Gracie Fields
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Biography
[Edit]The strength of Gracie Fields' superb soprano voice transported the actress and singer from her humble start in a small Lancashire backstreet to her position many years later as a Dame of the British Empire. Born in 1898 above a shop in the town of Rochdale, her 60 years in music and movies survived the war years and a batch of related negative publicity, a battle against cancer of the cervix, and three husbands.
Fields, who was born Gracie Stansfield, started her career in traveling British troupes while earning extra money with factory work. Her acquaintance with Archie Pitt, a comedian, gave her fledgling career a boost when he began to promote her in earnest. The two first worked together in a revue called Yes, I Think So in 1915. More revues followed, and in 1923, Pitt wed the future star. Two years later, Fields and Pitt brought a highly successful revue to the Alhambra Theatre in London and went on the road with the production for almost a decade. Fields was officially a star at this point, and quite wealthy as well. In following years, her productions became standing-room-only events. She and Pitt eventually divorced.
The singer appeared in a total of 16 films, beginning with Sally in Our Alley in 1931. The song "Sally," which became her theme, was taken from the movie. Interestingly, over the following years, Fields came to despise the ditty. Before her movie career was through, she was pulling in more money per picture than any other actress of the day in the U.K. Movies, however, were not something she enjoyed doing, even though Hollywood beckoned in the form of a Twentieth Century Fox contract. By the end of the decade she was a popular recording star and had toured several continents.
Following her appearance in the movie Shipyard Sally in 1939, Fields was diagnosed with cancer of the cervix. Fans across the world showered her with their love and concern, packed into more than a quarter-million pieces of mail. Following surgery, she retreated to the Isle of Capri, accompanied by Monty Banks, a movie director she met on the set of Queen of Hearts, and Mary Davey, a woman who acted as Fields' companion. Still quite ill when World War II erupted, Fields nevertheless insisted on entertaining British troops that were stationed in France. The singer wed Banks, an Italian, in 1940. During wartime, Italians faced being branded enemy aliens, as well as the possibility of internment that accompanied such a label. Fields sidestepped the tricky quagmire threatening her new husband and marriage by accepting concerts in North America. The resulting publicity was furiously negative back home in the U.K., where she was perceived as fleeing her country in its time of need. Despite the roasting her country's newspapers gave her, Fields continued to raise money for England's war effort, and in the end, the total amounted to more than a half-million dollars. She went home to England and performed there twice during the early '40s. She also appeared many times on radio. A heart attack killed Banks aboard the Orient Express in 1950. Fields found her third husband in Boris Alperovici. She passed away in 1979, the victim of a heart attack.
Title: Gracie Fields Live at the Holborn Empire, London on October 11th, 1933
Artist: Gracie Fields
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Title: Little Donkey (Remastered) [with Rita Williams Singers] - Single
Artist: Gracie Fields, Rita Williams Singers
Genre: Pop
Title: Around the World (Remastered) [with Tony Osborne & His Orchestra] - Single
Artist: Gracie Fields, Tony Osborne
Genre: Pop
Title: Sally (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Ray Noble, Gracie Fields, Ray Noble And His Orchestra
Genre: Pop
Title: Davis, C.: The World at War
Artist: Charles Trenet, Mantovani, Anne Shelton, Vera Lynn, Billy Cotton And His Band, Carl Davis, Gracie Fields, Noël Coward / Noel Coward, Irving Berlin, Arthur Askey, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, The Mantovani Orchestra, Carroll Gibbons, The Savoy Orpheans, Александр Васильевич Александров / Aleksandr Vasilevic Aleksandrov, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Red Army Choir, Lale Anderson, Studio Orchestra, Studio Pianist, Ronnie Munro, Studio Ensemble, Alan Breeze, Studio Chorus, Bruno Sealer-Winkler, Marshal Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Harry Bidgood Orchestra
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: Something Bawdy, Something Blue
Genre: World Music
Title: Wartime Hits, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: A Retrospective Hits of 1947
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Songwriters - Hoagy Carmichael
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Title: Home For Christmas 1945
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Title: Ladies In Jazz, Vol. 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vocal Jazz Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Legends, Vol. 1
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Title: Early Jazz Ballroom Party Vol2
Genre: Jazz
Title: More Christmas Songs
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Title: 1931 in Music, Vol. 2
Title: 1932 Hits (Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: The London I Love
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Title: Love Songs of the 30s, 40s (Remastered)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Still More Best of British
Genre: World Music
Title: The Original Hits, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 1937 in Music, Vol. 2
Title: Happy Happy Birthday Party
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Was The Days Vol 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: British Wartime
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Title: There'll Always Be an England - Great War Songs, Vol. 3
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Title: Wartime Hits, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 22 English Patriotic Songs
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Romantic Songs of the '30s
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Title: Wartime Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: There'll Always Be An England - Great War Songs Vol 1
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Title: The Stars Sing World War Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: World War II Era Christmas
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Title: Wartime Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Was The Days Vol 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: 20 Songs for Christmas
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Radio Hits of The 40's 1948
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hits Of '31
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Title: The Great Anzacs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Let's Make Memories Tonight: Rare Original Recordings
Genre: Pop
Title: British Comedy - Diamond Jubilee Edition
Genre: Humor
Title: Wartime Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: White Christmas - Vintage Christmas Classics
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Title: Lambeth Walk & the Music of Noel Gay
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Retrospective British Comedy
Genre: Humor
Title: A Retrospective Hits of 1938
Genre: Pop
Title: The Classic Comedy Collection 4
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Title: Vintage Comedy Collection 2, Vol. 1
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Title: Hits of '34
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Title: Children's Favorite Songs
Title: The Richard Rodgers Album With Lorenz Hart
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Merriest Christmas Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 3
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Title: Christmas Big Band & Swing Hits
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Hits Of '36
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Title: Christmas Greats (Digitally Remastered)
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Title: Stage Door Canteen (O.S.T - 1943)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: A Retrospective Hits of 1936
Genre: Pop
Title: Early Jazz & Blues Ladies
Genre: World Music
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Essential Memories
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Title: Soundtrack to Victory, Vol. 3 (Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Children's Favorite Songs, Vol. 2
Genre: Kids
Title: Old Time Christmas Classics
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Title: Winter Wonderland - Vintage Christmas Classics
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Featuring albums
Title: The Fine Music of Carmichael
Artist: Hoagy Carmichael
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: "my Stardust Melody..." The Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael
Artist: Various
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Ethel & Ernest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Heroes Collection (CD1)
Artist: Songs For Captain Tom
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Byzantine/Relegious, Country, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: The Heroes Collection (CD2)
Artist: Songs For Captain Tom
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Byzantine/Relegious, Country, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical