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Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

Location:

United States

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WFMU

Description:

Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

Language:

English


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moving paper fantasy from Jan 17, 2025

1/17/2025
Prince - "Take Me With U" - Purple Rain [Music & Lyrics: Prince] [0:00:00] Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki - "CASTLE (for my friends)" - CASTLE (for my friends) [Music & Lyrics: Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki] [0:13:00] Brigadoon Ensemble - "Down on MacConnachy Square" - Brigadoon [Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [0:15:47] Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong - "Ad Lib Blues" - Finian's Rainbow (Unreleased Film Soundtrack) [Music & Lyrics: Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong] [0:20:06] Original Cast of Ford-i-fy Your Future - "More Power to You" - The Music from Ford-i-fy Your Future [Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick] [0:21:52] the duprees - "The Exodus Song" - The Exodus Song/Let Them Talk [Music: Ernest Gold Lyrics: Pat Boone] [0:24:52] The Ray Conniff Singers - "An Improvisation on Schubert's Serenade" - Ray Conniff's Concert in Stereo (Live at the Sahara/Tahoe) [Music: Franz Schubert] [0:27:23] Allan Sherman & Sylvia Froos - "A Satchel and a Seck" - More Folk Songs by Allan Sherman and His Friends [Music: Frank Loesser Lyrics: Allan Sherman] [0:39:48] Simon Spiro & Vienna Chamber Orchestra - "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" - Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Volume 2 [Music: Sholom Secunda Lyrics: Jacob Jacobs] [0:42:16] Irena Santor - "Nie Szukaj Mnie" - Rendez-Vous Z Irena Santor [Music: Bogusław Klimczuk Lyrics: Bogusław Choiński & Jan Gałkowski] [0:46:40] Marta Kubisova - "Tajuplnej Hráč" - Tajuplnej Hráč/Vrať Se Mi [Music: Karel Svoboda Lyrics: Ivo Fischer] [0:48:38] Margareta Paslaru - "Lasa-mi, toamna, pomii verzi!" - Editie Aniversara Pepsi/1976 - 1985 [Music: Margareta Paslaru Lyrics: Ana Blandiana] [0:51:29] Helena Vondráčková a Jiří Korn - "Tančit Prý Je Krásné" - Tančit Prý Je Krásné/Ulice Váci [Music: Ondřej Soukup Lyrics: Zdeněk Borovec] [0:54:11] Alex Newell, Jess Glynne & Nile Rodgers - "Kill The Lights" - Kill The Lights [Music & Lyrics: Cassidy Podell, Gregory Cohen, Akil C. King, John R. Lardieri, Jaramye Jael Daniels & Kyle Henry Bailey] [1:07:17] James Rado - "Exanaplanatooch" - DisinHAIRited [Music: Galt MacDermot Lyrics: Gerome Ragni & James Rado] [1:08:54] Bojoura - "Frank Mills" - Frank Mills [Music: Galt MacDermot Lyrics: Gerome Ragni & James Rado] [1:11:14] Burt Bacharach - "lost horizon" - Living Together [Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David] [1:14:28] Bob Dorough - "Little Twelvetoes" - Multiplication Rock (Original Soundtrack Recording From The ABC-Television Series) [Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough] [1:18:06] Migloko & the Schwings Band - "Is This Love" - Is This Love [Music & Lyrics: Bob Marley] [1:29:08] King Oliver & His Orchestra - "Nelson Stomp - Take 2" - the new york sessions 1929-30 [Music: Dave Nelson] [1:31:27] Turk Murphy - "This Way Out" - Oz Turk Plus! [Music: Turk Murphy] [1:34:29] Woody Herman - "Satin Doll" - Live in Antibes, 1965 [Music: Duke Ellington] [1:37:10] Ben Selvin & His Orchestra - "Happy Days Are Here Again" - Lucky Me - Lovable You/Happy Days Are Here Again [Music: Milton Yager Lyrics: Jack Yellen] [1:39:44] Lola Flores - "Ole mi torero" - Lora Flores [Music & Lyrics: Antonio Quintero Ramírez, Manuel Quiroga & Rafael de León] [1:48:23] The State Moscow Chamber Choir - "Spring and a Wizard" - The Night Clouds [Music: Georgy Sviridov Lyrics: Alexander Blok] [1:51:26] Ella Fitzgerald with Paul Weston and His Orchestra - "Russian Lullaby" - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book [Music: Irving Berlin] [1:53:26] Blondie - "A Shark in Jets Clothing" - Blondie [Music & Lyrics: Jimmy Destri] [1:58:06] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148233

