Keep Young and Beautiful

For the episode of the BBC TV series Dad's Army, see Keep Young and Beautiful (Dad's Army episode).

"Keep Young and Beautiful" is the title of a song by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Harry Warren (music), performed by Eddie Cantor and a chorus in the 1933 film Roman Scandals.[1] Annie Lennox recorded a cover of the song for her album Diva (1992).[2]

While it does not appear in the original 1980 version, the song is used in act 1 for the 2001 Broadway revival of Warren and Dubin's 42nd Street. The cast recording is performed by Mary Testa, Jonathan Freeman, and the ensemble.

The song was a favourite of Winston Churchill.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hemming, Roy (1999). The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals. Newmarket Press. p. 263. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c-nEd2lSb_oC&pg=PA263&dq=%22keep+young+and+beautiful%22+dubin+warren&hl=en&ei=StrTTafzHIGj-gayqs3iCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22keep%20young%20and%20beautiful%22%20dubin%20warren&f=false. Retrieved May 18, 2011. 
  2. ^ Ford, Tom (May 24, 1992). "A Different Annie Lennox Emerges On Diva Sounds". Toledo Blade. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XigxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6815,6335400&dq=keep-young-and-beautiful+lennox&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2011. 
  3. ^ Gerald Pawle (1974), The War and Colonel Warden, p. 212, ISBN 0856176370, "One scratched and ancient record which he demanded time and again was of Eddie Cantor singing "Build a little home" and "Keep Young and Beautiful," from the pre-war film Roman Scandals."