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Created: Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:08

Written by Shauna

NOVEMBER Release - "You, Wonderful You"

“You, Wonderful You” was introduced in the 1950 MGM musical “Summer Stock” starring Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. The first time we hear the song in the film it is a beautiful ballad sung to Judy Garland by Gene Kelly. Gene is using the song to help Judy understand the magic of musical theatre. If you choose to sing the song as a solo, this is how it can be done lyrically to work without the duet partner.

This is immediately followed by a number that highlights the genius of Gene Kelly and his dancing/choreographic brilliance. It features a great instrumental reprise of “You, Wonderful You”, a squeaky board, a newspaper, and Gene Kelly dancing soft-shoe & tap.

The final version in the movie is a very quick look at the upbeat version that we used as our inspiration (along with the next next). The call/response is just fun!

This song was also featured on the Dick Van Dyke show with a classic performance by Rob and Laura Petrie. In this episode you get to see his marriage proposal to her. This upbeat version was also used for our inspiration.

Moving on to our singing call! From the moment I decided to turn this song into a singer, I could hear Joe Saltel’s voice in my head. (If you gotta have voices in your head, there could be worse, right?) As I was noodling on who should do the female portion of the duet, I saw some posts on Facebook about Joe singing with his sister at a dance and even though I hadn’t heard her sing yet, I was all in on having her record this with Joe.

Joe and his sister, Cheryl Tiburzi, both visited SoCal for our trip to the studio for recording. It was so much fun getting to meet her, and watching/listening to them practice and lay down tracks. It is exactly how I imagined it would be and I love it!

CHIC 1091 is now in our "duets" series with this vocal by Jo Saltel (Staff Caller) and his sister, Cheryl (Saltel) Tiburzi.

To purchase, just head on over to the Chic Boutique for fast and easy mp3 downloads.

Click on the youtube links (to the left) for previews!