Marti Webb Sings Gershwin: The Love Songs is a live album by Marti Webb

Marti Webb

Marti Webb is a musical actress from England, who appeared on stage in Evita, before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one woman show Tell Me on a Sunday in 1980...

, recorded and released in 1998.

The album was produced by self-financed and co-produced by Webb with West End sound designer Mick Potter featuring tracks taken from her tenure at London's Café Royal

Café Royal

The Café Royal was a restaurant and meeting place on 68 Regent Street in London's Piccadilly.-History:The establishment was originally conceived and set up in 1865 by Daniel Nicholas Thévenon, who was a French wine merchant. He had to flee France due to bankruptcy, arriving in Britain in 1863 with...

 Green Room. In 1987 she had released an album of Gershwin material, some of which was incorporated into the show.

The album was only made available through the London musical theatre

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 merchandise shop Dress Circle

Dress Circle (Theatre Shop)

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and at the venues on Webb's tours.

Track listing

1. "How Long Has This Been Going On" (George Gershwin
   George Gershwin
   George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
   
   /Ira Gershwin
   Ira Gershwin
   Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
   
   )
2. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
3. "Embraceable You/But Not for Me" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
4. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
5. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
6. "Do It Again
   Do It Again (George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva song)
   "Do It Again" is an American popular song by composer George Gershwin and lyricist Buddy DeSylva. The song premiered in the 1922 Broadway show The French Doll, as performed by actress Irène Bordoni.-Background:...
   
   " (George Gershwin/Buddy De Sylva
   Buddy De Sylva
   George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs he founded Capitol Records.-Biography:...
   
   )
7. "Love Walked In/Our Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
8. "The Man That Got Away" (George Gershwin/Harold Arlen)
9. "He Loves and She Loves" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
10. "Finale"

Musicians

• Marti Webb - lead and backing vocals
• Andy Read - piano, musical direction
• Gary Branch - woodwind, saxophones
• Alyn Ross - double bass
• Mathew Senior - drums

Production Credits

• Producers - Mick Potter and Marti Webb
• Arrangements - Andy Read, Gary Branch and Ian Hughes