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3 days ago · Although Sondheim wanted to write the music and lyrics, Merman refused to let another first-time composer write for her and demanded that Jule Styne write the music. Sondheim, concerned that writing lyrics again would pigeonhole him as a lyricist, called his mentor for advice.
1 day ago · The Great American Songbook is the loosely defined canon of significant 20th-century American jazz standards, popular songs, and show tunes .
4 days ago · Jule Styne figured Judy Holliday had what he called "a Charlie Chaplin quality" and the audience would be weeping along with her. Miss Holliday didn't see it that way. She disliked the balloon/moon couplet and refused to sing them.
2 days ago · Patti LuPone. is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott’s award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim George Furth musical Company, Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway revival of the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy and the title role in the original Broadway ...
3 days ago · Jule Styne (music), Arthur Laurents (book), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy / New York, St. James Theatre / the performance I saw was on the evening of May 10, 2008 . My brief summary of the plot of Gypsy in the essay above clouds the fact that it is nearly impossible to say anything coherent about this musical. Words seem out of place in a ...
2 days ago · Here is that song, from the 1954 film of the same name which starred Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara, and Rossano Brazzi. Sinatra’s recording reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles, and #1 in the UK. The music was written by Jule Styne. Video unavailable. Watch on ...
3 days ago · This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
