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Recording Details

Date: 1996
Type: Audio / Stage Cast / (Compilation)
Language: English
Music: Phil Charig (8), Sam E. Fain (202), Jerome Kern (659), James McHugh (230), Milton Pascal (9), Dan Shapiro (8), Various (574), Kurt Weill (341), Jack Yellen (55)
Lyrics: Harold Adamson (120), Maxwell Anderson (101), Phil Charig (8), Al Dubin (188), Sam E. Fain (202), Milton Pascal (9), Herbert Reynolds (13), Dan Shapiro (8), Various (574), Jack Yellen (55)
Producer: Andy McKaie (9)
Liner Notes: Max O. Preeo (27)
Conductor: Maurice Abravanel (11), Irving Actman (4), Robert Billig (18), Jay Blackton (75), Pembroke Davenport (15), Salvatore Dell'Isola (14), Frederick Dvonch (14), Lehman Engel (116), Will Irwin (10), Dick Jacobs (17), Leonard Joy (23), Arthur Kay (6), Stanley Lebowsky (31), Maurice Levine (26), Joseph Littau (9), Max Meth (12), Lyn Murray (18), Sy Oliver (47), Don Pippin (47), Colin Romoff (9), Milton Rosenstock (35), Artie Schroeck (4), Raymond Scott (14), Elie Siegmeister (4), Ray Sinatra (21), Alexander Smallens (9), Kathy Sommer (5), Harry Sosnik (33), Linda Twine (7), Art Wagner (2), Neil Warner (10), Clay Warnick (21), Jeff Waxman (4), René Wiegert (10)
Performer: Edith Adams (20), Robert Alda (18), Jonelle Allen (6), Lauren Bacall (13), Pearl Bailey (94), Kenny Baker [1] (31), Scott Bakula (15), Kaye Ballard (62), Billy Barnes (19), Irving Berlin (710), Isabel Bigley (14), Vivian Blaine (45), Helena Bliss (8), Ray Bolger (65), Joe Bova (4), David Brooks (15), Lawrence Brooks (9), Anne Brown (19), Betty Bruce (7), Ralph Bruneu, Carol Burnett (52), Eddie Cantor (78), Jan Clayton (25), June Clyde (5), Betty Comden (240), Kay Coulter (4), Jean Darling (7), Sammy Davis Jr. (129), Clifton Davis (8), Gloria DeHaven (45), Ken Delmar, Johnny Desmond (38), Alfred Drake (89), Sandy Duncan (10), Todd Duncan (23), Eva Jessye Choir (9), Harvey Evans (20), Wilbur Evans (13), Nanette Fabray (35), Eileen Farrell (31), Dick Foran (12), Eddie Foy Jr. (22), Alison Fraser (36), Betty Garrett (55), Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (6), Dolores Gray (52), Adolph Green (247), Tammy Grimes (27), Pat Hammerlee (2), Mary Hatcher (4), June Havoc (12), Katharine Hepburn (8), Jerry Herman (258), Celeste Holm (39), Walter Huston (23), Burl Ives (37), Joyce Jameson (5), Daniel Jenkins (16), Christine Johnson (6), Susan Johnson (16), Betty Kean (3), Jane Kean (6), Richard Kiley (47), Harold Lang [1] (17), Paula Laurence (18), Gertrude Lawrence (104), Beatrice Lillie (41), Robert Lindsay (19), Avon Long (26), Patti LuPone (99), Mary Martin (180), Allyn McLerie (13), Ethel Merman (226), Carmen Miranda (57), Ricardo Montalbán (32), Gertrude Niesen (15), Corporal Earl Oxford (3), Bernadette Peters (88), Alice Playten (20), Maryann Plunkett (4), John Raitt (87), Gerrianne Raphael (7), Ron Richardson (3), Chita Rivera (77), Joan Roberts (23), Shirley Ross (34), Ruth Rubinstein (2), Rosalind Russell (17), Julia Sanderson (5), Vivienne Segal (18), Muriel Smith (21), Bobby Van (22), Ben Vereen (25), Victor Young & His Orchestra (17), Nancy Walker [1] (47), Julie Warren (7), Millie Weitz (4), Dooley Wilson (22)
Shortcode: [r5134]

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Format: 4-CD
Label: Decca 11353
Release Date: 1996-03-12
UPC / EAN: 008811135324
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Also Contains: Now Is The Time / Never Again - 1955 Johnny Desmond
Something for the Boys / By the Mississinewah - 1944 Paula Laurence & Betty Garrett
Where's Charley? - 1948 Original Broadway Cast
Includes Tracks From: On Your Toes - 1954 Revival Cast
Fade Out, Fade In - 1964 Original Broadway Cast
Arms and the Girl - 1950 Original Broadway Cast
One Touch of Venus - 1943 Original Broadway Cast
Parade - 1960 Original Off-Broadway Cast
