Marilyn Monroe - The Gold Collection: 35 Classic Performances (1998)

Marilyn Monroe was not much of a recording artist per se, but she sang in many of her motion pictures. This European two-CD set presents dialogue and musical performances drawn directly from the soundtracks to the movie musicals Ladies of the Chorus, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The River of No Return, and There's No Business Like Show Business. She also sings briefly in non-musicals Niagra, Bus Stop, and The Prince and the Showgirl, plays "Chopsticks" in The Seven Year Itch, and exchanges witticisms with Groucho Marx in Love Happy; and there are a few stray non-movie song recordings. The second half of the second disc is taken up by miscellaneous recordings, not all of them musical, including a TV commercial, the presentation of several awards (she says, "Thank you"), radio sketches with Edgar Bergen and Jack Benny, and Monroe's appearances in Korea (singing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend") and at the 1962 birthday party for President Kennedy at which she sang "Happy Birthday."

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Ladies Of The Chorus
02. Anyone Can Se I Love You (1)
03. Anyone Can Se I Love You (2)
04. Every Baby Needs A Da Da Daddy
05. Do It Again
06. Kiss
07. She Acts Like A Woman Should
08. A Fine Romance
09. Two Little Girls From Little Rock
10. When Love Goes Wrong
11. Bye Bye Baby
12. Diamons Are A Girl's Best Friend
13. You'd Be Surprised
14. One Silver Dollar
15. I'm Gonna File My Claim
16. The River Of No Return
17. Down In The Meadow
18. After You Get What You Want…

CD2:

01. Heat Wave
02. A Man Chases A Girl
03. Lazy
04. There's No Business Like Show Business
05. Rachmaninov & Copsticks
06. That Old Black Magic
07. I Found A Dream
08. When I Fall In Love
09. Love Happy With Groucho Marx
10. Royal Triton Tv Commercial
11. Marilyn Best Actress With Lanren Bacall
12. Edgar Bergen / Charlie McCarthy Show
13. Bye Bye Baby - Tv Version
14. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friends - In Korea
15. Marilyn Meets The Press
16. Something's Got To Give - Unreleased Film
17. Happy Birthday Mr President (JFK)