The Listening Project: Broadway/Show Tunes
Each classroom studies 30 songs in the cannon of a genre over the course of the year.
Broadway/Show Tunes Listening Canon in Chronological Order:
- “Give My Regards to Broadway,” composed by George M. Cohan, version sung by Joel Grey (Little Johnny Jones, 1904)
- “Fascinating Rhythm,” music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, sung by Fred Astaire (Lady, Be Good, 1924)
- “Puttin’ On the Ritz,” composed by Irving Berlin, version sung by Rufus Wainwright (Puttin’ On the Ritz, 1930)
- “You’re the Top,” composed by Cole Porter, version sung by Cole Porter (Anything Goes, 1934)
- “Over the Rainbow,” music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, sung by Judy Garland (The Wizard of Oz, 1939)
- “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!” composer Richard Rodgers, librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, sung by Gordon MacRae (Oklahoma, 1943)
- “Getting to Know You,” composer Richard Rodgers, librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, sung by Gertrude Lawrence (The King and I, 1951)
- “Singin’ in the Rain,” lyrics by Arthur Freed, composed by Nacio Herb Brown, sung by Gene Kelly (Originally in Hollywood Revue of 1929, featured in the film Singin’ in the Rain, 1952)
- “I Won’t Grow Up,” music by Mark “Moose” Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, sung by Mary Martin (Peter Pan, 1954)
- “Wouldn’t it be Lovely,” lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, sung by Marni Nixon (My Fair Lady, 1956)
- “Something’s Coming,” music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, sung by Jim Bryant (West Side Story, 1957)
- “Do-Re-Mi,” composer Richard Rodgers, librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, sung by Julie Andrews (Sound of Music, 1960)
- “Consider Yourself,” music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, sung by Bruce Prochnik and cast (Oliver!, 1963)
- “If I Were a Rich Man,” music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, sung by Topol (Fiddler on the Roof, 1964)
- “Impossible Dream,” lyrics by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh, sung by Richard Kiley (Man of La Mancha, 1965)
- “Happiness Is…,” music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, sung by Anthony Rapp, B.D. Wong and cast (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, 1967)
- “Good Morning Starshine,” lyrics by James Rado and Jerome Ragni, music by Galt MacDermot, sung by Galt MacDermot and Tom Pierson (Hair, 1969)
- “We Go Together,” by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, sung by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta (Grease, 1972)
- “Magic to Do,” music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, sung by Ben Vereen (Pippin, 1972)
- “Send in the Clowns,” music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, sung by Barbara Streisand (A Little Night Music, 1973)
- “One,” lyrics by Edward Kleban, music by Marvin Hamlisch, sung by Original Broadway Cast (A Chorus Line, 1975)
- “Ease on Down the Road,” music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, sung by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson (The Wiz, 1975)
- “Tomorrow,” music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, sung by Marissa O’Donnell (Annie, 1977)
- “And I’m Tell You I’m Not Goin’,” music by Henry Kreiger, lyrics by Tom Eyen, sung by Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, 1981)
- “Memory,” music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by T.S. Eliot and Trevor Nunn, sung by Betty Buckley (Cats, 1982)
- “Do You Hear the People Sing?” music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, sung by the Original Broadway Cast (Les Miserables, 1987)
- “Seasons of Love,” music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, sung by Original Broadway Cast (Rent, 1996)
- “Circle of Life,” music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, sung by Original Broadway Cast (The Lion King, 1997)
- “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman, sung by Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, and John Travolta (Hairspray, 2002)
- “For Good,” music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz sung by Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked, 2003)
Broadway / Show Tunes Listening Canon List (.doc)