Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Apr 16: Paris

Welcome to Paris - William Perry, Mark Twain [Original Cast] (Premier)
Do You Want to See Paris? - Howard McGillin/James Harder/JQ and The Bandits/Karen ZiƩmba/Kim Criswell/Peggy Cass, Fifty Million Frenchmen (New World)
Ah Paris - , Follies
Stranger in Paris - Jeannette MacDonald, The New Moon
Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart) - Bernadette Peters, Anastasia [Atlantic]
I Love Paris (Can Can) - Georgia Gibbs, The Best Of Broadway - The Early '50s
Paris Wakes up and Smiles - Allyn McLerie/Thompson, Johnny V.R. Thompson, Miss Liberty (Sony Classical)
Paris Loves Lovers - Don Ameche/Hildegarde Neff, Silk Stockings [Original Broadway Cast]
Paris Stay the Same - Maurice Chevalier, The Love Parade
Bidin' My Time (French Reprise) - Jeremy Harrison/Jon Clairmonte/Kieran Mcllroy, Crazy for You [Original London Cast]
French Lesson - Adolph Green/Betty Comden, Perform Their Own Songs (DRG)
Corner of the Rue Cambon - Katharine Hepburn, Coco [Original Broadway Cast]
Paris Original - Kristi Lynes/Lillias White/Megan Mullally/Victoria Clark, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [New Broadway Cast] (RCA)
The Parisians - Betty Wand, Gigi (Turner)
I Hate the French - Patrick Wilson, Richard Kind, Bright Lights, Big City [Original Cast]
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Lady Be Good) - Ann Southern, Music From MGM Classics
Paris Is Paris Again - Alfred Drake, Gigi [Original Cast] (RCA)You Don't Know Paree - Howard McGillin, Fifty Million Frenchmen (New World)
April in Paris - Dawn Upshaw, Sings Vernon Duke (Nonesuch)

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Apr 9: Beefy Baritones

Gordon MacRae - Oh, What a Beautiful Morning, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
Don Ameche/Hildegarde Neff - All of You, Silk Stockings [Original Broadway Cast]
Burke Moses, Susan Egan - Me, Beauty and the Beast [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Special Edition]
Howard Keel - Where's The Mate For Me? (Gambler's Song), Show Boat (Sony Classical)
John Raitt - I'm a Bad, Bad Man, Annie Get Your Gun [TV Soundtrack] (Angel)
Kevin Kline - Oh, Better Far to Live and Die, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] [CD] Disc 1
Stanley Holloway - Get Me to the Church on Time, My Fair Lady [Original Broadway Cast] [2002 Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
James Naughton - All I Care About, Chicago [RCA] (RCA)
Peter Gallagher - Luck Be a Lady, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
Paul Robeson - Old Man River (Paul Robson & original broadway cast - extended play), Showboat
Ron Raines - Dulcinea, Broadway Passion (That's Entertainment)
Robert Meadmore - If Ever I Would Leave You [From Camelot], Greatest Love Songs From Musicals (MCI Musicals)
Brian Stokes Mitchell - This Nearly Was Mine, South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall (Decca Broadway)
Terrence Mann - Stars, Les Miserables [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 (Geffen/Decca US)
Tommy Koerberg - Anthem, Chess Disc 1 (Polygram)
Len Cariou, Laurence Guittard - It Would Have Been Wonderful, A Little Night Music (That's Entertainment/ Sony)

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Apr 2: Wiser Women

Broadway Baby (Follies) - Elaine Stritch, (DRG)
Everything's Coming Up Roses - Ethel Merman, Gypsy [Original Broadway Cast] (Nonesuch)
Before the Parade Passes By - Carol Channing, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 3 (Smithsonian Collection)
Hello, Young Lovers [From The King and I] - Valerie Masterson, Greatest Love Songs From Musicals (MCI Musicals)
Bali Ha'i - Lillias White, South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall (Decca Broadway)
Little Girls - Dorothy Loudon, Annie [Original Broadway Cast] [Remastered] (That's Entertainment/Sony)
And I Was Beautiful - Angela Lansbury, Dear World [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Memory [From Cats] - Elaine Paige, Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Disc 2 (404 Music Group/Phillips)
As If We Never Said Goodbye [Sunset Blvd.] - Elaine Paige, Ultimate Broadway Disc 2 (Arista)
Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) - Judi Dench, Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Disc 2 (404 Music Group/Phillips)
The Ladies Who Lunch - Elaine Stritch, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 4
I'm Still Here [Follies] - Nancy Walker, Sondheim: A Musical Tribute Disc 2 (RCA Victor)