Overture: Why Can’t the English

~ Recording by Ian Richardson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Overture: Why Can't the English?:??Ian RichardsonMy Fair Lady: Original Cast - 20th Anniversary Production (1976 Broadway revival cast)Lerner & LoeweAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)KST 34197
1.1Overture: Why Can't the English5:29Ian RichardsonMy Fair Lady: Original Cast - 20th Anniversary ProductionLerner & LoeweAlbum + Soundtrack + Live
Columbia MasterworksPS 34197

Relationships

vocals:Ian Richardson (actor)
arranger:Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
Philip J. Lang
recording of:Overture (My Fair Lady)
Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady)

Overture (My Fair Lady)

composer:Frederick Loewe
publisher:Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:My Fair Lady (full musical)
גבירתי הנאווה
My Fair Lady (full musical, Spanish version) (order: 1)

Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady)

lyricist:Alan Jay Lerner
composer:Frederick Loewe
publisher:Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
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)
later versions:Is hier nu niemand
part of:My Fair Lady (full musical)