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Ethel Merman – Girl Crazy Ethel Merman used to perform in a number of clubs as a torch singer at the start of her career. Until 1930, when she replaced Ruth Etting in the film “Follow The Leader” by Paramount. One of her most epoch-making roles was as Mama Rose in Jule Styne’s 1959 musical […]
Ethel Merman – Girl Crazy
Ethel Merman used to perform in a number of clubs as a torch singer at the start of her career. Until 1930, when she replaced Ruth Etting in the film “Follow The Leader” by Paramount. One of her most epoch-making roles was as Mama Rose in Jule Styne’s 1959 musical “Gypsy.”
She had a great pitch and voice, so she was a dominant singer even when there was no microphone. Merman was naturally blessed. She never took a singing lesson, as advised by George Gershwin. Sadly the “Annie Get Your Gun” star left us on February 15, 1984, after serving the theatre for five decades.
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