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Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era ( Artie Shaw , Benny Goodman , and Harry James ), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
The most notable version of the song was recorded by Harry James and his Orchestra with Helen Forrest on vocals on July 31, 1942. [5] This was the last day of recording before the Musician Union's ban. The recording was issued on Columbia 36668 and became a number one hit on both the pop charts and the Harlem Hit Parade in the US in early 1943. [6]
1956 Helen Forrest - included in the album Miss Helen Forrest – Voice of the Name Bands. [10] 1956 Lita Roza - for her album Love Is the Answer. [11] 1957 Doris Day included the song on her album Hooray for Hollywood (1958). [12] 1957 Perry Como - for his album We Get Letters.
"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" became a number one pop hit for Harry James and his orchestra in 1942, with Helen Forrest as vocalist (Columbia 36478), [3] [4] *Both Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore. [5] Tommy Tucker also recorded the song on December 2, 1941 [6] Vaughn Monroe recorded it on November 24, 1941 (Bluebird 11399). [7] [2]
"Make Love to Me" is the title of a 1941 song with music by Paul Mann and Stephan Weiss, and lyrics by Kim Gannon. It was recorded in 1942 by Helen Forrest with the Harry James Orchestra.
The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, featuring vocalist Helen Forrest. It was recorded on February 7, 1940, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 35391, with the flip side "Fable of the Rose". [2]
The Dick Haymes-Helen Forrest recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 23317. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 27, 1944 and lasted 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2.
A recording sung by Helen Forrest and sheet music were released by Paramount in 1945, both renamed in movie tie-ins, You Came Along (Out of Nowhere). Though Forrest sung the original lyrics in the film and on the record, the changed lyrics appeared in the sheet music and is "sung by an offscreen chorus over the final scene and end title. [12]