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
West Side Story (film) the original vocals maintained. The score's New York City premiere was presented at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, built atop the original film locations, which were razed in a late 1950s urban renewal project. The Stan Kenton Orchestra recorded "Kenton's West Side Story", an entire album of Johnny Richards' jazz orchestrations based on the Bernstein scores in 1961. It was previewed at Capitol Records by the producers of the motion picture during the editing and mix down who lamented that, had they known of its existence, it would have been used as the musical foundation of the new film. The