My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) Leroy Vinnegar assembled on August 17, 1956, in the Contemporary studios in Los Angeles to produce an album of jazz versions of miscellaneous show tunes. (The three, having already recorded together as "Shelly Manne and His Friends", had some experience performing as a trio.) Previn and Manne were exchanging ideas with producer Lester Koenig, who suggested they do some tunes from the current Broadway musical "My Fair Lady". Manne and Previn were so impressed with the Lerner and Loewe songs for the show, that they decided to record more of them. They ended up filling the entire album with "My
Elvis Presley on film and television returns of those two films became the justification for ignoring Presley's wishes and limiting him to the more profitable musical format. Presley became bitter that his hopes for dramatic roles were not coming to fruition, stating that "Clambake" was his worst film. He began to complain about the deteriorating quality of the films and his belief that his manager's objectives were more monetary than anything else. At the expiration of all studio contracts, he returned to live entertaining. The two concert documentaries "" in 1970 and "Elvis on Tour" in 1972 were the final theatrical releases for Presley. Elvis Presley