Marion Keene
Marion Keene (also known as Marion Davis, born Marion Davison, c. 1933)[1] was a British big band singer in the early 1950s with British bands such as the Jack Parnell[2] Orchestra and Oscar Rabin Band.[3] Keene replaced Alma Cogan in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest British heats, but was not selected to become the British entry in the final, held later the same year.
Recordings
[edit]Parlophone Marion Davis with Oscar Rabin Band
- F 2344 March 1949 "A Little Bird Told Me"
- F 2369 July 1949 "Put Your Shoes On Lucy"
- F 2400 February 1950 "Jealous Heart" (with Marjorie Daw)
- F 2404 March 1950 "Why Not Now" (with Dennis Hale) / "Don't Cry Joe"
- F 2435 December 1950 "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" (with Marjorie Daw)
- F 2455 April 1951 "Listenin' To The Green Grass Grow" (with Marjorie Daw)
Nixa Marion Davis with Eric Winstone Orchestra
- NY 7742 "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" (with The Stagecoachers) / "Easy Come, Easy Go" (with Franklyn Boyd)
- NY 7743 March 1952 "I Don't Care"
- HMV POP 203 / 7M 395 April 1956 "Fortune Teller" / "A Dangerous Age"
- HMV POP 375 July 1957 "In The Middle Of An Island" / "It's Not For Me To Say" (with orchestra cond. by Frank Cordell)
- RCA LOP 1001 1958 "Rose-Marie" (with Julie Andrews) Cast Member - RCA LOP 1001 (RD-27143 in England)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Hartlepool star who sang with Bob Hope and Julie Andrews". Hartlepoolmail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "A Song For Europe 1959". Oneeurope.biz. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Oscar Rabin Band". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.