It's Oh So Quiet - Music
It's Oh So Quiet by Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton
Artist Biography For Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton Born Elizabeth June Thornburg February 26 1921 – March 11 2007 Was An American Film Actress And Singer. She Started In Show Business As A Big Band Singer With Her Sister Marion Hutton. Star Of Many Paramount Musicals. Starred In The Greatest Show On Earth Annie Get Your Gun And Miracle Of Morgans Creek. Her Singing Career Was On The Up When Unfortunately The RIAA Put A Stop To All Recordings In The Early Forties. She Had Just Had A Number One With "Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief" So This Was Bad Timing For Her. Stormed Out Of Her Paramount Contract Over Personal Issues In The Early 50's And With Bad TV Choices Satin And Spurs Getting Awful Reviews Decided To Stick To Live Performing. Lost Her Singing Voice In The 70's As Her Private Life Was In Turmoil. Turned To Catholicism After Beating Alcohol Addiction. Returned To Broadway In 1980 As A Replacement Miss Hannigan In Annie. Earned A Master's Degree In Psychology From Salve Regina University Where She Became Friends With Kristin Hersh. Passed Away In 2007.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: It's Oh So Quiet
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"It's Oh So Quiet" Is A Song By American Singer Betty Hutton Released In 1951 As The B-Side To The Single Murder He Says. It Is A Cover Of The German Song Und Jetzt Ist Es Still Performed By Horst Winter In 1948 With Music Written By Austrian Composer Hans Lang And German Lyrics By Erich Meder. The English Lyrics Were Written By Bert Reisfeld. A French Title Tout Est Tranquille Was Performed In 1949 By Ginette Garcin And The Jacques Hélian Orchestra. The Betty Hutton Version Was Covered By Björk In 1995. It Remains Her Biggest Hit Reaching Number 4 In The UK And Spending 15 Weeks On The UK Singles Chart. Fuelled By The Spike Jonze-Directed Music Video Clip The Single Also Shot Björk Into The Spotlight In Australia Where It Reached Number 6. In The United Kingdom The Single Has Been Certified As Gold Having Sold Upwards Of 400 000 Copies. Original And Cover Versions Horst Winter - Und Jetzt Ist Es Still 1948 Ginette Garcin And The Jacques Hélian Orchestra - Tout Est Tranquille 1949 Henri Salvador - Tout Est Tranquille Sch... Sch...
Björk - It's Oh So Quiet 1995 Lisa Ekdahl - It's Oh So Quiet 1997 Happy Girls - It's Oh So Quiet 1999 Noise For Pretend - It's Oh So Quiet 2002 Lucy Woodward - It's Oh So Quiet 2005
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Betty Hutton Born Elizabeth June Thornburg February 26 1921 – March 11 2007 Was An American Film Actress And Singer. She Started In Show Business As A Big Band Singer With Her Sister Marion Hutton. Star Of Many Paramount Musicals. Starred In The Greatest Show On Earth Annie Get Your Gun And Miracle Of Morgans Creek. Her Singing Career Was On The Up When Unfortunately The RIAA Put A Stop To All Recordings In The Early Forties. She Had Just Had A Number One With "Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief" So This Was Bad Timing For Her. Stormed Out Of Her Paramount Contract Over Personal Issues In The Early 50's And With Bad TV Choices Satin And Spurs Getting Awful Reviews Decided To Stick To Live Performing. Lost Her Singing Voice In The 70's As Her Private Life Was In Turmoil. Turned To Catholicism After Beating Alcohol Addiction. Returned To Broadway In 1980 As A Replacement Miss Hannigan In Annie. Earned A Master's Degree In Psychology From Salve Regina University Where She Became Friends With Kristin Hersh. Passed Away In 2007.
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"It's Oh So Quiet" is a song by American singer Betty Hutton, released in 1951 as the B-side to the single Murder, He Says. It is a cover of the German song Und jetzt ist es still, performed by Horst Winter in 1948, with music written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and German lyrics by Erich Meder. The English lyrics were written by Bert Reisfeld. A French title Tout est tranquille was performed in 1949 by Ginette Garcin and the Jacques Hélian Orchestra.
The Betty Hutton version was covered by Björk in 1995. It remains her biggest hit, reaching number 4 in the UK and spending 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. Fuelled by the Spike Jonze-directed music video clip, the single also shot Björk into the spotlight in Australia, where it reached number 6. In the United Kingdom the single has been certified as Gold, having sold upwards of 400,000 copies.
Original and cover versions:
Horst Winter - Und jetzt ist es still (1948)
Ginette Garcin and the Jacques Hélian Orchestra - Tout est tranquille (1949)
Henri Salvador - Tout est tranquille sch... sch...
Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (1995)
Lisa Ekdahl - It's Oh So Quiet (1997)
Happy Girls - It's Oh So Quiet (1999)
Noise For Pretend - It's Oh So Quiet (2002)
Lucy Woodward - It's Oh So Quiet (2005) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.