Top 10 Catchiest Songs from Classic Broadway Musicals

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  • Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
  • They're the catchiest songs ever to grace Broadway. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re looking at the most memorable and hummable tunes from Broadway musicals that premiered before 1980. Our countdown includes "Annie," "The Music Man," "The Wiz," and more! Did any of our picks have YOU singing along? Let us know in the comments!
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  • @MsMojo
    @MsMojo  4 месяца назад +11

    Did any of our picks have YOU singing along? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 10 Annoyingly Catchy Broadway Songs - ruclips.net/video/jg_1Xf1GRUQ/видео.html

    • @albertshumate7688
      @albertshumate7688 2 месяца назад

      @albertshumate7688
      0 seconds ago
      Notice how songs from "Music Man" are rap?

    • @martin3153
      @martin3153 2 месяца назад

      Love musicals can't believe grease or hairspray along with little shop of horrors were not even mentioned. Never heard the Chicago song ever! Lol

    • @DameElisedelaRose
      @DameElisedelaRose Месяц назад

      It's the Hard Knock Life & You Got Trouble

  • @shellywernette4449
    @shellywernette4449 4 месяца назад +127

    Singing in the Rain definitely deserves a spot on this list.

    • @ms.annthrope415
      @ms.annthrope415 4 месяца назад +1

      Only from A Clockwork Orange. The rape and murder scene.

    • @claytonwebb1999
      @claytonwebb1999 3 месяца назад +1

      Number 1.

    • @aviecenna8579
      @aviecenna8579 3 месяца назад +3

      A legendary song, but not originally from Broadway though

    • @sheilaholmes8455
      @sheilaholmes8455 2 месяца назад

      It’s not a Broadway musical.

    • @TheAislynnRose
      @TheAislynnRose 2 месяца назад +1

      Yes one of mine too. I was lucky to have a phenomenal tap teacher while I was in high school that had worked in Vaudeville and also would sub in the taps for the big musicals. They used to film the dance scenes and sub in the tap sounds later, so My teacher actually knew Gene Kelly and his brother who was also a dancer. We did a recital of singing in the rain with props and all. It's amazing what look like simple steps are really hard to do and with such finesse. My teacher used some of the same steps in the choreography in Omage to Kelly. Gene Kelly was a master and made it look so easy and effortless. When it was extremely hard steps in essence. Just singin' and dancin' in the rain. Such a joy.

  • @nyneeveanya8861
    @nyneeveanya8861 4 месяца назад +78

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Impossible Dream, Camelot, White Christmas, Jesus Christ Superstar, Memory. So many wonderful songs from so many wonderful musicals that you can’t list them all.

    • @smith1958b
      @smith1958b 3 месяца назад +1

      Also, There's No Business Like Show Business, Anything Goes, Consider Yourself, and several songs from the musical CATS.

    • @RisingwoodsGal
      @RisingwoodsGal 3 месяца назад

      Some on your list weren't live Broadway.

    • @Astrobrant2
      @Astrobrant2 3 месяца назад +1

      Also, The Rain in Spain, Wouldn't It Be Loverly, On the Street Where You Live, (all from My Fair Lady), Climb Every Mountain and These Are a Few of My Favorite Things from Sound of Music, A Spoonful of Medicine from Mary Poppins, and Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's (although I hated the musical).
      I think any of these are better than at least four of the choices in the video, but I don't know how much the term "catchy" would apply to some of them. And I Could Have Danced All Night should have been in the top five, not an honorable mention.
      Note, Mary Poppins was made into a stage musical years after the movie.
      Also, I object to Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, since they were not together in the musical. The 5th Dimension did that as a medley. Let the Sunshine In was just a repeated closing refrain to The Flesh Failures.

    • @Shan_Dalamani
      @Shan_Dalamani Месяц назад

      @@Astrobrant2 Regardless of where it is in the musical, Let the Sunshine In is chilling (in the movie, at least).

    • @HopeflRomantc
      @HopeflRomantc Месяц назад

      Yes, but those are the stars of Broadway Love Mush. They aren't lively.

  • @Diana.Danieli
    @Diana.Danieli 4 месяца назад +65

    I love "The Music Man" so much!

  • @jsbach5482
    @jsbach5482 4 месяца назад +65

    "Consider Yourself" from Oliver! totally should have made the list

    • @kristinholsapple2587
      @kristinholsapple2587 4 месяца назад +6

      Ahhh yes , definitely a song from oliver shld have on there

    • @christelheadington1136
      @christelheadington1136 3 месяца назад

      @@kristinholsapple2587 As Long As He Needs Me !

    • @jeffwatkins352
      @jeffwatkins352 3 месяца назад +3

      Absolutely! Though I'd Do Anything is my favorite. I was pleasantly surprised that I liked the film version better than the stage original, possibly due to Johnny Green's delightful orchestration in response to Carol Reed's staging.

  • @dianelitman5956
    @dianelitman5956 3 месяца назад +11

    Trouble, my favorite. Robert Preston was perfect and so was everyone else in the cast!!!

