Cook's "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" Arrives in Stores Nov. 11

By Andrew Gans
November 11, 2008

The newest solo recording from Tony Award winner Barbara Cook arrives in stores Nov. 11.

Entitled "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," the CD was recorded July 30 at Legacy Recording Studios, on the DRG label.

Grammy winner Hugh Fordin — president of DRG Records Incorporated — produced "Rainbow," which features arrangements by Lee Musiker, who also conducted the band.

To celebrate the new disc, Cook will make an in-store appearance at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble Nov. 13 at 4 PM. The celebrated singer-actress will perform songs from the CD (she will be accompanied by musical director Musiker) and will also autograph copies of the recording.

The track list for "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" follows:
"Cookin Breakfast for the One I Love" (William Rose-Henry Tobias)
"For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots-Sam Lewis)
"Hallelujah, I Love Him So" (Ray Charles)
"Harbour" (Peter Allen)
"He Loves and She Loves" (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin)
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"/"I Wish I Could Forget You" (Fred Ahlert-Joe Young/Stephen Sondheim)
"I'm Through with Love"/"Smile" (Matty Malneck-Ray Livingston/David Raksin-Charles Chaplin)
"If I Ever Say I'm Over You" (John Bucchino)
"Lost in the Stars"/"No More" (Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson/Stephen Sondheim)
"Love Is Good for Anything That Ails You" (Cliff Friend-Matty Melneck)
"Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane-E.Y. Harburg)
"Sooner or Later" (Charles Wolcott-Ray Gilbert)
"There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (Al Jolson-Billy Rose-Dave Dreyer)
"Where or When (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
"Lucky to Be Me" (Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green)

Barbara Cook has starred on Broadway in Flahooley, Candide, The Gay Life, The Music Man and She Loves Me. She received a Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award for her performance in The Music Man, and her one-woman show, Mostly Sondheim, was nominated for a Tony in the Best Special Theatrical Event category. Cook was most recently on the New York stage in Barbara Cook's Broadway. Both Mostly Sondheim and Barbara Cook's Broadway were recorded for DRG. Cook made her solo debut at the Metropolitan Opera, which was also released on DRG Records.

For more information visit www.drgrecords.com.