Hello Young Lovers

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:02 am

Hi Paul

Glad you are going to listen to 'Hello Young Lovers' this weekend.
Then please tell us your re-appraisal?

Gray

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:46 am

Paul--I am sure you will love it---what's not to love

--It is just fab.

Marian

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:29 pm

Hi Paul, we know that you have said that you probably prefer female singers on this song, there are many excellent female recordings of Hello Young Lovers, Margaret Whiting, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Alma Cogan, Rosemary Clooney, Elkie Brooks all recorded the song and although Deborah Kerr played the part in the film, as far as we know her voice was dubbed by Marnie Dixon, and if you want to hear a really jazzed up version then Lena Horne provides a great rendition.
But we agree with Gray and Marian, Matt's is superb.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:12 pm

Hi Lena and Harry. I said the same thing, you know. I called Matts version "staggering".

It was Marnie Nixon not Dixon, who dubbed many singing voices in films.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:00 pm

So you have woken up then Robert, testing,

testing,
Any news on Debbie Reynolds then.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:10 pm

Yes I have some new's Lena and Harry, some of Debbies songs in "Singin' In The Rain" were dubbed, but not by Marnie Nixon

Also did you know it was CARLTON CARPENTER who duetted with Debbie on "Aba Daba Honeymoon"

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:07 pm

Hi all--I just want to say that Johnny Mathis does a really great version of "Hello Young Lovers" and "I have dreamed". Obviously different to Matt, but really beautiful. And Bobby Darin does an uptempo version of "Hello Young Lovers" which is ---interesting

Marian

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:10 pm

Hi Robert--that is interesting that Debbie Reynolds was dubbed in "Singing in the Rain" --as she played the part of a singer dubbing another singer --so did the dubber dub Debbie, while Debbie dubbed

Marian

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:51 am

Hi Mariana44, I feel like saying duba dub dub three men in a tub for some strange reason

Yes Debbie was dubbing, but Debbie was dubbed

but only on certain numbers. You can tell, can't you when Debbie is actually singing herself.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:25 am

Hi Robert--so are you saying that when Debbie was dubbing-she was being dubbed--a double dub in fact

Marian

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:11 pm

I'm all dubbed up in confusion now Mariana44, but I think you are right about explaining the dubbing..........................someone help me please

RalphDennis · Post by **RalphDennis** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:58 am

You got me laughing

there with all those "dub" topics. Anyways, Matt's "Hello Young Lovers" is also one of my favorites. Another Matt's song that I really love listening to over and over again everyday is "Who Can I Turn To". By the way, is this a Matt Monro original? Did anybody make a cover version of this song?

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:32 am

Hi Ralph---well its nice to know that we cheered someone up--but we do not have our answer yet

"Who can I turn to" has been sung by many different singers'--if you go to the "Lyrics" website there are over 60 covers listed--including most of the most popular singers of the day.

It was actually written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, and I think that Anthony Newley was probably the first one to sing it, in his own unusual style---which I liked a lot!!

But yes,. Matt does a really great version too.

Marian

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:57 am

Marian, yes there are so many singers who made this recording.
So many off the greats. Matt's was superb, and then the unforgettable and memorable Tony Bennett rendition, and and we couldn't forget Al Martino's version.

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:25 pm

I found Hello Young Lovers on The Late Late Show and listened to it yesterday. My favourites on that album are mostly the Johnnie Spence arrangements: This Is All I Ask, Time After Time, The Shadow Of Your Smile. Also September Song is outstanding. Thus, I listen repeatedly to those four songs and If She Should Come To You, Days Of Wine And Roses, and Autumn Leaves. That's why Hello Young Lovers never made an impression on me. And (big surprise!) I skip Maria each time.

I would rate Hello Young Lovers as:

5 out of 10 for David Whittaker's arrangement (don't like overuse of the violins' downward passage throughout, and the key change, but it does allow Matt Monro to sustain the high note at the end).

10 out of 10 for Matt Monro's vocals