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

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