Howard Keel: Bless Yore Beautiful Hide

1. Annie, Get Your Gun:My Defences Are Down
2. The Girl That I Marry
3. They Say It’s Wonderful (with Betty Hutton)
4. Anything You Can Do (with Betty Hutton)
5. Pagan Love Song:Pagan Love Song
6. House Of Singing Bamboo
7. Show Boat:Make Believe (with Kathryn Grayson)
8. You Are Love (with Kathryn Grayson)
9. Why Do I Love You (with Kathryn Grayson)
10. Texas Carnival:Young Folks Should Get Married
11. Lovely To Look At:Lovely To Look At
12. You’re Devestating (with Kathryn Grayson)
13. The Touch Of You Hand (with Kathryn Grayson)
14. Calamity Jane:Higher Than A Hawk
15. I Can Do Without You (with Doris Day)
16. Kiss Me, Kate:So In Love (with Kathryn Grayson)
17. Where Thine That Special Face
18. Wunderbar (with Kathryn Grayson)
19. I’ve Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua
20. Where Is The Life That I Led?
21. Rose Marie:The Right Place For A Girl
22. Rose Marie
23. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers:Bless Yore Beautiful Hide
24. Sobbin’ Women
25. When You’re In Love (with Jane Powell)
26. Deep In My Heart:Your Land And My Land
27. Kismet:The Olive Tree
28. The Sands of Time

Retrospective pays a centenary tribute to the late, great singing actor Howard Keel (1919-2004) with a wonderful array of the famous songs from his magnificent 50s film musicals. Keel was one of the most famous faces on the silver screen. As a homage to one of the truly great musical stars, we present Bless Yore Beautiful Hide. This was perhaps Keel’s best-known song, from his greatest triumph Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954). But there are also 27 other musical highlights drawn from the soundtracks of this and 10 other films of the 50s, including Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, Calamity Jane, Kiss Me Kate, Rose Marie and Kismet. Also featured are his co-stars Kathryn Grayson (in seven duets), Betty Hutton, Doris Day and Jane Powell.