Title:
American musical theater. [Volume III] : shows, songs and stars.
Author:
Bowers, Dwight Blocker.
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings ; New York, NY : Produced in association with CBS Special Products, ℗1989.
Call Number:
K AMER AMT3 V36 7216
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (70 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
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.
In 12-in. container, with v. 1-2, 4.
Historical sketch and biographical notes on singers and composers by Dwight Blocker Bowers, discographic data and bibliography (132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.)--laid in outer container.
Also issued as cassettes and analog discs.
Contents:
Brigadoon: Almost like being in love / Frederick Loewe (David Brooks, Marion Bell) (2:38) -- Street scene: Lonely house / Kurt Weill (Brian Sullivan) (3:37) -- Where's Charley: Once in love with Amy / Frank Loesser (Ray Bolger) (4:19) -- Kiss me, Kate: Where is the life that late I led? / Cole Porter (Alfred Drake) (4:20) -- Gentlemen prefer blondes: Diamonds are a girl's best friend / Jule Styne (Carol Channing) (2:57) -- South Pacific: A wonderful guy (Mary Martin) (3:29) ; Some enchanted evening (Ezio Pinza) (3:00) / Richard Rodgers -- Guys and dolls: Runyonland music ; Fugue for tinhorns ; Follow the fold / Frank Loesser (Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver, Douglas Deane, Isabel Bigley) (3:18) -- King and I: Shall we dance? / Richard Rodgers (Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner) (3:48).
(cont.): Tree grows in Brooklyn: He had refinement / Arthur Schwartz (Shirley Booth) (3:53) -- Wonderful town: Ohio / Leonard Bernstein (Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams) (3:16) -- Golden apple: Lazy afternoon / Jerome Moross (Kaye Ballard) (3:32) -- Fanny: Welcome home / Harold Rome (Ezio Pinza) (3:25) -- Peter Pan: I've gotta crow / Mark Charlap (Mary Martin) (3:26) -- House of flowers: A sleepin' bee / Harold Arlen (Diahann Carroll) (5:18) -- Pajama game: Hey there / Richard Adler, Jerry Ross (John Raitt) (3:31) -- Damn Yankees: Whatever Lola wants / Richard Adler, Jerry Ross (Gwen Verdon) (3:08) -- Most happy fella: Like a woman loves a man ; My heart is so full of you / Frank Loesser (Robert Weede, Jo Sullivan) (4:25) -- My fair lady: The rain in Spain / Frederick Loewe (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Robert Coote) (2:39).
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