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Dame Gracie Fields, DBE (born Grace Stansfield, 9 January 1898 -- 27 September 1979), was an English-born, later Italian-based actress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall.
Singing in the Bathtub is a song written in 1929 by Michael H. Cleary, with lyrics by Herb Magidson and Ned Washington for the film The Show of Shows.[1] The Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' answer to MGM's The Hollywood Revue of 1929, and "Singing in the Bathtub" spoofs Hollywood Revue's song "Singin' in the Rain". In Show of Shows, the number features an enormous bathtub and is performed by Winnie Lightner and a chorus of male and female performers wearing antiquated bathing suits
.The song was recorded by many performers of the time, including Guy Lombardo,Dorothy Provine,Dick Robertson,King Ben Nawahi,Gracie Fields, Vaughn De Leath, The Georgians, Ed Smalle & Jerry Macy, and Danny Kaye, and more recently by Robert Crumb, John Lithgow, and Mandy Patinkin. In Vaughn De Leath's rendition of the song, she sings the line "the ring around the bathtub is a rainbow to me" as "a rainbow from me", substantially changing its meaning.
The lyrics include a quotation of the title air from "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles".
Singing in the Bathtub is a song written in 1929 by Michael H. Cleary, with lyrics by Herb Magidson and Ned Washington for the film The Show of Shows.[1] The Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' answer to MGM's The Hollywood Revue of 1929, and "Singing in the Bathtub" spoofs Hollywood Revue's song "Singin' in the Rain". In Show of Shows, the number features an enormous bathtub and is performed by Winnie Lightner and a chorus of male and female performers wearing antiquated bathing suits
.The song was recorded by many performers of the time, including Guy Lombardo,Dorothy Provine,Dick Robertson,King Ben Nawahi,Gracie Fields, Vaughn De Leath, The Georgians, Ed Smalle & Jerry Macy, and Danny Kaye, and more recently by Robert Crumb, John Lithgow, and Mandy Patinkin. In Vaughn De Leath's rendition of the song, she sings the line "the ring around the bathtub is a rainbow to me" as "a rainbow from me", substantially changing its meaning.
The lyrics include a quotation of the title air from "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles".