The Greatest Musicals

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Annotation

3 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Cat# (CD 1): 7243 5 84876 2 6
Cat# (CD 2): 7243 5 84877 2 5
Cat# (CD 3): 7243 5 84878 2 4

Annotation last modified on 2026-06-03 14:30 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I’ve Never Been in Love Before
Edmund Hockridge2:44
2Luck Be a Lady
Edmund Hockridge2:52
3Seventy Six Trombones
Van Johnson3:16
4Till There Was You
Patricia Lambert & Van Johnson2:52
5What Kind of Fool Am I?
producer:
Norman Newell
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
conductor:
Frank Barber
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1963)
cover recording of:
What Kind of Fool Am I?
lyricist and composer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Essex Music and Ludlow Music
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1963 winner)
part of:
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
Shirley Bassey3:17
6Gonna Build a Mountain
recording of:
Gonna Build a Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs, Ludlow Music, Inc. and Songs of Peter
part of:
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
Matt Monro2:48
7Leave It to the Ladies
Tony Palmer2:02
8Far Away
Grazina Frame?:??
9And This Is My Beloved
Vanessa Lee2:12
10Stranger in Paradise
Edmund Hockridge2:33
11Climb Ev’ry Mountain
producer:
Norman Newell (task: recording supervised by)
background vocals:
The Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love & His Orchestra
conductor:
Geoff Love
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (The Sound of Music)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI United Partnership Ltd., The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and Williamson Music Company
part of:
MJ: The Musical
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Shirley Bassey3:11
12Edelweiss
Vince Hill3:04
13I Leave My Heart in an English Garden
Edmund Hockridge3:27
14My Dearest Dear
Mary Ellis & Noël Coward2:45
15I Can Give You the Starlight
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1954)
recording of:
I Can Give You the Starlight
lyricist:
Christopher Hassall
composer:
Ivor Novello
part of:
The Dancing Years
Mary Ellis3:31
16Waltz of My Heart
Mary Ellis3:15
17Big Spender
producer:
Kenneth Hume and Norman Newell
lead vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Alyn Ainsworth and His Orchestra
conductor:
Ernest Freeman
arranger:
Ernest Freeman
recording of:
Big Spender
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
Overture (Sweet Charity)
part of:
Sweet Charity
Shirley Bassey4.5?:??
18Bewitched
Eve Boswell3:06
19Once in Love With Amy
Norman Wisdom2:32
20My Darling, My Darling
Terence Cooper & Pamela Gale4:07
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