Track Listing

1. Showboat: Old Man River - William Warfield
2. Anything Goes: Anything Goes - Patti LuPone
3. Oklahoma!: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Laurence Guittard
4. Carousel: You'll Never Alone - Kathrine Hilgenberg
5. Annie Get Your Gun: There's No Business Like Show Business - Ethel Meman/Bruce Yarnell/Rufus Smith/Jerry Orbach
6. Brigadoon: Almost Like Being In Love - David Brooks/Marion Bell
7. Guys And Dolls: Lucky Be A Lady - Peter Gallagher & Company
8. The King And I: Shall We Dance - Yul Brynner/Constance Towers
9. West Side Story: America - Charlotte D'Amboise/Debbie Gravitte (Shapiro)/Barbara Yeager/Nancy Hess/Elain Wright/Renee Stork
10. Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Rose - Angela Lansbury
11. Bye Bye Birdie: Rosie - Jason Alaxander/Vanessa Williams
12. Oliver!: Consider Yourself - Michael Goodman/Bruce Prochnik & Company
13. Hello, Dolly!: Hello, Dolly! - Carol Channing & Company
14. Fiddler On The Roof: If I Were A Rich Man - Zero Mostel
15. Man Of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream - Colm Wilkinson
16. Cabaret: Money - Alan Cumming/The Kit Kat girls
17. Chicago: All That Jazz - Bebe Neuwirth & Company
18. 42nd Street: Lullaby Of Broadway - Jerry Orbach & Company
19. Titanic: The Proposal/The Night Was Alive - Brian d'Arcy James/Martin Moran
20. Ragtime: Wheels Of A Dream - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4904 in Music
• Released on: 1998-10-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording

Amazon.com
Could any single disc live up to the title The Only Broadway CD You'll Ever Need? Of course not, though this 76-minute disc gives it a good try. Out of the RCA vaults come original cast performances such as Zero Mostel's "If I Were a Rich Man," Carol Channing's "Hello Dolly," and Oliver's "Consider Yourself." From topnotch revivals come Patti LuPone's "Anything Goes," Peter Gallagher's "Luck Be a Lady," Alan Cumming's "Money," and Bebe Neuwirth's "All That Jazz." Also included are selections from newer shows Titanic and Ragtime. The collection starts to get thin when it has to hunt for available versions of classic songs, ending up with an "America" from Jerome Robbins' Broadway, "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" from the 1979 Oklahoma! revival, and an "Impossible Dream" from Colm Wilkinson's solo album--all fine recordings, but nothing that could be considered a first choice. And of course there are many omissions, most notably the shows of Stephen Sondheim (a longtime RCA artist, even!). A follow-up, The Only Other Broadway CD You'll Ever Need, proved what everyone expected--the original's title was indeed an impossible dream. But it got your attention, didn't it? --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

where is all the music
Okay all of those songs are great but I have a question. Where is Andrew LLoyd Webber on this CD? Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, Evita and CATS? How can you manage to make a CD of Broadway with out Andrew Lloyd Webber? They need to re-do this cd.

Terrific, except for....
The CD only had one problem. Where's Annie? It's one of the best musicals out there with some of the best songs. Where's TOMORROW or HARD KNOCK LIFE? Other than that, it's a great CD

I LUV this CD
This CD (and her new one THE ONLY OTHER BROADWAY CD YOU'LL EVER NEED) contains some of the the greatest hits of the broadway musicals, from the very beguinning to this years smash hits. If you want a great collection of songs, this collection is for you. The recordings are all very good and nothing is fake. You won't be sorry for buying this CD! I knew very little of the songs when I got it, and now I know them all by heart! Enjoy!