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#1

"Dont Rain On My Parade" Who sang it first?

Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:45pm

My 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!
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread. ~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
#6

re: '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.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#7

re: '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!
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread. ~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
#10

re: '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 ......
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#11

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Posted: 5/23/05 at 9:57pm

Hey 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.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#13

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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
#14

re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?

Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:00pm

Chita:

Couldn't you just die?
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#15

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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

#17

re: '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.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#19

re: 'Dont Rain On My Parade' Who sang it first?

Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:26pm

Well, to be technical, the first person to sing it was probably Jule Styne or Bob Merrill - in one or the other's living room!
#20

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Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:44pm

If 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.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#21

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Posted: 5/23/05 at 10:53pm

I 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.
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread. ~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
#22

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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.
#23

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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."
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#25

re: '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.


Updated On: 5/24/05 at 12:22 AM

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