Song Of The Day – “All Er Nothin’” from the Original Soundtrack to “Oklahoma!” The Broadway version of “Oklahoma!” opened in 1943 and ran 2, 212 performances. With music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein III, the Pulitzer Prize-winning score gave us the standards “Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’,” “People Will Say We’re In Love,” “(Everything’s Up To Date In) … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “All Er Nothin’” from the Original Soundtrack to “Oklahoma!”
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Song Of The Day – “All Er Nothin’” from the Original Soundtrack to “Oklahoma!”
The Broadway version of “Oklahoma!” opened in 1943 and ran 2, 212 performances. With music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein III, the Pulitzer Prize-winning score gave us the standards “Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’,” “People Will Say We’re In Love,” “(Everything’s Up To Date In) Kansas City,” “The Surrey With The Fringe On Top,” “The Farmer And The Cowman” and … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “All Er Nothin’” from the Original Soundtrack to “Oklahoma!”
Song Of The Day – “Heaven On Their Minds” from “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Heaven On Their Minds” from “Jesus Christ Superstar” With Passover and Easter this week, today’s Song Of The Day reaches for the Bible. I’m not a big fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber…you can keep Cats, Phantom and Evita…or the Bible for that matter, but in the words of this musical: “Hey J.C., You’re alright by me.” Andrew Lloyd Webber … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Heaven On Their Minds” from “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Song Of The Day – “Chicken Fat” by Robert Preston
It’s “Poultry in motion!” (Sadly, I didn’t write this line but it was too great to pass up.) How many of you remember this gem from the early 1960s? Even though I was only one year old when this record was released to public schools across the nation, I distinctly remember exercising to this song in gym class when I was in grade school. "Go you Chicken Fat, Go … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Chicken Fat” by Robert Preston
Song Of The Day – “Willkommen” by Joel Grey from the film “Cabaret”
A funny thing happened to the Broadway Musical Cabaret during its adaptation to the big screen. It lost ten out of its original fifteen songs. Many of the original Broadway songs were in the play to express the emotions of the characters and move the plot line forward, something that the medium of film was able to accomplish by using visuals. As a result, Bob Fosse only … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Willkommen” by Joel Grey from the film “Cabaret”