Monday, December 28, 2009

Dec. 30: The Next New Year

New Year's Eve, It's - Animaniacs, Animaniacs ()
Somebody's Going to Throw a Big Party - Chorus, Fifty Million Frenchmen (New World Records)
03 A Wonderful Party - Ira Gershwin, Lady, Be Good! (Roxbury)
Oh, Come to the Ball - Alan Jay Lerner, American Songbook Series: Alan Jay Lerner (Smithsonian Collection)
Welcome to My Party - Toni Collette, The Wild Party [LaChiusa] [Broadway] (Decca Broadway)
Raise The Roof - Original Cast, Wild Party (Lippa) (RCA Victor Broadway)
The Life Of The Party - Idina Menzel, Wild Party (Lippa) (RCA Victor Broadway)
The Life of the Party - David Wayne, The Happy Time (RCA)
Fun Life - Original Broadway Cast, Nervous Set (DRG)
Hey There, Good Times - Lenny Baker, Joanna Gleason, lene Graff, James Naughton, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (Disques Swing)
Once-A-Year Day! - Janis Paige/John Raitt, The Pajama Game [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Bonus Tracks] (SONY CLASSICS)
Well Did You Evah? - Household Staff; Mike, High Society [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Party Song - Original Broadway Cast, Nervous Set (DRG)
Cocktail Counterpoint - Gene Barry; Jay Garner; Jon Weiner; Merle Louise; William Thomas, Jr., La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast] (RCA)
Wasn't It Fun? - Ralph Blane, Meet Me in St. Louis [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
The Party's Over - Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
Where Did the Good Times Go? [From Over Here!] - Emily Skinner, Believe: The Songs of the Sherman Brothers (Fynsworth Alley)
The Happy New Year Blues [From the Music Box Revue] - Vicki Lewis, Broadway Christmas (Varese Sarabande)
Auld Lang Syne - The San Francisco Cast of The Phantom of the Opera, Christmas Center Stage (Cabanna Boy)
The Perfect Year [Sunset Boulevard] - Patti LuPone, Now & Forever - Disc 3 (Decca Broadway)
New Year [film] - Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn [Film] (MCA)
The Next New Year - Cast of Cabaret, Carols For A Cure 1999 (Rock-It Science)
Seasons of Love - Jonathan Larson, Rent [Original Soundtrack] Disc 1 (Warner Bros.)

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Dec. 23: Santa Baby!

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Fred Astaire, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Rhino / Wea)
Santa's Family - John Goodman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Movie (Goodtimes Ent.)
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Finale) - Burl Ives, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (MCA Special Projects)
Abundance and Charity - Michael Mandell/Walter Charles, A Christmas Carol [Original Cast] (Sony)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Up on the Housetop - Cast of Grease, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
Reindeer Boogie/Jingle Bells - Roger Bart, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Santa's Gonna Rock and Roll - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Swing, Mister Santa Claus, Swing - Cast of The Music Man, Carols For A Cure 2000 (Rock-It Science)
I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Sally Mayes, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Santa Baby (New Faces) - Eartha Kitt, The Best Christmas Ever (Virgin Records Us)
Surabaya-Santa - Jessica Molaskey, Songs for a New World (RCA Victor Broadway)
Santa Comin' Caroline - Caroline, or Change (Original Cast), Caroline, or Change (disk 2) (Hollywood Records)
I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus - Marcus Neville, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
The Man With the Bag (Everybody's Waitin' For) - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Too Fat To Fit (from Pete 'n' Keely) - Cast of The Producers, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Car (Rock-It Science)
Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus? - Barbara Cook; Jerome Courtland; Personnel; The Executives, Flahooley (DRG)
That man over there - Cast, Here's Love (Sony)
Be a Santa [From Subways Are for Sleeping] - Guy Haines; Michelle Nicastro, Broadway Christmas (MCA Special Products/Varese Sarabande)

Here's a great bit of trivia - Santa Baby is really a Broadway song, introduced by Eartha Kitt in the revue "New Faces." It was so popular that she was able to record it. The rest is history.

Dec. 16: Happy Holidays

The show from last year was played inadvertently. So here is a link to listen to the show that should have been. Happy Holidays!

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Dec. 9: Carols for a Cure Vol. 11

All of these CDs are available at BroadwayCares.org, benefiting the Actors Fund and assistance to those with HIV/AIDS.

Enchanted Silent Night - South Pacific, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Bring A Torch Jeannette Isabella - Mary Poppins Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Simco)
What Child is This/The First Noel - The Arvada Center, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Da Pacem Domine - Hair, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Cool Jingle Bells - West Side Story Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Rock-It Science)
Incredible Phat (The Coldest Night of the Year) - Billy Elliot, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Campana Sobre Campana - In the Heights Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Simco)
Rod's Christmas - John Tartaglia, Carols for a Cure, Vol. V (Disc 1) (Rock-It Science)
Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake Song) - Cast of The Lion King, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)
Something Must Be Wrong with My Mistletoe - Cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 8 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Holiday Story - Susan Blackwell for [title of show], Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 8 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Peace On Earth/The Little Drummer Boy - The Lion King Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Simco)
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow - The Little Mermaid, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Here We Come A-Caroling - Rosie's Broadway Kids, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Joy to the World - Terri White of Finian's Rainbow, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
O Tannenbaum - Cast of The Producers, Carols For A Cure 2001 (Rock-It Science)
Shalom Rav - Cast of Mamma Mia, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Dec. 2: Movicals

The Glamorous Life - Judy Kahan, A Little Night Music (That's Entertainment/ Sony)
Life With Harold - Emily Skinner, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
What Was a Woman to Do - Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Ghostlight)
The Cake I Had - Mary Louise Wilson, Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens: A New Musical (PS Classics)
Forget About the Boy - Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie (RCA Victor Broadway)
The New Girl in Town - Brittany Snow, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
The Boy Next Door - Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis [Rhino] (Turner)
I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore (Gigi film then stage) - Maurice Chevalier, Gigi [Rhino] (Turner)
True Love - Melissa Errico, Daniel McDonald, High Society [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Crazy World - Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria [Original Cast] (PolyGram)
The Fall - Cheyenne Jackson, Company, Xanadu on Broadway (PS Classics)
Suddenly Seymour - Hunter Foster/Kerry Butler/Trisha Jeffrey, Little Shop of Horrors [2003 Cast] (DRG)
What You Want - Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast), Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast)
You Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night - Cast, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack] (Sony)
Spamalot - Knights Of The Round Table edit - Cast, Spamalot (Decca)