Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{for|the Dwarves album|Thank Heaven for Little Girls (album)}} |
{{for|the Dwarves album|Thank Heaven for Little Girls (album)}} |
||
{{Notability|Music|date=March 2011}} |
{{Notability|Music|date=March 2011}} |
||
'''"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"''' is a 1957 song written by [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]] and often associated with performer [[Maurice Chevalier]]. It opened and closed the 1958 film ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]''. [[Alfred Drake]] performed the song in the 1973 Broadway production of ''Gigi''. In the 2015 revival of 'Gigi'', it was sung as a duet between [[Victoria Clark]] and [[Dee Hoty]]. |
'''"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"''' is a 1957 song written by [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]] and often associated with performer [[Maurice Chevalier]]. It opened and closed the 1958 film ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]''. [[Alfred Drake]] performed the song in the 1973 Broadway production of ''Gigi''. In the 2015 revival of ''Gigi'', it was sung as a duet between [[Victoria Clark]] and [[Dee Hoty]]. |
||
The Chevalier version is often regarded as the definitive version of the song; he recorded it in 1958. In 2004 it finished at #56 on [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]] survey of top tunes in American cinema. |
The Chevalier version is often regarded as the definitive version of the song; he recorded it in 1958. In 2004 it finished at #56 on [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]] survey of top tunes in American cinema. |
||
Revision as of 06:12, 8 February 2015
 | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. (March 2011) |
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls" is a 1957 song written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe and often associated with performer Maurice Chevalier. It opened and closed the 1958 film Gigi. Alfred Drake performed the song in the 1973 Broadway production of Gigi. In the 2015 revival of Gigi, it was sung as a duet between Victoria Clark and Dee Hoty.
The Chevalier version is often regarded as the definitive version of the song; he recorded it in 1958. In 2004 it finished at #56 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
In the mid-'90s, a contemporary take on the song was recorded the Seattle-based alternative band Ruby for a Mountain Dew commercial[1] in the United States. This recording was later repurposed by PepsiCo for their Pepsi Max brand in the UK.
It has also been performed by Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Gérard Depardieu, Merle Haggard, Hugh Hefner, The King Brothers, Ed McMahon, and in his faux French accent, Peter Sellers.
References
- ^ "Mountain Dew Commercial". 1996. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
 | This show tune-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |