Category Archives: Music

When Marilyn Sings

Posted on July 28, 2012 by marina72

Marilyn Monroe: Collector, the latest compilation of Marilyn’s modest but stellar musical repertoire, is now available on CD or for download. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney reviews it in today’s Financial Times. “Collector marks the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death with a straightforward compilation … Continue reading →


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Rebecca Kilgore in Chicago

Posted on July 7, 2012 by marina72

Howard Reich reviews jazz singer Rebecca Kilgore’s tribute to Marilyn, ‘Some Like it Hot!’, for the Chicago Tribune. (Rebecca’s show will return to New York in October. For more details, visit her official website.) “Yet Kilgore obviously admires Monroe considerably, … Continue reading →


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Lana Del Rey’s ‘National Anthem’

Posted on June 27, 2012 by marina72

 Lana Del Rey recreates Marilyn’s ‘Happy Birthday Mr President’ in the opening sequence of her new video, ‘National Anthem’. The president is played by rapper A$AP Rocky. Lana goes on to embody the Camelot myth, giving her own take on … Continue reading →


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Marilyn Inspires Lana Del Rey

Posted on June 15, 2012 by marina72

Marilyn has inspired another songstress – Lana Del Rey, whose new track, ‘Body Electric’ (performed at the El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, on June 3) begins with the line, “Elvis is my daddy, Marilyn is my mother – Jesus is … Continue reading →


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Marilyn Inspires Bat For Lashes

Posted on June 14, 2012 by marina72

Ethereal singer-songwriter Natasha Khan – aka Bat For Lashes – played three new tracks, including ‘Marilyn’, live in Cambridge yesterday. She also announced plans for her third album, The Haunted Man. Watch the video here. “On another new song, ‘Marilyn’, she … Continue reading →


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Beth Ditto’s ‘Candle in the Wind’

Posted on May 17, 2012 by marina72

Gossip singer Beth Ditto performed Elton John’s tribute to Marilyn, ‘Candle in the Wind’, at last night’s opening ceremony for the Cannes Film Festival. Beth’s cream ruched dress is similar to the one worn by Marilyn in her 1952 photo … Continue reading →


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Michelle Shocked: ‘Indelible Women’

Posted on April 22, 2012 by marina72

Folk/punk singer Michelle Shocked is planning a new album, Indelible Women, featuring tributes to icons like Billie Holiday, Frida Kahlo and MM. Her song for Marilyn is called ‘I Will Be Loved’, and she will play tracks from the upcoming project … Continue reading →


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‘Waiting For Miss Monroe’

Posted on April 9, 2012 by marina72

Composer Robin De Raaff’s and librettist Janice Brogt’s new opera, Waiting For Miss Monroe, starring American soprano Laura Aikin, will open at the Netherlands Opera on June 9, reports Arts Journal. It sounds like an interesting project, but the source … Continue reading →


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‘Smash’ Episode 9: ‘Hell on Earth’

Posted on April 4, 2012 by marina72

 Episode 9 of Smash has aired in the US: “Ivy’s prescription happy doctor had apparently prescribed a cocktail of meds to treat the various side effects that sprung from her original Prednisone prescription. Ivy had begun using her prescriptions to self … Continue reading →


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‘Smash’, Episode 4: ‘The Cost of Art’

Posted on February 28, 2012 by marina72

Cinema Blend singles out Megan Hilty’s big Marilyn number for praise this week: “This week’s big musical number, ‘I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn’t Love to Howl’, is a standard Marilyn sexpot song…with a twist. I think what I … Continue reading →


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