My Fair Lady [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

by Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison

Overview

The original Broadway cast recording of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical, based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, about the relationship between an elocutionist and a flower girl. This is one of the great musical scores, and includes "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," "I Could Have Danced All Night," and "On the Street Where You Live," sung by a cast that includes Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway. The album spent 15 weeks at number one in the charts in 1956. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2009
Label:	Masterworks Broadway
UPC:	0886974991724

Tracks

1. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. Overture
2. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. Why Can't The English?
3. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. Wouldn't It Be Loverly
4. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. With A Little Bit Of Luck
5. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. I'm An Ordinary Man
6. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. Just You Wait
7. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. The Rain In Spain
8. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. I Could Have Danced All Night
9. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. Ascot Gavotte
10. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 1. On The Street Where You Live
11. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 2. You Did It
12. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 2. Show Me
13. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 2. Get Me To The Church On Time
14. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 2. A Hymn To Him
15. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 2. Without You
16. My Fair Lady, musical~Act 2. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
17. A Post Recording Conversation with Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Goddard Lieberman, Franz Allers, Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe
18. My Fair Lady, Playback: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Julie Andrews   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Rex Harrison   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Alan Jay Lerner   Primary Artist,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
John Michael King   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Vocals
Stanley Holloway   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Colleen O'Connor   Primary Artist,Vocals
Frederick Loewe   Primary Artist,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Muriel Shaw   Primary Artist,Vocals
Philippa Bevans   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Reid Shelton   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Robert Coote   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
David Porter Thomas   Primary Artist,Vocals
Betty Wolfe   Primary Artist
Gordon Dilworth   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Herb Surface   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Gloria van Dorpe   Primary Artist,Vocals
My Fair Lady Cast Ensemble   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Alan Dudley   Primary Artist
Leonard Weir   Primary Artist
Rod McLennan   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Bob Chisholm   Primary Artist
The Orchestra   Primary Artist
My Fair Lady Pit Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
James Morris   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Franz Allers   Primary Artist,Music Direction,Musical Director,Musical Direction,Director,Conductor
Glenn Kezer   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Julie Harrison   Primary Artist
Goddard Lieberson   Primary Artist,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Rosemary Gaines   Primary Artist,Vocals
David Thomas   Vocals,Vocals
Robert Russell Bennett   Orchestra
Paul Brown   Vocals,Vocals
William Drach   Vocals
Lola Fisher   Vocals
Tod McLennan   Vocals
Franz Allors   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Maribel Hammer   Vocals
William Krach   Vocals
Moss Hart   Staging
Gordon Ewing   Vocals
Judith Williams   Vocals
Melisande Congdon   Vocals
Patti Spangler   Vocals

Technical Credits

Frederick Loewe   Composer,Interviewee
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer,Book,Lyricist,Performer,Adaptation,Consultant,Interviewee
Stanley Holloway   Performer
James Morris   Performer
Larry Keyes   Digital Mastering,Reissue Digital Remastering
Chrissie Hynde   Composer
Lala   Composer
Fred Plaut   Engineer,Assistant Producer,Original Engineering
Edward T. Graham   Engineer,Original Engineering
Darcy Proper   Mastering,Reissue Producer,Mastering Engineer
Joe Tex   Composer
Didier C. Deutsch   Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
John Michael King   Performer
Julie Andrews   Performer,Consultant
Mary Rodgers   Composer
Philippa Bevans   Performer
Reid Shelton   Performer
Rex Harrison   Performer
Michael Berniker   Executive Producer
Seal   Composer
Robert Russell Bennett   Arranger,Orchestration
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Michael Brooks   Reissue Producer
Gary Pacheco   Project Director,Production Coordination
Oliver Smith   Design
Jerry Thomas   Project Director
Allen Weinberg   Art Direction,Reissue Art Director
Lisa Sparagano   Design
Joshua Jancourtz   Packaging Manager
Marvin Koner   Photography
Howard H. Scott   Assistant Producer,Associate Producer
Herb Surface   Performer
Hanya Holm   Choreographer
George B. Dale   Liner Notes
Chris Woehrle   Art Direction
Ken Fredette   Design,Art Direction,Package Design
Stacey Boyle   Tape Research
Dick Scanlan   Liner Notes
The Orchestra   Performer
Franz Allers   Performer,Consultant
Stanley Greene   Photography
Phil Lang   Arranger
Glenn Kezer   Performer
Joy Gilbert Manfried   Project Director,Project Coordinator
Trude Rittman   Arranger,Dance Arrangement
Cecil Beaton   Costume Design
Goddard Lieberson   Producer,Performer,Consultant,Interviewer,Original Album Producer