JohnSteele Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I'm watching "Banjo on my Knee" and the musical scene incluing St. Louis Blues and "I Hate to See the Evening Sun Go Down" was fantastic. Does anyone know the name of the African-American woman who sang the lead vocals? Incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Theresa Harris with the Hall Johnson Choir I don't know if Theresa was actually doing the singing or not. But her IMDB bio says she WAS doing the singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSteele Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thank you for the reply. It was wonderful and even operatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSteele Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Here's a youtube link for that singer and that choir singing essentially the same medley: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 WIKI: Francis Hall Johnson was born in Athens, Georgia, the son of William Decker Johnson, an A.M.E. minister who also served a term as President of the church-affiliated Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina. Johnson received an extensive education which included a time at the Juilliard School. As a boy, he taught himself to play the violin after hearing a violin recital given by Joseph Henry Douglass, grandson of Frederick Douglass. He went on to play the violin and viola professionally, including in the orchestra for the 1921 musical, Shuffle Along. In time, however, he became more interested in choral music, forming the Hall Johnson Negro Choir, the first of many choral ensembles, in 1925. Hall Johnson and his choir became renowned through their participation in the 1930 Broadway production of Marc Connelly's The Green Pastures as well as in national and international tours of the play, radio versions, the 1936 film adaptation, and Hallmark Hall of Fame television broadcasts. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri1955 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Theresa Harris was named in one of the 2 articles by TCM about this singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalnovelty Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Theresa Harris was great! Here's more of her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljDxUgIHHV4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundie Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I went and looked it up after that scene because I was so curious. It looked like Theresa Harris to me, but usually the wardrobe and makeup departments didn't give her the glamour treatment, and she really looked marvelous with it. Something else that made me unsure was that she had also sung St. Louis Blues--to the point of being annoying--in the Stanwyck movie Baby Face and didn't sound anywhere near as good as she sounded in this movie. BLU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Why didn't TCM premiere this one when Joel McCrea was SOTM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 For the same reason Christmas in Connecticut wasnt included in Barbara's? Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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