nellie forbush sang "i'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair" as a 1 month replacement for martha wright in 1951.
who sang "i'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair" as a 1 month replacement for martha wright in 1951?
nellie forbush
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bullet::::- "ah, wilderness!" (1942) (des moines)





























bullet::::- "blithe spirit" (1943) (northwestern university)





























bullet::::- "sundown beach" (1948) (broadway)





























bullet::::- "south pacific" (1951) (month-long replacement for martha wright) (broadway)





























bullet::::- "come back, little sheba" (1950) (pre-broadway tryout; left cast to star in "as you like it")





























bullet::::- "as you like it" (1950) (broadway)





























bullet::::- "a story for a sunday evening" (1950) (broadway; won theatre world award)





























bullet::::- "lo and behold!" (1952) (broadway)





























bullet::::- "dear barbarians" (1952) (broadway)





























bullet::::- "sunday breakfast" (1952) (broadway)





























bullet::::- "the day before spring" (1953) (palm beach, florida)





























bullet::::- "the crucible" (1953) (replacement for madeleine sherwood) (broadway)
cloris leachman credits
"i'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair" was adapted for a commercial jingle for clairol hair coloring in the 1970s. pj harvey referenced the song in her 1992 single "sheela-na-gig" with the repeated lyric "gonna wash that man right outa my hair". 50 foot wave's song "bone china" also references this song in the lyric, "gonna wash that man right out of my head / and soap him into my eyes".





























the song was covered in the 2004 film connie and carla by the title characters (portrayed by nia vardalos & toni collette).





























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i'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair