Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayworth

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayworth
From: GUEST,royH
Date: 23 Sep 12 - 11:48 AM

Joe Offer, it's just personal opinion I know, and Yes, Rita was a stunner, but surely Gene Tierney was the most beautiful woman ever on screen. Not as big a star as Rita, but SO beautiful, the object of my early teenage fantasies.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayworth
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Sep 12 - 06:19 PM

Hmmm. In this day and age, this would be grounds for Rita to get a restraining order...

Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR RITA HAYWORTH (New Vaudeville Band)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 22 Sep 12 - 05:23 PM

Here's my transcription from the video on YouTube – see link above. I'm not sure about the line "hot water and a telephone". It sounds like "hot water on the telephone" but that made no sense to me.


DEAR RITA HAYWORTH
As sung by the New Vaudeville Band

1. Dear Rita Hayworth:
I'm sending off this letter to the USA.
I thought you like to know
That I saw you in the daily press today.

2. Do you still make movies?
Could you send a picture for my bedroom wall?
If ever you're in England,
You'd be welcome if you'd like to call.

BRIDGE:
You won't find no other girl
Sharing my room with me.
I have hot water and a telephone,
And though I guess you'd think I'm more than slightly mad,
If you could drop a line, I'd be so glad.

3. Dear Rita Hayworth:
Surely I must be your number-one fan.
For twenty-seven years
I've loved you ev'ry way that I can.

[The New Vaudeville Band were a one-hit wonder; they recorded "Winchester Cathedral" in 1966.]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayworth
From: GUEST,999
Date: 21 Sep 12 - 12:43 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqHo6AQYFI

There is the song 'Dear Rita Hayworth' done by the New Vaudeville Band on YouTube.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayworth
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 25 May 05 - 01:34 AM

Phil Silvers (Sargeant? Sergeant? What's the correct spelling of the Army NCO rating? Bilko.) had begun developing his multitude of talents in Vaudeville, before there was ever TV. Quite a goodly number of the early TV greats had that education.
Yes, Rita Hayworth was a stunner. And had more than her looks to recommend her.                      Tw

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayworth
From: GUEST,monique_ad2
Date: 24 May 05 - 09:05 PM

Thanks for correction on typo, Joe.
... and yes, she was beautiful :)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayworth
From: Peace
Date: 24 May 05 - 12:46 AM

BUT, what are the odds of two misspellers finding each other?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: Bill D
Date: 24 May 05 - 12:17 AM

no doubt there ARE 500 people who can't spell, never see what they are reading, and don't bother to look it up before they put the wrong name on a web site.... Google is an extraordinary window on the carelessness and ignorance that pervades a portion of the population.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: GUEST
Date: 24 May 05 - 12:01 AM

Some 500 hits on Google for 'Rita Hayword.'

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 May 05 - 07:10 PM

There was a climax?........

oooooohhhh..


and could we change the thread title please? unless we can establish that we are looking for someone else!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: Peter T.
Date: 23 May 05 - 04:05 PM

Then there's "They Came To Cordura" -- now there is a dark film, the climax of which is Rita Hayworth giving herself to a thug so that the hero can get some sleep!!!

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: M.Ted
Date: 23 May 05 - 02:44 PM

Phil Silvers was a singer and dancer {and clarinetist} long before Sargent Bilko--

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: Peter T.
Date: 23 May 05 - 07:04 AM

The best is surely Gilda, though I do like Only Angels Have Wings. Among the weirdest is The Lady in Question, a French film transposed to Hollywood -- Rita plays the Simone Signoret part.

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: Joe Offer
Date: 23 May 05 - 03:04 AM

That's Susan Hayward - Rita Hayworth. The song by the New Vaudeville Band is "Dear Rita Hayworth," but I can't find it, either.
Personally, I think Rita was the most beautiful woman that ever lived. My favorite Hayworth movie is Cover Girl,, with Gene Kelly and an amazing performance by Phil Silvers. Who knew that Sgt. Bilko could sing and dance?
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: Peace
Date: 23 May 05 - 02:31 AM

Looking for them here too.

Google

Missing Songs List - International Lyrics Playground

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: Peace
Date: 23 May 05 - 02:24 AM

Hayward.

Subject: Lyr Req: Dear Rita Hayword
From: monique_ad2
Date: 23 May 05 - 02:17 AM

Would appreciate lyrics to "Dear Rita Hayword" by New Vaudeville Band.

Thanks so much,
Monique