"The Broadway Musicals of 1926" — saluting the shows that opened on Broadway in that year — features the vocal talents of Tony Award winner Sutton Foster and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Tony nominee Marc Kudisch as well as Nancy Anderson, Nancy Opel, Eddie Korbich and Bill Daugherty. Ross Patterson was the musical director for the concert, which was directed by Margary Beddow. Produced for CD by Peter Pinne, the 21-track recording features tunes from four Rodgers and Hart shows as well as four songs by George and Ira Gershwin. The complete track listing for "The Broadway Musicals of 1926" follows:
"Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) Company
"It Pays to Advertise" (B.G. DeSylva/Lewis Gensler) Eddie Korbich
"A Little Birdie Told Me" (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) Nancy Anderson
"Blowin' the Blues Away" (Philip Charig/Ira Gershwin) Nancy Opel
"Why Do I" (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) Bill Daugherty/Nancy Anderson
"It" (Sigmund Romberg/Otto Harbach/Oscar Hammerstein II) Sutton Foster
"I Would Like to Fondle You" (Raymond Peck/Percy Wenrich) Marc Kudisch
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (B.G. DeSylva/Lewis Gensler) Sutton Foster/Nancy Anderson/Nancy Opel
"That Lost Barbershop Chord" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) Eddie Korbich/Company
"Mountain Greenery" (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) Company
"One Alone" (Sigmund Romberg/Otto Harbach/Oscar Hammerstein II) Bill Daugherty
"Don't Fall In Love With Me" (Herman Hupfeld) Marc Kudisch
"Sort O' Lonesome" (Herman Hupfeld) Nancy Anderson
"The Riff Song" (Sigmund Romberg/Otto Harbach/Oscar Hammerstein II) Marc Kudisch
"The Desert Song" (Sigmund Romberg/Otto Harbach/Oscar Hammerstein II) Marc Kudisch
"Everything Will Happen for the Best" (B.G. DeSylva/Lewis Gensler) Company
"Maybe It's Me" (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) Eddie Korbich/Nancy Opel
"This Funny World" (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) Bill Daugherty
"Do, Do, Do" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) Sutton Foster/Marc Kudisch
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) Sutton Foster
"Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) Company
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