The Music Man (original Broadway cast recording)

The Music Man
Cast recording
Releasedlate 1957 or early 1958
LabelCapitol
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Broadway cast recording of the 1957 musical The Music Man was released as an album by Capitol Records. The original release formats included LP, 4×EP, and reel-to-reel tape.[2]

The album spent several weeks at number one on Billboard's Best Selling LPs chart.[5]

Track listing

12-inch LP (Capitol WAO 990)

Side 1
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Overture & Rock Island"Orchestra, Paul Reed & The Traveling Salesmen 
2."Iowa Stubborn"Ensemble 
3."Ya Got Trouble"Robert Preston & Ensemble 
4."Piano Lesson"Barbara Cook & Pert Kelton 
5."Goodnight My Someone"Barbara Cook 
6."Seventy-Six Trombones"Robert Preston & Ensemble 
7."Sincere"The Buffalo Bills 
8."The Sadder-but-Wiser Girl for Me"Robert Preston 
9."Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little & Goodnight Ladies"Misses Raymond, Swann, Mondo, Rice, Flynn & The Buffalo Bills 
Side 2
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Marian the Librarian"Robert Preston 
2."My White Knight"Barbara Cook 
3."Wells Fargo Wagon"Eddie Hodges & Ensemble 
4."It's You"The Buffalo Bills 
5."Shipoopi"Iggie Wolfington & Ensemble 
6."Lida Rose and Will I Ever Tell You"Barbara Cook & The Buffalo Bills 
7."Gary, Indiana"Eddie Hodges 
8."Till There Was You"Barbara Cook & Robert Preston 
9."Finale"Entire Company 

References

  1. ^ "The Music Man [Original Broadway Cast] - Origi... | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ Meredith Willson - The Music Man - Original Broadway Cast, 1958, retrieved 2024-12-27
  3. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (June 23, 1958). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (April 7, 1958). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ [3][4]