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American musical theater. III : shows, songs and stars
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- Sound Recordings
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- English
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- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings ; New York, NY : Produced in association with CBS Special Products, [1989]
- ℗1989
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc (70 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm20546628
- Credits
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- Various performers; principally members of original New York productions
- Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 036. Additional no. on container and/or label: RD 036-III; A4 20483; A 20486; DIDP 071253.
- Excerpts from musical comedies.
- Compact disc.
- Originally issued in 12-in. container, with v. 1-2, 4.
- Accompanied by booklet containing historical sketch and biographical notes on singers and composers by Dwight Blocker Bowers, discographic data and bibliography (132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.)
- Recorded in New York, between Feb. 23, 1947 and May 20, 1956.
- Brigadoon: Almost like being in love / Frederick Loewe (David Brooks, Marion Bell) -- Street scene: Lonely house / Kurt Weill (Brian Sullivan) -- Where's Charley: Once in love with Amy / Frank Loesser (Ray Bolger) -- Kiss me, Kate: Where is the life that late I led? / Cole Porter (Alfred Drake) -- Gentlemen prefer blondes: Diamonds are a girl's best friend / Jule Styne (Carol Channing) -- South Pacific: A wonderful guy (Mary Martin) ; Some enchanted evening (Ezio Pinza) / Richard Rodgers -- Guys and dolls: Runyonland music ; Fugue for tinhorns ; Follow the fold / Frank Loesser (Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver, Douglas Deane, Isabel Bigley) -- King and I: Shall we dance? / Richard Rodgers (Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner) --
- (cont.): Tree grows in Brooklyn: He had refinement / Arthur Schwartz (Shirley Booth) -- Wonderful town: Ohio / Leonard Bernstein (Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams) -- Golden apple: Lazy afternoon / Jerome Moross (Kaye Ballard) -- Fanny: Welcome home / Harold Rome (Ezio Pinza) -- Peter Pan: I've gotta crow / Mark Charlap (Mary Martin) -- House of flowers: A sleepin' bee / Harold Arlen (Diahann Carroll) -- Pajama game: Hey there / Richard Adler, Jerry Ross (John Raitt) -- Damn Yankees: Whatever Lola wants / Richard Adler, Jerry Ross (Gwen Verdon) -- Most happy fella: Like a woman loves a man ; My heart is so full of you / Frank Loesser (Robert Weede, Jo Sullivan) -- My fair lady: The rain in Spain / Frederick Loewe (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Robert Coote)