>> ^HaricotVert:
> Bolero is all about sex.

what isn't?

>> ^Enzoblue:
> Thanks for the Sift!

cool! yw!

>> ^guessandcheck:
> great quote. from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

yeah. i remember my dad telling me that Ravel had widely admitted that it was a rush job, and not his most imaginative work.
but hey. it's catchy.

>> ^Trancecoach:
> I can't hear this music without thinking of Bo Derek and Dudley Moore.

bless Blake Edwards' gin-soaked old heart.

Definitely NOT Audrey Hepburn singing. Audrey Hepburn was a superb actress, and one of the most beautiful women, perhaps ever, but she had a notorious tin ear and limited singing range. If you really want to hear her singing, listen to "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Blake Edwards wrote that song specially for her, and kept the range to basically one octave.

The singer you hear here is Ms. Marni Nixon, see her IMDB entry here... http://imdb.com/name/nm0633262/.

Ms. Nixon, in addition to providing the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn, also did so for Natalie Wood in "Westside Story", and for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I".

Have to correct the record here, for so-called "Ghost Singers" like Marni Nixon never received the credit they deserved onscreen. In fact, their contracts usually contained a non-disclosure clause with severe penalties in perpetuity.