![]() ![]() ![]() "Rock Around the Clock" performed by Bill Haley & His Comets from Blackboard Jungle (1955) As Gabler intended, "Rock Around the Clock" was first issued in the spring of 1954 as a B-side to "Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)." While the song did make the American Billboard music charts (contrary to popular opinion that it was a flop), it was considered a commercial disappointment. It was the third Oscar in this category for Livingston and Evans, who previously won in 19. The song received the 1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song with the alternative title "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)". It reached the Billboard magazine charts in July 1956. From 1968 to 1973, it was the theme song for the situation comedy The Doris Day Show, becoming her signature song. Day's recording of the song for Columbia Records (catalog number 40704) was a hit in both the United States- where it made it to number two on the Billboard charts-and the United Kingdom. The song was introduced in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much, with Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles. "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será, Será)" by Doris Day from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", first published in 1956, is a popular song which was written by the Jay Livingston and Ray Evans songwriting team. Madonna's video "Material Girl" uses a similar set and costumes for the singer and her male dancers. Monroe's rendition of the song has been considered an iconic performance and since been copied by other entertainers ranging from Madonna, Beyonce Knowles, Geri Halliwell and Kylie Minogue to Anna Nicole Smith. The song was listed as the 12th most important movie song of all time by the American Film Institute. Most of the song in the film is Monroe's own voice but she needed help in two phrases – "These rocks don't lose their shape, diamonds are a girl's best friend", and at the beginning with a series of high-pitched "no's", all of which were dubbed in by the soprano Marni Nixon. In a later scene, Jane Russell, who played opposite Monroe, sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in court, while pretending to be Lorelei. Diamonds are an element in another story line in the movie, in which Lorelei is given a diamond tiara by the mine owner, in gratitude for her recovering the photographs. Her fiance arrives at the cabaret to see her perform this song, about exploiting men for riches. He is informed of compromising pictures taken with a British diamond mine owner and cancels her letter of credit before she arrives in France, requiring her to work in a nightclub to survive. Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean liner by a detective hired by her fiance's father, who wants assurance that she is not marrying purely for money. "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" by Marilyn Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Actor Shares First Name With Character (2)
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