FEATURED MUSICAL.....MY FAIR LADY.

OVERTURE.
I'M AN ORDINARY MAN.....REX HARRISON.
JUST YOU WAIT........JULIE ANDREWS.
GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME....STANLEY HOLLAWAY.
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE....JOHN MICHEAL KING.#
THE RAIN IN SPAIN...REX HARRISON,JULIE ANDREWS,ROBERT COOTE.

OTHER TARCKS PLAYED.....

If momma was married....Sandra Church, Lane Bradbury..GYPSY.
Heaven help my heart...Elaine Paige...CHESS.
Come what may......MOULIN ROUGE.
Livin la Vida Loca......SHREK.
Don't rain on my parade....Micheal Ball...album..THE MUSICALS.
Some things are meant to be....Megan Mc Ginnis,Sutton Foster...LITTLE WOMEN.
Knowing when to leave.....Jill O hara....PROMISES PROMISES.
Sweet Charity,You wanna Bet.....Cy Coleman,John Mc Martin...SWEET CHARITY.
Copacabana....Gary Wilmot,cast....COPACABANA.
Guido's Song....Raul Julia...NINE.
Reflections...Sally Kellerman...LOST HORIZON.
Mums and Dads....Kids...BLITZ.
I'm always chasing rainbows....Debbie Reynolds...IRENE.
Razzle Dazzle....Jerry Orbach....CHICAGO.
I have confidence....Julie Andrews...THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
The life of the party...David Wayne....THE HAPPY TIME.
How to handle a woman...Richard Burton...CAMELOT.
Losing my mind....Peggy Lee......album WHERE DID THEY GO...SONG FROM "FOLLIES".
Give my regards to Broadway,Overture of Overtures...Barry Manilow,Orchestra....album..SHOWSTOPPERS.
Standing on the corner....Cast...THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
I wanna make the world laugh...Robert Preston..MACK AND MABEL.
Love changes everything....Teatro...album TEATRO.
Doatsy Mae.....Roxie Lucas....THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS.
Lover come back to me....Jeanette Mc Donald...album.ALWAYS TOGETHER.

NEXT WEEK I WILL BE PLAYING AT LEAST ONE OF THE NEW MUSICALS I PROMISED LAST WEEK

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Do you really need every CD of every show that has been performed in the West End or Broadway ? No, definitely not!

Cast albums were introduced on 78s shellac records at the end of the forties, and in some cases before that, but it was Oklahoma that started the whole collector's mania that now has reached such proportions that even flop, or even non-produced shows sell continuously. A ridiculous situation that even I baulk at because I often have to have varied versions of the same show so I have every song in the show. Some CAST ALBUMS omit some of the songs.
If you want Oklahoma get the film soundtrack. It is the best. If you want the Carousel soundtrack get the film version....again it is the best. Newer releases of both these musicals are available, and some have extra tracks not on the aforementioned albums, but they are not always superior.

Orchestrations change to more upbeat and modern versions of some reprised shows. Flower drum song and Annie get you gun have new verions from these shows that recently opened on Broadway.Are they better than the original CAST ALBUMS? Yes,in some characteristics, in others...No. Sometimes the original cast albums are what was originally intended. The New versions sometimes take away that feeling leaving you with a score that loses some of it's flavour.

Is it necessary to have every recorded version of CAMELOT ?
The Laurence Harvey or Richard Harris versions are far inferior to the Richard Burton cast album so in this case stick to the original. There are emissions in all but unless you're a total maniac (LIKE MYSELF) stick to the original.

BELOW IS A LIST OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF SHOWS AVAILABLE.

THE KING AND I.......ELAINE PAGE VERSION.
CAROUSEL.............GORDON MCRAE,SHIRLEY JONES
OKLAHOMA.............GORDON MCRAE,SHIRLEY JONES.
OLIVER...............JONOPHAN PRYCE.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF..TOPOL.
MY FAIR LADY.........JULIE ANDREWS, REX HARRISON.
SWEET CHARITY........GWEN VERDON.
GYPSY................ETHEL MERMAN.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC...JULIE ANDREWS.
CHICAGO..............GWEN VERDON,CHITA RIVERA.
HELLO DOLLY..........PEARL BAILEY,CAB CALLOWAY.
CAMELOT..............RICHARD BURTON.
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN...BERNADETTE PETERS.
WEST SIDE STORY......NATALIE WOOD,RICHARD BEYMER.
SOUTH PACIFIC........MITZI GAYNOR.
ME AND MY GIRL.......ROBERT LINDSEY..(AMERICAN VERSION)

Some of the above titles are the film versions which have often lusher orchestrations than the stage versions. But they are superior in vocal performance and pace.

