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: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 22
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Female Vocalists Vol 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: Silent Night - Vintage Christmas Classics
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Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 1
Genre: Humor
Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 6
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Title: Anzac Golden Spirit
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Still More Best of British
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 4
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Title: The Classic Comedy Collection 3, Vol. 3
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Title: Thoughts Of You - The Songs Of Ivor Novello
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Title: The Original Hits Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 5
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Title: Music Hall to Variety
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits of the War Years
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Was The Days Vol 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 2
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Title: More Kiwis ... by Request
Genre: World Music
Title: Music Hall to Variety, Second House, Vol. 3
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Title: Prewar Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Retrospective Ivor Novello
Genre: Jazz
Title: Songs We Can't Forget, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Star Of Bethlehem
Genre:
Title: Traditional Pop, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage Comedy Collection 2, Vol. 2
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Title: A Sentimental Christmas
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Title: Greatest Female Vocalists. Vol 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits: Christmas Legends CD 2
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Hits: Christmas Legends CD 3
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Songs That Won The War (Disc 1) 'Wish Me Luck... '
Genre: Retro
Title: That Christmas Feeling
Genre: New Age, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Best Christmas 100 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Best Christmas 100 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: 101 Christmas Songs (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Rock, World Music, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: A Time To Remember - 1930
Title: A Time To Remember - 1959
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Christmas Legends - 100 Hits (CD3)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Legends - 100 Hits (CD2)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: A Time To Remember: 1931
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember: 1934
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember: 1939
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: The Best Days Of Christmas (CD1)
Genre: Gospel, Vocal Jazz, Country
Title: Happy Days - The Oldies Gold Collection (Volume 12) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: That's For Me (The Greatest Hits Of 1950s)
Genre: Jazz
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