Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Mar 31: Songs of God

I'll Walk With God - Mario Lanza, The Student Prince/The Desert Song (RCA)
The Lord's Prayer - Mbongeni Ngema, Sarafina! The Sound of Freedom [Original Soundtrack] ()
Grateful Children - Adrian Zmed; Stephanie Mills, Children of Eden (RCA)
The Lord Is Good to Me (Melody Time) - Dennis Day, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 1(Disney)
God Help the Outcasts [Hunchback of Notre Dame] - Kerry Butler, Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust
The Pagan Ave Maria - Tina Arena, Notre Dame De Paris (Sony)
Children of God - Girls, Jane Eyre [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
All for the Best - David Haskell; Victor Garber, Godspell [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Arista)
Mysterious Ways - Chantylla Johnson, Zipporah G. Gatling, Cast, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
The Color Purple - Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Simon Zealotes - Tony Vincent, Jesus Christ Superstar [London Revival Cast] (Sony)
Tower of Babble - Godspell, Godspell (Varese Sarabande)
Learn Your Lessons Well [From Godspell] - Samantha Shaw, I Won't Grow up: Broadway for Kids (Jay)
Do Ya Wanna Go to Heaven - Big River,
See How They Done My Lord - Salome Bey, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Everybody Has His Own Way - Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Michael Gray, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
All Good Gifts - John Michael Tebelak, Godspell [2001 National Touring Cast Recording] (DRG)
In the Beginning - Company, Children of Eden [Original Cast Highlights] (RCA Records)

Mar 24: Beauty

How Lovely to Be a Woman - Susan Watson, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Gorgeous - Barbara Harris, The Apple Tree [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Lovely - Ruthie Henshall, Carol Burnett, Cast, Putting It Together (Image Entertainment)
If a Girl Isn't Pretty - Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl [Original Soundtrack] (Columbia)
Stepsisters Lament - Cast, RH Cinderella ()
A Stud and a Babe - Jennifer Simard; Robert Roznowski, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
Decorate the Human Face (Colette College) - JoAnn Cunningham, Show Goes On (DRG)
Lovely to Look At [From the 1935 Film Roberta] - Adrienne Angel, An Evening with Dorothy Fields (DRG)
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody - John Steel, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian)
Raving Beauty - Cast, Meet Me in St. Louis [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Beautiful Girls - Paul Bentley, Company, Follies [Original London Cast] ()
When You Got It, Flaunt It - Cady Huffman; Matthew Broderick; Nathan Lane, The Producers [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
I Enjoy Being a Girl [From Flower Drum Song] - Pat Suzuki, Broadway Showstoppers, Vol. 1 (Sony Music Distribution)
Dance: Ten; Looks: Three - Jessica Lee Goldyn, A Chorus Line [2006 Broadway Cast] (Sony)
The Goods radio edit - Kimberly Grigsby; Ted Sperling, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Some Girls - Jerry Dixon, Once on This Island [RCA] (RCA)
Too Beautiful for Words - Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Beautiful in You - Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade [2007 Cast]
Big, Blonde and Beautiful - Mary Bond Davis, Hairspray [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Big, Blonde and Beautiful - Queen Latifah, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Mar 17: Songs about Music

Sing Happy - Liza Minnelli, Broadway Divas (RCA)
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy - Al Jolson, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy: At Warner Bros. 1926-1936 (Turner)
Sing for Your Supper - Rebecca Luker, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Debbie Gravitte, The Boys from Syracuse [1997 Concert Cast] (DRG)
Carnegie Hall (Do-Do-Re-Do) - Chorus, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
Do-Re-Mi - Mary Martin, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 4
Sing! - Revival cast, A Chorus Line [2006 Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Scales and Arpeggios - Liz English; Dean Clark; Gary Dubin, Songs from the Aristocats (Walt Disney)
The Girl in 14g - Kristin Chenoweth, Let Yourself Go (Sony)
Wrong Note Rag - Audra McDonald, Kim Criswell, Wonderful Town [1999 Studio Cast] (EMI Classics)
The Big Beat - Janie Sell; Maxene Andrews; Patty Andrews, Over Here! (Sony Classical)
Seventy Six Trombones - Chorus, The Music Man [Original Soundtrack]
I Love a Piano - Brian d'Arcy James; Jeffry Denman; Meredith Patterson; Women, White Christmas [Original Studio Cast] (Ghostlight)
It's a Grand Night for Singing - Ron Raines, Broadway Passion (That's Entertainment)
New Music - Studio Cast, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA] (BMG)
The Sound of Muzak - Patrick Scott Brady, Closer Than Ever [Original Cast] Disc 1 (RCA)
If I Sing [From Closer Than Ever] - Richard Maltby, Jr., If I Sing: The Songwriters Album (Ps Classics)
Thank You For The Music - Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia
Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly, S Wonderful (Pegasus)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Mar 10: Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen
When Ben Vereen appears with the Spokane Symphony, he says the first half of the show will be part of a new project he's writing, "From B to B," tracing his journey from his childhood in Brooklyn through the world of Broadway. The second half will be his tribute to Sammy Davis Jr, one of the many influences in his performing life. He talked about Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Fosse, Bert Williams, and other influences on his long and active performing life with me last week.
Magic To Do - Ben Vereen, Pippin [OBC] (Decca)
Heaven On Their Minds - Ben Vereen, Jesus Christ Superstar OBC
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries - Ben Vereen, Fosse [WNET]
No Time At All - Irene Ryan, Pippin [OBC] (Decca)
Rhythm Of Life - Sammy Davis Jr, Sweet Charity
Clap Hands Here Comes Charley - Ben Vereen, Funny Lady
New Man - Ben Vereen, Grind
More on Ben Vereen:
Biography from PBS's Stars Over Broadway
The "accident" Ben Vereen talks about

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Mar 3: Kurt Weill (Lite)

Barbara Song - Bea Arthur, Threepenny Opera OOBC
Sing Me Not a Ballad [From the Firebrand of Florence] - Lotte Lenya, Lotte Lenya Sings American & Berlin Theater Songs of Kurt Weill (Sony)
Speak Low [From One Touch of Venus] - Mary Martin with Kenny Baker, American Musical Theater: Show (Smithsonian Collection)
My Ship - Dawn Upshaw, I Wish It So (Elektra/Asylum)
September Song - Ron Raines, Broadway Passion (That's Entertainment)
Bilbao Song
Tschaikowsky and Other Russians [From Lady in the Dark] - Danny Kaye, American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Collection)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Kristin Chenoweth, Let Yourself Go (Sony)
It Never Was You - Megan Mullally, Megan Mullally
Lost in the Stars - Todd Duncan, Lost in the Stars
Here I'll Stay - Felicia Sanders, American Songbook Series: Alan (Smithsonian Collection)
A Boy Like You [From Street Scene] - Lotte Lenya, Lotte Lenya Sings American & Berlin Theater Songs of Kurt Weill (Sony)
The Saga of Jenny (Lady in the Dark) - Weil, Berlin to Broadway
I Don't Love You - Michael Cerveris, Donna Murphy, Lovemusik
Alabama Song - Ute Lemper, Weill
Surabaya Johnny - Patti LuPone, Patti LuPone Live! (Highlights) (RCA)