Marilyn Monroe Music
Typically, when people think of Marilyn Monroe they think of what she looked like, how she behaved and the movies she was in. People may forget about Marilyn Monroe's music. Marilyn's career started in modeling and then moved into films. She rarely went into an actual recording studio to record music. Marilyn Monroe only stared in five musical movies, had a few muical performances in her non-musical movies, and produced less than forty tracks in her all too short life. However, Marilyn Monroe had a voice that you could never forget. It was that voice that makes what little music she did produce, so memorable.
In 1946, following the divorce from her first husband, Jim Dougherty, Marilyn signed on with 20th Century Fox and took singing, acting and dancing lessons. However, it was not until 1949, under a contract with Columbia Pictures that she got her first role in a musical movie -- "Ladies of the Chorus," in which she had two songs, "Anyone Can See" and "Ev'ry Baby Needs a Da-Da-Daddy." Marilyn did not produce any more songs until her film role in 1953 in "Niagra" when she sang "Kiss." Marilyn Monroe sang one of her more memorable songs in the musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" -- "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," along with "Bye Bye Baby," "When Love Goes Wrong (Nothin' Goes Right)" and "Little Girl from Little Rock."
Her impressive perfomances landed her a recording contract with RCA Victor Records in 1954. In her subsequent films, Marilyn continued to many perform musical pieces. In addition, in July of 1954, her recording of the song "River of No Return" was on the musical charts for a short period of time. Her musical and movie career was on again off again right up until her final performance in a movie musical "Let's Make Love," in which she performed the songs, "Let's Make Love,""Specialization,""Incurably Romantic," and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy."
However, what people may remember most of Marilyn Monroe music is probably her final performance. In May of 1962, Marilyn flew to New York, from Los Angeles to sing "Happy Birthday" to President John Kennedy with whom she was rumored to be having an affair with. Three months later, Marily Monroe was found dead in her home at the age of thirty-six, prematurely ending her career -- musical and otherwise.