Duration:02:06:28

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moon over jazz hands from Jan 10, 2025

1/10/2025
Harry Nilsson - "Lazy Moon" - A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night [Music: J. Rosamond Johnson Lyrics: Bob Cole] [0:00:00] Jackie Wilson - "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - By the Light of the Silvery Moon/Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) [Music: Gus Edwards Lyrics: Edward Madden] [0:05:24] The Mellomen with Thurl Ravenscroft - "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - Barbershop Melodies, Volume 1 [Music & Lyrics: disputed] [0:08:15] Farah Alvin, Beth Malone, Bets Malone & Victoria Matlock - "Allegheny Moon" - The Marvelous Wonderettes: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording [Music & Lyrics: Al Hoffman & Dick Manning] [0:09:48] Bob Dorough - "Old Devil Moon" - Devil May Care [Music: Burton Lane Lyrics: Yip Harburg] [0:11:13] Julienne Marie, Carol Bruce & Elizabeth Allen - "Moon in My Window" - Do I Hear a Waltz? (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [0:26:34] Rise Stevens - "'Neath the Southern Moon" - Victor Herbert Favorites [Music: Victor Herbert Lyrics: Rida Johnson Young] [0:29:30] Cast, Chorus & Orchestra of Ohio Light Opera - "Moonbeams" - The Red Mill [Music: Victor Herbert Lyrics: Henry Blossom] [0:32:23] kate smith - "Moon Song" - Those Wonderful Girls of Stage, Screen & Radio - Original Records of the '30s [Music: Arthur Johnston Lyrics: Sam Coslow] [0:35:59] Travis Hudson & Very Good Eddie Company - "Moon of Love" - Very Good Eddie [Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Anne Caldwell] [0:39:22] Hinton Battle - "Man in the Moon" - The Tap Dance Kid (Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Henry Krieger Lyrics: Robert Lorick] [0:49:12] Will Connolly & Once Ensemble - "The Moon" - Once - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova] [0:51:41] The Spitfire Grill Original Off-Broadway Cast - "A Ring Around the Moon" - The Spitfire Grill [Music: James Valcq Lyrics: Fred Alley] [0:54:09] Tonya Pinkins, Aisha De Haas & Chandra Wilson - "Moon Trio" - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics: Tony Kushner] [1:00:16] Sally Ann Triplett, Paul Gygnell, Charlotte d'Amboise & Gene Anthony Ray - "Don't Waste the Moon" - Carrie the Musical (bootleg) [Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford] [1:02:35] Fleischer Studios - "Dancing on the Moon" - no album [Music: Murray Mencher Lyrics: Charles Tobias] [1:13:46] Brent Barrett with London Sinfonietta & Ambrosian Chorus - "Come to the Moon" - Broadway Showstoppers [Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Lou Paley & Ned Wayburn] [1:18:37] J.W. Myers - "What's the Matter with the Moon Tonight?" - What's the Matter with the Moon Tonight? [Music: A. Baldwin Sloane Lyrics: Sydney Rosenfeld] [1:23:39] Billy Murray - "It's Moonlight All the Time on Broadway" - It's Moonlight All the Time on Broadway [Music: Percy Wenrich Lyrics: Ren Shields] [1:27:05] Ada Jones - "The Moon Has His Eyes On You" - The Moon Has His Eyes On You [Music: Albert Von Tilzer Lyrics: Billy Johnson] [1:30:33] Mel Torme - "i wished on the moon" - Swingin' On The Moon [Music: Ralph Rainger Lyrics: Dorothy Parker] [1:36:58] Mary Martin & Richard Rodgers - "Moon of My Delight" - Mary Martin Sings/Richard Rodgers Plays [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [1:39:02] Sting - "It's Not the Same Moon" - The Last Ship [Music & Lyrics: Sting] [1:41:15] Jonathan Richman - "Blue Moon" - Jonathan Richman [Music: Richard Rodgers] [1:44:06] Frank Ocean - "Moon River" - Moon River [Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Johnny Mercer] [1:47:57] the three degrees - "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon" - The Three Degrees Live [Music & Lyrics: Jimmy Webb] [1:50:55] Beatrice Arthur, Angela Lansbury & Mame Ensemble - "The Man In The Moon" - Mame (A New Musical) [Music & Lyrics: Jerry Herman] [1:59:17] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148004

