The Best of Broadway: The Late '50s

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Tracklist

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1Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (From "Oklahama!")
Gordon MacRae2:28
2Something's Gotta Give (From "Daddy Long Legs")
vocals:
Fred Astaire (in 1955-04)
conductor:
Pete King (composer/arranger)
recording of:
Something’s Gotta Give (from “Daddy Long Legs”) (in 1955-04)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer (in 1954)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Fred Astaire3:06
3I 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 Andrews and Philippa Bevans3:33
4Standing On The Corner (From "The Most Happy Fella")
Shorty Long, Alan Gilbert, John Henson & Roy Lazarus2:49
5I'm Not At All In Love (From "The Pajama Game")
recording of:
I'm Not at All in Love (from "The Pajama Game")
lyricist and composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
part of:
The Pajama Game (musical)
Doris Day4:05
6Whatever Lola Wants (From "Dawn Yankees")
Gwen Verdon3:52
7A Woman In Love (From "Guys And Dolls")
Marlon Brando & Jean Simmons2:32
8Shall We Dance (From "The King And I")
Yul Brynner & Marni Nixon3:20
9All Of You (From "Silk Stockings")
vocals:
Fred Astaire
recording of:
All of You (Silk Stockings musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Chappell Music (UK)
part of:
Silk Stockings (1957 musical film)
Fred Astaire6:09
10The Party's Over (From "Bells Are Ringing")
Judy Holliday2:42
11I'll Never Stop Loving You (From "Love Me Or Leave Me")
vocals:
Doris Day (in 1955)
orchestra:
Percy Faith and His Orchestra (Faith’s orchestra before his death in 1976) (in 1955)
conductor:
Percy Faith (in 1955)
recording of:
I’ll Never Stop Loving You
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Nicholas Brodzsky
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Doris Day1:58
12Tonight (From "West Side Story")
producer:
Goddard Lieberson
lead vocals [Maria]:
Carol Lawrence (on 1957-09-29)
lead vocals [Tony]:
Larry Kert (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
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-09-29)
recording of:
West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony) (on 1957-09-29)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim (in 1956)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (in 1956)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC
part of:
West Side Story
Larry Kert & Carol Lawrence43:54
13America (From "West Side Story")
Chita Rivera4:34
14Gigi (From "Gigi")
Louis Jourdan6:14
15Thank Heaven For Little Girls (From "Gigi")
vocals:
Maurice Chevalier
orchestra:
MGM Studio Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arthur Freed Production Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1958, in 1986), Loew’s Incorporated (in 1958) and MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (in 1986)
recording of:
Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Gigi)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
Gigi (full musical)
Maurice Chevalier2:18
16Seventy-Six Trombones (From "The Music Man")
Robert Preston3:03
17I Enjoy Being A Girl (From "Flower Drum Song")
recording of:
I Enjoy Being a Girl (Flower Drum Song)
orchestrator:
Don Sebesky
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
premiered by:
Pat Suzuki (American popular singer & actress) (in 1958)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
part of:
Flower Drum Song (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Pat Suzuki3:36
18The Rain In Spain (From "My Fair Lady")
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews & Robert Coote2:51
19Everything's Coming Up Roses (From "Gypsy")
producer:
Goddard Lieberson
lead vocals:
Ethel Merman
vocals:
Ethel Merman (on 1959-05-24)
conductor:
Milton Rosenstock (conductor, composer, arranger) (on 1959-05-24)
orchestrator:
Robert Ginzler and Sid Ramin
recording of:
Everything’s Coming Up Roses (Gypsy) (on 1959-05-24)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
Gypsy
Ethel Merman3:07
20Climb Ev'ry Mountain (From "The Sound Of Music")
Patricia Neway3:36