The Best of Broadway: The American Musical

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Annotation

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1There’s No Business Like Show Business (from Annie Get Your Gun)
Ensemble3:11
2Swanee (from Sinbad)
Al Jolson2:37
3Ol’ Man River (from Show Boat)
Paul Robeson4:08
4You’re the Top (from Anything Goes)
recording of:
You’re the Top
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
part of:
Anything Goes
Ethel Merman2:55
5Oklahoma! (from Oklahoma!)
Alfred Drake and Chorus2:31
6Luck Be a Lady (from Guys and Dolls)
vocals:
Robert Alda
conductor:
Irving Actman (composer/conductor)
orchestrator:
George Bassman and Ted Royal
cover recording of:
Luck Be a Lady (from “Guys and Dolls”) (in 1950)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. and MPL UK Publishing
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
part of:
Guys and Dolls (full musical)
Robert Alda and Guys3:01
7I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady)
vocals:
Julie Andrews (English actress/vocalist) (on 1956-03-25) and Philippa Bevans (on 1956-03-25)
conductor:
Franz Allers (European-American conductor) (on 1956-03-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) and Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1956)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-03-25)
recording of:
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-03-25)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell North America
part of:
My Fair Lady (full musical)
Julie Andrews3:32
8America (from West Side Story)
producer:
Goddard Lieberson
lead vocals [Anita]:
Chita Rivera (on 1957-09-29)
lead vocals [Consuelo]:
Reri Grist (American soprano) (on 1957-09-29)
lead vocals [Estella]:
Lynn Ross (cast member in West Side Story, 1957 original Broadway cast) (on 1957-09-29)
lead vocals [Francisca]:
Elizabeth Taylor (Frances Elizabeth Taylor, 1950s Broadway) (on 1957-09-29)
lead vocals [Marguerita]:
Liane Plane (cast member in West Side Story, 1957 original Broadway cast) (on 1957-09-29)
lead vocals [Rosalia]:
Marilyn Cooper (on 1957-09-29)
lead vocals [Teresita]:
Carmen Gutierrez (on 1957-09-29)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1957-09-29)
conductor:
Max Goberman (on 1957-09-29)
orchestrator:
Leonard Bernstein, Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-09-29)
recording of:
West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls) (on 1957-09-29)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
publisher:
Jalni Publications Inc., Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!) and The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC (in 1957)
part of:
West Side Story
Marilyn Cooper, Chita Rivera, Shark Girls54:35
9My Favorite Things (from the Sound of Music)
recording of:
My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music) (in 1959)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Williamson Music Company and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Mary Martin2:47
10People (from Funny Girl)
recording of:
People (Funny Girl)
lyricist:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl) (in 1963)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1963)
publisher:
Broadway Tunes LLC dba Songs of Funny Girl, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Funny Girl (Broadway musical)
Barbra Streisand3:27
11If I Were a Rich Man (from Fiddler on the Roof)
recording engineer:
Ernie Oelrich
lead vocals [Tevye]:
Zero Mostel (on 1964-09-27)
conductor:
Milton Greene (orchestrator, musical director, conductor, arranger) (on 1964-09-27)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1964-09-27)
recording of:
If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof) (on 1964-09-27)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Sunbeam Music Corp.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
Zero Mostel4:56
12The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha)
recording of:
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
lyricist:
Joe Darion
composer:
Mitch Leigh
publisher:
Andrew Scott Inc., Andrew Scott Music, Carlin Music Corporation and Helena Music Co.
part of:
Man of La Mancha (Mitch Leigh musical)
Richard Kiley2:23
13Cabaret (from Cabaret)
Jill Haworth4:31
14Let the Sunshine In (from Hair)
James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Cast3:37
15Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music)
Glynis Johns3:27
16One (from A Chorus Line)
Cast4:45
17Tomorrow (from Annie)
recording of:
Tomorrow (Annie)
lyricist:
Martin Charnin
composer:
Charles Strouse
publisher:
Charles Strouse Publishing, Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and WC Music Corp.
part of:
Annie (Broadway musical)
Andrea McArdle2:07
18Memory (from Cats)
Betty Buckley3:37
19The Music of the Night (from The Phantom of the Opera)
Michael Crawford5:12
20Good Morning Baltimore (from Hairspray)
Marissa Jaret Winokur3:42
21Defying Gravity (from Wicked)
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel5:55