Vocal performances recorded more than once

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 5:18pm

I am listening to Matilda and it got me thinking. What performances have been recorded more than once on different cast recordings? Elena Roger in Evita immediately comes to mind.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 5:23pm

Les Miz has a few:

Judy Kuhn on the OBC and 10th anniversary

Colm Wilkinson on the OLC, OBC and 10th anniversary

Michael Ball on the OLC and 10th anniversary

Philip Quast on the CSR and 10th anniversary

Kaho Shimada on one of the original Japanese recordings (Japanese) and the CSR (English)

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 5:33pm

Carol Channing on the OBC and revival recordings of Hello Dolly.

Yul Brynner on the original, revival and movie soundtrack recordings of King and I. 

Rex Harrison on the OBC, OLC and movie soundtrack recordings of My Fair Lady.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 5:37pm

Ellen Greene's Audrey is represented on both the original cast recording and soundtrack of Little Shop.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 5:39pm

Ethel Merman in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (OBC and Lincoln Center)

Alfred Drake in KISMET (OBC and Lincoln Center)

Gwen Verdon and others in DAMN YANKEES (OBC and Soundtrack)

John Raitt and others in THE PAJAMA GAME (OBC and Soundtrack)

ETA

John Raitt in CAROUSEL (OBC and Lincoln Center)

Giorgio Tozzi in SOUTH PACIFIC (Soundtrack and Lincoln Center)

Jack Gilford in OF THEE I SING (TV Soundtrack and Studio Cast)

Nancy Walker and Comden & Green in ON THE TOWN (OBC and Studio Cast)

Topol in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (OLC and Soundtrack)

Joan Diener in MAN OF LA MANCHA (OBC, OLC and French Cast)

Tim Curry and others in ROCKY HORROR SHOW (OLC, Roxy and Soundtrack depending on the person)

Countless other soundtracks featuring original cast members.

Updated On: 5/30/15 at 05:39 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 5:50pm

Patti LuPone also recorded Mrs. Lovett twice once for the concert CDs and another for the revival. It's fun to compare and contrast how two different directors got two completely different performances from her.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 6:18pm

Hermione Gingold in OBC and OLC recordings of A Little Night Music

Donna McKechnie in OBC and London BBC concert of A Chorus Line

Almost all the cast of Fun Home

[Kad]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 6:22pm

LuPone in the Sweeney Todd concert recording, and then on the revival recording.

[Fantod]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 6:31pm

A whole bunch of people from the original cast of Kiss Me, Kate re-recorded the score in stereo in 1957

[Fantod]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 6:34pm

Ethel Merman also had a third Annie Get Your Gun recording from 1973

[The Other One]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 8:01pm

Here are a few more.

Broadway and Hollywood:

Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde in Bye Bye, Birdie; Miyoshi Umecki and Juanita Hall in Flower Drum Song; Robert Preston, The Buffalo Bills and Pert Kelton in The Music Man; Faith Dane and Paul Wallace in Gypsy; Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye and B.S. Pully in Guys and Dolls; Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Ruth Kobart and others in How To Succeed...; Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum; Barbra Streisand (and, for a few notes, Kay Medford) in Funny Girl; Tommy Steele in Half A Sixpence; William Daniels, Virginia Vestoff, Ron Holgate and more in 1776; Joel Grey in Cabaret; most of the casts of The Producers and Rent, William Warfield in Show Boat (MGM, Columbia Studio and Lincoln Center Revival recordings); John McMartin in Sweet Charity; Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady (Broadway, London and soundtrack), Harve Presnell in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (off-Broadway, actually), Richard Harris in Camelot (Soundtrack and London stage revival);  Judy Holliday, Jean Stapleton and others in Bells Are Ringing; Len Cariou and Laurence Guittard in A Little Night Music, Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam; Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town (Broadway and TV soundtrack); Ron Moody in Oliver! (the London cast and soundtrack recordings)....

 

Stage Recordings:

Julie Andrews and Robert Coote in My Fair Lady (Broadway and London); Barbara Cook in Show Boat (Columbia studio and Music Theater of Lincoln Center recordings); Sammy Davis re-recorded his songs for Golden Boy a few months into its run; Howard McGillin in the Lincoln Center and London revivals of Anything Goes; Chita Rivera in the Broadway and London Bye Bye, Birdie; Georgia Brown in the London and Broadway Oliver!...the others I can think of have been mentioned.

 

Updated On: 5/30/15 at 08:01 PM

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 5/30/15 at 8:35pm

Barry Dennen and Yvonne Elliman in Jesus Christ Superstar (original concept album, OBC, and film)

[Mekroth]

Posted: 5/31/15 at 4:10am

A little bit different, but Carol Channing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Lorelai comes to mind.

[06s091]

Posted: 5/31/15 at 6:41am

"Les Miz has a few:
Judy Kuhn on the OBC and 10th anniversary
Colm Wilkinson on the OLC, OBC and 10th anniversary
Michael Ball on the OLC and 10th anniversary
Philip Quast on the CSR and 10th anniversary
Kaho Shimada on one of the original Japanese recordings (Japanese) and the CSR (English)"

Michael Ball is also on the CSR and Philip Quast is on the Manchester highlights recording as well. 

[TheBoyFromNC]

Posted: 5/31/15 at 4:34pm

Adding to the Les Miz duplicates, Samantha Barks was Eponine in both the 2010 concert and the movie.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 5/31/15 at 5:21pm

Linda Eder was on the first few Jekyll & Hyde cast recordings as Lucy: 1990 concept album, 1994 concept album, and the OBCR. (Also as Lisa Carew on the 1990 recording.)

EDIT: Apparently she also did the 1987 demo recording. The more you know!

Updated On: 5/31/15 at 05:21 PM