"Dont Rain On My Parade" Who sang it first?
"Dont Rain On My Parade" Who sang it first?
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#0"Dont Rain On My Parade" Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:45pmMy family was at supper tonight, and a disscussion of AI came up. I brought up that LaToya girl from last season. I said that when she sang "Dont Rain On My Parade", that she was very good. Then my mother said,"Yes, Liza and Judy would have been proud." To which I replyed," Why? Babs was the first to sing it." And she said,"No, Judy was." Which brings me to this: Who sang it first? When/Where? THANKS!
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#1re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:47pmSince Babs was the original Fanny in Funny Girl, I would assume it was her
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:47pmwho is Latoya? Jackson? I doubt Latoya Jackson recorded anything by Jule Styne.
#3re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:48pm
Babs? '64 CR ?
Ast star2b said.
Updated On: 5/23/05 at 09:48 PM
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#4re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:50pmBABS
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:50pm
????
I haven't heard of anyone singing any of the music of "Funny Girl" before opening night with Babs as Brice. If it wasn't Steisand, I'll be very interested to hear how Garland or anyone else sang it before her. It's not impossible (Styne was always pushing to have pop hits on the charts of his compositions), but I haven't heard about it.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#6re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:51pm
bwaystar- Thats what I thought, but I wanted to make sure I was right. Sometimes I think my mother doesnt know what shes talking about(i.e. Bway stuff)
Chita- NOT Latoya JACKSON! LaToya ?London? from last seasons Amer. Idol!
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#7re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:53pm
Although if you want to be really specific, it might have been Anne Bancroft 
I'm 100% positive it was Babs
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:54pmYou mean their are two sets of parents who named their child Latoya?!!!!!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#9re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:56pm
Well, Jermaine Jackson did name his son "Jermajesty."
I'm just saying ......
#10re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:57pmHey Chita, I heard on the radio yesterday that Brooklyn has noticeably become a popular name for children. And no, not because of the show. The report said it started with David Beckham naming his child Brooklyn; but it's still freaky.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:57pm
Margo:NO HE DIDN'T?!!!!
Updated On: 5/23/05 at 09:57 PM
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#12re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:58pm
chita33, I think one of the original members of Destiny's Child was also a LaToya
Although to be fair, the LaToya from American Idol last season was a very good singer and a very polished performer
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#13re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:00pm
Chita:
Couldn't you just die?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#14re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:03pm
And now I just found out Jermajesty's mother is Randy Jackson's ex-wife!
So someone on a blog said Thus: "Hi, my name is Jermajesty Jackson. I'm my own ex-cousin."
Updated On: 5/23/05 at 10:03 PM
#15re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:16pm
Margo: I have a recording of Judy singing it. I can send it to you over AIM or something like that...PM if you're interested.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#16re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:20pm
OH, I know Judy sang it. I've heard it.
The point is whether she was out there singing it BEFORE Streisand sang it opening night.
"Hi, my name is Jermajesty Jackson. I'm my own ex-cousin."
PRICELESS.
#17re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:21pm
Margo - I've seen people named Afrodita and another person named Bhavana.
My favorite is this family's last name is Clear. Their daughter: Krystal.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#18re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:26pmWell, to be technical, the first person to sing it was probably Jule Styne or Bob Merrill - in one or the other's living room!
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#19re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:44pmIf my parents named me such a ridiculous name, I might go jumping off of a bridge. A very, very, very LARGE bridge over very, very, very DEADLY waters.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#20re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:53pmI LOVE the this thread jacking! PLUS this is my thread, so is alright with me if we continue it. I've heard from multiple ppl about 3 bros named orangejello, redjello, some other name...was it greenjello?...ANYWAY, the names arnt pronounced like their spelled. You kindof have to run it all together to get the right pronounciation.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:32pm
I'm surprised no one mentioned Diana Ross and The Supremes who recorded the songs from FUNNY GIRL. Yep, nearly the full score all with a Motown Sound.
But La Babs got there first.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#22re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:42pm
Jose, I've heard La Ross do FUNNY GIRL. Ugh. Berry Gordy's efforts to get those girls to crossover were not always the wisest. One hasn't lived until you hear Miss Ross strain her way through "Don't Rain on My Parade."
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#23re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/23/05 at 11:55pm
Yes, Margo, it is a strange album indeed. The "You Are Woman" number is beyond bizare.
#24re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?
Posted: 5/24/05 at 12:22am
Judy first sang Don't Rain on My Parade with Liza at the Palladium in London on November 8, 1964. Funny Girl had opened the previous March, so clearly Barbra sang it first.
And the Supremes Sing Funny Girl was as memorable as the Supremes Sing Rodgers and Hart--another of Berry Gordy's odd crossover ideas.
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