Songs from musicals

[jakartajive]

My daughter is nearly five and has developed an obsession with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which requires us to watch it on an almost weekly basis.
Say what you want about Dick Van Dyke's lousy English accent, but he's great in it.
Great dancer, great comic timing and - on occasion - able to deliver a song with wonderful phrasing and verve.
I've grown to really love his bedtime lullaby Hushabye Mountain and this led me to dig out Bobbie Gentry's breathtaking version:

Julie London's take on it is also good, but I find the instrumentation slightly too overblown.

Any love for any other cover versions of songs from musicals out there?

[Galtee Mountain Casual]

Not cover versions but the Bugsy Malone soundtrack has been popular with our two for the past few years in particular these ones :

kids faves

and my fave which I just can't get enough of......

[LDJB]

[Saint Jude]

Not cover versions but the Bugsy Malone soundtrack has been popular with our two for the past few years

I loved Bugsy Malone was I was a kid.

I've always wanted to play this as an 'ender' whenever I DJ'ed but have always bottled it:

In terms of covers of songs from musicals this takes some beating IMHO:

[Galtee Mountain Casual]

Funny you should say that St Jude as for years I actually used this as an ender whenever I played out! Was always amazed how well it worked too used to bring the whole crowd together at the end of the night!

[Expiry2011]

Bobby Darin does Dr Doolittle
The whole LP is great

[Sonovox]

I have three recommendable albums (for the easy-tolerant) which are purely "Sound Of Music" instrumental covers - anyone know of more?

Roy Budd - Roy Budd Is The Sound Of Music. Flashy piano showoff versions (ace).

Ted Heath - The Sound Of Music. Stentorian versions.

Edmundo Ros - The Ros Sound Of Music, which I just found is now available as a Trunk download. Latinized versions.

Not much on the Tube, but here's a sample:

[Paul-K]

i still love some of them Bugsy Malone tracks

[ginghamkitchen]

I was recently sent a link to a Youtube video of a 'Bugsy Malone' school production that I appeared in THIRTY years ago. It was a terrifying experience, especially as I had grey hair and a moustache in it, a facsimile of age which is a far cry from my actual ravaged future self.

[babycart]

Say what you want about Dick Van Dyke's lousy English accent, but he's great in it.
Great dancer, great comic timing and - on occasion - able to deliver a song with wonderful phrasing and verve.

I agree. He gets a bad press entirely based on the cockernee act.

This was on my swap a couple of years ago, but I don´t think you were in that one, JJ. Big Burl sings the original extended lyrics over a lovely descending vibes motif.

[Campag Record]

There's a version of We're Off To See The Wizard on the LP People - There Are People And There Are People.

http://www.discogs.com/People-There-...elease/3060969

Funky horn rock but still a bit cheesy.

[jahshabby]

Pretty much anything from the Jungle book. There's an LP by Mike Sammes singers, but the originals win.

[Brass Monkey]

I am often unsure about musicals but I am utterly convinced by "On The Street Where You Live", I adore the tune, and find the words achingly beautiful; 'does enchantment pour out of every door?' Indeed it does.

Here's some of my favourite versions but there's loads.

Peggy Lee

Shelley Manne

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

On a similar tip I recorded Singing In The Rain for my daughter over the weekend and even though the world and his wife knows Gene Kelly's routine, I was struck by just how brilliant it was - perfectly demonstrating all that was great about cinema at the time.

[alanmck]

brit jazz central:



the version of Singing In The Rain is lovely, another Landsdowne series Dennis Preston production, with Ike Isaacs, Jeff Clyne, Kenny Baker, Gordon Beck et al.

[babycart]

On a similar tip I recorded Singing In The Rain for my daughter over the weekend and even though the world and his wife knows Gene Kelly's routine, I was struck by just how brilliant it was - perfectly demonstrating all that was great about cinema at the time.

Singin in the Rain is a terrific kids film. One of my boys favourites as a toddler.
Saturday Night Fever was too, but I had to hide it once he got old enough to pick up on the swearing, racial slurs and rape.