It’s fun to cover the songwriters whether they be pop, country, blues, or in the wheelhouse of Broadway or Tin Pan Alley. This week, we drop by the sophisticated, cosmopolitan, and catchy sounds from the Great White Way. From Broadway to Hollywood, the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II left a cultural watermark on the psyche of middle America in the heart of the 20th Century. From The Sound of Music to Oklahoma!; from Carousel to The King and I and South Pacific, the songs that were featured in these musicals were totems to their time and place. And catchy, too. Tune in for a romp through some of the most popular performances written by two giants of screen and stage musicals.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |  |
| 3 | Oscar Hammerstein II | Act I: The Sound Of Music | The Sound Of Music: Original Broadway Cast | |
| 4 | Mary Martin | My Favorite Things | Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. | |
| 5 | Blossom Dearie | Surrey With The Fringe On Top | Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered) | |
| 6 | Gertrude Lawrence | Getting To Know You | Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] | |
| 7 | Ella Fitzgerald | I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair | That's Amore [Prism] | |
| 8 | Frank Sinatra | It Might As Well Be Spring | Sinatra & Strings | |
| 9 | Ray Charles & Betty Carter | People Will Say We're In Love | Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You | |
| 10 | Jo Stafford | The Gentleman is a Dope | Yes Indeed! – [Disc 3] Haunted Heart | |
| 11 | Bobby Darin | Hello, Young Lovers | Wild Cool & Swingin | |
| 12 | Mary Martin | A Wonderful Guy | The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s | |
| 13 | Willie Nelson | Some Enchanted Evening | What A Wonderful World | |
| 14 | Elvis Presley | You'll Never Walk Alone | He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 | |
| 15 | James Taylor | Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' | Other Covers | |
| 16 | Gordon MacRae | Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' | Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
| 17 | Bloody Mary and the Ken Darby Singers | Bali Ha'i | South Pacific, Original Soundtrack Recording | |
| 18 | Nellie Forbush and the Ken Darby Singers | I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair | South Pacific, Original Soundtrack Recording | |
| 19 | Nancy Wilson | Happy Talk | Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley | |
| 20 | The King And I Cast | I Whistle A Happy Tune | The King And I | |
| 21 | Gertrude Lawrence And Yul Brynner | Shall We Dance | Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] | |
| 22 | Bing Crosby And Trudy Erwin | People Will Say We're In Love | Your Hit Parade – 1943 | |
| 23 | Bob Dylan | Some Enchanted Evening | Shadows in the Night | |
| 24 | Jo Stafford | If I Loved You | You Belong To Me | |
| 25 | Jan Clayton & John Raitt | If I Loved You | The Original Broadway Cast Album | |
| 26 | Rosemary Clooney | Younger Than Springtime | Beautiful Ballads | |
| 27 | Sammy Davis Jr. | There Is Nothin' Like A Dame | Boys Night Out | |
| 28 | Lena Horne | People Will Say We're In Love | Stormy Weather | |
| 29 | Randy Spendlove | Shall We Dance | Shall We Dance? | |
| 30 | Wes Montgomery | The Surrey with the Fringe on Top | Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides (Disc 1) | |
| 31 | 20th Century Fox Orchestra | Main Title | The King And I | |