When the film, Anatomy of a Murder, was released in July of 1959, a 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc with 10 radio spots for the film was also issued. With Stewart in the film were Lee Remick, Ben Gazarra, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden and Kathryn Grant. Four of the 10 spots featured vocal clips of…
Tag Archives: Anatomy of a Murder
Jimmy Stewart on NBC Monitor #4
The final surviving tape of Jimmy Stewart on the NBC Monitor program is from April 11, 1970. Gene Rayburn and Stewart talk about several films, including After the Thin Man, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life and Anatomy of a Murder…
Anatomy of a Murder – Soundtrack Part 2 – Spin Offs and Re-Issues
Peggy Lee was given the Main Title track and asked to write lyrics for it. The result was a song titled I’m Gonna Go Fishin’. Two versions of this were issued in 1960. One was an instrumental by Gerry Mulligan (Verve 10216), while the other was a vocal by Peggy Lee (Capitol 4449). While Mulligan’s…
Anatomy of a Murder – Soundtrack Part 1
The Anatomy of a Murder soundtrack album was released in 1959 at the same time as the film starring Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott and Orson Bean. Columbia CL-1360 (mono)/CS-8166 (stereo) The original album was released on May 29, 1959. All music is composed and conducted…
Hello world!
Let’s begin with a new radio item discovered after the book Jimmy Stewart on the Air (BearManor Media) was published in 2012. This item is a 12-inch vinyl record (SP 1127) issued by Columbia Pictures to help promote the film, Anatomy of a Murder. The disc features four open end interviews. One with the the…
