meadowlark ?

hey my friend said that the best show tune he has ever heard is called meadowlark. And that sarah brightman sings the best rendition of that song. I never heard of that song. Can any one tell me what show that song is from and who sings the best version of it ?
- Thanks

Nah, the best rendition is by far IMHO by the person who first introduced it in "The Baker's Wife"...Ms. Patti Lupone. It's from "The Baker's Wife" which played in L.A. and closed in Washington D.C. I believe, never making it to Broadway. From what I hear it's one of the most used audition songs by female vocalists.

Another one to your list...
Stephanie J. Block - Meadowlark

All of the above mentioned versions are good. However, Patti LuPone owns the song. Once you've heard her sing it live....you'll never listen to anyone else's version the same again.

It's surprising that David Merrick tried to pull it from the show. According to LuPone (and others) Merrick came one night and stole all the sheet music for the song.

As Patti LuPone tells it: the song was in, the song was out, the song was in, the song was out, the song was in, the song was out, the song was in, the song was out.

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I honestly think that's one of Schwartz's best songs, ever. I love Susan Egan's version.

There's a video of some student singing it on the unmentionable site--she is very good.

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I do love Betty's rendition of the song, as performed on her London Concert CD.

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I can't decide- but it's between Betty Buckley and Patti LuPone! Listen to both versions....

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Too bad the recording of Patti is so iffy--it sounds like two performances badly edited together (maybe it was)--though I knwo that Original Cast of Baker's Wife was cobbled together very cheaply and I'm rgateful we have it.

Baker's Wife has a number of fabulous songs (Dominic's solo Proud Lady, and Serenade are my personal faves) but Meadowlark is the one that's kept interest in this hard to make work show alive over the years--I knwo Trevor Nunn instigated the London revision because so many people sang the song at auditions and he fell for it.

I love the performance on the London album as well (forget who sings it) and as much as I'm NOT a Brightman fan she does a pretty good take on her album.

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