The Best of Broadway: The Late ’40s

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1There’s No Business Like Show Business (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
vocals:
Marty May, Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton and William O'Neal
conductor:
Jay Blackton
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger) and Ted Royal
recording of:
There’s No Business Like Show Business (from “Annie Get Your Gun”) (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton3:11
2They Say It’s Wonderful (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
Ethel Merman3:05
3Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (from “The Stork club”)Betty Hutton3:05
4June Is Busin’ Out All Over (from “Carousel”)
Christine Johnson & Jean Darling3:50
5You’ll Never Walk Alone (from “Carousel”)
conductor:
Joseph Littau
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger) and Don Walker (orchestrator)
recording of:
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) (on 1945-05-16)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), T.B. Harms Company, The Welk Music Group, Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Jan Clayton & Christine Johnson2:41
6Come Rain or Come Shine (from “St. Louis Woman”)
Ruby Hill & Harold Nicholas2:55
7Blue Skies (from “Blue Skies”)
recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Bing Crosby3:28
8Zip‐A‐Dee‐Doo‐Dah (from “Song of the South”)
James Baskett2:19
9How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (from “Finian’s Rainbow”)
Ella Logan & Lyn Murray Singers3:15
10Almost Like Being in Love (from “Brigadoon”)
David Brooks & Marion Bell2:45
11A Fellow Needs a Girl (from “Allegro”)
William Ching & Annamary Dickey3:45
12It’s Magic (from “Romance on the High Seas”)
recording of:
It’s Magic
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
The 21st Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Romance on the High Seas
Doris Day3:27
13Easter Parade (from “Easter Parade”)
choir vocals:
MGM Studio Chorus
vocals:
Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
orchestra:
MGM Studio Orchestra
conductor:
John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
arranger:
Roger Edens and Conrad Salinger
orchestrator:
Conrad Salinger
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Loew’s Incorporated (in 1948) and Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, Inc. (pre‐MGM/UA Entertainment Co. era, 1924–1981) (in 1979)
recording of:
Easter Parade (from “Easter Parade”) (on 1948-01-26)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1933)
part of:
Easter Parade (full musical)
Judy Garland & Fred Astaire2:45
14Once in Love With Amy (from “Where’s Charley?”)
Ray Bolger4:20
15So in Love (from “Kiss Me, Kate”)
Patricia Morison & Alfred Drake3:38
16Some Enchanted Evening (from “South Pacific”)
Ezio Pinza3:04
17A Wonderful Guy (from “South Pacific”)
vocals:
Mary Martin (US film and musical actor/singer)
conductor:
Salvatore Dell’Isola (in 1949-04)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
recording of:
I’m in Love With a Wonderful Guy (South Pacific) (in 1949)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Mary Martin3:35
18Let’s Take an Old‐Fashioned Walk (from “Miss Liberty”)
Eddie Albert & Allyn McLerie3:17
19Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”)
Carol Channing3:00
20On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (from “The Harvey Girls”)
recording of:
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (The Harvey Girls, 1946 film)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1946 winner)
part of:
The Harvey Girls (1946 film)
Judy Garland & Cyd Charisse8:40

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