    • @californianorma876
      @californianorma876 Месяц назад

      Yes! So much hope ❤

    • @jonberger
      @jonberger Месяц назад

      She could have included both "Seventy-Six Trombones" and "Good Night My Someone" and only used up one slot, since they're kind of the same song. I never noticed that until someone pointed it out. It's wildly clever.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 4 месяца назад +50

    Rogers and Hammerstein had the best musicals of all time, with The Sound of Music and Oklahoma being my favourites.

    • @williamfairchild7439
      @williamfairchild7439 4 месяца назад +5

      The Sound of Music is my favourite classic musical film

    • @jeffwatkins352
      @jeffwatkins352 3 месяца назад +1

      @@williamfairchild7439 I respect and applaud your fondness but regret to say it's a film I simply cannot watch. To me, it's the musical equivalent of high fructose corn syrup. Me, who genuinely worships Julie Andrews.

    • @robertbrewer2190
      @robertbrewer2190 3 месяца назад +1

      One must know the history and situation that G & S so wonderfully criticized. Many of the English terms are not familiar to us now. eg.: a clark is a clerk etc etc. Documents all copied by hand, Imagine that!

    • @user-dz8tn5wz4j
      @user-dz8tn5wz4j 2 месяца назад

      R&H certainly set the standard for every Broadway book writer, composer & lyricist for all time.

  • @mikeywid4954
    @mikeywid4954 4 месяца назад +39

    This is a rabbit hole you could go down for days. I love it!

  • @donbrown1284
    @donbrown1284 4 месяца назад +66

    Hey Big Spender - Sweet Charity

  • @TheAislynnRose
    @TheAislynnRose 4 месяца назад +20

    I was lucky that my parents loved musicals and so had thè original albums to most of these. When I got my first record player, I had only 1 album to start, so I would play my parents albums. I know every song to West Side story and bc I had a pair of castinets would play along with "I like to be in America" while I was singing. Lol I was a dancer too since 3 years old, so would dance it out. Flower Drum Song, A Hundred Million Miracles and I'm A Girl. Gypsy's Let Me Entertain You and Gypsy Roses Turn. Oklahoma I actually auditioned in High School with I Cain't Say No, which I knew from heart from the albums. Music Man I knew the double Talk by heart, Out of my Dreams and Pick-a-Little Talk-a-Little I could go on and on...lol

    • @garyneilson3075
      @garyneilson3075 2 месяца назад +1

      Wonderful memories.... Thanks for sharing them....

  • @charlottehardy822
    @charlottehardy822 4 месяца назад +84

    Think that “anything you can do” from Annie get your gun deserved a spot on this list.

    • @HPABQ
      @HPABQ 4 месяца назад +8

      And "No Business Like Show Business" from the same musical.

    • @kentondickerson
      @kentondickerson 4 месяца назад +1

      "Annie Get Your Gun"

    • @songsmith31a
      @songsmith31a 3 месяца назад +2

      I have a huge liking for "You Can;t Get A Man With a Gun" from the same Irving Berlin score!

    • @jeffwatkins352
      @jeffwatkins352 3 месяца назад

      @@HPABQ That would be my pick over Anything You Can Do.

  • @Apledore
    @Apledore 4 месяца назад +17

    My husband watched Music Man for the first time last night. (I watched it literally hundreds of times growing up). After Rock Island, he dryly commented that he hadn't been expecting rap. I told him to just wait. 😉

    • @jeffwatkins352
      @jeffwatkins352 3 месяца назад +2

      In my youth, I begged my boy's school to turn on its TV to the film version. A few minutes into the opening number, one of the teachers switched it off, saying "That's enough of THAT idiocy." I've never forgiven him, and I'm 71 now. Have you tried showing your husband some Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs? Rap's got nothing on them.

  • @mariasmith9460
    @mariasmith9460 4 месяца назад +35

    I love all the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals! The Sound of Music is my absolute favourite tho❤❤

    • @jaclynsanture6643
      @jaclynsanture6643 4 месяца назад +2

      I Ador The Sound of Music!😊

    • @williamfairchild7439
      @williamfairchild7439 4 месяца назад +1

      The Sound of Music is my favourite classic musical film

    • @songsmith31a
      @songsmith31a 3 месяца назад

      R&H were masters of their craft - with so many memorable tunes and lyrics to choose from.

  • @ellynmacgregor8210
    @ellynmacgregor8210 4 месяца назад +21

    I happened to listen the other day to "If My Friends Could See Me Now" from Sweet Charity. If that's not catchy (especially when sung and danced by the one and only Gwen Verdon), I don't know what is. Also, I agree with another poster who cited two songs shown at the beginning that didn't even make it into the honorable mentions: the title track from *Oklahoma!* , and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from *Guys and Dolls*.

  • @BJWanlund
    @BJWanlund 4 месяца назад +18

    Definitely “Oklahoma”, one of my favorite musical movies ever

  • @oliverbrownlow5615
    @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад +14

    "Turkey Lurkey Time" is a bizarre choice from the score of a show *(Promises, Promises)* that included the very catchy hit, "I'll Never Fall in Love Again." Even Richard Rodgers praised it.

