“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 20
February and repeated at 11pm on Monday 21 February. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1913
In 1913, ‘Oh, I Say!’ was Jerome Kern’s second complete score for Broadway and up-and-coming Irving Berlin had songs included in ‘All Aboard’. Victor Herbert provided the score for the operetta, ‘Sweethearts’, which became an enduring hit and Al Jolson was in ‘The Honeymoon Express’. Rudolf Friml wrote the score for the very popular ‘High Jinks!’ and ‘Isle o’ Dreams’ unveiled a song that is still popular today - 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling'.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows and others, including ‘You Made Me Love You’, ‘He'd Have To Get Under, Get Out And Get Under’, ‘Sweethearts’, ‘Something Seems Tingle-Ingle-Ing’ and ‘The Monkey Doodle Do’.
Performers include Jane Powell, Travis Hudson, Gordon MacRae, Billy Murray, John McCormack and Joseph Cawthorn.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
