PLEASE HELP! PLEASE VOTE!!!! -- The 1 GREATEST show tune of all time: Time to pick our finalists!

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 7:26pm

Listed below are the suggestions/nominations for the 1 GREATEST show tune of all time. Time to narrow it down.

Please pick up to six songs from the list as your finalists for the greatest. Each of your selections will get one point. The six songs with the most points will be the finalists and Rob has agreed to put them in an upcoming poll. If your song didn't make it on to the list, write-ins are welcome, but please list no more than six as your finalists. Thanks!

1. “All That Jazz” from CHICAGO
2. “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going” from DREAMGIRLS
3. “Ascot Gavotte” from MY FAIR LADY
4. “Being Alive” from COMPANY
5. “Bring Him Home” from LES MISERABLES
6. “Cabaret” from CABARET
7. “Comedy Tonight” from A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
8. “Confrontation, The” from LES MISERABLES
9. “Corner Of The Sky” from PIPPIN
10. “Dancing Queen” from MAMA MIA!
11. “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from LES MISERABLES
12. “Don't Rain On My Parade" from FUNNY GIRL
13. “Dulcinea” from MAN OF LA MANCHA
14. “Everything's Comin' Up Roses” from GYPSY
15. “Hello, Dolly!” from HELLO, DOLLY!
16. “Home” from THE WIZ
17. “I Am What I Am” from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
18. “I Will Never Leave You” from SIDE SHOW
19. “If Ever I Would Leave You” from CAMELOT
20. “If I Loved You” from CAROUSEL
21. “I'm Still Here” from FOLLIES
22. “I'm the Greatest Star” from FUNNY GIRL
23. “The Impossible Dream" from MAN OF LA MANCHA
24. “In Buddy’s Eyes” from FOLLIES
25. “I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from MY FAIR LADY
26. “Lullaby Of Broadway” from 42ND STREET
27. “Maria” from WEST SIDE STORY
28. “Midnight Radio” from HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
29. “Move On" from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
30. “The Music Of The Night” from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
31. “Nobody Throws Those Bull” from WHOOP-UP
32. “No One Is Alone” from INTO THE WOODS
33. “Ol’ Man River" from SHOW BOAT
34. “One Day More” from LES MISERABLES
35. “One” from A CHORUS LINE
36. “Out For Blood” from CARRIE
37. “Rose’s Turn” from GYPSY
38. “Send In The Clowns" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
39. “Some Enchanted Evening” from SOUTH PACIFIC
40. “Some People” from GYPSY
41. “Somewhere” from WEST SIDE STORY
42. “Still” from TITANIC
43. “Sunday” from SUNDAY IN THE PART WITH GEORGE
44. “There's No Business Like Show Business” from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
45. “This is the Moment” from JEKYLL & HYDE
46. “Try To Remember” from THE FANTASTICKS
47. “What I Did For Love" from A CHORUS LINE
48. “Where Or When” from BABES IN ARMS
49. “World, Take Me Back” from HELLO, DOLLY!
50. “You Should Be Loved” from SIDE SHOW

Which song is the greatest ever to come out of a Broadway musical? Which is the perfect marriage of words and melody, the most moving, the most stupendous, the most memorable, the biggest technical achievement, the most perfectly integrated into the story? OR....whatever "greatest" means to you.

Updated On: 8/5/03 at 07:26 PM

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 7:34pm

Bring Him Home
Dont Rain on my Parade
I am what I am
Impossible Dream
Rose's Turn
Some People

tough choice...

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 7:57pm

I'm the greatest star (though i LOVED the one that Sutton sang at the benefit!)

[DofB5]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 8:12pm

#30 The Music of the Night

D

[Al Dente]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 8:13pm

I'm adding "Don't Cry for Me Argentina".

1. "And I Am Telling you"
2. "Home"
3. "All That Jazz"
4. "Impossible Dream"
5. "Cabaret"

[Belasco07]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 8:37pm

Theres no business like show business (Annie get your gun)
If my friends could see me now (Sweet Charity)

You don't even have to know a thing about Broadway shows to recognize these tunes!!!!!!

[BatBoi]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 8:37pm

First I write in:

# 1 - "Not A Day Goes By" Merrily We Roll Along
now,
# 2 - "Corner Of The Sky"
# 3 - "I Am What I Am"
# 4 - "One Day More"
# 5 - "Home"
# 6 - "Still"

[luluhed]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 9:13pm

What I Did For Love
Cabaret
There's No Business Like Show Business
One Day More

[Phantess]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 9:24pm

"The Impossible Dream"
"A Lullaby on Broadway"
"This is the Moment"
"Somewhere"
"Music of the Night"
"No one is Alone"

[AlienOnBroadway]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 10:05pm

a)All That Jazz
b)Corner of the Sky
c)I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
d)Impossible Dream
e)No Business Like Show Business
f)One

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/5/03 at 11:08pm

1) Lullaby of Broadway
2) There's No Business Like Show Business
3) Cabaret
4) The Impossible Dream
5) Don't Rain On My Parade
6) Gimme, Gimme

Posted: 8/6/03 at 12:12am

Rose's Turn

[Sally]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 12:24am

All That Jazz

Do You Hear the People Sing

Everything's Comin' Up Roses

Some Enchanted Evening

One

[seabyrd]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 12:31am

Not in any particular order:
Everything's Comin up Roses
If I Loved You
Some People
There's No Business Like Show Business
Some Enchanted Evening
If Ever I Would Leave You

[skingdom]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 12:49am

1. No One is Alone
2. Sunday
3. Move On
4. Being Alive
5. Cabaret
6. Rose's Turn

[GottaGimmick]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 4:24am

1. Rose's Turn
2. On My Own
3. One Day More
4. Do you hear the people sing
5. All That Jazz

[Bonnie]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 4:57am

The Music of the Night
The Impossible Dream
Bring Him Home
This is the Moment
Send in the Clowns
Hello Dolly

Bonnie in Oz

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 7:57am

I cast two votes:

"Hello, Dolly!" from TWHM and
"World Take Me Back" from TWHM.

[Cadriel]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 8:13am

All That Jazz
Cabaret
The Impossible Dream
Send in the Clowns
Sunday
Try to Remember

[alterego]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 9:47am

From your list in no paticular order....

If Ever I Would Leave You.
Comedy Tonight.
Everythings Coming Up Roses.
Hello, Dolly!
There's No Business Like Show Business.
Where or When.

What I want to know is how anything from Hedwig or Mamma Mia could even get on a list of the greatest show tunes! Where is I Got Rhythm, You're the Top, So In Love or even Tea for Two? Sorry, I didn't mean to be picky.

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 9:55am

Everything's Coming Up Roses

[Belter]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 10:17am

1. Cabaret (Kander and Ebb)
2. Don't Rain on My Parade (Styne)
3. I am what I am (Herman)
4. One Day More (French Guys)
5. Some People (Styne/Sondheim)
6. Send in the Clowns (Sondheim)

[Victoria Grant]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 11:50am

I'm adding two : It Needs Work from City of Angles & Beyond the Sea from Contact.

1. If ever I would leave you
2. If I love you
3. All that Jazz
4.Corner of the sky
5. I've grown accustomed to her face
6. Impossible Dream


What about The Sound of Music & Victor/Victoria they both have some great music.

[robbiej]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 11:59am

I cannot, in good conscience, vote on for a song when 'A Weekend in the Country' is not on this list.

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 8/6/03 at 12:37pm

Robbie, vote for any song, including "Weekend." It doen't have to be on the list. Write-ins are welcome!