    • @WILTALK
      @WILTALK Месяц назад

      I agree, its my least favorite song from the show. I mean they could have picked the title song " Promise Promises" Or I'll never fall in love again".

  • @AuthorRavenWest
    @AuthorRavenWest 3 месяца назад +3

    ALL of them - Saw many Broadway musicals in my day growing up in Upstate NY, including the original Grease and Chicago - saw the Fantastics with the late great Jerry Orbach... but nothing new to sing along with since... BUT I also know the ENTIRE Les Miz and can sing all 3 hours and have seen it 22 times!

  • @TheAdventurer1
    @TheAdventurer1 3 месяца назад +14

    Preston will always be the definitive Harold Hill.

    • @user-dz8tn5wz4j
      @user-dz8tn5wz4j 2 месяца назад

      That whatzizname-Kid-Who-Made-the-Made-For-TV-Movie shoulda stood in bed!

  • @jasonstraight1320
    @jasonstraight1320 4 месяца назад +36

    Matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof. Very catchy.

    • @WILTALK
      @WILTALK Месяц назад

      No one ever just starts singing " If I were a rich man" spontaneously. I do but I am the only one.

  • @seanhorace925
    @seanhorace925 4 месяца назад +18

    I can think of a few others you missed:
    .Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
    .Simon Zelestes from Jesus Christ Superstar
    .Buenas Aires from Evita
    .Pharaoh’s Song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    • @cair124
      @cair124 4 месяца назад +2

      Shall We Dance from The King and I. I Enjoy Being a Girl from Flower Drum Song. Impossible from Cinderella. Rodgers and Hammerstein were the kings of the catchy tune.

    • @cair124
      @cair124 4 месяца назад +1

      And then there was Cole Porter: Blow, Gabriel, Blow from Anything Goes. Too Darn Hot from Kiss Me Kate. C'est Magnifique from Can-Can. I think we need another 3-4 lists like the one above.

    • @laurellane1721
      @laurellane1721 4 месяца назад

      @@cair124 I love Blow, Gabriel, Blow!

  • @zabuzafan100
    @zabuzafan100 4 месяца назад +24

    I would love to see seth macfarlane in a full production of the music man playing Herald Hill. I've not seen the lcips that where played her but I bet with his vocal talents he would KILL that role.

  • @teresacartwright5406
    @teresacartwright5406 2 месяца назад +2

    Robert Preston was the definitive Harold Hill in The Music Man. One of my all-time favourite movies (esp. the song "Til There Was You"). For me, the best song in The Sound of Music is "Climb Every Mountain" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel definitely should be on the list.

  • @arthurrubiera8029
    @arthurrubiera8029 3 месяца назад +10

    Wow, l can not believe that you did not include Singing in the rain , even in honorable mention! Incredible

    • @jonberger
      @jonberger Месяц назад

      Not from a Broadway musical.

  • @nahkohese555
    @nahkohese555 4 месяца назад +16

    Okay, I agree with most of your list (maybe not the order), But Chicago being number 1? I've seen it and none of the songs stuck in my head. There were so many better choices. Guys & Dolls, Oklahoma, Man of la Mancha, Camelot, even The Rocky Horror Show (okay, so that one never actually made Broadway, the first time around, but it was on London's version of it before they turned it into The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад +1

      Actually, *The Rocky Horror Show* did have a brief, unsuccessful Broadway run in 1975, with a production starring Tim Curry. It even got a Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design.

    • @nahkohese555
      @nahkohese555 4 месяца назад

      @@oliverbrownlow5615 Didn't know that. I thought they were strictly off Broadway. In that case, Time Warp should definitely be on this list!

  • @LaLayla99
    @LaLayla99 4 месяца назад +18

    Well, you could have added the first couple of songs at the beginning of the video- "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Oklahoma!". "June is Bustin' Out All Over" from Carousel and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" from Showboat could also be on here

    • @rejoyce318
      @rejoyce318 4 месяца назад +4

      Yes, I was expecting "Sit Down" and "Oklahoma."

    • @sharonbeavan1730
      @sharonbeavan1730 4 месяца назад +4

      How lovely to see and hear Rebecca Luker again (Sound of Music B'way) ALS took her from us way too soon.

    • @LaLayla99
      @LaLayla99 4 месяца назад +2

      @@sharonbeavan1730 And cancer took Marin Mazie. ☹️

  • @user-qk9gi1jh6g
    @user-qk9gi1jh6g 4 месяца назад +34

    Okay, so it isn't up-tempo. But the single most revered song from any musical, ever, has to be "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from the Wizard of Oz. Even people who don't like to sing and don't watch musicals remember this song. Doesn't that make it catchy?

  • @williamjones7163
    @williamjones7163 4 месяца назад +7

    I was in the Music Man as a chorus singer. It was produced at the Billings Studio Theater. Our Harold Hill was a local banker and this was his first production.

