In Hollywood she would marry twice: first to actor John Shelton; secondly to actor/singer Johnnie Johnston. She had one daughter. Throughout the 1950s, she carried on an affair with mogul Howard Hughes, and was briefly engaged to him (although this was not included in the film The Aviator, as the film only profiled Hughes through the late 1940s).
Though she started out as MGM's answer to Deanna Durbin (with films such as Seven Sweethearts and Anchors Aweigh), she proved herself a top star in Thousands Cheer, Anchors Aweigh and Two Sisters From Boston, and in the film versions of the Broadway hits Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me, Kate (1953). Grayson also appeared in a duo of films with tenor Mario Lanza, and Howard Keel, whom she teamed successfully with in a highly lauded cabaret act in the 1960s.
With the end of MGM's great era of musicals, so ended Miss Grayson's film career. Kathryn was on stage in numerous stage musicals such as Show Boat, Rosalinda, Kiss Me, Kate, Naughty Marietta, and The Merry Widow, for which she was nominated for Chicago's Sarah Siddons Award. This lead to her as a replacement for Julie Andrews on Broadway in 1962 in Camelot, scoring a great success, before going on to star in the National tour for over sixteen months, before leaving the show due to health problems. During her period with the Camelot tour, all box-office records were broken and she gained uniformly excellent notices. She would later play the role of Guenevere during that decade. Grayson had a lifelong dream of being an opera star, and she appeared number of operas in the '60s, such as La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La Traviata. Her dramatic and comedy stage roles included Night Watch, Noises Off, Love Letters and Something's Afoot as Dottie Otterling.
She also appeared on television occasionally. Her first TV appearances were in the 1950s, and she received an Emmy nomination in 1956 for her performance in the "General Electric Theater" episode "Shadow on the Heart" with John Ericson. Most recently, she appeared in several episodes of Angela Lansbury's long-running series "Murder, She Wrote" in the late 1980s.
Never to be overshadowed these days by other talented or exciting MGM contemporaries such as Jane Powell, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Esther Williams and Ann Blyth, Miss Grayson has gained cult status among a large, and wildly devoted, crowd of fans. Kathryn supervised the Voice and Choral Studies Program at the Idaho State University.
According to her secretary, Grayson died in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles, California on February 17, 2010, aged 88.
Jealousy
Kathryn Grayson Lyrics
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I sometimes wonder, if this spell that I'm under
Can only be a melody, for I know no one but me
Has won your heart, but when the music starts
My peace departs from the moment
they play that lovely strain
And we surrender to all it's charm again
We dance to a tango of love
Your heart beats with mine as we sway
You eyes give the answer I'm dreaming of
That soft word your cruel lips will never say
I fear that the music will end
And shatter the spell it may lend
To make me believe, when your eyes just deceive
But it's only the tango you love.
I feel that the music will end
And shatter the spell it may lend
To make me believe, when your eyes just deceive
And, it's only the tango you love.
It's only the tango that you love.
The lyrics of Kathryn Grayson's song Jealousy speaks of love, passion, and jealousy. The singer expresses her struggle with jealousy, which torments her day and night. She wonders if the spell that she's under could only be a melody because no one else has won her lover's heart except for her. The music intensifies her feelings of jealousy and destroys any semblance of peace. The singer acknowledges that their love is intense, mysterious, and painful. The tango of love that they dance to has the power to draw them in and make them surrender to its charm. The singer, however, fears that the music will end, and the spell will shatter, leaving her feeling deceived by her lover's eyes, which do not match his words.
The lyrics evoke a sense of passion and pain, as the singer tries to navigate her feelings of jealousy and love. The tango is a metaphor for their relationship, intense, captivating, but also fleeting. The singer's fears and doubts are palpable in the song, making it relatable for anyone who has had to grapple with jealousy and doubt in a relationship. Kathryn Grayson's emotive voice brings the song to life, and her delivery of the lyrics makes the emotions even more palpable.
Line by Line Meaning
Jealousy, night and day you torture me
I am tortured by jealousy constantly, day and night.
I sometimes wonder, if this spell that I'm under Can only be a melody, for I know no one but me Has won your heart, but when the music starts
I wonder if my jealousy is only due to the music that we are both drawn to, for I am the only one who has won your heart.
My peace departs from the moment they play that lovely strain And we surrender to all it's charm again This jealousy that tortures me, is ecstasy, mystery, pain
My inner calm disappears the moment the music begins to play, and we are swept away by its allure. This jealousy that I experience is a mix of pleasure, intrigue, and torment.
We dance to a tango of love Your heart beats with mine as we sway You eyes give the answer I'm dreaming of That soft word your cruel lips will never say
We dance to a love song in the form of a tango. We move together to the rhythm of the music, and though your eyes reveal your love for me, you refuse to speak the words that would confirm it.
I fear that the music will end And shatter the spell it may lend To make me believe, when your eyes just deceive But it's only the tango you love.
I worry that once the music stops, the spell will break and I will realize that your eyes were deceiving me. But in the end, I know it's only the tango that you truly love.
I feel that the music will end And shatter the spell it may lend To make me believe, when your eyes just deceive And, it's only the tango you love.
I sense that the music will eventually stop and the illusion it created will disappear. I know that your eyes were not truthful, and I accept that all you truly love is the tango we dance to.
It's only the tango that you love.
At the end of the day, I understand that the only thing you truly love is the tango we share together.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Martin Richard Gilks, Miles Stephen Hunt, Robert Jones, Malcolm Roy Treece
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Joe Flaherty
My parents fifty years ago introduced me to movies with Kathryn Grayson. She is absolutely wonderful in every way. You can't watch this or anything she sings and not feel a love for life.
すずか
Wonderful..love it! Thank you for uploading that♥️♥️from Japan
SMITH3100
Beautiful
CRIMINAL MINDS OBSESSED
I know her granddaughter! We work in a musical theatre group together :)
technicolordreams
wow! that is so cool!
Amiigail
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