Overture / Why Can’t the English
~ Recording by Orchestra / Rex Harrison
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | R. Harrison | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia Masterworks | OL 5090 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Orchestra / Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady (1956 original Broadway cast) | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Philips | B 07245 L, RBL 1000 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Lerner & Loewe | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Coronet Records (Australian Columbia/CBS releases after 1956 (octagonal label)) | KLL 1620 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | BRG 70005, S 70005 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Lerner & Loewe | My Fair Lady (1956 original Broadway cast) | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 5090 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English? | 5:41 | Orchestra, Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady: Original Broadway Cast | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Universe (compilations – attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | UN 2 014 |
| 1.1 | Overture | 5:37 | My Fair Lady Orchestra & Franz Allers | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
Relationships
| vocals: | Rex Harrison (actor) (on 1956-03-25) |
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| conductor: | Franz Allers (European-American conductor) (on 1956-03-25) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1956) |
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| recorded at: | CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-03-25) |
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| compilation of: | Overture (My Fair Lady, 1956 original Broadway cast) by Orchestra ([theatre], Special Purpose Artist - Do not add releases here, if possible.) Why Can’t the English? by Rex Harrison (actor), Robert Coote & Julie Andrews (English actress/vocalist) |
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| recording of: | Overture (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-03-25) Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-03-25) |
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Related works
Overture (My Fair Lady)
| composer: | Frederick Loewe |
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| publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) |
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| part of: | My Fair Lady (full musical) גבירתי הנאווה My Fair Lady (full musical, Spanish version) (order: 1) |
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Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady)
| lyricist: | Alan Jay Lerner |
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| composer: | Frederick Loewe |
| publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) |
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| later translated versions: | Kann denn die Kinder keiner lehren, wie man spricht Los ingleses no quieren aprender למה זה האנגלים אינם דוברים אנגלית (גבירתי הנאווה) |
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| later versions: | Is hier nu niemand |
| part of: | My Fair Lady (full musical) |
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