  • @sarahcosta5859
    @sarahcosta5859 4 месяца назад +10

    I just did a production of Music Man and I'm so glad it got mentioned its amazing musical

  • @ILJ68
    @ILJ68 4 месяца назад +35

    Nothing? NOTHING???!?!?! Nothing from Oliver!? Not even a mention? So many songs to choose. Food Glorious Food, Oliver, Pick A Pocket, Consider Yourself, Reviewing The Situation, Who Will Buy, Ooom-Pah-Pah??? Sakes man, you dropped the ball here.

    • @williamfairchild7439
      @williamfairchild7439 4 месяца назад +4

      Yeah that's one of my favourite classic stage and film musicals

    • @ILJ68
      @ILJ68 4 месяца назад +7

      @@williamfairchild7439 I was honestly expecting it to be #1, as there are so many catchy songs. Cell Block Tango? Okay, good song, but it’s not really a “song” is it? Dialogue and a sung chorus. Worth a mention, but shouldn’t have made top 10

    • @phillipabowe5349
      @phillipabowe5349 4 месяца назад +7

      I was in a production of Oliver 18 months ago as Mrs Corney. I couldn't get Food Glorious Food or Consider yourself out of my head for ages. An absolute ear worm.

    • @ILJ68
      @ILJ68 4 месяца назад +3

      @@phillipabowe5349 I was in a school production when I was 12. I’m 55. I can still sing all of them.

    • @this_Joe_Smith
      @this_Joe_Smith 3 месяца назад +1

      So
      their #1 on the list
      is from "Chicago"
      , and its movie version
      won a 'Best Picture' Oscar
      .. well -
      a musical hadn't done that -
      --won 'Best Picture' --
      since
      1969's "Oliver!"

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 4 месяца назад +32

    I've always loved "Ya Got Trouble", and loved that it was parodied in the Monorail episode of "The Simpsons."

    • @Tarabara
      @Tarabara 3 месяца назад +3

      Conan O'Brien was a writer on The Simpsons for a few seasons and is a big fan of The Music Man. Naturally, he wrote that particular episode.

    • @mysticgirl916
      @mysticgirl916 2 месяца назад +2

      Mono... D'OH!

  • @firstchoice7761
    @firstchoice7761 4 месяца назад +17

    Boy, you sure can tell the difference between the 'older' singers who actually know how to sing and the singers of today who scream.

  • @colleenkochman9656
    @colleenkochman9656 4 месяца назад +3

    "A More Humane Mikado", "It Takes a Woman", "Impossible", "Sgt. Krupke", "Jet Song", "Stay Cool", "Who's Got the Pain", "Two Lost Souls", "Those Were the Good Old Days", "So Long Honey Lamb", Turn Back O Man","Wouldn't It Be Loverly", "Just You Wait", "you Can't Stop The Beat"....and oh the list goes on

    • @lilymarinovic1644
      @lilymarinovic1644 4 месяца назад +1

      It's "Gee Officer Krupke" but yes, almost more fun to listen to than "America"

    • @colleenkochman9656
      @colleenkochman9656 4 месяца назад

      @@lilymarinovic1644 you are correct. :) I was rushing.

  • @nuschlerclark895
    @nuschlerclark895 3 месяца назад +3

    Oh Aquarius is the best!! But when someone plays The Sound of Music. No matter where we come from everyone sings along!

  • @chrisv.h.2307
    @chrisv.h.2307 4 месяца назад +18

    Nice! I love Katrina Lenk's version of "If I Were a Rich Man". My favorite classic Broadway song has to be either "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" or "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy, or "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from Hair.

  • @jaengen
    @jaengen 4 месяца назад +30

    The Time Warp from Rocky Horror should be on this list.

    • @vercingetorix3414
      @vercingetorix3414 4 месяца назад

      That was a .movie, not a Broadway show.

    • @dantebernardini428
      @dantebernardini428 3 месяца назад +3

      @@vercingetorix3414 it was a broadway show first, called "Rocky Horror Show", the movie was "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

    • @moonlghtknght
      @moonlghtknght 2 месяца назад

      @@vercingetorix3414 It was on Broadway before it was a movie. Tim Curry reprised his role for the movie (as did a few others IIRC).

    • @WILTALK
      @WILTALK Месяц назад

      Right if you are presently in an insane asylum.

  • @JennNofficial
    @JennNofficial 4 месяца назад +15

    why does everyone forget Hello,Dolly ????

    • @laurellane1721
      @laurellane1721 4 месяца назад +3

      So many good songs: Put on Your Sunday Clothes, Elegance, Dancing, So Long Dearie, Before the Parade Passes By and the title song.

    • @jandreid2023
      @jandreid2023 4 месяца назад +1

      Jerry Herman is not popular in this channel I'm afraid....

    • @JennNofficial
      @JennNofficial 4 месяца назад

      yesss so why does everyone overlook that musical ??? its perfection to me@@laurellane1721

    • @jamescampbell2190
      @jamescampbell2190 4 месяца назад +2

      Leaving the title songs from “Hello, Dolly” and “Mame” off this list is just insulting. And let’s not forget “I Am What I Am”…

    • @jandreid2023
      @jandreid2023 4 месяца назад +1

      @@jamescampbell2190 also "Tap Your Troubles Away" from Mack and Mabel.

