Star Spangled Rhythm: Voices of Broadway and Hollywood

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1Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly
recording engineer:
Ernie Oelrich (on 1966-06-05)
producer:
Andy Wiswell
lead vocals:
Ethel Merman (on 1966-06-05)
vocals:
Ronn Carroll (on 1966-06-05)
conductor:
Franz Allers (European-American conductor) (on 1966-06-05)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1966-06-05)
recording of:
Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly (Annie Get Your Gun) (on 1966-06-05)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Ltd.
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
Ethel Merman3:27
2The Heather on the Hill
lead vocals:
Marion Bell and David Brooks (star of Broadway musicals including Brigadoon)
conductor:
Franz Allers (European-American conductor)
recording of:
The Heather on the Hill (from "Brigadoon") (on 1947-03-19)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc.
part of:
Brigadoon (complete musical)
Marion Bell, David Brooks3:40
3Allegro
vocals:
John Battles, Lisa Kirk and Robert Reeves
conductor:
Salvatore Dell’Isola
recording of:
Allegro (from the musical "Allegro") (on 1947-10-19)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Allegro (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
John Battles, Lisa Kirk, Robert Reeves3:08
4Papa, Won’t You Dance With Me?
lead vocals:
Nanette Fabray and Jack McCauley
conductor:
Milton Rosenstock (conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Papa, Won't You Dance With Me? (on 1947-10-12)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
part of:
High Button Shoes (1947 musical)
Nanette Fabray, Jack McCauley2:59
5Wish You Were Here
lead vocals:
Jack Cassidy (actor, singer, director)
conductor:
Jay Blackton
recording of:
Wish You Were Here (1952 song from the musical “Wish You Were Here”) (on 1952-06-29)
lyricist and composer:
Harold Rome
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), 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:
Wish You Were Here (1952 musical)
Jack Cassidy3:17
6Singin’ in the Rain
lead vocals:
Gene Kelly (US dancer/actor)
orchestra:
MGM Studio Orchestra
conductor:
Lennie Hayton
recording of:
Singin’ in the Rain (on 1951-06-05)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.), Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ (Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (stage musical)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
part of:
The Hollywood Revue (1929 MGM musical film)
Gene Kelly4:02
7Never Never Land
lead vocals:
Mary Martin (US film and musical actor/singer)
conductor:
Louis Adrian (conductor)
recording of:
Never Never Land (Peter Pan, 1954 musical) (on 1954-11-04)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Quaytor Productions LLC and WC Music Corp.
part of:
Peter Pan (1954 musical)
Mary Martin3:25
8Gesticulate
lead vocals:
Alfred Drake (actor, singer)
vocals:
Henry Calvin and Anne Jeffreys
conductor:
Franz Allers (European-American conductor)
recording of:
Gesticulate (from the musical “Kismet”) (on 1965-06-20)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer), George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
is based on:
Prince Igor: Act II
is based on:
Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major: IV. Allegro molto vivo
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
Alfred Drake, Company4:24
9Windflowers
lead vocals:
Priscilla Gillette
conductor:
Hugh Ross (choral director)
recording of:
Windflowers (from the musical "The Golden Apple") (on 1954-04-12)
orchestrator and composer:
Jerome Moross (American composer and conductor)
lyricist:
John Latouche
part of:
The Golden Apple (musical)
Priscilla Gillette2:50
10Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?
lead vocals:
Julie Andrews (English actress/vocalist)
vocals:
Glenn Kezer, James Morris (one of the Cockneys in My Fair Lady, 1956 original Broadway cast) and Reid Shelton (American Broadway and television actor)
conductor:
Franz Allers (European-American conductor)
recording of:
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-03-25)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
My Fair Lady (full musical)
Julie Andrews, Company3:58
11America
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
Chita Rivera, Company54:35
12Ya Got Trouble
lead vocals:
Robert Preston (US stage & film actor)
conductor:
Herbert Greene
recording of:
Ya Got Trouble (The Music Man) (on 1957-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
part of:
The Music Man
Robert Preston3:50
13A Little Brains, a Little Talent
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
conductor:
Ray Heindorf
recording of:
A Little Brains, a Little Talent (from "Damn Yankees") (in 1958-09)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
part of:
Damn Yankees (1955 musical)
Gwen Verdon3:29
14Some People
lead vocals:
Ethel Merman
conductor:
Milton Rosenstock (conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Some People (from “Gypsy”) (on 1959-05-24)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Jule Styne
part of:
Gypsy
Ethel Merman3:41
15The Night They Invented Champagne
vocals:
Leslie Caron, Hermione Gingold, Louis Jourdan (French actor) and Betty Wand
orchestra:
MGM Studio Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
The Night They Invented Champagne (from "Gigi") (on 1957-10-23)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Gigi (full musical)
Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Leslie Caron, Betty Wand2:19
16If I Were a Rich Man
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 Mostel4:58
17All I Need Is One Good Break
lead vocals:
Liza Minnelli
conductor:
Harold Hastings
recording of:
All I Need Is One Good Break (from the musical “Flora, the Red Menace”) (on 1965-05-09)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb (lyricist)
composer:
John Kander (composer)
part of:
Flora, the Red Menace (1965 musical)
Liza Minnelli, Company3:25
18Before the Parade Passes By
lead vocals:
Carol Channing
conductor:
Shepard Coleman
recording of:
Before the Parade Passes By (Hello, Dolly!) (on 1964-01-19)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Herman
part of:
Hello, Dolly!
Carol Channing3:17
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executive producer:Bruce Talbot
compiler:Dwight Blocker Bowers
Amy Henderson
booklet editor:Jane Sapp