Music In The Air (broadway Revival)

Pickens, Jane

The Pickens Sisters, Jane, Helen and Grace had their big break when they were hired by NBC Radio. Promoted as "Three Little Maids From Dixie", they appeared in "Thumbs Up" on Broadway and in a movie, "Sitting Pretty".When the trio disbanded Jane worked as a soloist with The New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra. She had her own radio programme on NBC and kept up quite a pace with her Saturday Night Party radio show each week and radio appearances 6 nights and 2 afternoons every week. Jane was now the toast of the Manhattan club-and-radio circuit. Broadway then beckoned. Jane appeared in "The Ziegfeld Follies" of 1936 and 1937 before starring opposite Ed Wynn in "Boys And Girls Together" in 1940. In 1949 she won raves for starring on Broadway in the lead of "Regina".Her final stage appearance in 1951 was as Frieda Hatzfeld in the revival production of Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein's "Music in the Air". The show was not a success. RCA Victor had announced a cast recording but it did not materialise due probably to the failure of the show. Instead, an album was issued featuring only Jane, accompanied by Al Goodman and his Orchestra and Chorus. Long unavailable, the record has been much sought after by her fans so it is wonderful that this album has now been re-issued in its entirety along with bonus tracks, many of which were performed regularly by Jane on her radio show or in her concerts.

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