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The summer  American Musical Sampler program returns for an afternoon of Broadway show music on VPR Classical.  Hear classic favorites, little known gems, numbers that never made it to opening night as well as new recordings including the current production of West Side Story and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Allegro.

Playlist:
12:00 am
  • There is Nothin' Like a Dame
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Ensemble: Sailors, Seabees, Marines
  • Soloists: Myron McCormick
  • CD/Album: South Pacific
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60722
  • Release Year: 1949
6:17 am
  • Seventy-Six Trombones
  • Composer: Meredith Wilson
  • Ensemble: Ensemble
  • Soloists: Robert Preston
  • CD/Album: The Music Man
  • Record co./Cat #: Capitol CADP 7 46633 2
  • Release Year: 1957
12:00 pm
  • Overture/Audition
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Danny Carroll
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
12:04 pm
  • Lullabye of Broadway
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Jerry Orbach
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
12:13 pm
  • The Man in the Moon
  • Composer: Jerry Herman
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Bea Arthur ; Angela Lansbury
  • CD/Album: Mame
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia CK 3000
  • Release Year: 1966
12:17 pm
  • Bosom Buddies
  • Composer: Jerry Herman
  • Soloists: Anglea Lansbury ; Beatrice Arthur
  • CD/Album: Mame
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia CK 3000
  • Release Year: 1966
12:23 pm
  • WIthout A Song
  • Composer: Youmans
  • Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett
  • CD/Album: Portraits in Memory
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA MET 219CD
  • Release Year: 1931
12:26 pm
  • The Song is You
  • Composer: Kern
  • Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett
  • CD/Album: Portraits in Memory
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA MET 219CD
  • Release Year: 1932
12:30 pm
  • Last Night When We Were Young
  • Composer: Arlen
  • Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett
  • CD/Album: Portraits in Memory
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA MET 219CD
  • Release Year: 1935
12:37 pm
  • Shadow Waltz
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Tammy Grimes
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
12:40 pm
  • You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Tammy Grimes ; Lee Roy Reams ; Wanda Richert
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
12:43 pm
  • About a Quarter to Nine
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Soloists: Tammy Grimes ; Wanda Richert
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
12:46 pm
  • What a Lovely Day For a Wedding
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Norbert Leo Butz ; Danny Burstein
  • CD/Album: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro
  • Record co./Cat #: Masterworks Broadway 88697-41738-2
  • Release Year: 2009
12:48 pm
  • The Matrimonial Stomp
  • Composer: Johnny Mercer/Gene de Paul
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Stubby Kay ; Peter Palmer ; Edith Adams ; Joe E. Marks
  • CD/Album: L'il Abner
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia Broadway SK 87700
  • Release Year: 1956
12:52 pm
  • Marry Me a Little
  • Composer: Steven Sondheim
  • Soloists: Raul Esparza
  • CD/Album: Company
  • Record co./Cat #: None Such Nonesuch 106876-2
  • Release Year: 2007
12:56 pm
  • If Momma Was Married
  • Composer: Steven Sondheim/Julie Styne
  • Soloists: Sandra Church ; Lane Bradbury
  • CD/Album: Gypsy
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia CK 32607
  • Release Year: 1971
1:05 pm
  • Tea for Two
  • Artist Name: The Comedy Harmonists
  • Composer: Youmans/Caesar
  • Record co./Cat #: Living Era AJA 5204
  • Release Year: 1934
1:08 pm
  • Night and Day
  • Artist Name: The Comedy Harmonists
  • Composer: Porter
  • Record co./Cat #: Living Era AJA 5204
  • Release Year: 1933
1:13 pm
  • The Barber of Seville Overture
  • Artist Name: The Comedy Harmonists
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • CD/Album: Auf Wiederseh'n
  • Record co./Cat #: Living Era AJA 5204
  • Release Year: 1936
1:21 pm
  • Shuffle Off to Buffalo
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
1:25 pm
  • Get Me to the Church on Time
  • Composer: Frederick Loewe
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Stanley Holloway
  • CD/Album: My Fair Lady
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60539
  • Release Year: 1956
1:30 pm
  • Perfectly Putrid/Feed the Burbs
  • Composer: Gerard Alessandrini
  • Soloists: Gina Kreiezmar ; (unidentified pianist)
  • CD/Album: "Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab"
  • Record co./Cat #: DRG 12633
  • Release Year: 2008
1:33 pm
  • Sondheim: Putting Up Revivals
  • Composer: Gerard Alessandrini
  • Soloists: James Donegan
  • CD/Album: Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
  • Record co./Cat #: DRG 12633
  • Release Year: 2008
1:38 pm
  • The Pajama Game/Racing With the Clock
  • Composer: George Abbott/Richard Bissell
  • Ensemble: Girls and Boys
  • Soloists: Eddie Foy, Jr.