  • @lolacorinne5384
    @lolacorinne5384 4 месяца назад +18

    I’d’ve added Carousel’s “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”, also by Rodgers & Hammerstein.

  • @songsmith31a
    @songsmith31a 3 месяца назад +2

    I guess the marker for this is "Classic Broadway Musicals". There have been plenty of fine song for films
    (think "Singing in the Rain/ "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers/"Calamity Jane" etc.) but those for the stage
    take on an extra dimension that the cinema can adopt to even greater public awareness and enjoyment.
    R&H, Irving Berlin and Lerner & Loewe are the prime exponents and their songs have that ability to stand
    alone and thus endure across the generations. The quantity and richness is astounding and a source of
    inspiration to any songwriter seeking to write memorable material. We all have our favourites and it is
    almost impossible to show preference in such an impressive array of musical gems that we have been
    "gifted" by talent often touching on genius.

  • @Thadmotor1044
    @Thadmotor1044 Месяц назад +1

    Dream the Impossible Dream from Man from La Mancha has been covered the most of all . Richard Kiley does it proud on the Ed Sullivan Show

  • @joelstein4657
    @joelstein4657 2 месяца назад

    "There's Gotta be Something Better" from "Sweet Charity". The best dancing I've ever seen by some of greatest female dancers in the world. Can watch it often.

  • @DravenGal
    @DravenGal 4 месяца назад +6

    I ADORE Matthew Broderick. Have since I was a kid. But Robert Preston is absolutely the GOAT of Prof. Harold Hill, and they should never have remade the movie with Broderick. There's only one Preston, and I loved him in "Mame" with Lucille Ball too. But I do have to say Seth McFarlane's version was pretty good.

    • @johncarync
      @johncarync 3 месяца назад +1

      Agreed, I like Matthew Broderick, but he was the wrong choice for that role. You need a guy with a "slippery used care salesman" vibe and Robert Preston fit that role perfectly.

    • @DravenGal
      @DravenGal 3 месяца назад

      @@johncarync Exactly. Leave the classics alone! But no, they have to remake everything. Now they're even remaking "Clue," one of my favorite movies! That is NOT a movie that needs to be remade, even with Ryan Reynolds. In all the scripts they see, they can't find ONE original idea? Again, don't get me wrong, I love Reynolds. Hmmmm...HE might actually have pulled off Prof. Harold Hill.

  • @alandombrow584
    @alandombrow584 4 месяца назад +16

    Nice choices! Of the 10, Cell Block Tango may be my favorite as well. Here are more that I love:
    From Oliver!: As Long as He Needs Me; Consider Yourself at Home; and Oom-Pah-Pah.
    From Jesus Christ Superstar: the title song and I Don't Know How to Love Him
    From Little Shop of Horrors: the title song and Suddenly Seymour
    From Cats: Memory

    • @MsMojo
      @MsMojo  4 месяца назад +3

      Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the choices, and I totally agree about "Cell Block Tango" - it's a standout.

    • @DepezPoopsie
      @DepezPoopsie 4 месяца назад +5

      Consider Yourself is super catchy. Good choice.

  • @DepezPoopsie
    @DepezPoopsie 4 месяца назад +6

    Consider Yourself-Oliver

  • @jessicas2379
    @jessicas2379 4 месяца назад +6

    I saw west side story in grade 9 drama and fell in love great soundtrack!

    • @christelheadington1136
      @christelheadington1136 3 месяца назад

      Yep, we had a GREAT English teacher in 10 grade, who went to NYC each summer, for the Broadway shows.She taught us side by side Romeo and Juliet, along with West Side Story...and played the sound track.

    • @jessicas2379
      @jessicas2379 3 месяца назад +1

      @@christelheadington1136 that’s amazing hope you had a great time

  • @antnyi
    @antnyi 3 месяца назад +11

    "Bye, Bye, Birdie" as sung by Ann Margaret is iconic

  • @samuelcollantes1175
    @samuelcollantes1175 4 месяца назад +6

    "I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair" definitely left me singing along. Have a happy saturday morning, Emely. Take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well.

    • @ellynmacgregor8210
      @ellynmacgregor8210 4 месяца назад +1

      That song contains one of my favorite Hammerstein lines: "Show him what the door is for!" Priceless!

    • @samuelcollantes1175
      @samuelcollantes1175 4 месяца назад

      @@ellynmacgregor8210 Definitely priceless, i definitely agree as well.

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад +1

      I think the story Richard Rodgers used to tell about "I'm Gonna Wash That Man.Right Outta My Hair" may have some bearing on its catchiness. The idea for the song came when it was discovered that, with her hair cut short for the starring role of Nellie, Mary Martin could actually wash her hair on stage, and it would be dry again within a very short time. So they had her do this as part of the staging for the song, and it worked very well. But after one performance, Rodgers was approached by a female member of the audience, who gushed that "that part where she washes her hair, that was just marvellous." Pleased, Rodgers asked, "How did you like the song?" "What song?" asked the woman.

