WEST END AND BROADWAY 1900-1909.
Light Operettas were the entertainment of the day with Gilbert and Sullivan's being the favourites. As far as commercial music was concerned Music Hall and Variety were British staples all over the country. In America it was Burlesque and Follies. The "Musical" as we know it today had not arrived.
THE BLACK CROOK....475 PERFORMANCES.....1881.
FLORADORA......553 PERFORMANCES.......1900.
THE WIZARD OF OZ....293 PERFORMANCES.....1903.
LITTLE JOHNNY JONES 1904.
Give my regards to Broadway......Barry Manilow.....album...SHOWSTOPPERS.
Give my regards to Broadway / The Yankee doodle boy...Jane Morgan...album..SHOWSTOPPERS.
THE MERRY WIDOW 416 PERFORMANCES 1907.
The Merry Widow waltz.....June Bronhill,Jeremy Brett....album LEHAR.THE MERRY WIDOW HIGHLIGHTS.
When I was a lad I served a term.....George Baker.......HMS PINAFORE.
NAUGHTY MARIETTA....1909.
Tramp tramp tramp / Ah sweet mystery of life.....Jeanette McDonald,Nelson Eddy....album..ALWAYS TOGETHER.
The Spaniard that blighted my life....Al Jolson,Bing Crosby....album...THE VERY BEST OF....
When father papered the parlour....Roy Hudd.....album...THOSE MUSIC HALL DAYS.
Down at the old bull and bush...Florrie Ford(1905) album...A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY.
OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW......
Yesterdays....Ray Conniff.....album.....HOLLYWOOD IN RHYTHM.
Tradition...Topol.....FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
What I did for love......Natalie Cortez....A CHORUS LINE.
Knights of the round Table / The song that goes like this.....Sara Ramirez...SPAMALOT.
Step to the rear....Chorus.....HOW NOW DOW JONES.
Oliver.....Julius D'Silva,Wendy Fergusen.....OLIVER.
Pedro the fisherman......Julie Andrews.....album....THESE PRECIOUS THINGS.
Stan' up and fight.....CARMEN JONES(FILM).
Our House....Cast......OUR HOUSE.
Defying Gravity.....Idina Menzel....WICKED.
Workin' it out......Robert Klein,Lucie Arnez....THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG.
One Day More...Francis Ruffelle / Bring him home...Colm Wilkinson...LES MISERABLES.
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