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Pages in category "Songs about Marilyn Monroe" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier. [1] In 1997, John performed a rewritten version of the song, "Candle in the Wind 1997", as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine listed the original version of the song at No. 347 of its 500 greatest songs of all time. [2]
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In the music video for her single "Material Girl" (1985), Madonna emulates the scene in which Marilyn Monroe sang the song. She also included a snippet of the song during selected shows of her Rebel Heart Tour (2015–2016), following a cover of "La Vie en rose". Christina Aguilera also did the song on her first featured film Burlesque (2010).
The song also been recorded by performers Vaughn De Leath, Annette Hanshaw, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Miss Miller and The Chipettes, Rose Murphy, Verka Serduchka, Patricia Kaas, Sinéad O'Connor, Jinx Titanic, Shiina Ringo, Claire Johnston, Eve's Plum and Barry Manilow (in a duet with the Marilyn Monroe recording) among others. The song is ...
Happy Birthday, Mr. President" is a song sung by actress and singer Marilyn Monroe on May 19, 1962, for President John F. Kennedy at a gala held at Madison Square Garden for his 45th birthday, 10 days before the actual date (May 29).
The Hoosier Hot Shots covered the song in 1942. [4] The song was revived by Olga San Juan in the 1946 Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film, Blue Skies. The song was also memorably recorded by Marilyn Monroe in 1954 - with alternate lyrics. [5] It is available on the Marilyn Monroe compilation album titled Anthology. [6]
Marilyn Monroe famously sang the song in her film Bus Stop (1956). Her character Chérie is singing the song (somewhat out of key) to an audience who is not listening and talking loudly, until Don Murray quiets them all down. In 1963, Jerry Lewis performed the song as suave hipster Buddy Love in his film The Nutty Professor.