Broadway Puzzler #18

Jerry Herman. Hello, Dolly!

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Chris is correct.

Jerry Herman, indeed, and HELLO, DOLLY!

The other song in question is entitled "Sunflower." The plaintiffs were Mack David and Paramount-Famous Music Company.

Yours for a better Broadway!

Yes, Chris. "Sunflower" by Mack David.

It appears that ALW is not against borrowing tunes from other composers...especially Puccini.

But that's another topic.

Yours for a better Broadway!

Wasn't Andrew Lloyd Webber sued for "lifting" the melody for Memory from the Charles Aznavour song 'She'? I seem to recall it cost him something like $4 million.

You never know: Years ago on Name That Tune (or Maim That Baboon as it was known in my house) A musicologist up for the million $ prize heard a song and said it was an old English air cld "If You Would Marry Me". EEEEEE wrong said the show it is cld a"A Paper Full of Pins" or the Theme from "BusStop" Well end of story show returns next year & Guess What? Note for Note it was the same song and he was awarded a cheque ( somewhat belatedly) for his prize $$. And now when ever i hear that song used, it is also Id'd as all three. You really never know!!!