Oklahoma changed everything in the forties and all the most successful musicals were American. This top ten list is compiled by adding the length of each show's run initially with the Broadway and West End theatres.
1. OKLAHOMA....Oklahoma....Laurence Guitard,Christine Andreas.
2 SOUTH PACIFIC.....A wonderful guy....Christine Andreas.
3 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN....My defences are down....Tom Wopat.
4 KISS ME KATE....I hate men....Lilli Vanessi.
5 CAROUSEL.....If I loved you....Gordon McRae,Shirley Jones.
6 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS....Diamonds are a girl's best friend...Connie Fisher.
7 WHERE'S CHARLIE......Once in love with Amy...Barry Manilow.
8 FINIAN'S RAINBOW....When I'm not near the girl I love.....Frank Sinatra.
9 BRIGADOON....There but for you,go I....Robert Goulet.
10 CARMEN JONES.....Dere's a cafe on the corner....Marilynne Horne.
OTHER TRACKS IN BRITAIN......
White cliffe of Dover.....Vera Lynn
We'll gather lilacs....Julie Andrews.
OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....
What takes my fancy.....Lucille Ball....WILDCAT.
The father of the bride.....Robert Preston.....I DO I DO!
Lullaby of Broadway....Winifred Shaw........album....GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS.
Something greater.....Lauren Bacall.....APPLAUSE.
The man I love.....Barbara Striesand....album...BACK TO BROADWAY.
Could you.....Janet Carroll, Sutton Foster....LITTLE WOMEN.
We both reached for the gun....Jerry Orbach,Gwen Verdon....CHICAGO.
Miss Baltimore Crabs....Michelle Pfeifer.....HAIRSPRAY(FILM)
I dreamed a dream.....Susan Boyle....SINGLE.
Ta Luv...John Mills......GOOD COMPANIONS.
Smile.....Nat King Cole.....VARIOUS.
Half a sixpence...Tommy Steele.....HALF A SIXPENCE.
If you want the rainbow / I just wild about Harry...Dorothy Province....THE ROARING TWENTIES(N/A)
Go back home.....Cast...THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS.
Love and Marriage....Frank Sinatra.....MY WAY, THE BEST OF.....
Once a year day......John Raite, Janis Paige....THE PYJAMA GAME.
I'd be surprisingly good for you....Elaine Paige,Joss Ackland...EVITA.
Step to the rear....Cast.....HOW NOW DOW JONES.
MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS 13TH FEBRUARY...2-4PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON....THE FIFTIES.....ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.
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