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Carousel is a 1956 American drama fantasy musical film based on the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name, ... Two songs recorded for the film ...
Studio recordings of Carousel's songs were released in 1956 (with Robert Merrill as Billy, Patrice Munsel as Julie, and Florence Henderson as Carrie), 1962 and 1987. The 1987 version featured a mix of opera and musical stars, including Samuel Ramey , Barbara Cook and Sarah Brightman .
The song was introduced by John Raitt [1] as "Billy Bigelow" and Jan Clayton as "Julie" in the original Broadway production. [2] The song was performed in the 1956 film version Carousel by Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones.
It can be difficult to balance honoring the original work with adding new ideas and songs to the story. ... "Carousel" (1956) Shirley Jones and Gordon McRae in "Carousel." 20th Century Fox.
"Soliloquy" is a 1945 song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for their 1945 musical Carousel, where it was introduced by John Raitt. Gordon MacRae performs the song in the 1956 film version.
1956 with Como's Little Combo [194] First Released in 1971 "If I Loved You" Richard Rodgers: Oscar Hammerstein II: 1945 with Russ Case Orchestra From the musical Carousel [59] "If I'm Lucky" Joseph Myrow Eddie Delange 1946 with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the film If I'm Lucky [195] "If There is Someone Lovelier Than You" Arthur Schwartz ...
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right) watching auditions at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in 1948. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals.
(1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co ...