  • @AmericanActionReport
    @AmericanActionReport 2 месяца назад +1

    I was one of the actors in the Newberry College production of "South Pacific" during the early 1970s. We all became so tired of all the rehearsals we had to do (the most I've ever done for any play) that by opening night, we were singing, "I'm gonna wash this play right out of my hair...(3X) and send it down the drain."

  • @xxxxcubbyxxxx
    @xxxxcubbyxxxx 2 месяца назад +2

    The King and I( shall we dance), 42nd Sreet( We're in the money), Grease( Summer Lovin'),Little Shop of Horrors( Downtown)

  • @user-dz8tn5wz4j
    @user-dz8tn5wz4j 2 месяца назад +1

    Your remark about Eliza Doolittle realizing that she's falling in love ("I Could Have Danced All Night") strikes an extremely sour note in the face of Lerner & Loewe's declaration that they stayed true to the spirit of "Pygmalion" by achieving the impossible: writing a hit broadway musical without a single love song in it. "Danced All Night" was from the euphoria of passing herself off as an aristocrat, not "love."

  • @SierenH
    @SierenH 4 месяца назад +4

    The wiz was awesome, no matter what people say. RIP MJ
    I love Annie

    • @sportsbabe1125
      @sportsbabe1125 4 месяца назад

      The Broadway cast album of The Wiz is phenomenal. Stephanie Mills’ vocals soar on that album. Her version of Home will bring tears to your eyes. Brand New Day by an unknown session singer named Luther Vandross is pure JOY!

    • @jaengen
      @jaengen 4 месяца назад +1

      I love Diana Ross, but she was miscast in the movie. Too old, and she lacks the powerhouse voice the role requires.

    • @sportsbabe1125
      @sportsbabe1125 4 месяца назад

      @@jaengen and she couldn’t dance which really looked bad next to Michael.

    • @SierenH
      @SierenH 4 месяца назад

      @@jaengen I thought she sang good in it but I agree, she was to old, but for some reason, for a long time, I thought that's what they were going for. In my defense , I was a kid at the time lol

    • @SierenH
      @SierenH 4 месяца назад

      @@sportsbabe1125 now I really agree there, poor diana

  • @dreamguardian8320
    @dreamguardian8320 4 месяца назад +2

    I was hoping that Chicago would be on this list, but I didn't expect one of the songs to be number 1. Nice.

  • @Lynda-oo7ey
    @Lynda-oo7ey 3 месяца назад +1

    All that TALENT

  • @dennisanderson3895
    @dennisanderson3895 4 месяца назад +8

    # 4 I do not remember who, but decades back on Dr. Demento's radio show I heard an update of "You Got Trouble" with the warning being how kids were getting addicted not to pool but to Pac Man. "When your son leaves the house, does he lean toward the side because he has so many quarters in his pocket?" 😀

  • @nottobebelieved8608
    @nottobebelieved8608 4 месяца назад +4

    Agreed with some. Disagreed with some. Proving once again that tastes vary. That's a good thing. How boring the world would be without variety.

  • @corwinsshadow
    @corwinsshadow 4 месяца назад +6

    Why assault our eyes and ears with the Broderick version of You've Got Trouble? Ugh.

  • @user-dd1mc9dm3b
    @user-dd1mc9dm3b 4 месяца назад +2

    My Wife was in the London Production of the Music Man at the Adelphi Theatre she was a dancer and understudied the role of Zaneeta Shin the Harold Hill in that production was Van Johnson My wife name in the Theatre was her own Jill Love

  • @charmainerichter6954
    @charmainerichter6954 3 месяца назад

    All great pics!!! I sang with everyone of the songs😊❤

  • @kelleyceccato7025
    @kelleyceccato7025 4 месяца назад +130

    Nice to see a reminder of just how in over his head Matthew Broderick was when he tried to play Harold Hill. It's almost painful.

    • @vickicole4787
      @vickicole4787 4 месяца назад +33

      No one will ever equal Robert Preston, but it's like they didn't even TRY when they cast Matthew Broderick.

    • @ellynmacgregor8210
      @ellynmacgregor8210 4 месяца назад +13

      @@vickicole4787 I regret to say that I agree. However, I thought Kristin Chenoweth did a reasonably good job as Marian.

    • @lavern007
      @lavern007 4 месяца назад +15

      @@ellynmacgregor8210well Shirley Jones did have an Oscar before becoming Mrs Partridge.

    • @Blusoup1
      @Blusoup1 4 месяца назад +19

      I agree that you can’t beat Robert Preston and Shirley Jones, but I have to say that I was impressed with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster’s performances when they took these iconic roles on on Broadway. Fantastic revival.

    • @dorkie99
      @dorkie99 4 месяца назад +13

      Hugh Jackman was the only person who come close to Robert Preston. So glad I got to see his performance.

