DARLA HOOD: From "Cupcake" to "Cheesecake"

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Uploaded by on Nov 13, 2009

[Please read] A video play in two acts (with intermission). Our November birthday girl had to become a woman someday...

As an adult, former child actress Darla Hood (1931-1979) sang professionally. Her mature voice sounded somewhat like Judy Garland's. Although she recorded a pair of singles in the late 1950s for Raynote Records—(MY) QUIET VILLAGE / RED DRESS and SILENT ISLAND / ONLY YOURS [for Side "A" of the latter platter she also wrote the lyrics(!)]—it appears that most of Darla's recordings were released on the Acama label. Acama singles included:

*FLOWER OF LOVE / IT JUST FITS
*THE LONG SILENCE / RAINY DAY IN ROME
*UN MOMENTO MAS / SITTING BULL'S LAST STAND
*RAINY DAY IN ROME / WITCH'S BREW
*ANYTIME-ANYWHERE / HURT, HURT, HURT
*AH, SWEET MYSTERY OF LOVE / I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
*I'M GONNA LAUGH RIGHT IN YOUR FACE / ONLY YOURS

Wouldn't you like to hear them all? Join the He-Men Darla-Lovers Club. (If you're a chick, form your own club!)

This video's intermission music features an excerpt from the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" as arranged by Jackie Gleason for a 1952 orchestral recording. Gleason (1916-1987) wanted to be remembered most for his musical arrangements; you can hear why.

IMPORTANT: Questions or comments are sincerely welcome—but only if they are nice, clean, and comprehendible. If you are a professional and prefer that I delete this video, please contact me and it will promptly be done.

I consider this video a necessary sequel to its predecessor in my video catalogue: DARLA HOOD: And the Angel Sings...

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  • FABULOUS her singing reminds me of Ima Sumac

  • Don't make ladies like that anymore

  • great tribute...i had no idea she released singles, and had such a booming voice!

  • Alot of brunettes start out blonde when young. I am one of them.

  • I will ALLWAYS be in Luv with Darla Hood1 she is at her peak of sweetness, in the Our Gang Follies of 1938

  • Isn't "Whatsthebigideaville" near "Whyioughtaburg"?

  • Dear Gear Rocks,

    Darla did get her hair dyed for The L&H Film Comic opera"The Bohemian Girl"..in which she played the younger version of the title role.

  • Did she ever get her hair DYED at all? Cause I’m seeing BOTH dark and light. : /

  • Nice. Thanks very much.

  • Watch her hands as sh sings

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