Let’s Sing Show Tunes

The Man In The Gray Flannel SuitLet’s Sing Show Tunes

Hey Listeners,

Yes – you read the title right The Haberdasher is playing show tunes tonight.  But I promise this is no hum-drum Broadway musical show.  We're gonna take a turn off the Great White Way and explore some off-beat musicals as well as great show tune covers.  It's gonna be fun and different.

I thought this would be the perfect show for Thanksgiving week.  A week when milions of families hit the road in the car for the dreaded trip to Aunt Esther's for the big turkey meal.  So if you get tired of playing the license tag game – sing some show tunes.  IUt's the "sure thing" to make the trip go by quickly.

I have been thinking about doing this show for quite a while.  I've been writing down ideas and song titles on scraps of paper and filing them with the rest of my show ideas.  But then I happened to see a post on Facebook about a new study that suggests that singing show tunes helps reduce the risk of dementia.  There you have it – 4 out of 5 doctors recommend tonight's show.

http://www.bilerico.com/2013/11/study_singing_show_tunes_helps_fight_dementia.php

The Haberdasher

Song / Artist / Album / Show

There's No Business Like Show Business – Ensemble – The Best of Broadway – Annie Get Your Gun

Phantom of the Opera Song – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Are A Drag – Phantom of the Opera

Everything's Coming Up Roses – The Replacements – Songs for Slim (EP) – Gypsy: A Musical Fable

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue – The Ventures – The Best of the Ventures – On Your Toes

America – Schlong – Punk Side Story – West Side Story

Ooom-Pah-Pah – London Palladium Cast – Oliver! – Oliver!

Chop Suey – Juanita Hall and Patrick Adiarte – Flower Drum Song – Flower Drum Song

To Life – OriginalCast – Fiddler on the Roof – Fiddler on the Roof

The Game – Jimmie Komack and Nathaniel Frey – Damn Yankees: Original Broadway Cast – Damn Yankees

Pick a Little Take A Little – Robert Preston and Meredith Wilson – The Music Man – The Music Man

Church Blues Revelation – Stew, Ensemble and Chad Goodridge – Passing Strange Original Broadway Cast – Passing Strange

Born in Laredo – Stark Sands – Hands on a Hardbody Original Cast Recordng – Hands on a Hardbody

There Once Was A Pirate – Duncan Sheik – Spring Awakening – Spring Awakening

Soul of A Man – Stark Sands – Kinky Boots – Kinky Boots

Rent– Ensemble – Rent Original Broadway Cast Recording – Rent

One More Angel in Heaven – Steve McNaughton – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Soundtrack – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

We Beseech Thee – Jeffrey Mylett – Godspell Soundtrack – Godspell

Superstar – Trinidad Singers, Horace James – Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack – Jesus Christ Superstar

Poor, Poor Pharaoh / Song of the King – Laurie Beechman and Tom Carder – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Soundtrack – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

That's Who I Am – Neko Case – Ghost Brothers of Darkland County – Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

Boomtown Boogie – Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Jo Carol Pierce – Songs From Chippy – Chippy

Rose Tint My World – Tim Curry, Boni Enten, Abigale Haness – The Rocky Horror Show – Roxy Cast – Rocky Horror Show

Black Boys – Diane Keaton, Suzannah Norstrand – Hair (1968) Soundtrack – Hair

White Boys – Melba Moore, Lorrie Davis – Hair (1968) Soundtrack – Hair

One Last Kiss – Dick Gautier – Bye Bye Birdie – Original 1960 Broadway Recording – Bye Bye Birdie

Muddy Water – Daniel Jenkin – Big River: The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn Soundtrack – Big River: The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn

Get Me To the Church On Time – Gordon Dilworth / Rod McLennan – My Fair Lady Original Broadway Cast – My Fair Lady

The Surrey With the Fringe On Top – Alfred Drake – Oklahoma! (1955) – Oklahoma!

You're The One That I Want – The Beautiful South – Gold Diggas, Head Nodders & Pholk Songs – Grease

Feelin' Good – Traffic – Last Exit (bonus live track) from Fillmore West – The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd

Summertime – Janis Joplin – Big Brother and the Holding Company – Porgy and Bess

People – NRBQ – Uncommon Denominators – Funny Girl