The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Meredith WillsonConductor: Herbert Greene
Performer: Buffalo Bills
Performer: Barbara Cook
Performer: David Burns
Performer: Eddie Hodges
Performer: Helen Raymond
Performer: Iggie Wolfington
Performer: Paul Reed
Performer: Pert Kelton
Performer: Robert Preston
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Overture/Rock Island
- Iowa Stubborn
- Ya Got Trouble
- Piano Lesson
- Goodnight My Someone
- Seventy Six Trombones
- Sincere
- The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl For Me
- Pick-A-Little/Goodnight Ladies
- Marian The Librarian
- My White Knight
- Wells Fargo Wagon
- It's You
- Shipoopi
- Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You
- Gary, Indiana
- Till There Was You
- Finale
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Free Music Review: A must for Broadway fans
Hit: 5 Stars
I suppose that everyone who is interested in Broadway musicals is familiar with "The Music Man," from seeing it on Broadway, to the movie version, to touring companies, to the unfortunate recent television adaptation, and even to local theater groups.
And, I suppose that most of them listen to the music repeatedly, as I do.
Meredith Willson has written a wonderful variety of music: the rowsing "Seventy-Six Trombones," which became the musical trademark of the show; the hilarious "Pick-a-Little;" the romantic "My White Knight;" and what about the combination of "Trombones" with "Goodnight, My Someone."
The original cast is superb. This is a role which suits Robert Preston's voice and demeanor to a tee. Barbara Cook, of course, is the best, and it really shows here. Add in the supporting cast and the Buffalo Bills, and you have as near perfection as a musical will ever reach.
As I said, a must for Broadway fans.
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Although Robert Preston and Barbara Cook put in stellar performances, it's the music that's the star of this hugely successful document of the 1958 Broadway smash. Written entirely by Meredith Willson, it drew from memories of his childhood in a small Midwestern town. Preston plays a traveling salesman/con artist, while Cook is the dull spinster "Marian the Librarian," whose love for Preston's character makes her come alive. "Seventy-Six Trombones" has become a marching band standard, while "Ya Got Trouble" (featuring dizzying fast-talk from Preston) and "'Til There Was You" (with a gorgeous vocal from Cook) remain well known even among those who have never seen the show. The latter was also a favorite of the Beatles, who covered it on their first album. --Dawn EdenBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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