Greatest Ever Musicals

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Fight the Fight (From Here to Eternity)
Michael Ball3:34
2Colored Woman (Memphis: The Musical)
Beverley Knight3:25
3I Don’t Know How to Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar)
recording engineer and mixer:
Mark Evans (UK engineer/producer/songwriter aka Tufty) (in 2012)
producer:
Peter-John Vettese (British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer) (in 2012)
recorded at:
Sphere Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2012)
cover recording of:
I Don’t Know How to Love Him (in 2012)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Leeds Music (MCA), Leeds Music Ltd., MCA Music Ltd., Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
part of:
Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Melanie C5:18
4I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables)
Joe McElderry3:42
5Pure Imagination (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory)
Alfie Boe3:21
6Close Every Door (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
John Barrowman & Chorus3:34
7Tell Me on a Sunday (Tell Me on a Sunday)
Denise van Outen4:05
8The Winner Takes It All (Mamma Mia)
Martine McCutcheon4:48
9Sunny Afternoon (Sunny Afternoon)
Original Cast3:35
10Electricity (Billy Elliot)
Ruthie Henshall3:04
11Not While I’m Around (Sweeney Todd)
Imelda Staunton & James McConville3:32
12When I Grow Up (Matilda: The Musical)
Cast of Matilda3:38
13Love Never Dies (Love Never Dies)
Sierra Boggess & Andrew Lloyd Webber6:12
14Defying Gravity (Wicked)
Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel5:53
15I’m a Believer (Shrek)
Shrek Ensemble2:40
16Falling Slowly (Once)
Michael Ball4:16
17Come What May (Moulin Rouge)
Alfie Boe feat. Kerry Ellis4:49
18Waterloo Sunset (Sunny Afternoon)
Original London Cast3:20
19With One Look (live) (Sunset Boulevard)
Petula Clark2:53
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera)
Michael Crawford feat. Barbara Bonney4:28
2Any Dream Will Do (Joseph)
Jason Donovan3:56
3Anything Goes (Anything Goes)
Elaine Paige4:10
4Magical Mr. Mistofelees (Cats)
Paul Nicholas3:40
5Another Suitcase in Another Hall (Evita)
recording of:
Another Suitcase in Another Hall (Evita)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music and Evita Music Ltd.
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Barbara Dickson4:34
6The Perfect Year (Sunset Boulevard)
Dana Carol3:46
7Talk to the Animals (Doctor Dolittle)
Philip Schofield3:24
8No Matter What (Whistle Down the Wind)
Boyzone4:35
9The Last Night of the World (Miss Saigon)
Kim Creswell & Graham Bickley4:10
10The Time Warp (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Jason Donovan4:23
11I Know Him So Well (Chess)
cover recording of:
I Know Him So Well (Chess)
lyricist:
Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus
composer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
part of:
Chess (full musical)
Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson4:17
12Pie Jesu (Requiem)
Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston3:56
13One Night in Bangok (Chess)
Murray Head3:54
14Our House (Our House)
Madness3:12
15Starlight Express (Starlight Express)
Paul Nicholas & Paul Jones5:11
16Tell Me It’s Not True (Blood Brothers)
recording of:
Tell Me It’s Not True (Blood Brothers)
lyricist and composer:
Willy Russell
publisher:
Willy Russell Music
part of:
Blood Brothers
Barbara Dickson3:23
17Only You (Starlight Express)
Michael Crawford feat. Frances Ruffelle4:57
18Losing My Mind (Follies)
Cleo Laine4:17
CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Memory (Cats)
Elaine Paige5:17
2Take That Look Off Your Face (Tell Me on a Sunday)
Marti Webb3:36
3Oh What a Circus (Evita)
recording of:
Oh, What a Circus (Evita)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music and Evita Music Ltd.
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
David Essex3:56
4Pop Muzik (Priscilla Queen of the Desert)
M3:19
5Sandy (Grease)
producer:
John Farrar
mixer:
David J. Holman
arranger:
John Farrar, Michael Gibson (trombone) and Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1978), Polydor Ltd. (aka Polydor Ltée, Canadian manufacturer and distributor from 1966–1978, may show maple-leaf logo) (in 1978) and RSO Records, Inc. (US company that owned the RSO label, not the label itself.) (in 1978)
recording of:
Sandy (song from “Grease”)
lyricist:
Scott Simon
composer:
Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer)
publisher:
Ensign Music Corp. (in 1978) and Unichappell Music (in 1978)
part of:
Grease (1978 film)
John Travolta3.752:33
6December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Jersey Boys)Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons3:30
7Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita)
producer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre) and Tim Rice
vocals:
Julie Covington
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 56)
recording of:
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita) (in 1976)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music, Evita Music Ltd., Leeds Music (MCA), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Julie Covington5:26
8Gimme Some Lovin’ (The Blues Brothers)
The Spencer Davis Group2:54
9Maggie May (Tonight’s the Night)Rod Stewart5:15
10If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
Topol5:11
11The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)
Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris4:51
12Grease Mega‐Mix (Grease)
lead vocals:
Olivia Newton‐John (British-Australian singer, actress and activist) and John Travolta (American actor and singer)
remixer:
Phil Harding & Ian Curnow (Duo)
DJ-mixer:
Ian Curnow and Phil Harding (engineer, producer and remixer)
performer:
Olivia Newton‐John (British-Australian singer, actress and activist) and John Travolta (American actor and singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (company, do not use as label) (in 1990, in 2003)
DJ-mix of and mash-up of:
Greased Lightnin’ by John Travolta, Summer Nights by John Travolta, Olivia Newton‐John & Cast and You’re the One That I Want by John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐John
recording of:
The Grease Megamix
writer:
Warren Casey, John Farrar and Jim Jacobs
medley of:
You’re the One That I Want (Grease)
medley of:
Greased Lightnin’
medley of:
Summer Nights (Grease song)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐John3.654:51
13The Way You Do the Things You Do (Calendar Girls)
The Temptations2:45
14Mustang Sally (The Commitments)
Wilson Pickett3:07
15Dancing in the Street (Motown: The Musical)
producer:
William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1964) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1964)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (recordings) (number: 7), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 40) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 130)
recording of:
Dancing in the Street
writer:
Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), FCG Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas3.62:40
16You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two (Oliver)
Ron Moody (Fagin)2:55
17I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song) (The Jungle Book)
Louis Prima, Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman4:39
18Mama’s Talkin’ Soft (Gypsy)
Petula Clark2:11
19(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me (Made in Dagenham)Sandie Shaw2:43
20Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
recording of:
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) and Jule Styne
publisher:
Dorsey Bros Music Ltd. (Angel Eyes - Dennis/Brent)
part of:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949 musical based on novel of the same name by Anita Loos)
Marilyn Monroe3:32
21Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
Judy Garland3:37