Broadway Divas

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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Unfortunately containing the vastly overused "D" word in its title, RCA Victor's Broadway Divas, one of a series of releases to commemorate the label's 100th anniversary, is a compilation of recordings by musical actresses culled from RCA's vast catalog of show music. It ranges from Eartha Kitt's performance of Arthur Siegel and June Carroll's "Monotonous" from the Broadwaymusical revue New Faces of 1952 to Julia Murney's performance of Andrew Lippa's "Raise the Roof" from the off-Broadway musical The Wild Party, which ran at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2000. But that spread of nearly 48 years is deceptive; actually, the Kitt recording is the only one that dates from...
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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Unfortunately containing the vastly overused "D" word in its title, RCA Victor's Broadway Divas, one of a series of releases to commemorate the label's 100th anniversary, is a compilation of recordings by musical actresses culled from RCA's vast catalog of show music. It ranges from Eartha Kitt's performance of Arthur Siegel and June Carroll's "Monotonous" from the Broadwaymusical revue New Faces of 1952 to Julia Murney's performance of Andrew Lippa's "Raise the Roof" from the off-Broadway musical The Wild Party, which ran at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2000. But that spread of nearly 48 years is deceptive; actually, the Kitt recording is the only one that dates from before 1963. Four of the tracks come from the 1960s, two from the '70s, two from the '80s, and five from the '90s. The present-day orientation is further dramatized when you note the absence from the list of anything by Gwen Verdon or Chita Rivera, even though they made cast recordings for RCA, and the presence of a ringer like Sarah Jessica Parker, who has had some Broadway musical experience but hardly ranks with some of the other names here and no doubt is included only because of the television clout of her non-musical television series Sex and the City. This, then, is not the definitive collection of theater songstresses, even though there are some wonderful performances. The late Madeline Kahn, ably handling the tongue twister "Getting Married Today" one of five titles by Stephen Sondheim, provides one of them, and another comes from Barbara Harris' "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" from the original cast album of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Just think of the set as a sampler rather than a history, and you'll have a good time with it.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/7/2001
  • Label: Rca Victor Broadway
  • UPC: 090266380527
  • Catalog Number: 63805
  • Sales rank: 132,050

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 I Got the Sun in the Morning, song (from "Annie Get your Gun") - Ethel Merman (4:14)
  2. 2 Sing Happy - Liza Minnelli (3:29)
  3. 3 Mean to Me - Nell Carter (3:02)
  4. 4 Children And Art - Bernadette Peters (4:50)
  5. 5 Before I Kiss The World Goodbye - Mary Martin (3:14)
  6. 6 Being Alive - Patti LuPone (2:49)
  7. 7 Monotonous - Eartha Kitt (3:44)
  8. 8 Shy - Mary Lou Rosato (4:19)
  9. 9 All That Jazz - Bebe Neuwirth (5:03)
  10. 10 Raise The Roof - Julia K. Murney (3:12)
  11. 11 Getting Married Today - Jeanne Lehman (4:17)
  12. 12 Back To Before - Marin Mazzie (3:47)
  13. 13 Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook (4:17)
  14. 14 What Did I Have That I Don't Have? - Barbara Harris (4:23)
  15. 15 Everything's Coming Up Roses - Angela Lansbury (3:03)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Barbara Cook Vocals, Track Performer
Eartha Kitt Vocals, Track Performer
Ethel Merman Vocals, Track Performer
Liza Minnelli Vocals, Track Performer
Mandy Patinkin Vocals
Mary Martin Vocals, Track Performer
Bernadette Peters Vocals
Patti LuPone Vocals, Track Performer
Bebe Neuwirth Vocals, Track Performer
Angela Lansbury Vocals, Track Performer
Madeline Kahn Vocals, Track Performer
Marin Mazzie Vocals, Track Performer
Julia K. Murney Vocals, Track Performer
David Baker Track Performer
David Baker Vocals
Nell Carter Vocals, Track Performer
Barbara Harris Track Performer
Mark Jacoby Vocals
Sarah Jessica Parker Track Performer
Mary Lou Rosato Vocals, Track Performer
Jeanne Lehman Vocals
Annie Get Your Gun Cast Ensemble Vocal Ensemble
Barbara Harris Vocals
David Aaron Baker Vocals
Technical Credits
Benny Carter Composer
Hugo Winterhalter Producer, Engineer
Joe Linhart Producer
Andrew Lippa Producer
Norman Newell Producer
Jay David Saks Producer, Engineer
Andy Wiswell Producer, Engineer
George R. Marek Producer, Engineer
Bill Rosenfield Liner Notes, Direction
Thomas Z. Shepard Producer, Engineer
Jon Samuels Mastering
June Carroll Lyricist
Arthur Siegel Composer, Lyricist
Jon M. Samuels Mastering
Marshall Barer Composer
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