Ten Great Classic Musical Comedies to Sing Along With
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Introduction
Is "The Sound of Music" music to your ears? Do you hum "Oklahoma!" in the shower? Lip-sync to "South Pacific" on your way to work? If you are a secret, or not so secret lover of musicals it's time to come out of your shower, car, or closet. Print out some lyrics, rent a bunch of DVD's and invite the gang over for an old-fashioned sing-along. OK? (l-a-h-o-m-a)....
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Showboat.
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
Music: Jerome Kern
Big Show Stopper: "Old Man River" (he don't say nothing, but must know something...)
Tear-jerker Love Song: "Bil" (sigh)
Catchy Tune You Can't Get Out of Your Head: "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (ain't never what a girl supposes...)
Music: Jerome Kern
Big Show Stopper: "Old Man River" (he don't say nothing, but must know something...)
Tear-jerker Love Song: "Bil" (sigh)
Catchy Tune You Can't Get Out of Your Head: "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (ain't never what a girl supposes...)
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Oklahoma!
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
Music: Richard Rodgers
Big Show Stopper: "Oklahoma!" (what were you expecting? Kansas?)
Love Song: "Out of My Dreams"
Catchy Tune: "Surry With the Frindge on Top"
Not to Be Missed: "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No. (Really?) and "The Farmer and the Cowboy Can be Friends" (Really, Really?)
Most recorded number: "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" (and the corn is really as high as an elephant's eye.)
Music: Richard Rodgers
Big Show Stopper: "Oklahoma!" (what were you expecting? Kansas?)
Love Song: "Out of My Dreams"
Catchy Tune: "Surry With the Frindge on Top"
Not to Be Missed: "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No. (Really?) and "The Farmer and the Cowboy Can be Friends" (Really, Really?)
Most recorded number: "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" (and the corn is really as high as an elephant's eye.)
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South Pacific
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
Music: Richard Rodgers
Show Stopper: "Bali H'ai"
Love Song: "Some Enchanted Evening"
Catchy Tune: "There is Nothing Like a Dame" also "Bloody Mary"
Surprisingly Serious Song: "You've Got to be Carefully Taught."
Music: Richard Rodgers
Show Stopper: "Bali H'ai"
Love Song: "Some Enchanted Evening"
Catchy Tune: "There is Nothing Like a Dame" also "Bloody Mary"
Surprisingly Serious Song: "You've Got to be Carefully Taught."
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The King and I
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
Music: Richard Rodgers
Big Show Stopper: "Shall We Dance) (Yuel Brenner style)
Love Song: "Something Wonderful" also "We Kiss in the Shadows"
Catchy Tune: "Hello Young Lovers"
Music: Richard Rodgers
Big Show Stopper: "Shall We Dance) (Yuel Brenner style)
Love Song: "Something Wonderful" also "We Kiss in the Shadows"
Catchy Tune: "Hello Young Lovers"
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My Fair Lady
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Music: Frederick Loewe
Show Stopper: "I Could Have Danced All Night"
Love Song: "On the Street Where You Live"
Catchy Tune: "Get Me To the Church on Time" ('cause I'm getting married in the morning)
Not to Be Missed: "Wouldn't it Be Loverly," "The Rain in Spain," "Just You Wait Henry Higgins" (just you wait and don't forget to drop the 'H')
Music: Frederick Loewe
Show Stopper: "I Could Have Danced All Night"
Love Song: "On the Street Where You Live"
Catchy Tune: "Get Me To the Church on Time" ('cause I'm getting married in the morning)
Not to Be Missed: "Wouldn't it Be Loverly," "The Rain in Spain," "Just You Wait Henry Higgins" (just you wait and don't forget to drop the 'H')
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Oliver!
Lyrics and Music: Lionel Bart
Show Stopper: "Food, Glorious Food!" (what else do we live for?)
Two Super Tear-Jerker Love Songs: "As Long as He Needs Me" plus "Where is Love?"
Catchy Tune: "Consider Yourself"
Not to be Missed: "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" and "I'm Reviewing the Situation"
Show Stopper: "Food, Glorious Food!" (what else do we live for?)
Two Super Tear-Jerker Love Songs: "As Long as He Needs Me" plus "Where is Love?"
Catchy Tune: "Consider Yourself"
Not to be Missed: "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" and "I'm Reviewing the Situation"
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The Music Man
Lyrics and Music: Meredith Wilson
Show Stopper: "Seventy-Six Trombones!"
Sweet Love Song: "Til There Was You"
Catchy Tune: "We've Got Trouble" (right here in River City with a capital T that rhymes with P that stand for pool!)
Not To Be Missed: "The Wells Fargo Wagon" (is a comin' round the bend.)
Show Stopper: "Seventy-Six Trombones!"
Sweet Love Song: "Til There Was You"
Catchy Tune: "We've Got Trouble" (right here in River City with a capital T that rhymes with P that stand for pool!)
Not To Be Missed: "The Wells Fargo Wagon" (is a comin' round the bend.)
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Kiss Me Kate!
Lyrics and Music: Cole Porter
Show Stopper: "It's Too Darn Hot!" (damn hot!), second choice, "Wunderbar!"
Love Song: "So in Love Am I"
Catchy Tune: "Brush Up Your Shakespear" (start quoting him now.)
Not to be Missed: "Tom, Dick and Harry" and "Where is the Life that Late I Led?" (where indeed?"
Show Stopper: "It's Too Darn Hot!" (damn hot!), second choice, "Wunderbar!"
Love Song: "So in Love Am I"
Catchy Tune: "Brush Up Your Shakespear" (start quoting him now.)
Not to be Missed: "Tom, Dick and Harry" and "Where is the Life that Late I Led?" (where indeed?"
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Fiddler on the Roof
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Music: Jerry Bock
Show Stopper: "To Life" (a.k.a. L'Chiam!)
Love Song: "Sunrise, Sunset" (what would wedding bands do without it?"
Catchy Tune: "If I Were a Rich Man" (yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, ya)
Not to Be Missed: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "Do You Love Me?" and "Miracle of Miracles"
Sad Song: "Anatevka"
Music: Jerry Bock
Show Stopper: "To Life" (a.k.a. L'Chiam!)
Love Song: "Sunrise, Sunset" (what would wedding bands do without it?"
Catchy Tune: "If I Were a Rich Man" (yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda, ya)
Not to Be Missed: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "Do You Love Me?" and "Miracle of Miracles"
Sad Song: "Anatevka"
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The Sound of Music
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
Music: Richard Rodgers
Show Stopper: "Climb Every Mountain" (singing nuns!)
Love Song: Actually, for such a famous musical, this one is surprisingly short on love songs. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" may have to do.
Catchy Tunes: But where to begin here? "Do, Re, Mi," "Maria," "The Lonely Goat Herd," (a.k.a. the yodeling song,) "My Favorite Things," and, of course, the hills are alive with "The Sound of Music!"
Music: Richard Rodgers
Show Stopper: "Climb Every Mountain" (singing nuns!)
Love Song: Actually, for such a famous musical, this one is surprisingly short on love songs. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" may have to do.
Catchy Tunes: But where to begin here? "Do, Re, Mi," "Maria," "The Lonely Goat Herd," (a.k.a. the yodeling song,) "My Favorite Things," and, of course, the hills are alive with "The Sound of Music!"
I love it!! Great list!
This is a toe-tappin' terrific list.
I'm happy to see you mentioned one of my favorites, but not very well known - "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"
I'm happy to see you mentioned one of my favorites, but not very well known - "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"
Ooooooklahoma!
This list is one of my favorite things!
This list is one of my favorite things!
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