Selections from the original soundtrack to the 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Merry Widow were released by MGM Records in the same year. The album was credited to Fernando Lamas on its cover and to an "original cast" on Billboard'''s charts.
Writing and recording The English lyrics were provided by Paul Francis Webster.
The album was recorded with MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Jay Blackton (who also arranged the music).
Release The album was released in several formats: as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. 157), a set of 7-inch 45-rpm records (cat. no. K157) and as a 10-inch LP (cat. no. E157).
Reception The album spent several weeks at number one on the 33⅓-rpm half of Billboards Best-Selling Pop Albums chart in October–November 1952.
Track listing 10-inch LP''' (MGM Records E157)
Charts Chart (1952) Peakposition US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 33⅓ R.P.M. 1
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