Mexican Hayride - 1944 Original Broadway Cast
The Boy Friend - 1970 Broadway Cast
Annie Get Your Gun - 1946 Original Broadway Cast
Coco - 1970 Original Broadway Cast
The Golden Apple - 1954 Original Broadway Cast
Lost in the Stars - 1949 Original Broadway Cast
Call Me Madam - 1950 Original Cast Members
On the Town - 1944 Original Cast Members
Carmen Jones - 1944 Original Broadway Cast
Romance Romance - 1988 Original Broadway Cast
Destry Rides Again - 1959 Original Broadway Cast
Milk and Honey - 1961 Original Broadway Cast
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - 1978 Original Broadway Cast
Carousel - 1945 Original Broadway Cast
Evita - 1979 Original Los Angeles Cast
Call Me Mister - 1946 Original Broadway Cast
Panama Hattie - 1940 Studio Cast
Applause - 1970 Original Broadway Cast
Wonderful Town - 1953 Original Broadway Cast
Me and My Girl - 1986 Original Broadway Cast
Big River - 1985 Original Broadway Cast
Sing Out, Sweet Land! - 1944 Original Broadway Cast
Bloomer Girl - 1944 Original Broadway Cast
Roberta - 1944 Studio Cast (Kitty Carlisle)
Doonesbury - 1983 Original Broadway Cast
Look Ma, I'm Dancin'! - 1948 Original Broadway Cast
High Spirits - 1964 Original Broadway Cast
Donnybrook! - 1961 Original Broadway Cast
Mr. Wonderful - 1956 Original Broadway Cast
Song of Norway - 1944 Original Cast
The King and I - 1951 Original Broadway Cast
A Connecticut Yankee - 1943 Broadway Cast
Mack & Mabel - 1974 Original Broadway Cast
Jesus Christ Superstar - 1971 Original Broadway Cast
Two Gentlemen of Verona - 1971 Original Broadway Cast
Ankles Aweigh - 1955 Original Broadway Cast
Texas, Li'l Darlin' - 1949 Original Broadway Cast
Seventh Heaven - 1955 Original Broadway Cast
Man of La Mancha - 1965 Original Broadway Cast
Guys and Dolls - 1950 Original Broadway Cast
Oklahoma! - 1943 Original Broadway Cast
Once Upon a Mattress - 1959 Original Broadway Cast
Up in Central Park - 1945 Original Cast Members
Porgy and Bess - 1940 Original Cast Members
Lute Song - 1946 Mary Martin
The Billy Barnes Revue - 1959 Original Broadway Cast
Thirty Minutes With Beatrice Lillie - Beatrice Lillie
Songs She Has Made Famous - 1947 Ethel Merman
A Souvenir Album - 1953 Gertrude Lawrence
Mary Martin in an Album of Cole Porter Songs - 1940 Mary Martin
This Is the Army - 1944 Studio Cast
Chain Store Daisy / Sing Me A Song With Social Significance - 1938 Original Cast
One Big Union for Two / Nobody Makes a Pass At Me - 1938 Original Cast
Henry, Sweet Henry / Poor Little Person - 1967 Alice Playten
Porgy and Bess Volume Two - 1942 Broadway Revival Cast Members
# Tracks: 94
Lists: 45 collectors / 3 wish lists
History: 13 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl6253]

	Disc 1:
1.	Oklahoma! Finale -- Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts song from Oklahoma! track from Oklahoma! [1943 Original Broadway Cast]
2.	Paree -- Beatrice Lillie song from At Home Abroad track from Thirty Minutes With Beatrice Lillie [Beatrice Lillie]
3.	Nobody Makes a Pass at Me -- Millie Weitz song from Pins and Needles track from One Big Union for Two / Nobody Makes a Pass At Me [1938 Original Cast]
4.	Chain Store Daisy -- Ruth Rubinstein song from Pins and Needles track from Chain Store Daisy / Sing Me A Song With Social Significance [1938 Original Cast]
5.	South American Way -- Carmen Miranda song from Streets of Paris
6.	My Heart Belongs to Daddy -- Mary Martin song from Leave It to Me! track from Mary Martin in an Album of Cole Porter Songs [1940 Mary Martin]
7.	It Never Entered My Mind -- Shirley Ross song from
8.	I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' -- Todd Duncan song from Porgy and Bess track from Porgy and Bess [1940 Original Cast Members]
9.	I've Still Got My Health -- Ethel Merman song from Panama Hattie track from Panama Hattie [1940 Studio Cast]
10.	They Didn't Believe Me -- Julia Sanderson song from The Girl from Utah
