Jane Morgan Tribute

Here is a famous song, performed in English and Spanish by the gorgeous Jane Morgan, gifted with a wonderful voice and so much style.
Jane Morgan (born Florence Catherine Currier in 1920 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an American popular singer, specializing in traditional pop music. Her father was the first cellist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and led an orchestra and string quartet in the months when the Symphony was out of season. At age five, she began training as an opera singer under her mother's guidance. However, her first professional role was not in opera, but in a melodrama in her brother's playhouse in Kennebunkport, Maine at the age of seven. Her father died while she was still quite young, and her mother and she moved some years later to Daytona Beach, Florida. There Morgan entered musical competitions, winning a number of them. After finishing high school, she attended the famous Juilliard School of Music in New York City, studying opera in the day and performing at night in night clubs and at parties. The bandleader Art Mooney heard one of these performances and called her to invite her to sing with his orchestra. A short time later, a French singer, violinist, and orchestra leader named Bernard Hilda, planning to open a nightclub in Paris, contacted her. He told her that he could make her a star if she came to Paris, and though this meant she had to leave Juilliard, she was enticed by this promise. Morgan worked for 4 1/2 years without a night off at Hilda's "Club des Champs-Élysées" and other clubs in Europe. In Paris she made her first recordings with Hilda's orchestra, and some of these became big hits in France. In the summer, she performed in other European countries, and quickly became fluent in Spanish and Italian, as well as French. At this point Morgan was offered a chance to sing at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. In the summer of 1957, the movie "Love in the Afternoon", featuring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn came out, and an old French song, "Fascination", was included in the film. Kapp wanted to record an instrumental version of the song. Morgan was invited to attend the recording session, and, not knowing what they were going to play, was surprised to hear "Fascination", which she knew from her days in Europe, where the song was considered a standard. She found out from Kapp that there were some new English lyrics. The record was released with Morgan's vocal and it became the big hit version. With that hit behind her, her career took off and she was invited to play the biggest clubs and on television.
Enjoy this great song by a 24 carat singer!

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[is1531]

Both Jane an Jaye P were superstars,even though they were not sisters. I miss both of them and Peggy Lee.

[profeso07]

Wonderful !!!

5 stars

[ranchomirage]

I was at a birthday party that she gave for a friend of mine a few years ago in Palm Springs. I must tell you that she was a wonderful and beautiful hostess and she even sang a song or two.. Thank You Jane, we all had a great time.

[malcofernando]

super singer and so beautiful too we dont hear enough of her. david wolverhampton

[GereDJ]

Nicely done video. What a great singer. My mom wasn't a pro, but could sing a lot like Ms. Morgan. Thank you. Gere

[drudge48]

A beautiful voice to complement a beautiful woman. She is wonderful.

[blueyun08]

Please,

if you do meet her again,

please tell her a fan from Singapore also sends her greetings.

Just heard her voice yesterday and wow, what a singer!

[pariskatois]

The next time you visit with her, ask her where her fans can write to her. If nothing else, tell her how much we love her and wish we could even have an up-to-date photo of her to admire. Tell her Good Luck on getting her pheasant!

pariskathy/pariskatois

[johnxxx20000]

If you happen to meet her again, send her my dearest greetings!

[kportguy1]

I noticed that she was still home (she summers in Kennebunkport Maine and lives in Palm Springs and Malibu), so I got up the nerve and went to her house. She invited me in and we chatted for quite some time. She looked great! I was surprised and lucky that she was still in Maine in early November, but as she said,....it is pheasant season. she signed my cd cover and invited me to visit again.