  • CD/Album: The Pajama Game
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 89253
  • Release Year: 1954
1:41 pm
  • I'm Not At All in Love
  • Composer: Richard Adler/Jerry Ross
  • Ensemble: Girls
  • Soloists: Janis Paige
  • CD/Album: The Pajama Game
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 89253
  • Release Year: 1954
1:45 pm
  • I'll Never Be Jealous Again
  • Composer: Richard Adler/Jerry Ross
  • Soloists: Eddie Foy, Jr ; Reta Shaw
  • CD/Album: The Pajama Game
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 89253
  • Release Year: 1954
1:48 pm
  • Hey There
  • Composer: Richard Adler/Jerry Ross
  • Soloists: John Raitt
  • CD/Album: The Pajama Game
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 89253
  • Release Year: 1954
1:51 pm
  • Once-a-Year Day
  • Composer: Richard Adler/Jerry Ross
  • Soloists: John Raitt ; Janis Paige
  • CD/Album: The Pajama Game
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 89253
  • Release Year: 1954
1:59 pm
  • Sunny Side to Every Situation
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Karen Prunczik
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Release Year: 1980
2:01 pm
  • We're in the Money
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Karen Prunczik ; Wanda Richert ; Ginny King ; Jeri Kansas ; Lee Roy Reams
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
2:08 pm
  • Two Nobodies in New York
  • Composer: Jeff Bowen
  • Soloists: Jeff Bowen ; Hunter Bell
  • CD/Album: Title of Show
  • Record co./Cat #: Ghostlight 84414
  • Release Year: 2006
2:11 pm
  • There She Is
  • Composer: Maury Yeston
  • Ensemble: Ensemble
  • CD/Album: Titanic the Musical
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA Victor 09026-68834-2
  • Release Year: 1997
2:18 pm
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Composer: Goerge Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/Howard Dietz
  • Soloists: Barbara Ruick
  • Conductor: Lehman Engel
  • CD/Album: Oh, Kay!
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60703
  • Release Year: 1926
2:23 pm
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Composer: Goerge Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/Howard Dietz
  • Soloists: Goerge Gershwin
  • Conductor: Lehman Engel
  • CD/Album: Oh, Kay!
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60703
  • Release Year: 1926
2:29 pm
  • It Ain't Necessarily So
  • Composer: George Gershwin & Dubose Heyward & Ira Gershwin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Cab Calloway
  • CD/Album: The Sullivan Years: the Best of Broadway
  • Record co./Cat #: TVT Records TVT 9436-2
2:35 pm
  • Dames
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Chorus
  • Soloists: Lee Roy Reams
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
2:45 pm
  • Twin Soliliquies
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Soloists: Mary Martin ; Ezio Pinza
  • CD/Album: South Pacific
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60722
  • Release Year: 1949
2:47 pm
  • Some Enchanted Evening
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Soloists: Ezio Pinza
  • CD/Album: South Pacific
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60722
  • Release Year: 1949
2:50 pm
  • Bali Ha'i
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Soloists: Juanita Hall
  • CD/Album: South Pacific
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60722
  • Release Year: 1949
2:54 pm
  • Younger Than Springtime
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Soloists: William Tabbert
  • CD/Album: South Pacific
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60722
  • Release Year: 1949
3:05 pm
  • Opening
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Ensemble: Ensemble
  • Soloists: Nathan Gunn ; Audra McDonald
  • CD/Album: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro
  • Record co./Cat #: Masterworks Broadway 88697-41738-2
  • Release Year: 2009
3:09 pm
  • You Are Never Away
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Arranger: Crane Calder
  • Soloists: Patrick Wilson
  • Conductor: Larry Blank/Dan Egan
  • CD/Album: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro
  • Record co./Cat #: Masterworks Broadway 88697-41738-2
  • Release Year: 2009
  • Note: The First Complete Recording
3:11 pm
  • You Are Never Away Encore
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Soloists: Patrick Wilson
  • Conductor: Larry Blank/Dan Egan
  • CD/Album: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro
  • Record co./Cat #: Masterworks Broadway 88697-41738-2
  • Release Year: 2009
  • Note: The First Complete Recording
3:12 pm
  • A Fellow Needs A Girl
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Soloists: Nathan Gunn ; Audra McDonald
  • Conductor: Larry Blank/Dan Egan
  • CD/Album: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro
  • Record co./Cat #: Masterworks Broadway 88697-41738-2
  • Release Year: 2009
