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Wand'rin' Star
"Wand'rin' Star" was a number one single in the UK and Ireland for Lee Marvin for three weeks in March 1970. 
It was originally written by Alan J. Lerner (lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music) for the stage musical "Paint Your Wagon" in 1951. When the film of the musical was made in 1969, Lee Marvin took the role of prospector Ben Rumson. Not a natural singer, Marvin nevertheless sang all of his songs in the film, rejecting the idea of
"Sergeant Ryker".
Marvin was originally cast as Pike Bishop (later played by William Holden) in "The Wild Bunch" (1969), but fell out with director Sam Peckinpah and pulled out to star in the Western musical "Paint Your Wagon" (1969), in which he was top-billed over a singing Clint Eastwood. Despite his limited singing ability, he had a hit song with "Wand'rin' Star". By this time, he was getting paid a million dollars per film,