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actor Marilyn Monroe
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Music on Monroe
Band leader Ray Anthony composed "My Marilyn" and performed it for Monroe at a special event following the production of Niagara in 1952.
"Marilyn Monroe Mambo" was a song and variation on the Mambo dance in the 1950s.
In 1973, Sir Elton John recorded "Candle in the Wind" on his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album as a tribute to Monroe. It remains a definitive lyrical homage.
In 1981 Horror Punk band The Misfits wrote Who Killed Marilyn? About Marilyn Monroe`s death.
Billy Joel`s 1989 hit single " We Didn`t Start the Fire" features the actress in its second verse chronicling the events of 1950.
She is mentioned among other Hollywood icons (such as Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich and James Dean) in the spoken passage of Madonna`s 1990 hit single " Vogue".
The British alternative rock band Suede recorded the song "Heroine" as an homage to Monroe. The track is included in Suede`s Dog Man Star album (1994).
Robbie Williams mentions her name among other film stars in the song "The Actor" (2006).