Duration:02:06:20

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Hallelujah Maybe from Jan 3, 2025

1/3/2025
Bob Martin & The Drowsy Chaperone Original Broadway Cast - "Hello/Fancy Dress" - The Drowsy Chaperone: Original Broadway Cast Recording [Music & Lyrics: Greg Morrison & Lisa Lambert] [0:00:00] Nelson Eddy, Robert Armbruster Chorus & Robert Armbruster Orchestra - "Little Work-A-Day World" - I Married an Angel/Little Work-A-Day World [Music & Lyrics: George Forrest, Herbert Stothart, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers & Robert Wright] [0:19:24] The Four Lads with Ray Ellis and orch. - "Where's Charley? Medley" - Hits from "Where's Charley?" and "Hans Christian Andersen" [Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser] [0:21:52] Orquesta Osvaldo Pugliese, Alexander Farrell & Byelorussian SSR Orchestra - "From Two to Five" - Soviet Union Jazz Selections (1935-1945) [Music & Lyrics: Unknown] [0:27:41] Bing Crosby - "Just One More Chance" - So Rare: Treasures from the Crosby Archives [Music & Lyrics: Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnston] [0:32:50] Janet Evra - "C'est Si Bon" - Meet Me in Paris [Music: Henri Betti Lyrics: André Hornez] [0:36:45] Linda Lavin - "You've Got Possibilities" - It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams] [0:54:32] Aaron Sokoloff, Barbra Streisand, Harold Rome & Jack Carroll - "Four Little Angels of Peace" - Pins and Needles [Music & Lyrics: Harold Rome] [0:56:17] Phil Silvers & Mark Dawson - "Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers" - High Button Shoes (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Sammy Cahn] [0:59:33] Helen Traubel - "All at Once You Love Her (Reprise)" - Pipe Dream [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein] [1:02:51] Robert Morse & Rudy Vallee - "Grand Old Ivy" - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser] [1:05:29] Mandy Patinkin - "When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" - Dress Casual [Music & Lyrics: Harry Woods] [1:07:01] Andrew Bird Trio - "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" - Sunday Morning Put-On [Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II & Frank Mandel] [1:09:30] Oscar Peterson - "Duke Ellington medley" - Unmistakable [Music: Duke Ellington] [1:11:00] Miles Davis Quintet - "It Never Entered My Mind" - Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet [Music: Richard Rodgers] [1:26:40] ahmad jamal - "You'd be so easy to love" - Happy Moods [Music: Cole Porter] [1:30:04] Ike Quebec - "It Might As Well Be Spring" - It Might As Well Be Spring [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [1:33:27] McCoy Tyner - "Days Of Wine And Roses" - Nights of Ballads & Blues [Music: Henry Mancini] [1:39:38] Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Ain't No Sunshine [Music & Lyrics: Bill Withers] [1:42:58] Barbra Streisand - "With One More Look at You" - Release Me [Music & Lyrics: Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher] [1:46:20] Al Bowlly - "Two Sleepy People" - Two Sleepy People/While a Cigarette Was Burning [Music: Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics: Frank Loesser] [1:55:24] Billie Holiday - "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - I'll Get By/On the Sunny Side of the Street [Music: Jimmy McHugh Lyrics: Dorothy Fields] [1:57:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147770

Duration:02:05:52