
India Adams
started her professional singing career while
still a schoolgirl. She was soon under contract
to MGM Studios where she provided the singing
voice for Joan Crawford in her Technicolor
musical debut, “Torch Song,” as well as for Cyd
Charisse, in one of the most popular musicals of
all time, “The Band Wagon,” which featured
India’s vocals on “New Sun in the Sky” and the
classic Hollywood anthem “That’s Entertainment!”
which she sang with Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray,
Jack Buchanan and Oscar Levant.
A recording contract with RCA Records
ensued, yielding India’s debut release, “Comfort
Me With Apples.”
After moving to New York, India had starring
roles in several musical shows including,
“Can-Can,” “The Most Happy Fella,” and
“Brigadoon.” She performed extensively in
nightclubs in Manhattan as well as the
Catskills, and was also the featured singer at
both The Latin Quarter, and Radio City Music
Hall.
Having relocated to London in 1965, India became
a regularly featured artiste on BBC Radio and
Television, performing on hundreds of occasions,
as well as on radio broadcasts, nightclub
appearances, and television commercials
throughout the U.K., Europe and Scandinavia. She
has been the featured entertainer on numerous
cruise ships, including transatlantic crossings
of the SS United States, and the QE2. She
performed during a televised Royal Command
Performance, and was standby to Ginger Rogers
during her entire run in the lead role of “Mame,”
at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West
End.
After returning to Los Angeles, India
teamed up with two other singers known for
dubbing the voices of famous actresses in films,
Annette Warren and Betty Wand. The result of
this collaboration, a sparkling review called
“Hollywood’s Secret Singing Stars,” received
unanimous critical and public acclaim.
“Hollywood’s Secret Singing Stars” has played at
the Cinegrill in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,
the Norris Theatre in Palos Verdes, the Castro
Theatre in San Francisco, the Annenberg Theatre
in Palm Springs, the Lehman Center for the
Performing Arts in New York, the Smothers
Theatre at Pepperdine University, and the Alex
Theatre in Glendale. “Hollywood’s Secret Singing
Stars” were the featured entertainment at the
1992 Academy Award Presentations for Scientific
and Technical Achievement.
India has performed her own show several
times at the Gardenia, in Hollywood and has also
headlined sold-out performances at The Catalina
Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard.
During the 2011 Turner Classic Movie (TCM)
Festival in Hollywood, India was a featured
artiste on the celebrity panel, “Voice Doubles:
They Sang The Songs That Made Movies Famous.” In
2013, India was featured in Southern dysComfort,
an award-winning independent feature film. She
is also the subject, along with Rita Moreno and
Marni Nixon, of a new BBC 4 documentary, “Secret
Voices of Hollywood,” about the “ghost” singers
who provided the singing voices of famous stars
of important movie musicals. India is also a
member of the performing improv group, “The
Spring Chickens.”
India Adams’ singing voice is featured on
the DVD releases of both “Torch Song,” and “The
Band Wagon,” as well as on the CD release of
“The Band Wagon” original soundtrack. In
addition, her work is highlighted in the MGM
film, “That’s Entertainment III,” as well as on
that soundtrack release.
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