  • Note: The First Complete Recording
3:16 pm
  • Come Home
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Ensemble: Ensemble
  • Soloists: Audra McDonald
  • Conductor: Larry Blank/Dan Egan
  • CD/Album: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro
  • Record co./Cat #: Masterworks Broadway 88697-41738-2
  • Release Year: 2009
3:22 pm
  • Go Into Your Dance
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Ensemble: Ensemble
  • Soloists: Carole Cook ; Wanda Richert ; Karen Prunczik ; Ginny King
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-3891
  • Release Year: 1980
3:29 pm
  • Un Hombre Asi (A Boy Like That)/I Have a Love
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Ensemble: Ensemble
  • Soloists: Karen Olivo ; Josefina Scaglione
  • CD/Album: West Side Story
  • Record co./Cat #: Masterworks 752391
  • Release Year: 2009
  • Note: The New Broadway Cast Recording
3:35 pm
  • The Dance at the Gym
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Soundheim
  • Ensemble: The Jets, The Sharks
  • CD/Album: West Side Story
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60724
  • Release Year: 1957
  • Note: Original Broadway Cast Recording
3:45 pm
  • How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
  • Composer: Burton Lane/E.Y. Harburg
  • Soloists: Ella Logan
  • CD/Album: Finian's Rainbow
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia Broadway SK 89208
  • Release Year: 1947
3:48 pm
  • Look to the Rainbow
  • Composer: Burton Lane/E.Y. Harburg
  • Ensemble: The Lyn Murray Singers
  • Soloists: Ella Logan ; Donald Richards
  • CD/Album: Finian's Rainbow
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia Broadway SK 89208
3:51 pm
  • Old Devil Moon
  • Composer: Burton Lane/E.Y. Harburg
  • Soloists: Ella Logan ; Donald Richards
  • CD/Album: Finian's Rainbow
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia Broadway SK 89208
  • Release Year: 1947
3:55 pm
  • Will We Ever Know Each Other
  • Composer: Bob Brush
  • Soloists: Loni Ackerman
  • CD/Album: Unsung Musicals
  • Record co./Cat #: Varese Sarabande VSD 5462
  • Release Year: 1994
3:59 pm
  • Where Do I Go From Here
  • Composer: Jerry Bock/Sheldon Hamick
  • Soloists: Liz Callaway
  • CD/Album: Lost in Boston
  • Record co./Cat #: Varese Sarabande VSD 5475
  • Release Year: 1994
4:06 pm
  • Sue Me
  • Composer: Frank Loesser
  • Soloists: Vivian Blaine ; Sam Levene
  • CD/Album: The Best of Broadway
  • Record co./Cat #: Rhino R2 71885
  • Release Year: 1995
  • Note: From Guys & Dolls
4:08 pm
  • Til There Was You
  • Composer: Meredith Wilson
  • Soloists: Barbara Cook ; Robert Preston
  • CD/Album: The Best of Broadway
  • Record co./Cat #: Rhino R2 71885
  • Release Year: 1995
  • Note: From the Music Man
4:12 pm
  • Piano Lesson
  • Composer: Meredith Wilson
  • Soloists: Barbara Cook ; Pert Kelton
  • CD/Album: The Music Man
  • Record co./Cat #: Capitol CADP 7 46633 2
  • Release Year: 1957
4:15 pm
  • Goodnight My Someone
  • Composer: Meredith Wilson
  • Soloists: Barbara Cook
  • CD/Album: The Music Man
  • Record co./Cat #: Capitol CADP 7 46633 2
  • Release Year: 1957
4:20 pm
  • PIck-a-Little, Take-a-Little & Goodnight Ladies
  • Composer: Meredith Wilson
  • Soloists: Misses Raymon ; Swann ; Mondo ; RiceFlynn ; Buffalo Bills
  • CD/Album: The Music Man
  • Record co./Cat #: Capitol CADP 7 46633 2
  • Release Year: 1954
4:24 pm
  • Shall We Dance?
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
  • Soloists: Constance Towers ; Yul Brynner
  • CD/Album: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA RCD1-2610
  • Release Year: 1977
4:30 pm
  • Coffee Break
  • Composer: Frank Loesser
  • Soloists: Charles Nelson Reilly ; Claudette Sutherland
  • CD/Album: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 60352
  • Release Year: 1961
4:33 pm
  • The Heather on the Hill
  • Composer: Frederick Loewe
  • Soloists: David Brooks ; Marion Bell
  • CD/Album: Brigadoon
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA Victor 1001-2-RG
  • Release Year: 1988
4:37 pm
  • Big Spender
  • Composer: Cy Coleman
  • Ensemble: the Girls
  • Soloists: Hellen Gallagher ; Thelma Oliver
  • CD/Album: Sweet Charity
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 60960
  • Release Year: 1966
4:42 pm
  • Old Folks
  • Composer: John Kander/Fred Ebb
  • Ensemble: Ensemble
  • CD/Album: 70, Girls, 70
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Broadway SK 30589
  • Release Year: 1992
4:45 pm
  • Make Believe
  • Composer: Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein
  • Soloists: Barbara Cook ; John Raitt
  • CD/Album: Showboat
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony Classical SK 61877
  • Release Year: 1962
4:49 pm
  • Finale: 42nd Street (Reprise)
  • Composer: Harry Warren/Al Dubin
  • Soloists: Jerry Orbach
  • CD/Album: 42nd Street
  • Record co./Cat #: Capitol CADP 7 46633 2
  • Release Year: 1980

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