Gypsy
1959 Original Broadway Cast
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| # | Track | Artist/Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Overture | Orchestra | 4:50 |
| 2. | Let Me Entertain You | Jacqueline Mayro, Karen Moore, Ethel Merman | 1:12 |
| 3. | Some People | Ethel Merman | 3:40 |
| 4. | Small World | Ethel Merman | 2:16 |
| 5. | Baby June and Her Newsboys | Jacqueline Mayro, Karen Moore | 1:39 |
| 6. | Mr. Goldstone, I Love You | Ethel Merman | 2:22 |
| 7. | Little Lamb | Sandra Church | 2:38 |
| 8. | You'll Never Get Away From Me | - Jack Klugman, Ethel Merman | 2:31 |
| 9. | Dainty June And Her Farmboys | Lane Bradbury | 2:19 |
| 10. | If Momma Was Married | - Sandra Church, Lane Bradbury | 2:50 |
| 11. | All I Need Is the Girl | Paul Wallace | 4:31 |
| 12. | Everything's Coming up Roses | Ethel Merman | 3:06 |
| 13. | Together Wherever We Go | Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman, Sandra Church | 2:46 |
| 14. | You Gotta Have A Gimmick | Faith Dane, Chotzi Foley, Maria Karnilova | 4:03 |
| 15. | Let Me Entertain You | Sandra Church | 3:11 |
| 16. | Rose's Turn | Ethel Merman | 4:26 |
| 17. | Some People (Bonus Material) | Ethel Merman | 4:08 |
| 18. | Mr. Goldstone / Little Lamb (Bonus Material) | Ethel Merman | 5:12 |
| 19. | Momma's Talkin' Soft (Bonus Material) | Laura Leslie | 2:50 |
| 20. | Nice She Ain't (Bonus Material) | Bernie Knee | 2:31 |
| 63:01 |
Considered by many to be the last great musical comedy, Gypsy tells the backstage tale of vaudeville entertainer turned stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and her overbearing mother, Rose. Stephen Sondheim's lyrics--composed in advance of Jule Styne's infectious music--provide a tight structure and natural language to the 1959 score, which produced more than its share of Broadway standards, including 'Everything's Coming Up Roses,' 'Small World,' 'Some People,' 'If Momma Was Married,' 'Together Wherever We Go,' and the climactic 'Rose's Turn.' Although the role of Rose has seen subsequent memorable interpretations by Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, and Bette Midler, the show was written for Ethel Merman, and she remains the definitive stage mother.
For this 1999 release, the recording has been remastered with numerous short passages restored and four tracks added. Merman sings alternate lyrics to 'Some People' and a medley of 'Mr. Goldstone' and 'Little Lamb,' all with piano accompaniment. Two other tracks are songs cut in tryouts: 'Momma's Talking Soft' (gently swung here by Laura Leslie) was a duet for June and Louise that provides some context to the later line 'Momma's talking loud,' while 'Nice She Ain't' is crooned by Bernie Knee, who is infinitely more suave than Jack Klugman ever would have been. Expanded to 63 minutes, this essential cast recording is now even more essential.
Jule Styne, a young Stephen Sondheim and a force of nature called Ethel Merman teamed to take Broadway by storm with this 1959 musical.
For this 1999 release, the recording has been remastered with numerous short passages restored and four tracks added. Merman sings alternate lyrics to 'Some People' and a medley of 'Mr. Goldstone' and 'Little Lamb,' all with piano accompaniment. Two other tracks are songs cut in tryouts: 'Momma's Talking Soft' (gently swung here by Laura Leslie) was a duet for June and Louise that provides some context to the later line 'Momma's talking loud,' while 'Nice She Ain't' is crooned by Bernie Knee, who is infinitely more suave than Jack Klugman ever would have been. Expanded to 63 minutes, this essential cast recording is now even more essential.
Jule Styne, a young Stephen Sondheim and a force of nature called Ethel Merman teamed to take Broadway by storm with this 1959 musical.