the whole thing, but Pat still deserves recognition as the first woman who sang this song that ended up being made even more widely known by Etta James in the 60's (RIP, Etta -- who died today, 1/20/12 -- aptly, on a Friday. ;-) Tks to all 3 ladies!
Not wishing to disagree with anything already posted, I raise the question whether the trumpet solo was by Johnny Best. Stylistically, it's a dead ringer for Bobby Hackett's work and which is well known from the Jackie Gleason recordings. Hackett once worked with the Miller band, but when? Could one have been learning from the style of the other?
@NaughtyBastardIsh George Montgomery [google: "Orchestra Wives" & "George Montgomery"... There are many people in the movie you may know of, and if you think George Montgomery is hansom, do an image search on google...
@waltandrus Thanks, but i kinda got the idea he wasnt playing either. especially since none of them were playing when the scene was shot. just faking it for the playback track.
at 3:46... i can only imagine my mom looking at my dad in high school that way. She fell in love with him on the spot. they were married for 47 years till his death.
No voy a perder la oportunidad de escuchar esta gran banda, ahora en México. La anuncian para este 23 de Junio'2011. A casi 70 años de la muerte de Glenn Miller, supongo seran los nietos, pero seguro tendrán el sonido Miller.
Written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for Miller & his orchestra's first picture, "Sun Valley Serenade " (1941), this was recorded in Hollywood on a sound stage to thirty-five millimeter film (not wax), hence the excellent fidelity. The longest recorded version, the trumpet solo is by Billy May.
This, and all the songs recorded for those two pictures, are available on the CD "Glenn Miller In Hollywood" (which includes the longest recorded versions of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and "Kalamazoo").
When Miller recorded the song for [RCA] Victor in the spring of 1942, Ray Eberle was the solo vocalist; the arrangement for Ray and Lynn (Pat) to "share" the vocal chorus was created specifically for the film [they were supposed to do the same for "Serenade In Blue", but his part was eliminated before the number was filmed; the original extended soundtrack recording featuring both was later released on LP].
Lynn Bari was not a "singer", even though she she portrayed one in of both of Glenn Miller's films. Her vocal was actually performed by Pat Friday on the soundtrack- likewise, George Montgomery's "trumpet solo" was delivered by Miller sideman Johnny Best. "At Last" was originally intended to be featured in Miller's "Sun Valley Serenade", but "postponed" until this one. Etta James' 1960 recording is the best-known version of the song today.
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For most of this scene Ray Eberle must have been standing on a box, he's noticeably taller than the 5'7" Lynn Bari...but at the long shot starting about 4:45 you can see they're really about the same height. No matter, Ray was very handsome and what a voice! This is my favorite version of this classic song.
perpieta 1 month ago
Yes, let's all please recognize, for the record, that the woman's voice singing "At Last" in this clip is really that of Pat Friday (Helen Patricia Freiday). She helped Ms. Bari learn to lip-synch it, and apparently, Lynn was quite gracious about the whole thing, but Pat still deserves recognition as the first woman who sang this song that ended up being made even more widely known by Etta James in the 60's (RIP, Etta -- who died today, 1/20/12 -- aptly, on a Friday. ;-) Tks to all 3 ladies!
mezzoetc 1 month ago
Not wishing to disagree with anything already posted, I raise the question whether the trumpet solo was by Johnny Best. Stylistically, it's a dead ringer for Bobby Hackett's work and which is well known from the Jackie Gleason recordings. Hackett once worked with the Miller band, but when? Could one have been learning from the style of the other?
IBScaramouche 3 months ago
@IBScaramouche Got my info from imdb... sure it's a possibility that there is an error.
gregoryagogo 3 months ago
Who is the handsome blackhaired guy playing the trumpet? :)
NaughtyBastardIsh 4 months ago
@NaughtyBastardIsh George Montgomery [google: "Orchestra Wives" & "George Montgomery"... There are many people in the movie you may know of, and if you think George Montgomery is hansom, do an image search on google...
gregoryagogo 4 months ago
@NaughtyBastardIsh PS... he's not really playing that trumpet! George Montgomery's trumpet playing was performed by Miller band member Johnny Best.
gregoryagogo 4 months ago
This is just magical......
NaughtyBastardIsh 4 months ago
Don't forget. you are seeing Jackie Gleason on the bass. This was before his orchestra ,i think.
peetie25 8 months ago
@peetie25 Gleason was NOT playing Bass, Just faking it. Jackie didn't play an instrument. He DID produce some wonderful studio recordings!
waltandrus 2 months ago
@waltandrus Thanks, but i kinda got the idea he wasnt playing either. especially since none of them were playing when the scene was shot. just faking it for the playback track.
peetie25 1 month ago
@waltandrus OMG... SOMETHING FAKE IN HOLLYWOOD?
gregoryagogo 1 month ago
at 3:46... i can only imagine my mom looking at my dad in high school that way. She fell in love with him on the spot. they were married for 47 years till his death.
peetie25 8 months ago
No voy a perder la oportunidad de escuchar esta gran banda, ahora en México. La anuncian para este 23 de Junio'2011. A casi 70 años de la muerte de Glenn Miller, supongo seran los nietos, pero seguro tendrán el sonido Miller.
ytuwiwy 9 months ago in playlist grandes bandas lll
@ytuwiwy I'm sure the modern Glenn Miller band does a good job re-capturing the original sound.
gregoryagogo 9 months ago
@gregoryagogo Yes my friend, you are right.
ytuwiwy 9 months ago
Written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for Miller & his orchestra's first picture, "Sun Valley Serenade " (1941), this was recorded in Hollywood on a sound stage to thirty-five millimeter film (not wax), hence the excellent fidelity. The longest recorded version, the trumpet solo is by Billy May.
This, and all the songs recorded for those two pictures, are available on the CD "Glenn Miller In Hollywood" (which includes the longest recorded versions of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and "Kalamazoo").
AJNorth 10 months ago
Anyone notice a very young Harry Morgan, Col. Sherman Potter from MASH.
MrSaherman 11 months ago
@MrSaherman Yeah...mentioned him in the clip where he's gotta speaking part...
gregoryagogo 11 months ago
Thank you soooo much for putting this on I adore this version of the song, I have been hoping someone would put this on Thanx again
TheJojo99999 1 year ago
@TheJojo99999 Yeah, but remember it's really Ray Eberlie's song, and not hers!
gregoryagogo 1 year ago
Pat Friday...great...perhaps the best of them...and "un-sung".
uslines 1 year ago
When Miller recorded the song for [RCA] Victor in the spring of 1942, Ray Eberle was the solo vocalist; the arrangement for Ray and Lynn (Pat) to "share" the vocal chorus was created specifically for the film [they were supposed to do the same for "Serenade In Blue", but his part was eliminated before the number was filmed; the original extended soundtrack recording featuring both was later released on LP].
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
I still think of these songs as Ray Eberle's!
gregoryagogo 1 year ago
Lynn Bari was not a "singer", even though she she portrayed one in of both of Glenn Miller's films. Her vocal was actually performed by Pat Friday on the soundtrack- likewise, George Montgomery's "trumpet solo" was delivered by Miller sideman Johnny Best. "At Last" was originally intended to be featured in Miller's "Sun Valley Serenade", but "postponed" until this one. Etta James' 1960 recording is the best-known version of the song today.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
I had a feeling the vocal wasn't Lynn's... and I definitely knew the trumpet wasn't Mr. Montgomery's! He did a good "pretend" job, though!
gregoryagogo 1 year ago