Happy collecting!

Got to Cliff at last. Not many radio stations play a Cliff Richard hit....I don't know why? He has sold tons more records than many other Big british artists and his longevity is amazing. Six decades!

An International star with entries in the charts of America,Canada,South Africa,Germany,Spain,New Zealand and literally the whole of Europe. To find his top ten worldwide singles has been challenging but Next Tuesday Night between 8-10pm on Tudnofm 107.8 I will be playing them. You can also tune in online at TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

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THE TOP HITS FOR THE DRIFTERS.....

1....SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME.
2....THERE GOES MY BABY.
3....DANCE WITH ME.
4....UNDER THE BOARDWALK.
5....UP ON THE ROOF.
6....ON BROADWAY.
7....PLEASE STAY.
8....SWEETS FOR MY SWEET.
9....SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.
10...I COUNT THE TEARS.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Don't smoke in bed....Carly Simon....album..FILM NOIR.
Get me to the church on time....Rosemary Clooney....album..ROSIE SOLVES THE SWINGING RIDDLE.
Mournin' glory story....Nilsson....album...ONE, THE BEST OF...
I just don't know what to do with myself....Dusty Springfield....album...HITS COLLECTION.
You can't rollerskate though a buffalo herd....Roger Miller...album...GOLD.
The perfect year.....Gary Wilmot,Carol Kenyon...album..WHERE IS LOVE.
Caprice....Doris Day....album THE 1960S SINGLES.
Hello Dolly.....Frank Sinatra....album...THE REPRISE YEARS..BOX SET.
Fly me to the moon.....album...SWINGING WITH THE BIG BAND.
Don't take away my heaven....Johnny Mathis...album..BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME.
Breaking up is hard to do....Neil Sedaka...album...THE BEST OF....
She's a mystery to me....Roy Orbison...album..THE VERY BEST OF....
Go Lassie go.....The new Christy Minstrels.....album...COAT YOUR MINDS WITH HONEY.
Dear heart...Jack Jones....album...THE BEST OF...
Walk away....Matt Munro....album...THE ULTIMATE...
Yep!...Duane Eddy...album...DANCE WITH THE GUITAR MAN.
Come rain or come shine....Natalie Cole...album...STILL UNFORGETTABLE.
Who's got the action.....Dean Martin...album ..FOREVER COOL.
Whisper of angels.....Amici....album AMICI FOREVER.
Give me the moonlight...Sammy Davis Jnr....album..THE REPRISE YEARS.

Popular American group the Drifters are my next excursion into the Top Twenty Worldwide Singles series. The Drifters line-up has changed dramatically since the late fifties and early sixties when they're recordings were legendary especially with Ben E King. Even when he left the group to persue a single career their quality and hits continued coming. After a brief spell when they leaned back on their old hits they revived in Britain with several big hits....however these do not figure in their top ten which mostly contains their old classics.

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THE ROY ORBISON TOP TEN.

