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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."
Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest replaced Ronald Colman; music and comedy replaced plays. As time went on, the new format took on the name of the show's male star. [2]: 237-238 In 1943, Haymes and Forrest had worked together on Here's to Romance on CBS radio. They left that program when the opportunity to work on this show became available.
Helen Forrester was the pen name of June Huband Bhatia (6 June 1919 – 24 November 2011), [1] [2] who was an Anglo-Canadian author known for her books about her youth in Liverpool, England, during the Great Depression and World War II, as well as several works of fiction.
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.
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]
He teamed with female vocalist Helen Forrest for many hit duets during World War II, including "Together", "I'll Buy That Dream", and "Long Ago and Far Away"; he sang with Judy Garland on two Decca recordings of songs from the film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, in which he appeared with Betty Grable.
"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]
The James band's featured female vocalist was Helen Forrest, and his later band included drummer Buddy Rich [15] and bassist Thurman Teague. [16] [17] Johnny MacAfee was featured on the sax and vocals, and Corky Corcoran was a youthful sax prodigy.