Broadway Playbill
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Broadway Playbill was an LP album
released in 1960
by Columbia Records
, as catalog number CL-1416 (in monaural) and CS-8213 (in stereo). The album contains songs from three Broadway musicals: Gypsy, The Sound of Music
, and Fiorello
, all done by The Hi-Lo's
It was combined with the Hi-Lo's 1957
album, Now Hear This
, into a Compact Disc
released by Collectables Records
on October 17, 2000.
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
released in 1960
1960 in music
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by Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, as catalog number CL-1416 (in monaural) and CS-8213 (in stereo). The album contains songs from three Broadway musicals: Gypsy, The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
, and Fiorello
Fiorello!
Fiorello! is a musical about New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, a reform Republican who took on Tammany Hall. The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, drawn substantially from the 1955 volume Life With Fiorello by Ernest Cuneo, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock...
, all done by The Hi-Lo's
The Hi-Lo's
The Hi-Lo's were an a cappella quartet formed in 1953. The group's name is reportedly a reference to their extreme vocal and physical ranges .-History:The group consisted of Gene Puerling , Bob Strasen , Bob Morse...
Track listing
| Track number | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overture | Jule Styne Jule Styne Jule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:... /Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award... |
| 2 | Everything's Coming Up Roses Everything's Coming up Roses "Everything's Coming Up Roses" is a song from the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Jule Styne in which it was introduced by Ethel Merman.... |
Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim |
| 3 | Small World | Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim |
| 4 | Together Wherever We Go | Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim |
| 6 | Little Lamb | Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim |
| 7 | Mr. Goldstone, I Love You | Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim |
| 8 | My Favorite Things My Favorite Things (song) "My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.-The Sound of Music version:The song was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production, and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a... |
Richard Rodgers Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II... /Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for... |
| 9 | The Sound of Music The Sound of Music (song) “The Sound of Music” is the title song from The Sound of Music, composed by Richard Rodgers to lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was originally sung by Mary Martin in the 1959 stage musical of the same name. It was sung by Julie Andrews in the 1961 film, with a reprise by the Von Trapp family... |
Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 10 | Climb Ev'ry Mountain Climb Ev'ry Mountain "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Here it is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess... |
Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 11 | Gentleman Jimmy | Jerry Bock Jerry Bock Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Bock was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof with... /Sheldon M. Harnick |
| 12 | When Did I Fall In Love? | Jerry Bock/Sheldon M. Harnick |
| 13 | Politics and Poker | Jerry Bock/Sheldon M. Harnick |
It was combined with the Hi-Lo's 1957
1957 in music
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album, Now Hear This
Now Hear This (Hi-Lo's album)
Now Hear This was an LP album by The Hi-Lo's released in 1957 by Columbia Records, as catalog number CL-1023.-Track listing:It was combined with the Hi-Lo's 1960 album, Broadway Playbill, into a compact disc released by Collectables Records on October 17, 2000.-External links:**...
, into a Compact Disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
released by Collectables Records
Collectables Records
Collectables is a reissue record label founded in 1980 by Jerry Greene. Greene was previously associated with New York City's Times Square Record Shop, Philadelphia's Record Museum retail chain, and the Lost Nite and Crimson record labels....
on October 17, 2000.