My First Affair
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My First Affair was a cabaret
show and the soundtrack later released by American Broadway-country-gospel artist Lari White
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on February 12, 2007. The show included a mix of pop, country, gospel and Broadway songs including several original compositions by White. The album was released on April 6, 2007 on Skinny White Girl Records.
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
show and the soundtrack later released by American Broadway-country-gospel artist Lari White
Lari White
Lari Michele White is an American country music artist and actress. She first gained national attention in 1992 as a winner on You Can Be a Star, a talent competition which aired on The Nashville Network...
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Show
The cabaret show was at the Oak Room Cabaret at The Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, New York CityNew York City
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on February 12, 2007. The show included a mix of pop, country, gospel and Broadway songs including several original compositions by White. The album was released on April 6, 2007 on Skinny White Girl Records.
Track listing
- “Please Be Kind/ Gotta Have Me Go With You” (Sammy Kahn, Saul Chapman/ Harold Arlen, Ira GershwinIra GershwinIra 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....
) - 2:30 - “There’s A Terrific Band” (Alan BergmanAlan BergmanAlan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows...
, Marilyn BergmanMarilyn BergmanMarilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...
, Billy Goldenberg) - 3:32 - “Doatsy Mae” (Carol Hall) - 3:12
- “Minor Changes” (Lari WhiteLari WhiteLari Michele White is an American country music artist and actress. She first gained national attention in 1992 as a winner on You Can Be a Star, a talent competition which aired on The Nashville Network...
) - 2:14 - “Museums” (Steven Lutvak) - 4:33
- “Forgiveness’ Embrace” (Stephen SchwartzStephen Schwartz (composer)Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell , Pippin and Wicked...
) - 4:00 - “Love Me or Leave Me” (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 2:15
- Richard Rogers Medley: “Falling in Love With Love” (Richard RodgersRichard RodgersRichard 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...
, Lorenz Hart) / “A Cockeyed Optimist” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard RodgersRichard RodgersRichard 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...
) - 2:49 - “Over and Over” (Lari White) - 3:46
- “It Ain’t My Business” (DeSpain, Anderson-Lopez) - 3:26
- Yentl Medley: “Where is it Written?” (Alan BergmanAlan BergmanAlan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows...
, Marilyn BergmanMarilyn BergmanMarilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...
, Michel Legrand) / “No Wonder” (Alan BergmanAlan BergmanAlan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows...
, Marilyn BergmanMarilyn BergmanMarilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...
, Michel Legrand)/ “A Piece of Sky” (Alan BergmanAlan BergmanAlan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows...
, Marilyn BergmanMarilyn BergmanMarilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University...
, Michel Legrand) - 6:42 - “It’s A New World” (Ira GershwinIra GershwinIra 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....
, Harold Arlen) - 2:04
Production
- Producer: Lari WhiteLari WhiteLari Michele White is an American country music artist and actress. She first gained national attention in 1992 as a winner on You Can Be a Star, a talent competition which aired on The Nashville Network...
- Recorded Live by: Chris Herles and Jean Pierre Perreaux At the Metropolitan Room at Gotham, courtesy Chris Mazzilli
- Directed by: Eric Michael Gillett
- Piano: Don Rebic
- Bass: Steve Doyle