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"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956 Broadway play My Fair Lady. [1] The song is sung by Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her street friends. It expresses Eliza's wish for a better life.
Pages in category "Songs with music by Frederick Loewe" ... Wouldn't It Be Loverly This page was last edited on 8 February 2018, at 16:38 (UTC). ...
When Alfred P. Doolittle sang the other of his two songs "Get Me to the Church on Time" (Act 2), he was not an impoverished workingman but rich middle-class owing to Higgins' recommendation to an American millionaire, although Doolittle was a man who didn't want "middle-class morality". Clearly, "With a Little Bit of Luck" and "Get Me to the ...
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2.51 (Previously issued on the 1957, 45rpm EP, "Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove" only) "What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)" (Hubert Doris, Tommy Goodman, Bernie Gluckman) – 2.55 (Previously issued in 1956 as a 78rpm single release only)
The Broadway cast recording of the musical My Fair Lady was first released April 2, 1956 by Columbia Records, [2] with songs by Lerner and Loewe, conducted by Franz Allers, starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. Columbia president Goddard Lieberson provided the $375,000 needed to stage the show in return for the rights to the cast recording. [2]
Songs for Swingin' Sellers is the second studio album by the English actor, comedian and singer Peter Sellers. Released on EMI 's Parlophone label in December 1959, the album was produced by George Martin with musical direction from Ron Goodwin and features a series of comic sketches showcasing Sellers' satirical humour and mimicry.
Shelly Manne & his Friends* (*André Previn and Leroy Vinnegar): modern jazz performances of songs from My Fair Lady, as the full name appeared on the 12-inch LP jacket (Contemporary Records C3527), was begun when drummer Shelly Manne, pianist André Previn, and bassist Leroy Vinnegar assembled on August 17, 1956, in the Contemporary studios in Los Angeles to produce an album of jazz versions ...
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (from the musical My Fair Lady) (Lerner, Loewe) "No One Is Alone" (from the musical Into the Woods) (Sondheim) "Before the Parade Passes By" (from the musical Hello, Dolly!) (Herman, Stewart) "Moon River" (from the film Breakfast at Tiffany's) (Mercer, Mancini) "We Live on Borrowed Time" (Friedman)