Gypsy (1962 film) scratchy acetate discs and included as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of the film's soundtrack. Marni Nixon had dubbed Natalie Wood's singing voice in "West Side Story" the previous year, but Wood did her own singing in "Gypsy." While Wood recorded a separate version of "Little Lamb" for the soundtrack album, in the film she sang the song "live" on the set. Other songs performed live were "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You" and the reprise of "Small World", both sung by Russell (not Kirk). Film historian Douglas McVay observed in his book "The Musical Film", "Fine as "West Side
Kenton's West Side Story harmonic and rhythmic structures. To fill in the blanks, there are numerous 'Richard-isms' in "Kenton's West Side Story" that surface musically; a great deal of sylistic characteristics of his renderings of Bernstein's music are borrowed from the successful 1956 "Cuban Fire!" LP and his other Kenton orchestrations. Many of the Afro-Latin themes from both Kenton LPs ("Cuban Fire!" vs "West Side Story") are similar but both retain their uniqueness in the hands of Richards. It is mentioned earlier about Mirisch Company executive being impressed with the Johnny Richards orchestrations but in the end there is little doubt Richards designed his