  • @dennisanderson3895
    @dennisanderson3895 4 месяца назад +6

    South Pacific also brought us "There is Nothing Like a Dame" and "Bali Hai." And entire songbook from Doctor Doolittle, crafted by the underappreciated Anthony Newly. I also submit the title number from What's So Bad About Feeling Good. But I think my favorite - especially for humor - number is from Royal Wedding: "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?"

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад +2

      Frequent Leslie Bricusse songwriting partner Anthony Newley played the important role of Matthew Mugg in *Doctor Dolittle* (1967), and even released an album of himself singing all the songs from the movie, but the songs from *Doctor Dolittle* were written by Leslie Bricusse alone. For catchiness, how about "I've Never Seen Anything Like It" from *Dolittle?* "How Could You Believe Me ... ?" from *Royal Wedding* (1951) is also a fabulous song, by Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane.

  • @rvpt3081
    @rvpt3081 4 месяца назад +6

    Uh The King and I ?

  • @tessawidenhofer
    @tessawidenhofer 4 месяца назад +5

    I’ve been in both Annie and Music Man, and let me tell you, those were NOT the songs that got stuck in your head, even if you wanted them to. Never Fully Dressed was a big one for my cast of Annie- though the “gussy her up” section of the song Annie was an earworm unlike any other. As for Music Man? It sort of depended on the person, but Pick a Little, Gary Indiana, and Shipoopi were the big three. It might be different in the audience, but yeah, totally different results in the rehearsal process 😂

    • @donnalynn2
      @donnalynn2 4 месяца назад +1

      If they ever put Matthew Broderick anywhere near River City Iowa again, ugh. Harold Hill is the best snake oil salesman. You never even saw him coming. Broderick is way too clean cut. Even him singing is like an altar boy. I was sick watching it when it came out.

    • @vickicherney9479
      @vickicherney9479 4 месяца назад +1

      I always liked "The sadder but wiser girl"

  • @cbman4767
    @cbman4767 4 месяца назад +3

    Oklahoma should of made the list.

  • @jeffrogers-rb1kl
    @jeffrogers-rb1kl 4 месяца назад +7

    Should have had a couple of songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, that song, and the Bamboo song. Mary Poppins had a couple of catchy songs also.

    • @WILTALK
      @WILTALK Месяц назад

      Horrible story but the sone Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stays in your head for ever.

  • @MannyEmm
    @MannyEmm 3 месяца назад

    Great songs…love them all….favorite being the number one pick!

  • @howardstone7607
    @howardstone7607 3 месяца назад +2

    How about “Anything Goes”?

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy 4 месяца назад +5

    Thank you for the update, MsMojo..!! Sutton Foster & Hugh Jackman's 'Till There Was You' was an amazing song to listen to as well. (From The Music Man on Broadway..)

  • @Thadmotor1044
    @Thadmotor1044 Месяц назад +1

    If ever I could leave her ....from Camelot is wonderful

    • @Thadmotor1044
      @Thadmotor1044 Месяц назад

      All the songs from Camelot ring true

    • @WILTALK
      @WILTALK Месяц назад

      Good song but not upbeat for this list. The lusty month of may is.

  • @pricegrisham2998
    @pricegrisham2998 3 месяца назад +1

    Never heard of the top one, haha; BUT what about Singin in the Rain, O What a Beautiful Morning, and Tradition?

  • @VintageBeauty1313
    @VintageBeauty1313 4 месяца назад +3

    More lists like this!!!

  • @knightwolf9863
    @knightwolf9863 4 месяца назад +3

    #9 was featured on The Nanny Season 4, episode 8: an affair to dismember; when Fran tries to catch the boat that Nigel, Maxwell’s younger brother, is on.

    • @themayhemofmadness7038
      @themayhemofmadness7038 4 месяца назад +1

      I still love the episode where Maxwell isn’t paying attention to the people auditioning for his musical and sends Carol Channing away. 😂

  • @ShroomKeppie
    @ShroomKeppie 4 месяца назад +3

    Nothing from "South Pacific"? Nothing from "Oklahoma"?. Nothing from "Carousel"? No "Hello, Dolly"?
    Sheesh.

  • @jeannereinisch114
    @jeannereinisch114 3 месяца назад

    I sang along to all of your delightful choices! Fun, fun, fun! 😮😅😊

  • @lauramacgregor3600
    @lauramacgregor3600 2 месяца назад

    I love them all
    I was brought up on them all

  • @Thadmotor1044
    @Thadmotor1044 Месяц назад +1

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow is number 1

  • @emilybennett6567
    @emilybennett6567 4 месяца назад +7

    Lin-Manuel Miranda listed Professor Harold Hill as one of his favorite rappers.

  • @norcalboy2572
    @norcalboy2572 4 месяца назад +3

    Very enjoyable. Couldn't agree more with the selection of "Don't Rain on My Parade". But I'd surely have "Rock Island", the opening number from The Music Man on my list.

  • @Lavatai801
    @Lavatai801 3 месяца назад +1

    That’s all my favorite musical movies 😊

  • @JulieS261
    @JulieS261 4 месяца назад +3

    I would have "Oklahoma" at the top of the list somewhere as it is more catchy than the number 1 choice.

