TRUE LOVE
BING CROSBY GRACE KELLY
SONGWRITER: COLE PORTER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: HIGH SOCIETY
LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS
GENRE: EASY LISTENING
YEAR: 1956
Grace Patricia Kelly(November 12, 1929–September
14, 1982) was an American film actress who, after starring in several
significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of
Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.
After graduating from the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, she
began appearing in New
York City theatrical productions and over 40
live drama productions broadcast in early 1950s Golden Age of
Television. Kelly gained stardom from her
performance in John Ford's adventure-romance
Mogambo (1953),
starring Clark Gable and Ava Gardner, for
which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country
Girl(1954) with Bing Crosby.
Other notable works include the western High Noon(1952)
with Gary Cooper, the
romance-comedy High Society(1956)
with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, and
three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder(1954)
with Ray Milland, Rear Window (1954)
with James Stewart, and To Catch a Thief(1955) with
Cary Grant.
Kelly
retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier, and she began her duties as
Princess of Monaco. Hitchcock hoped that she would appear in more of his films
which required an "icy blonde" lead actress, but he was unable to
coax her out of retirement. The Prince and Princess had three
children: Princess
Caroline, Prince Albert,
and Princess
Stéphanie. Princess Grace retained her link to America
by her dual U.S. and Monégasque citizenship. Her charity work focused on young
children and the arts, establishing the Princess
Grace Foundation to support local artisans
in 1964. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained
consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. She died aged 52 at
Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from the injuries sustained in her car
crash the previous day. She is listed 13th among the American Film
Institute's 25 Greatest
Female Stars of Classical
Hollywood Cinema. Her son, Prince Albert, helped
establish the Princess
Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging
performers in film, theatre, and dance.
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May
3, 1903–October 14, 1977) was an American singer-songwriter comedian and actor.
The first multimedia star, Crosby was one of the most popular and influential
musical artists of the 20th century. He was a leader in record sales, radio
ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954. He made over seventy
feature films and recorded more than 1.600 songs.
His early career coincided with recording
innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that
influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon.
Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for
the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American
polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII:6 Also
in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of
the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.
Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Going My Way(1944),
and was nominated for its sequel The Bells of
St. Mary's(1945) opposite Ingrid Bergman,
becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same
character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award.
He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion
pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations
with longtime friend Bob Hope,
starring in the Road to... films
from 1940 to 1962.
Crosby influenced the development of the
postwar recording
industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German
broadcast quality reel-to-reel
tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he
invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build
copies. He
then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became
the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial
recordings onto magnetic tape.
Through the medium of recording, he
constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship
(editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting)
used in motion picture production, a practice that became an industry standard.
In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance
the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and
co-owned the Pittsburgh
Pirates baseball team.
"True Love" is a popular song written by
Cole Porter and was
published in 1956. The song was introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the musical film High Society. "True
Love" was nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Original Song. Kelly's contribution on the
record is relatively minor, duetting with Crosby on only the final chorus. Nonetheless,
the single is co-credited to her.
Sun-tanned,
Wind-blown
Honeymooners at last
alone.
Feeling far above
par.
Oh, how lucky we are!
While
I give to you and you give to me,
True love, true love.
So on and on it'll always be,
True love, true love.
For you and I
Have a guardian angel on high,
With nothin' to do.
But to give to you and to give to me,
Love forever true.
For you and I
Have a guardian angel on high,
With nothin' to do.
But to give to you and to give to me,
Love forever true.
Love forever true.
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