#showtune — Public Fediverse posts

"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a #showTune written by American composer #JeromeKern and lyricist #OttoHarbach for the 1933 #musicalComedy #Roberta. The song was sung in the Broadway show by #TamaraDrasin. It was first recorded by #GertrudeNiesen, with orchestral direction from #RaySinatra, Frank Sinatra's second cousin, on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by #RCAVictor, with the #Bside "Jealousy", a song featuring #IshamJones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfBboBz3yoc

"Shall We Dance?" is a #showTune from the 1951 #RodgersAndHammerstein #musical, #TheKingAndI. It is sung by the characters of Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam, originated on Broadway by #GertrudeLawrence and #YulBrynner respectively. #ValerieHobson played Anna in the original #London #WestEnd production, and #MarniNixon (who sang the songs while #DeborahKerr lip-synced) in the 1956 film of The King and I. The song comes about after Anna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkDy6Vdzw3I

"Shall We Dance?" is a #showTune from the 1951 #RodgersAndHammerstein #musical, #TheKingAndI. It is sung by the characters of Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam, originated on Broadway by #GertrudeLawrence and #YulBrynner respectively. #ValerieHobson played Anna in the original #London #WestEnd production, and #MarniNixon (who sang the songs while #DeborahKerr lip-synced) in the 1956 film of The King and I. The song comes about after Anna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgVPnWmUqd4

Musical Interlude: OK, yesterday was my sixtieth birthday. I'm not sure I feel it, and wonder if I should...you know how that goes. But, anyway....I love this song, and I dedicate this to myself and anyone else kind of amazed that they're still around.

"I'm Still Here," performed live by Yvonne de Carlo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4

#MusicalInterlude #ShowTune #Sondheim #YvonneDeCarlo #Diva #BeltItOutGirl #Follies #Survival #GettingOlder