11.	Making Whoopee -- Eddie Cantor song from Show Business
12.	Thank You, North America -- Carmen Miranda song from Sons O'Fun
13.	We're Having A Baby (My Baby And Me) -- Eddie Cantor and June Clyde song from Banjo Eyes
14.	There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York -- Avon Long and Anne Brown song from Porgy and Bess track from Porgy and Bess Volume Two [1942 Broadway Revival Cast Members]
15.	I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen -- Corporal Earl Oxford song from This Is the Army track from This Is the Army [1944 Studio Cast]
16.	Oh, How I Hate to Get up in the Morning -- Irving Berlin song from Yip Yip Yaphank track from This Is the Army [1944 Studio Cast]
17.	The Surrey With the Fringe on Top -- Alfred Drake song from Oklahoma! track from Oklahoma! [1943 Original Broadway Cast]
18.	I Cain't Say No -- Celeste Holm song from Oklahoma! track from Oklahoma! [1943 Original Broadway Cast]
19.	That's Him -- Mary Martin song from One Touch of Venus track from One Touch of Venus [1943 Original Broadway Cast]
20.	Speak Low -- Mary Martin and Kenny Baker song from One Touch of Venus track from One Touch of Venus [1943 Original Broadway Cast]
21.	Thou Swell -- Dick Foran and Julie Warren song from A Connecticut Yankee track from A Connecticut Yankee [1943 Broadway Cast]
22.	To Keep My Love Alive (Parts 1 & 2) -- Vivienne Segal song from A Connecticut Yankee track from A Connecticut Yankee [1943 Broadway Cast]
23.	Dat's Love -- Muriel Smith song from Carmen Jones track from Carmen Jones [1944 Original Broadway Cast]
	Disc 2:
1.	There Must Be Someone for Me -- June Havoc song from Mexican Hayride track from Mexican Hayride [1944 Original Broadway Cast]
2.	I Love You -- Wilbur Evans song from Mexican Hayride track from Mexican Hayride [1944 Original Broadway Cast]
3.	Something for the Boys -- Paula Laurence song from Something for the Boys track from Something for the Boys / By the Mississinewah [1944 Paula Laurence & Betty Garrett]
4.	By The Mississinewah -- Paula Laurence and Betty Garrett song from Something for the Boys track from Something for the Boys / By the Mississinewah [1944 Paula Laurence & Betty Garrett]
5.	Let's Begin -- Paula Laurence and Alfred Drake song from Roberta track from Roberta [1944 Studio Cast (Kitty Carlisle)]
6.	Evelina -- David Brooks and Celeste Holm song from Bloomer Girl track from Bloomer Girl [1944 Original Broadway Cast]
7.	The Eagle and Me -- Dooley Wilson song from Bloomer Girl track from Bloomer Girl [1944 Original Broadway Cast]
8.	September Song -- Walter Huston song from Knickerbocker Holiday
9.	Strange Music -- Lawrence Brooks and Helena Bliss song from Song of Norway track from Song of Norway [1944 Original Cast]
10.	Twelve O'Clock And All Is Well -- Gertrude Niesen song from Follow the Girls
11.	I Wanna Get Married -- Gertrude Niesen song from Follow the Girls
12.	I Can Cook Too -- Nancy Walker song from On the Town track from On the Town [1944 Original Cast Members]
13.	I Get Carried Away -- Betty Comden and Adolph Green song from On the Town track from On the Town [1944 Original Cast Members]
14.	Close As Pages in a Book -- Wilbur Evans and Eileen Farrell song from Up in Central Park track from Up in Central Park [1945 Original Cast Members]
15.	Currier and Ives -- Betty Bruce song from Up in Central Park track from Up in Central Park [1945 Original Cast Members]
16.	The Big Rock Candy Mountain -- Burl Ives track from Sing Out, Sweet Land! [1944 Original Broadway Cast]
17.	If I Loved You -- Jan Clayton and John Raitt song from Carousel track from Carousel [1945 Original Broadway Cast]
18.	June Is Bustin' Out All Over -- Christine Johnson and Jean Darling song from Carousel track from Carousel [1945 Original Broadway Cast]
19.	Moutain High, Valley Low -- Mary Martin song from Lute Song track from Lute Song [1946 Mary Martin]
