October 30, 2011
Time Magazine has published their list of 100 Greatest Popular Songs of All-Time. Among the ranks is Betty's 1944 hit recording of "It Had To Be You"! See the full list at time.com.
September 12, 2011
Radio personality Barbara Windsor celebrates the colorful life and career of Betty Hutton for a new BBC2 Radio documentary as part of her Funny Girls trilogy, which previously spotlighted Lucille Ball and Phyllis Diller. This tribute features new interviews and archive material with friends and colleagues who knew Betty personally. There's also a previously unheard recording of Betty reflecting on her exciting life. The program will be broadcasted on Tuesday, October 11 at 22:00 (5pm ET, 2pm PT). Visit bbc.co.uk for more information.
May 23, 2011
Two of Betty's film costumes from Annie Get Your Gun are being auctioned as part of the Debbie Reynolds Collection. The first, a complete outfit of cream seude jacket and two skirts adorned with pink and green floral sequins with matching gloves, hat, boots, belt, and green blouse with scarf, was worn by Betty during the Wild West show scene of the film in which she belted out her solo reprise of "There's No Business Like Show Business." This piece is expected at $8,000-$12,000. The second piece, expected at $1,000-$2,000, is Betty's hillbilly costume consisting of a tan flannel top with brown rawhide ties, matching skirt and blue floral cotton bloomers. Betty wore this in four different musical numbers including "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" and "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun." The Debbie Reynolds Auction will take place at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA on June 18, 2011, although public preview dates will begin June 4. More information can be found at profilesinhistory.com.
February 2, 2011
Betty's 1944 film Here Come The Waves co-starring Bing Crosby and Sonny Tufts is being officially released on DVD! Universal Studios Home Entertainment announced today that it is adding the film to its Universal Vault Series available through Amazon.com’s DVD manufacturing-on-demand service, CreateSpace. Click here to order your copy today!
January 16, 2011
Tony Award nominee Sharon McKnight will again perform her show "Betty, Betty, Bette!" saluting Hollywood legends Betty Hutton, Betty Grable and Bette Davis. The latest performance will benefit For The Children, a nonprofit organization helping foster and adoptive children and their families, and will be held at the Hotel Zoso Grand Ballroom in Palm Springs, California on Sunday, February 13th. Click here for more information.
January 1, 2011
The Betty Hutton Estate has released a brand new recording entitled "Impromptu: Chats with Betty Hutton" , which features Betty speaking her mind on a variety of subjects in a candid and often revealing way. Click here to view the tracklisting, read more information about how the tracks were recorded, and to order your copy today!
November 4, 2010
Betty's films "Let's Dance" (co-starring Fred Astaire) and "Somebody Loves Me" (co-starring Ralph Meeker) are now available for instant streaming on Netflix! These two films, released in 1950 and 1952 respectively, were among the last films Betty did for Paramount and have never been released on DVD before. They have been made available for streaming on Netflix as part of a deal with Paramount to stream their back catalog for 16 or 17 months, after which the rights will shift to basic cable channels. Visit netflix.com to view the movies!
September 19, 2010
Betty Hutton's granddaughter, Courtney Lindberg, has donated one of her famous grandmother's mink coats to PETA to educate people about the cruelty of the fur industry. Lindberg says she stumbled upon her grandmother's fur while cleaning out a closet. Knowing that she would never wear the coat herself—and loath to sell it to a fan who might wear it—she thought of PETA. "I hoped donating it would be helpful," she said. "In the least, it would ensure that the coat would not be sold or worn in the name of fashion!" Click here to read Courtney's story of how she became a vegetarian.
August 31, 2010
Rat Girl, the autobiography of singer/songwriter Kristin Hersh, is available in stores today. The books features several great stories about Kristin's unlikely friendship with Betty Hutton when they were both students at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. Carole Cadwalladr of The Observer called it "a beautifully painted friendship, Kristin, the sassy smart arse, wise beyond her years, and Betty, the ex-sassy smart arse, still struggling to make sense of the world." Click here to purchase your copy today!
July 5, 2010
Singer Louisa Poster will be performing her tribute to Betty Hutton, "Flash! Bam! Alakazam!", July 12th at Don't Tell Mama Cabaret and Piano Bar in New York City! Visit donttellmamanyc.com for tickets and more information! Click here to view a preview of her performance!
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A brand new musical stage show entitled "Betty", based on the life of Betty Hutton, has its world premiere this week at Theatre Asylum in Los Angeles as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. This is an original work written by Shelby Bond, who was introduced to Betty Hutton as a child by his grandmother. "I fell in love with her over-the-top energy," he said. Bringing Betty to life again is Kellydawn Malloy, a seasoned performer who has been singing Betty songs since she was a child. She has all the verve and explosive presence as Betty, in addition to sharing a similarly painful past, which makes the connection and her desire to tell the story even stronger. Kellydawn considers this her dream role. “Betty is my idol. To show her to the world again is a dream come true.” Please come out and show your support if you're in the area! For more information on the project, visit hollywoodfringe.org.
June 15, 2010
Tony Award nominee Sharon McKnight bring her show "Betty, Betty, Bette!" saluting Hollywood legends Betty Hutton, Betty Grable and Bette Davis to the Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco on Sunday, June 20 and Monday, June 21. Visit therrazzroom.com for more information.
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Singer Lucy Woodward is preparing the release of her third album, Hooked!, due in stores June 15th and says that Betty Hutton was a major influence on her new musical direction. Woodward says the experience of covering Hutton's "It's Oh So Quiet" for a film soundtrack a few years ago reconnected her with her musical roots and set her back on a more personal creative path. "That was the turning point for me," she says. "It felt so organic and so right, and I felt so connected singing it. I realized that this is the music I should be making." Woodward added, "[Betty's] fearlessness just blew me away. When a singer can make her voice dance, that's what moves me." Click here to order Hooked!