    • @WILTALK
      @WILTALK Месяц назад

      The people that do these lists are generally younsters who favor the more recent examples They do the sam with most of their list. Probably because the ones they know are rather limited.

  • @peternewell3570
    @peternewell3570 4 месяца назад +9

    It’s a hard, knock life for us

  • @annbrazzel418
    @annbrazzel418 3 месяца назад

    loved them ALL!

  • @sportsbabe1125
    @sportsbabe1125 4 месяца назад +2

    Hey Big Spender from Sweet Charity is a favorite that wasn’t mentioned

  • @this_Joe_Smith
    @this_Joe_Smith 3 месяца назад

    You really pleased me.
    I know a lot, i can be a giant snob,
    but you really pleased me,
    I listened as if grading a student project,
    You were informative, you were true to the title\topic, and you made good choices
    Thanks ❤

  • @NKBobcat
    @NKBobcat 4 месяца назад +2

    Phantom of the Opera should be on the list.

    • @lilymarinovic1644
      @lilymarinovic1644 4 месяца назад +1

      This one was about pre-1980 musicals which excludes Phantom, Les Mis etc

  • @2corgimother
    @2corgimother Месяц назад

    Miss good music!

  • @normanschenburn343
    @normanschenburn343 2 месяца назад

    A few more that I like is Defying Gravity and Popular from Wicked, and with the movie coming out, it might be worth putting them in if you do another list!👍
    The Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton.
    Mama Mia from Mama Mia.
    Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum.
    Footloose from Footloose.
    Put On a Happy Face or Kids from Bye Bye Birdy.
    One Night in Bangkok from Chess.
    Those, I believe, are worth putting into the next list if you do one.

  • @sandrastevens411
    @sandrastevens411 4 месяца назад

    Wonderful

  • @baronessneh
    @baronessneh 4 месяца назад +12

    Chicago’s “all that jazz”

    • @53snuckplum
      @53snuckplum 4 месяца назад +1

      A MUCH more worthy choice as "catchy " than "Cell Block Tango ".

  • @sharontzu5
    @sharontzu5 Месяц назад

    I think "I'm in love with a Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific is even catchier than "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of my Hair".

  • @adriangarcia543
    @adriangarcia543 4 месяца назад +3

    Annie totally

  • @davidmcfarren8931
    @davidmcfarren8931 2 месяца назад

    One from A Chorus Line. So catchy and the song that defines the musical. Also, how about Tomorrow belongs to Me from Cabaret? Chilling and unforgetable.

  • @kendra.1
    @kendra.1 3 месяца назад

    Happy to see Ease On Down The Road on this list!

  • @safiremorningstar
    @safiremorningstar 4 месяца назад +3

    You forgot to mention the very important song that almost didn't make it into the Rodgers and Hammerstein South Pacific, you've got to be carefully taught.

    • @cathleencooks748
      @cathleencooks748 4 месяца назад +1

      I love that song & unfortunately it is still relevant & perhaps even more so then when Rodgers & Hammerstein first wrote it. Not just here in the US but worldwide. No loving parent should teach their children to fear & hate anyone different from them. It's a horrible legacy to bequeath to an innocent child

    • @safiremorningstar
      @safiremorningstar 3 месяца назад

      @@cathleencooks748 yes but it's still carefully taught.

    • @cathleencooks748
      @cathleencooks748 3 месяца назад

      @@safiremorningstar Which is extremely unfortunate as we are ripping away the innocence of childhood & replacing it with hate & distrust of those who are different be it by race, sexual preferences, religion, or ideological beliefs

  • @Thadmotor1044
    @Thadmotor1044 Месяц назад

    Yvonne Ellman's I don't know how to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar is iconic

  • @normanschenburn343
    @normanschenburn343 2 месяца назад

    I might've put Ease On Down the Road or Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In at the first spot.
    In the Honorable category, I would've put The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound of Music in because it too has a bit of humor in it.

  • @carmensandiego3691
    @carmensandiego3691 4 месяца назад +2

    You should have included I enjoy being a girl from flower drum song

  • @Lynda-oo7ey
    @Lynda-oo7ey 4 месяца назад +2

    Brigadoon

  • @aysada
    @aysada 4 месяца назад +8

    You Can’t Stop the Beat from hairspray needs to be there

    • @barbara2607
      @barbara2607 4 месяца назад

      After 1980 though

    • @aysada
      @aysada 4 месяца назад +2

      @@barbara2607 must’ve missed that in the intro. How about Gee, Officer Krupke from Westside story. Or “always true to you in my fashion” from Kiss me, Kate

  • @lauramacgregor3600
    @lauramacgregor3600 2 месяца назад

    Definitely My Fair Lady
    And Molly Brown

  • @maryerb6062
    @maryerb6062 3 месяца назад

    I have NEVER heard that Bacharach song, enjoyed the differences in stage vs movie on others.

  • @cedgson91
    @cedgson91 3 месяца назад

    Didn’t realise Chicago would be on this list as a classic musical
    😮
    Don’t disagree
    It’s one of my favourites