20.	South America, Take It Away -- Betty Garrett song from Call Me Mister track from Call Me Mister [1946 Original Broadway Cast]
21.	You Can't Get a Man with a Gun -- Ethel Merman song from Annie Get Your Gun track from Annie Get Your Gun [1946 Original Broadway Cast]
22.	They Say It's Wonderful -- Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton song from Annie Get Your Gun track from Annie Get Your Gun [1946 Original Broadway Cast]
23.	Eadie Was A Lady (Parts 1 & 2) -- Ethel Merman song from Take a Chance track from Songs She Has Made Famous [1947 Ethel Merman]
	Disc 3: (BONUS)
1.	I Got Rhythm -- Ethel Merman song from Girl Crazy track from Songs She Has Made Famous [1947 Ethel Merman]
2.	I Get a Kick out of You -- Ethel Merman song from Anything Goes track from Songs She Has Made Famous [1947 Ethel Merman]
3.	Gotta Dance -- Harold Lang song from Look Ma, I'm Dancin'! track from Look Ma, I'm Dancin'! [1948 Original Broadway Cast]
4.	I'm the First Girl in the Second Row -- Nancy Walker song from Look Ma, I'm Dancin'! track from Look Ma, I'm Dancin'! [1948 Original Broadway Cast]
5.	Make a Miracle -- Ray Bolger and Allyn Ann McLerie song from Where's Charley? track from Where's Charley? [1948 Original Broadway Cast]
6.	Once in Love with Amy -- Ray Bolger song from Where's Charley? track from Where's Charley? [1948 Original Broadway Cast]
7.	Lost in the Stars -- Todd Duncan song from Lost in the Stars track from Lost in the Stars [1949 Original Broadway Cast]
8.	The Yodel Blues -- Mary Hatcher and Kenny Delmar song from Texas, Li'l Darlin' track from Texas, Li'l Darlin' [1949 Original Broadway Cast]
9.	A Girl with a Flame -- Nanette Fabray song from Arms and the Girl track from Arms and the Girl [1950 Original Broadway Cast]
10.	There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love -- Pearl Bailey song from Arms and the Girl track from Arms and the Girl [1950 Original Broadway Cast]
11.	The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball -- Ethel Merman song from Call Me Madam track from Call Me Madam [1950 Original Cast Members]
12.	I'll Know -- Robert Alda and Isabelle Bigley song from Guys and Dolls track from Guys and Dolls [1950 Original Broadway Cast]
13.	Adelaide's Lament -- Vivian Blaine song from Guys and Dolls track from Guys and Dolls [1950 Original Broadway Cast]
14.	Jenny -- Gertrude Lawrence song from Lady in the Dark track from A Souvenir Album [1953 Gertrude Lawrence]
15.	Getting to Know You -- Gertrude Lawrence song from The King and I track from The King and I [1951 Original Broadway Cast]
16.	Ohio -- Rosalind Russell and Edith Adams song from Wonderful Town track from Wonderful Town [1953 Original Broadway Cast]
17.	Lazy Afternoon -- Kaye Ballard song from The Golden Apple track from The Golden Apple [1954 Original Broadway Cast]
18.	There's a Small Hotel -- Bobby Van and Kay Coulter song from On Your Toes track from On Your Toes [1954 Revival Cast]
19.	Eleven O'Clock Song song from Ankles Aweigh track from Ankles Aweigh [1955 Original Broadway Cast]
	Finale -- Betty and Jane Kean song from Ankles Aweigh track from Ankles Aweigh [1955 Original Broadway Cast]
20.	Camille, Collette, Fifi -- Chita Rivera, Patricia Hammerlee, and Gerrianne Raphael song from Seventh Heaven track from Seventh Heaven [1955 Original Broadway Cast]
21.	Sun at My Window, Love at My Door -- Ricardo Montalban and Gloria DeHaven song from Seventh Heaven track from Seventh Heaven [1955 Original Broadway Cast]
22.	Now Is The Time -- Johnny Desmond song from The Amazing Adele track from Now Is The Time / Never Again [1955 Johnny Desmond]
23.	Never Again -- Johnny Desmond song from The Amazing Adele track from Now Is The Time / Never Again [1955 Johnny Desmond]
24.	Too Close for Comfort -- Sammy Davis, Jr. song from Mr. Wonderful track from Mr. Wonderful [1956 Original Broadway Cast]
