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"Put the Blame on Mame" is a song by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher,[1] originally written for the classic film noir Gilda (1946) in which it was sung by the titular character, played by Rita Hayworth[2] with the singing voice of Anita Kert Ellis dubbed in.[citation needed]
In keeping with the film character Gilda being "the ultimate femme fatale", the song sung by her in two scenes facetiously credits the amorous activities of a woman named "Mame" as the true cause of three well-known cataclysmic events in American history: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Great Blizzard of 1888 in New York City and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Mame is also credited with causing the fictional shooting of Dan McGrew during the Yukon Gold Rush, an event derived from a short narrative poem published in 1907 by Robert W. Service.
The song was later reprised as an instrumental version in another quintessential noir film, 1953's The Big Heat, when Gilda star Glenn Ford first meets Lee Marvin's character in a bar. It is again played in 1954's Human Desire, also starring Glenn Ford. But even in 1946, the year it was released, the song was employed in the B-movie Columbia release The Secret of the Whistler when the protagonist (played by series lead Richard Dix) meets the femme fatale.
It was later also recorded by:
Gypsy Rose Lee in the movie Screaming Mimi
Gale Robbins in the movie The Fuller Brush Girl
Nat Gonella & His Georgians[3]
Barbara Hale in the movie The Houston Story
Liane Foly
John Williams and His Orchestra[4]
Milt Herth Trio
Somethin' Smith and the Redheads[2]
Viktor Lazlo (for her debut album, She)
Mark Murphy[5]
Nancy Murphy[1]
Lynda Carter performed the song while playing the title role in Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess.
Marjorie Lord in The Danny Thomas Show, season 5, episode 19
Patsy Kensit in the film Prince of Shadows
A clip of Hayworth singing the song in Gilda was to be included in Michael Jackson's performance of "Smooth Criminal" in the planned show This Is It; the song was included in the posthumously released film version.[6]
In 2004, "Put the Blame on Mame" finished #84 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of the top tunes in American cinema.
^ abStephen Thomas Erlewine (1944-12-15). "Capitol Sings Hollywood, Vol. 20: Singin' in the Rain - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
^ abWilliam Ruhlmann. "Put the Blame on Mame - Somethin' Smith & the Redheads | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
^"The Big Band Dance Hits: 1930-1940, Vol. 2 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
^"Movie Memories - John Williams | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 1996-10-16. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
^Scott Yanow (2006-02-07). "Mark Murphy's Hip Parade/Playing the Field - Mark Murphy | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
^Singh, Anita (28 October 2009). "Michael Jackson This Is It: secrets behind O2 shows revealed". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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