1....PRETTY WOMAN.
2....IT'S OVER.
3....RUNNING SCARED.
4....YOU GOT IT.
5....ONLY THE LONELY.
6....CRYING.
7....IN DREAMS.
8....DREAM BABY.
9....MEAN WOMAN BLUES.
10...BLUE ANGEL.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....
You've lost that loving feelin'....Nancy Wilson...album..THE VERY BEST OF....
Rose Rose I love you....Frankie Laine....album..GREATEST HITS.
What are doing the rest of your life....Dusty Springfield...album...THE LOOK OF LOVE.
Grazie Prego Scusi.....Dean Martin....album...THE VERY BEST OF VOL 2.
Only Yesterday....Nat King Cole...album..I DON'T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE.
My kind of town.....Julie London...Album..FEELING GOOD.
The Coffee song....Frank Sinatra.....REPRISE BOX SET.
Harry Potter Theme....L'orchestra Cinematique....album..MOVIE MASTERPIECES.
The Last Farewell....Roger Whittiker....album..THE VERY BEST OF..
Love story....Shirley Bassey...album...THE GREATEST HITS.
Dolphin....Alexandra Rybak.....album FAIRYTALES.
You must love me....Connie Fisher...album..SECRET LOVE.
Lovesick Blues....Frank Ifield....album THE BEST OF...
My Rock and foundation....Peggy Lee....album WHERE DID THEY GO.
But not for me....Doris Day....album..DAY BY DAY.
Don't let the rain come down....Ronnie Hilton...album..THE VERY BEST OF...
Fever...Peggy Lee...Hoots mon...Lord Rockingham's eleven...King Creole....Elvis Presley....Fever....Peggy Lee..Yakety Yak....Coasters......ALBUM 1958 BRITISH HIT PARADE.
That's all.....Bobby Darin....album THAT'S ALL.
50 ways to leave your lover....Rosemary Clooney...album.NICE TO BE AROUND.
Leave right now....Will Young....album..FRIDAY'S CHILD.
Perfidia....Ventures....album..THE VENTURES

All that jazz reprise........Cast.....CHICAGO.
Bottle dance.......Orchestra....FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
Shall I tell you what I think of you.....Elaine Paige....THE KING AND I.
I dreamed a dream......Patti LuPone.....LES MISERABLES.

FEATURED MUSICAL.....HELLO DOLLY.

I PUT MY HAND IN.
PUT ON YOUR SUNDAY CLOTHES
RIBBONS DOWN MY BACK.
HELLO DOLLY

MARY MARTIN,CAROL CHANNING,PEARL BAILEY,CHARLES NELSON REILLY,JERRY DODGE,EILEEN BRENNAN.

Baby dream your dream....Gwen Verdon,Thelma Oliver,Thelma Gallagher...SWEET CHARITY.
Do I love you....John Barrowman....album....JOHN BARROWMAN SWINGS COLE PORTER.
Glass bottom boat.....Doris Day.....album THE 1960'S SINGLES.
I'm always chasing rainbows....Judy Garland....album....HER GREATEST HITS.
I should care.....Jeff Chandler....album..DID YOU KNOW THESE STARS ALSO SANG?
The night they invented champagne.....Gary Wilmot...album..WHERE IS LOVE.
Museum Song.....Jim Dale.....BARNUM.
Open a new window.....Angela Lansbury....MAME.
Omigod you guys......Laura Bell Bundy.....LEGALLY BLOND.
Love unspoken.....David Hughes,June Bronhill.....THE MERRY WIDOW.
Goodbye(MY HEART IS BROKEN)....David croft....WHITE HORSE INN.
Love is here.....Cast.....THE LIKES OF US.

Next week I will be playing the forgotten songs in Musicals....there's plenty of them and some of them are very good...some not so good, but I will attempt tp play them all Next week Sunday July 19th on Tudnofm 107.8 or listen live on Tudnofm.co.uk

MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS.....SUNDAYS 2-4PM
TUDNO TALKS...............MONDAYS 10-12 MID MORNING.
FRIDAYS 10-12 MID MORNING.
EASY LISTENING SHOW.......TUESDAYS 8.10PM

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Lynne Emmerson was my first guest on Magic of the Musicals on Tudnofm and to celebrate a year on radio she is returning to be my guest on Sunday.

She is Noda representative for North Wales and therefore is fully involved in the Amateur musical scene in the area often visiting other productions all over the area. She has performed and produced countless musicals and I will be playing some of the musicals she has played in and discussing the current state of Musicals both Amateur and professional.

Tune in on Sunday 14th July 2-4pm on TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUNDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

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Roy Orbison was the most respected 'pop' singer amongst the musicians and singers in his own profession. Without a doubt, nobody could not feel a tingle in their bones when they heard some of his symphonic hit songs. A worldwide, highly regarded singer of classic pop songs, it is almost inconceivable to guess what were his biggest sellers.I will be collating these from different sources and playing them on my show on July 14th,Tuesday night between 8-10pm.Take in the wondrous voice of Roy Orbison on TUDNOFM.107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

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