Tuesday, June 28, 2011

June 29: America

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Yankee Doodle Dandy - Joel Grey, Company, George M! [Original Cast]
You're a Grand Ol Flag - Joel Grey, Company, George M! [Original Cast]
I Want to Hear a Yankee Doodle Tune - Billy Murray, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1 (Smithsonian Collection)
Yankee Doodle Rhythm - Cast, Strike Up the Band (Nonesuch)
God's Country - Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Douglas McPahil, Betty Jaynes, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney Collection [Box Set]
I Like America - Graham Payn; Pat Kirkwood; Sylvia Cecil, Ace of Clubs (Bayview)
What a Country - Ray Bolger, All American [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Typical Self-Made American - Cast, Strike Up the Band (Nonesuch)
The American Dream - Jonathan Pryce, Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] Disc 2
America - Karen Olivo; Jennifer Sanchez, West Side Story (Sony Masterworks Broadway)
America - Fozzie (Frank Oz), The Muppet Movie (Zoom Express)
Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve - William Daniels; Virginia Vestoff, 1776 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
Cool, Cool, Considerate Men - Cast, 1776 [New Broadway Cast] (TVT)
The Egg - Ken Howard; Rex Everhart; William Daniels, 1776 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
The Flagmaker, 1775 - Jessica Molaskey, Songs for a New World (RCA)
Is Anybody There? - Brent Spiner, 1776 [New Broadway Cast] (TVT)
God Bless America - Kate Smith, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howard's)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

June 22: Wheels

Yes, I'm aware that I'm probably the only person who would pair "Chitty Bang Bang" with "Greased Lightnin'" (NOT "the chicks will scream" version.) This show has some of my favorites: Highway of Love, Wheels, the Taxi number, and Movin' Right Along (I'm a big Muppets fan).

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Henry Ford - Larry Daggett, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (RCA)
Driving at Night - Oscar Hammerstein II, State Fair [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Travel Hopefully - Don Stephenson; John Scherer; Martin Jarvis, By Jeeves [Original Broadway Cast] (Uptown/Universal)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Carrie Fletcher; Emma Williams; George Gillies; Michael Ball, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Original London Cast] (Sony)
Greased Lightnin' - Jim Jacobs, Grease [Original Broadway Cast] (Polygram)
Greased Lightnin' (Reprise) - Rosie O'Donnell, Grease [1994 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)
Cadillac Car - Billy Porter; Darius de Haas; Heather Headley; James Stovall; Norm Lewis, Dreamgirls in Concert: The First Complete Recording Disc 1
Lovin' Al - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording]
Brother Trucker - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
Traffic Jam - James Taylor,
Pump Boys - , Pump Boys & Dinettes: On Broadway (CBS Masterworks)
Taking It Slow - , Pump Boys & Dinettes: On Broadway (CBS Masterworks)
Taxi - Jared Crawford; Raymond King, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk
Movin' Right Along - Kermit (Jim Henson), Fozzie (Frank Oz), The Muppet Movie (Zoom Express)
Taxi Number: Come Up to My Place - Cris Alexander; Nancy Walker, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast]
On the Highway of Love - Danny Burstein, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
The Drive In - Louise Gold, Nunsense
Alone at a Drive-In Movie - Jim Jacobs, Grease [Original Broadway Cast] (Polygram)
Wheels - Barbara Walsh, My Name Will Always Be Alice
Wheels of a Dream - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (RCA Victor Broadway)

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

June 15: We're Family

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Go Visit Your Grandmother - Henrietta Jacobson; Tommy Breslin, 70, Girls, 70 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
I Don't Need Anything but You - Andrea McArdle; Reid Shelton; Sandy Faison, Annie [Original Broadway Cast] [Remastered] (That's Entertainment/Sony)
Family - Randy Newman, James and the Giant Peach (101 DISTRIBUTION)
One Small Girl - Afi McClendon/Ellis Williams/Sheila Gibbs/The Storytellers, Once on This Island (RCA)
My Child - Bernard Reilly; Martin Etheridge; Nick Payn; Rod Edwards; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Susanna Furmanek-Halberda; Terry Johnston; Will Hill, Blood Brothers [International Cast Recording]
I Won't Mind - Audra McDonald, How Glory Goes (Elektra/Asylum)
Five Forever - Sutton Foster, Little Women: The Musical (Sh-K-Boom)
Round My Family Tree - Jim Cummings, The Tigger Movie and More (Disney)
A Handbag Is Not a Proper Mother - John Irving; Sara Seegar, Ernest in Love (DRG)
Look over There - Gene Barry, La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast] (RCA)
Family Values - Ryan Perry, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
Old Clothes - Carolee Carmello, John & Jen (Varese)
Just Like You - Carolee Carmello, John & Jen (Varese)
Not While I'm Around - Edward Sanders, Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007 Deluxe Edition] (Nonesuch)
They Live in You (with Reprise) - Samuel E. Wright, Jason Raize; Tsidi Leloka, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
Children Will Listen - Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc., Etc.: Live at Carnegie Hall -- The Rest of It (Angel)

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

June 8: "Yip" Harburg

(Okay, so my voice is a little rough right now. Blame some kind of allergy I get every spring and fall.)

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - Mandy Patinkin, Mandy Patinkin
You're a Builder Upper - Ethel Merman, American Legends Series: You're the Top (Pro-Arte Records)
I Love to Sing-A - Al Jolson, Cab Calloway, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy: At Warner Bros. 1926-1936 (Turner)
Paper Moon - James Caan, Funny Lady
April in Paris - Klea Blackhurst, Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke's Broadway (Sh-K-Boom)
Down With Love - Judy Garland, The Very Best Of Judy Garland
Lydia the Tattooed Lady - Groucho Marx, At the Circus (Raven)
Satan's Li'l Lamb - Ethel Merman, American Legends Series: You're the Top (Pro-Arte Records)
Ain't It De Truth - Lena Horne, Jamaica (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland, Judy Garland in Hollywood: Her Greatest Movie Hits (Rhino / Wea)
Necessity - Guy Davis; Terri White, Finian's Rainbow [2009 Broadway Revival Cast]
It Was Good Enough for Grandma - Celeste Holm, Bloomer Girl (Decca Broadway)
The Eagle and Me - Chorus; Dooley Wilson, Bloomer Girl (Decca Broadway)
For Every Fish - Adelaide Hall, Jamaica (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe/Addenda to Happiness - Ethel Waters, Cabin in the Sky [Rhino/Angel] (Rhino)
Here's to Your Illusions - Barbara Cook; Jerome Courtland, Flahooley (DRG)
When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love - Malcolm Gets, Finian's Rainbow [2004 Off-Broadway Revival Cast]
Look to the Rainbow - Kate Baldwin; Cheyenne Jackson; Jim Norton, Finian's Rainbow [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Ps Classics)