Miss Ginger Rogers lent her voice to many a recording of song. A few of the soundtracks from the movies she starred in with Fred Astaire can be found on archive.org. All the information below can also be found on the "Ginger Sings" page of this blog.
http://thegingerrogersresouce.blogspot.com/2012/09/ginger-sings.html
Swing Time (1936) and The Gay Divorcee (1934). The items featuring Ginger Rogers singing are:
http://archive.org/details/Swingtime1936AndTheGayDivorcee1934
Shall We Dance (1937) with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. Ginger sings:
http://archive.org/details/ShallWeDance1937FredAstaireAndGingerRogers
Top Hat (1935) and The Gay Divorcee (1934) also only has 2 songs by Ginger:
http://archive.org/details/TopHat1935AndTheGayDivorcee1934
Just in case you missed the movies in their first run, here are a few reviews so you can catch up on the plots.
Images above can be found in the Media History Digital Library:
Swing Time poster -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture52moti#page/n189/mode/2up
"Cutest Shot of the Month" from Shall We Dance-
http://archive.org/stream/photoplayvolume551chicx#page/n691/mode/2up
Continental dance still from The Gay Divorcee -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture49moti#page/n119/mode/2up
The Gay Divorcee review -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture48moti#page/64/mode/2up
Top Hat review -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture50moti#page/n307/mode/2up
Swing Time review -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture52moti#page/n285/mode/2up
Shall We Dance? review -
http://archive.org/stream/photoplayvolume551chicx#page/n661/mode/2up
http://thegingerrogersresouce.blogspot.com/2012/09/ginger-sings.html
Motion Picture magazine October 1936 |
Swing Time (1936) and The Gay Divorcee (1934). The items featuring Ginger Rogers singing are:
- "A Fine Romance" duet with Fred Astaire
- "Swing Time" (1936) finale duet with Fred Astaire, Helen Broderick, Victor Young and Georges Metaxa
- "Pick Yourself Up" duet with Fred Astaire with extended music and dancing sounds
- "The Continental" with Erick Rhodes and ensemble plus some words from Fred Astaire; includes closing credits music
http://archive.org/details/Swingtime1936AndTheGayDivorcee1934
Photoplay magazine June 1937 |
Shall We Dance (1937) with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. Ginger sings:
- "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" duet with Fred Astaire, with some of the skating sounds from the dance
- "They All Laughed"
http://archive.org/details/ShallWeDance1937FredAstaireAndGingerRogers
Motion Picture magazine March 1935 |
Top Hat (1935) and The Gay Divorcee (1934) also only has 2 songs by Ginger:
- "The Continental" with Erick Rhodes and ensemble plus some words from Fred Astaire; includes closing credits music
- "The Piccolino" with music from the dance and dancing sounds and the music from the finale dance of Top Hat
http://archive.org/details/TopHat1935AndTheGayDivorcee1934
Just in case you missed the movies in their first run, here are a few reviews so you can catch up on the plots.
Motion Picture magazine January 1935 |
Motion Picture magazine November 1935 |
Motion Picture magazine November 1936 |
Photoplay magazine June 1937 |
Swing Time poster -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture52moti#page/n189/mode/2up
"Cutest Shot of the Month" from Shall We Dance-
http://archive.org/stream/photoplayvolume551chicx#page/n691/mode/2up
Continental dance still from The Gay Divorcee -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture49moti#page/n119/mode/2up
The Gay Divorcee review -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture48moti#page/64/mode/2up
Top Hat review -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture50moti#page/n307/mode/2up
Swing Time review -
http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture52moti#page/n285/mode/2up
Shall We Dance? review -
http://archive.org/stream/photoplayvolume551chicx#page/n661/mode/2up
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