Kathe Green
Encyclopedia
Kathe Green is a Californian actress, model
and singer. She is the daughter of Johnny Green
.
´ The Party
and then dubbed
all of Mark Lester
's singing voice in Oliver!
. She signed to Deram Records
and used a line of poetry bestowed on her by close friend Richard Harris
as the title for her album, Run the Length of Your Wildness
. Released in 1969, it was a collaborative effort with orchestral arrangements being handled by John Cameron
and production by Wayne Bickerton
. The album produced one single, Primrose Hill
, released the same year on the Deram label.
Green even came to record for the Motown label in the mid-1970s and afterwards she stepped away from the music business.
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and singer. She is the daughter of Johnny Green
Johnny Green
Johnny Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul"...
.
Career
Kathe Green appeared in Blake EdwardsBlake Edwards
Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures...
´ The Party
The Party (film)
The Party is a 1968 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet. The film has a very loose structure, and essentially serves as a series of set pieces for Sellers's improvisational comedy talents...
and then dubbed
Dubbing (music)
In sound recording, dubbing is the transfer or copying of previously recorded audio material from one medium to another of the same or a different type. It may be done with a machine designed for this purpose, or by connecting two different machines: one to play back and one to record the signal...
all of Mark Lester
Mark Lester
Mark Lester is an English former child actor known for playing the title role in the 1968 musical film version of Oliver! and starring in a number of other British and European films of the 1960s and 70s and in a number of television series.-Early life and film career:Lester was born in Oxford,...
's singing voice in Oliver!
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
. She signed to Deram Records
Deram Records
Deram Records was a subsidiary record label established in 1966 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. At this time U.K. Decca was a completely different company than the Decca label in the United States, which was then owned by MCA Inc. Deram recordings were also distributed in the U.S. through...
and used a line of poetry bestowed on her by close friend Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Richard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....
as the title for her album, Run the Length of Your Wildness
Run the Length of Your Wildness (album)
Run the Length Of Your Wildness is the first album by Kathe Green. It was originally released by Deram Records, a sister label to Decca Records....
. Released in 1969, it was a collaborative effort with orchestral arrangements being handled by John Cameron
John Cameron (musician)
John Cameron is a British composer, arranger, conductor and musician. He is well-known for his many film, TV and stage credits, and for his contributions to 'pop' recordings, notably those by Donovan, Cilla Black and the group Hot Chocolate...
and production by Wayne Bickerton
Wayne Bickerton
Wayne Bickerton is an English songwriter, record producer, and music business executive. He became well known, with Tony Waddington, as writer and producer of a series of UK chart hits in the 1970s for The Rubettes, and is now a leading figure in SESAC, the Society of European Stage Authors &...
. The album produced one single, Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill is a hill of located on the north side of Regent's Park in London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district. The hill has a clear view of central London to the south-east, as well as Belsize Park and Hampstead to the north...
, released the same year on the Deram label.
Green even came to record for the Motown label in the mid-1970s and afterwards she stepped away from the music business.
Studio albums
- Run the Length of Your WildnessRun the Length of Your Wildness (album)Run the Length Of Your Wildness is the first album by Kathe Green. It was originally released by Deram Records, a sister label to Decca Records....
(Deram/DeccaDecca RecordsDecca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
, 1969) (reissued on Rev-Ola) - Kathe Green (Prodigal/Motown, 1976)
Singles
- Primrose Hill (Deram, 1969)
- Love City (Motown, 1975)
- Beautiful Changes (Motown, 1976)
Selected filmography
- The Many Loves of Dobie GillisThe Many Loves of Dobie GillisThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and some episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, that also inspired the 1953 film The Affairs of Dobie Gillis with Debbie...
(1 episode, 1960) - Who Needs Elvis? (1 episode, 1960)
- The PartyThe Party (film)The Party is a 1968 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet. The film has a very loose structure, and essentially serves as a series of set pieces for Sellers's improvisational comedy talents...
(1968)
External links
- Kathe Green at Rev-Ola label