The Music Man (original Broadway cast recording)

1957 cast recording

The Music Man
Cast recording
Released	late 1957 or early 1958
Label	Capitol

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The Broadway cast recording of the 1957 musical The Music Man was released as an album by Capitol Records. The original release formats included LP, 4×EP, and reel-to-reel tape.

The album spent several weeks at number one on Billboard's Best Selling LPs chart.

Track listing

12-inch LP (Capitol WAO 990)

Side 1
No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Overture & Rock Island"	Orchestra, Paul Reed & The Traveling Salesmen
2.	"Iowa Stubborn"	Ensemble
3.	"Ya Got Trouble"	Robert Preston & Ensemble
4.	"Piano Lesson"	Barbara Cook & Pert Kelton
5.	"Goodnight My Someone"	Barbara Cook
6.	"Seventy-Six Trombones"	Robert Preston & Ensemble
7.	"Sincere"	The Buffalo Bills
8.	"The Sadder-but-Wiser Girl for Me"	Robert Preston
9.	"Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little & Goodnight Ladies"	Misses Raymond, Swann, Mondo, Rice, Flynn & The Buffalo Bills

Side 2
No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Marian the Librarian"	Robert Preston
2.	"My White Knight"	Barbara Cook
3.	"Wells Fargo Wagon"	Eddie Hodges & Ensemble
4.	"It's You"	The Buffalo Bills
5.	"Shipoopi"	Iggie Wolfington & Ensemble
6.	"Lida Rose and Will I Ever Tell You"	Barbara Cook & The Buffalo Bills
7.	"Gary, Indiana"	Eddie Hodges
8.	"Till There Was You"	Barbara Cook & Robert Preston
9.	"Finale"	Entire Company

References

"The Music Man [Original Broadway Cast] - Origi... | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
Meredith Willson - The Music Man - Original Broadway Cast, 1958, retrieved 2024-12-27
Inc, Nielsen Business Media (June 23, 1958). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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v t e Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey's The Music Man (1957)
Films	The Music Man (1962) The Music Man (TV, 2003)
Songs	"Iowa Stubborn" "(Ya Got) Trouble" "Seventy-Six Trombones" "Goodnight, Ladies" "Shipoopi" "Till There Was You"
Related	The Music Man (original Broadway cast recording) Jimmy Guiffre and his Music Men Play The Music Man "Marge vs. the Monorail" "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"

Meredith Willson

Musicals

The Music Man (1957)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960)
Here's Love (1963)
1491 (1969)

Film scores

The Great Dictator (1940)
The Little Foxes (1941)

Compositions

Music Man	"Iowa Stubborn" "(Ya Got) Trouble" "Seventy-Six Trombones" "Goodnight, Ladies" "Shipoopi" "Till There Was You"
Other	"May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" "I See the Moon" "Iowa Fight Song" "Chicken Fat"

The Music Man (original Broadway cast recording)
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v t e Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
The Music Man (1958) Gypsy / Redhead (1959) The Sound of Music (1960) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) No Strings (1962) She Loves Me (1963) Funny Girl (1964) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) Mame (1966) Cabaret (1967) Hair (1968) Promises, Promises (1969) Company (1970) Godspell (1971) Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (1972) A Little Night Music (1973) Raisin (1974) The Wiz (1975) Bubbling Brown Sugar (1976) Annie (1977) Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) Evita: Premier American Recording (1980) Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981) Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album (1982) Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording (1983) Sunday in the Park with George (1984) West Side Story (1985) Follies in Concert (1986) Les Misérables (1987) Into the Woods (1988) Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989) Les Misérables: The Complete Symphonic Recording (1990) The Will Rogers Follies (1991) Guys and Dolls (1992) The Who's Tommy (1993) Passion (1994) Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller (1995) Riverdance (1996) Chicago: The Musical (1997) The Lion King (1998) Annie Get Your Gun (1999) Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (2000) The Producers (2001) Hairspray (2002) Gypsy: A Musical Fable (2003) Wicked (2004) Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) Jersey Boys (2006) Spring Awakening (2007) In the Heights (2008) West Side Story (2009) American Idiot (featuring Green Day) (2010) The Book of Mormon (2011) Once: A New Musical (2012) Kinky Boots (2013) Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (2014) Hamilton (2015) The Color Purple (2016) Dear Evan Hansen (2017) The Band's Visit (2018) Hadestown (2019) Jagged Little Pill (2020) The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical (2021) Into the Woods (2022) Some Like It Hot (2023)

Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

The Music Man (1958)
Gypsy / Redhead (1959)
The Sound of Music (1960)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961)
No Strings (1962)
She Loves Me (1963)
Funny Girl (1964)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965)
Mame (1966)
Cabaret (1967)
Hair (1968)
Promises, Promises (1969)
Company (1970)
Godspell (1971)
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (1972)
A Little Night Music (1973)
Raisin (1974)
The Wiz (1975)
Bubbling Brown Sugar (1976)
Annie (1977)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Evita: Premier American Recording (1980)
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981)
Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album (1982)
Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording (1983)
Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
West Side Story (1985)
Follies in Concert (1986)
Les Misérables (1987)
Into the Woods (1988)
Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989)
Les Misérables: The Complete Symphonic Recording (1990)
The Will Rogers Follies (1991)
Guys and Dolls (1992)
The Who's Tommy (1993)
Passion (1994)
Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller (1995)
Riverdance (1996)
Chicago: The Musical (1997)
The Lion King (1998)
Annie Get Your Gun (1999)
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (2000)
The Producers (2001)
Hairspray (2002)
Gypsy: A Musical Fable (2003)
Wicked (2004)
Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
Jersey Boys (2006)
Spring Awakening (2007)
In the Heights (2008)
West Side Story (2009)
American Idiot (featuring Green Day) (2010)
The Book of Mormon (2011)
Once: A New Musical (2012)
Kinky Boots (2013)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (2014)
Hamilton (2015)
The Color Purple (2016)
Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
The Band's Visit (2018)
Hadestown (2019)
Jagged Little Pill (2020)
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical (2021)
Into the Woods (2022)
Some Like It Hot (2023)

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