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Gloria Grahame's singing voice.

posted 19 years ago by RAS-1
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Does anyone know who the vocalist is who provided the singing voice for Gloria Grahame? It's not listed in IMDb. It is a widely known fact that Miss Grahame could not sing a single note on key. In fact, her vocals were her real voice in "Oklahome," but the music editors had to piece it all together using individual words extracted from many takes. The reason being, no valid singer could emulate the effected voice of Ado Annie (Gloria). Any clues anyone? Whoever she is, she's extremely good.

[–] billellis 18 years ago

When "Estrellita" opened her mouth and that low voice came out, I instantly knew it wasn't Gloria Grahame's. It's not unusual for singers, especially big-voiced sopranos, to sing at a higher pitch than they speak at, but nobody sings that much LOWER than her speaking voice.

I'm afraid I don't know whose voice it is. The studios dubbed singing all the time then and hardly ever credited the singer, presumably for fear that it would disillusion the audience.

[–] RBarr 18 years ago

Gloria Grahame's singing voice was supplied by a dubber named Kaye Lorraine. I've added this to the credits, but it's possible that the IMDB won't post it since Ms. Lorraine doesn't seem to have any other onscreen credits. She may not sound like Gloria Grahame's REAL singing voice (as heard in OKLAHOMA!), but she's quite a good singer and it works well for this movie.

[–] f111151 17 years ago

They did indeed post Kaye Lorraine's name. Thank you for the information.

[–] terripinder 7 years ago

"... nobody sings that much LOWER than her speaking voice"

As a rule, I guess you are correct. But your comment made me chuckle a little bit as it made me think of We' McDonald, one of the contestants on the current season of The Voice. Her speaking voice is like Minnie Mouse, but her singing voice is deep, rich, low and resonant. It's the most astonishing thing ever! The exception that proves the rule, I guess. ;-)

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 12 years ago

Sounded like a plugged drain to them.

Whole sight; or all the rest is desolation.

[–] ABetterDay 11 years ago

No clue who dubbed the voice but no one of that time could have dubbed the body. Gloria Grahame was the only thing that made this film suffrable.

Remember When Movies Didn't Have To Be Politically Correct?

[–] jellyree 10 years ago

Hard to suspend disbelief when the film starts off with Gloria "singing".

I have a crush on her, but really.