August 11th. So Excited!
http://www.amazon.com/Leader-Pack-Original-Broadway-Cast/dp/B002CL36B0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1248581549&sr=8-2
Definitely on my "to buy" list! Thanks for the heads up.
Now if they could get Beehive out, I'd be once happy camper.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
Yay! I'm more excited for Jasmine Guy and Dinah Manhoff than anything.
And Annie Golden!!! This is the best news in a long time...
How long until Bryan shows up on this thread??
Is Karla DeVito (ex-Meat Loaf, Godspell, Hair) in this version?
The recording features the original 1985 Broadway cast:
Dennis Bailey
Patrick Cassidy
Pattie Darcy
Annie Golden
Ellie Greenwich
Jasmine Guy
Lon Hoyt
Darlene Love
Keith MacDaniel
Dinah Manoff
Peter Neptune
Zora Rasmussen
Gina Taylor
Barbara Yeager
NOTE: Karla DeVito was only part of the 1984 incarnation of the show at The Bottom Line.
Tracks:
1. Overture
2. Be My Baby
3. Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home
4. A...My Name is Ellie
5. Jivette Boogie Beat
6. Why Do Lovers Break Each Others' Hearts
7. Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry
8. I Wanna Love Him So Bad
9. Do Wah Diddy
10. And Then He Kissed Me
11. Hanky Panky
12. Not Too Young (To Get Married)
13. Chapel of Love
14. Baby I Love You
15. Leader of the Pack
16. Look of Love
17. Christmas-Baby Please Come Home
18. I Can Hear Music
19. Rock of Rages
20. Keep It Confidential
21. Da Doo Ron Ron
22. What a Guy
23. Maybe I Know
24. River Deep, Mountain High
25. We're Gonna Make It (After All)
"I'm Darlene Love baby! I was there!"
I listened to Beehive the other day and Leader is far superior.
Sorry to be ignorant, and I figured others might be wondering, but what exactly is this about? Is it a jukebox musical? Or what's the story?
AAAHHHHHHHHHHH! AMAZING NEWS!!!
I wanna love him so bad.
YAY!!! Classic recording!! Great to see it get a new life on CD.
Annie Golden singing "Be My Baby" and "Leader of The Pack" are my favorites.
"Sorry to be ignorant, and I figured others might be wondering, but what exactly is this about? Is it a jukebox musical? Or what's the story?"
It's a very thin bio-musical on Ellie Greenwich who, with Jeff Barry, wrote music for the girl groups of the 60's. It focuses on her start at the Brill Building, meeting Jeff, a courtship of sorts, marriage, divorce and then nervous breakdown.
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