The Best of Broadway: The American Musical

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Annotation

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Tracklist

1CD
#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)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-12-03)
vocals:
Robert Alda (actor) (on 1950-12-03)
conductor:
Irving Actman (composer/conductor) (on 1950-12-03)
orchestrator:
George Bassman and Ted Royal
recording of:
Luck Be a Lady (from “Guys and Dolls”) (on 1950-12-03)
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) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
part of:
Guys and Dolls (1955 musical film)
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. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) 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 (American conductor, composer, pianist), Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin
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)
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 (American conductor, composer, pianist)
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:
Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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 (actor) (on 1964-09-27)
conductor:
Milton Greene (orchestrator, musical director, conductor, arranger) (on 1964-09-27)
vocals arranger:
Milton Greene (orchestrator, musical director, conductor, arranger)
orchestrator:
Don Walker (orchestrator)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, 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 (Charles Strouse 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)
vocals:
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Classics Group (not for release label use, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2003)
recording of:
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Schwartz (musical theatre lyricist/composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
part of:
Wicked (Stephen Schwartz musical)
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel45:55