Purlie [Original Broadway Cast]

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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
This musical comedy adaptation of Ossie Davis's play about a Black preacher who returns to his Southern hometown has a boisterous gospel score written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell and also boasts a cast including Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, Linda Hopkins, and Sherman Hemsley.
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
This musical comedy adaptation of Ossie Davis's play about a Black preacher who returns to his Southern hometown has a boisterous gospel score written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell and also boasts a cast including Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, Linda Hopkins, and Sherman Hemsley.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/21/1990
  • Label: Rca Victor Broadway
  • UPC: 090266022922
  • Catalog Number: 60229
  • Sales rank: 73,151

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Walk Him up the Stairs - Cast (6:03)
  2. 2 New Fangled Preacher Man - Cleavon Little (2:17)
  3. 3 Skinnin' a Cat - Sherman Hemsley (1:52)
  4. 4 Purlie - Melba Moore (3:49)
  5. 5 The Harder They Fall - Melba Moore (2:46)
  6. 6 The Barrels of War: Unborn Love - C.David Colson (0:46)
  7. 7 Big Fish Little Fish - John Heffernan (2:23)
  8. 8 God's Alive - C.David Colson (0:31)
  9. 9 I Got Love - Melba Moore (3:17)
  10. 10 Great White Father (2:37)
  11. 11 Down Home - Cleavon Little (6:00)
  12. 12 First Thing Monday Mornin' (4:48)
  13. 13 He Can Do It - Novella Nelson (4:11)
  14. 14 The World Is Comin' to a Start - Cast (2:47)
  15. 15 Walk Him up the Stairs (Epilogue) - Cast (2:19)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Melba Moore Vocals, Track Performer
Linda Hopkins Vocals, Track Performer
Sherman Hemsley Vocals, Track Performer
Milt Grayson Vocals
Mildred Lane Vocals
Mildred Pratcher Vocals
Helene Martin Vocals, Track Performer
Alyce Webb Vocals
Barbara Christopher Vocals
Novella Nelson Vocals
Cleavon Little Vocals
C.David Colson Vocals
John Heffernan Vocals
Ray Pollard Vocals
Carolyn Byrd Vocals
Tony Middleton Vocals
Technical Credits
John Hiatt Composer
Luther Henderson Arranger, Orchestration, Choir Arrangement
McCoy Tyner Composer
Bobby Arnold Engineer
Jay Newland Engineer
Garry Sherman Orchestration, Choir Arrangement
Andy Wiswell Producer
Bill Rosenfield Producer, Liner Notes, Remastering
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