Today we wish Shelley Fabares a Happy 82nd birthday. Shelley is primarily known for her many TV roles. She played Mary on The Donna Reed Show and Christine Armstrong Fox on Coach. She also popped up on The Twilight Zone, The Love Boat, Newhart, Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files, Ironside and many more.
I almost chose an Elvis movie to celebrate.
She and Elvis did three movies together: Girl Happy, Spinout and Clambake. However, playing an Elvis song instead of one of her own songs didn’t seem right.
Shelley had a #1 song in 1962 with Johnny Angel…
According to songfacts.com: Fabares did not consider herself a singer and thought that the voices of her backup vocalists were so “beautiful” that it frightened her to try to be a recording artist herself… but she managed it. Although she did have another Top 40 hit, it was obvious that her acting career would always be stronger. Her singing career ended in 1966.
On an episode of The Donna Reed Show, her character Mary Stone abandons her plans to attend college to pursue a singing career. She sings this song on the show.
Tying it in with Movie Music Monday, the song was featured in the 1990 movie Mermaids starring Cher.
The song can be heard in the film when Charlotte (played by Winona Ryder) sees Joey (played by Michael Schoeffling) for the first time.
Happy Birthday, Shelley Fabares!!
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 
wild! I know her name but wouldn’t have recognized her and had no idea she sang. Hope she’s still doing well then!
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she’s so pretty
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