Why Can’t the English?

~ Recording by Rex Harrison, Robert Coote

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Why Can’t the English?2:47Rex Harrison, Robert CooteMy Fair Lady (1959 original London cast, remastered)Lerner & LoeweAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1998-06-02
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Broadway Masterworks, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony ClassicalSK 60539

Relationships

conductor:Cyril Ornadel (on 1959-02-01)
orchestrator:Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
Philip J. Lang
recorded at:Theatre Royal (Drury Lane, 1812–present) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1959-02-01)
recording of:Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady) (on 1959-02-01)

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)