Broadway's Greatest Hits?- Page 2

[briannn]

Posted: 8/23/06 at 11:50pm

how about anything you can do i can do better from annie get your gun?? that used to be in some sports drink add. or even there's no business like show business also from annie get your gun.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 8:58am

Here are a handful big "pop" hits from the '50s.

Hey There (Pajama Game) - Rosemary Clooney
Standin' on the Corner (Most Happy Fella) - The Four Lads
Santa Baby (New Faces of 1952) - Eartha Kitt
Just in Time (Bells Are Ringing) - Dean Martin

[luvliza89]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:11am

"Middle-aged? Oh God."

I'm basing this soley on the first-hand experiences I've had talking to be father, uncles, and all thier friends. And they are indeed middle-aged.

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:11am

'People' from Funny Girl
'On A Clear Day' from the musical of the same
'Somewhere' from West Side Story
'Memory' from Cats

[RentHead2]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:12am

Actually, you would be surprised at how many people know seasons of love and let me give you some examples. I was at more than a couple Bar Mitzvah's and this was one of the songs they played at the end. Next, I went to this club in Brooklyn and heard the dance remix of Seasons of Love. Also - the movie has made this song more mainstream, and went I handforced by friends into the Rent theatre they kept saying, "wait a second I know this song."

It's mainstream. Please do not judge me by this screen name. It is my screen name because it was the first show I ever saw back in 96' since than I have seen plenty...well tons. Trust me those this is mainstream.

[luvliza89]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:17am

Maybe the song is recongnizable. But mainstream? I really don't think so.

Mainstream means that a vast majority of the public knows it. Mainstream is Beyonce. Not one guy friend I know, knows "Seasons of Love". Not one. But I know they all know Beyonce.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 12:44pm

Has anyone on this thread ever turned on a radio? The older show-tunes were actually popular. Rent and Wicked are not even close.

[Nonfreak]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 1:53pm

It's true, many of the show tunes from the 40's and 50's were big radio hits. Sinatra alone must have covered a few dozen. I'm not pickin' on you renthead2, but you mentioned Bar Mitzvas and a club in Brooklyn. The age of the Bar Mitzvah is 13 ( I think), so the dj played it for the "young, teen group" and again the club is in NY. Mainsteam means most of the country. Most of my friends don't know this song, and I'm 35 and from NYC. I don't even think the movie helped people know the score more. I. personally liked the film, Chris Columbus was fairly faithful to the show, but box office money wise, the movie was a flop. Compared to mainstream movies, and even Chicago (which got alot of people to see it because of the "Oscar buzz"), Rent did terrible at the box office.


Updated On: 8/24/06 at 01:53 PM

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 1:59pm

Hair generated several pop hits, such as:

Aquarius
Let The Sunshine In
Good Morning Starshine
Easy To Be Hard
Hair

[Nonfreak]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 2:34pm

a couple more hits from 70's and 80's. Day by day = godspell. I am what I am = la cage (big disco dance hit)
Updated On: 8/24/06 at 02:34 PM

[luvtheatre11]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 5:23pm

my choices: I get a kick out of you , Anything Goes
De Lovely, AG
Friendship, AG

Sound of music, SOM
Favorite things, SOM
Do Re Mi, SOM
Climb Every Mountain, were all popular..I remember listening to them in the car..before tapes!

I'm in Love ,SP
Some Enchanted Evening, SP
Honey Bun, SP

The Street where you live, MFL
I could have Danced all night, MFL
I'm Gettin' Married in the Mornin', MFL

How are things in Gloccamorra (Finian's Rainbow)

Getting to Know you, The King and I
Shall We Dance? K&I

Big Spender, SC

People will Say we're in Love, Oklahoma
Oklahoma!

What's the Use of Wondering
You'll Never Walk Alone
June is Busting out all Over Carousel

Cabaret

76 Trombones, Music Man

Hello, Dolly! HD
It Only Takes a Moment, HD

Day By Day, Godspell

You've Got to Have Heart, Damn Yankees

Almost Like Being in Love, Brigadoon

Somewhere, WSS
Tonight, WSS
I Feel Pretty, WSS

Hopelessly Devoted to you, Grease

One, ACL
What I did for Love, ACL (probably not quite as well known)

All That Jazz, Chicago

Am trying to think of ones that are more recent, but not having much luck..there just aren't alot that are popular unless you know theatre and the show.

[Nonfreak]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 5:58pm

I think "hopelesly devoted to you" was from the movie. I don't think it's from the show. Correct me if I'm wrong, cause I'm not 100% on that. PS....another big hit..."that old devil moon" = finian's rainbow.

[theatrewolf]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 6:19pm

Noonfreak, you are correct. It was from the movie. I've seen stage productions since then that have put that song in, but in the original Broadway version, nada!

Anybody who was in junior high or older in 1985 knew One Night In Bancock.

[TheaterAddict7652]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 8:43pm

"Everything's Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy
"Luck Be A Lady" from Guys and Dolls
A ton of Rodgers and Hammerstein
"Maria", "Tonight", and "America" from West Side Story

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:17pm

Once, when I was at Wet Seal there was a remix of Out Tonight playing.

[professor]

Posted: 8/24/06 at 11:23pm

The most recent songs to cross over into mainstream pop radio were "Memory" (which was popularized by Barbra Streisand) and (yes) "One Night in Bangkok" (which I remember hearing incessently on the radio when I was kid, before I knew anything about B'way-- although I don't consider my self middle-aged (LOL))

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:35am

Ditto: "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (GYPSY)
Also: " New York, New York" (ON THE TOWN)
"Young and Foolish" (PLAIN & FANCY)
"The Party's Over" (BELLS ARE RINGING)
"Make Someone Happy" (DO RE MI)

Updated On: 8/25/06 at 08:35 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:45am

I'm confused... wasn't this supposed to be about hits? ...As in songs that actually went up the Pop charts?

Not just "songs that everyone knows."

There is a difference. Many of these listed are "standards" and known as theatre songs, but they weren't actual "hits."

EDIT: Never mind. The original post just wants songs that are familiar to everyone. So... Let the debate continue!

Updated On: 8/25/06 at 08:45 AM