Marilyn Monroe is better known as an actress and model, but she did do a fair amount of singing in her films. Some of her more notable tunes are Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend from 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and I Wanna Be Loved By You from the hilarious Some Like It Hot (1959). On May 19, 1962, she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy, ten days before his actual 45th birthday. It was one of her last public appearances; she died almost three months later.
Marlon Brando isn't a musician. He did, however, have the starring role as Sky Masterson in the 1955 MGM movie-musical Guys and Dolls. Frank Sinatra wanted the role of Sky, but instead got the role of Nathan Detroit. The film was based on the 1950 Broadway production, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. There was no vocal dubbing, so what you hear is really the actor's voice.
The King and I is a musical about a British governess hired to work for the King of Siam. It is based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944) which itself was derived from the written memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who was the governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the 1860s. The stage musical was an instant hit, winning three Tony Awards. It was the fifth musical hit from the music and lyrics duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
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