Michael Feinstein Sings the Jerry Herman Songbook is a 1993 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein

Michael Feinstein

Michael Jay Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an interpreter of, and an anthropologist and archivist for, the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs...

 of songs written by Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage...

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Reception

The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album four stars and said the album is "a recital-like quality. It also has a cabaret-like quality...he demonstrates that Herman has had an amazing facility for writing catchy uptempo material and heart-rending ballads, no matter what show they happened to have been intended for".

Track listing

1. "Just Go to the Movies" - 3:32
2. "As Simple as That" - 3:11
3. Hello, Dolly! Medley
   • "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" - 1:09
   • "It Only Takes a Moment" - 1:34
   • "Before the Parade Passes By" - 2:01
4. "Penny in My Pocket" - 3:22
5. "Kiss Her Now" - 3:02
6. "With You on My Arm" - 2:18
7. "Marianne" - 3:01
8. "Mame" - 3:51
9. "Dancing" - 2:28
10. "Let's Not Waste a Moment" - 4:13
11. "Loving You" - 3:17
12. "Look Over There" - 2:25
13. "To Be Alone with You" - 3:49
14. Mame Medley
    • "It's Today" - 1:01
    • "If She Walked into My Life" - 3:15
    • "We Need a Little Christmas
      We Need a Little Christmas
      "We Need a Little Christmas" is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical, Mame, and first performed by Angela Lansbury in that 1966 production....
      
      " - 1:09
    • "It's Today (Reprise)" - 0:35
15. "I Won't Send Roses" - 3:05
16. "Hello, Dolly!
    Hello, Dolly! (song)
    "Hello, Dolly!" is the title song of the popular 1964 musical of the same name. Louis Armstrong's version was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001....
    
    " - 3:20
17. "You I Like" - 2:45

All songs written by Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage...

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