	Disc 4: (BONUS)
1.	Ladies -- Dolores Gray and Girls song from Milk and Honey track from Milk and Honey [1961 Original Broadway Cast]
2.	Fair Warning -- Dolores Gray song from Destry Rides Again track from Destry Rides Again [1959 Original Broadway Cast]
3.	Shy -- Carol Burnett and Joe Bova song from Once Upon a Mattress track from Once Upon a Mattress [1959 Original Broadway Cast]
4.	Too Long at the Fair -- Joyce Jameson and Jackie Joseph song from Billy Barnes Revued track from The Billy Barnes Revue [1959 Original Broadway Cast]
5.	There's No Tune Like A Show Tune -- with entire company and Jerry Herman song from Parade track from Parade [1960 Original Off-Broadway Cast]
6.	I Wouldn't Bet One Penny -- Susan Johnson and Eddie Foy, Jr. song from Donnybrook! track from Donnybrook! [1961 Original Broadway Cast]
7.	You'd Better Love Me -- Tammy Grimes song from High Spirits track from High Spirits [1964 Original Broadway Cast]
8.	The Usher from the Mezzanine -- Carol Burnett song from Fade Out, Fade In track from Fade Out, Fade In [1964 Original Broadway Cast]
9.	The Impossible Dream (The Quest) -- Richard Kiley song from Man of La Mancha track from Man of La Mancha [1965 Original Broadway Cast]
10.	Poor Little Person -- Alice Playten (Single Version) song from Henry, Sweet Henry track from Henry, Sweet Henry / Poor Little Person [1967 Alice Playten]
11.	Coco -- Katharine Hepburn song from Coco track from Coco [1970 Original Broadway Cast]
12.	Welcome To The Theatre -- Lauren Bacall song from Applause track from Applause [1970 Original Broadway Cast]
13.	Won't You Charleston with Me? -- Sandy Duncan and Harvey Evans song from The Boy Friend track from The Boy Friend [1970 Broadway Cast]
14.	Superstar -- Ben Vereen song from Jesus Christ Superstar track from Jesus Christ Superstar [1971 Original Broadway Cast]
15.	Night Letter -- Jonelle Allen and Clifton Davis song from Two Gentlemen of Verona track from Two Gentlemen of Verona [1971 Original Broadway Cast]
16.	Time Heals Everthing -- Bernadette Peters song from Mack & Mabel track from Mack & Mabel [1974 Original Broadway Cast]
17.	Hard Candy Christmas -- entire company song from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas track from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [1978 Original Broadway Cast]
18.	Don't Cry For Me, Argentina -- Patti LuPone song from Evita track from Evita [1979 Original Los Angeles Cast]
19.	Just One Night -- Ralph Bruneu song from Doonesbury track from Doonesbury [1983 Original Broadway Cast]
20.	River in the Rain -- Daniel Jenkins and Ron Richardson song from Big River track from Big River [1985 Original Broadway Cast]
21.	Me and My Girl -- Robert Lindey and Maryann Plunkett song from Me and My Girl track from Me and My Girl [1986 Original Broadway Cast]
22.	I'll Always Remember the Song -- Scott Bakula and Alison Fraser song from Romance Romance track from Romance Romance [1988 Original Broadway Cast]
23.	There's No Business Like Show Business -- Entire company song from Annie Get Your Gun track from Annie Get Your Gun [1946 Original Broadway Cast]

Title: The Best of Front Row Center: Selections from the Broadway Gold Box Set
Format: CD
Label: MCA 11574
Release Date: 1996-03-12
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# Tracks: 16
Lists: 8 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode: [rl7322]

1. Oklahoma! Finale
2. South American Way
3. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
4. Dat's Love
5. I Can Cook Too
6. Close As Pages In A Book
7. I Got Rhythm
8. Once In Love With Amy
9. There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
10. Lazy Afternoon
11. Sun At My Window, Love At My Door
12. There's No Tune Like A Show Tune
13. Won't You Charleston With Me?
14. Time Heals Everything
15. Hard Candy Christmas
16. River In The Rain