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The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Frank Loesser. The story, about a romance between an older man and younger woman, is based on the 1924 play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard. The show is described by some theatre historians and critics as operatic. The original Broadway production ran for 14 ...
The Most Happy Fella is an album by The Jazz Modes led by horn player Julius Watkins and saxophonist Charlie Rouse recorded in 1957 and released on the Atlantic label. [1] [2] The album features jazz interpretations of songs from Frank Loesser 's broadway musical The Most Happy Fella .
Standing on the Corner (show tune) " Standing on the Corner " is a popular song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1956. It was introduced by Shorty Long, Alan Gilbert, John Henson, and Roy Lazarus in the Broadway musical, The Most Happy Fella. A recording of it by the Four Lads (made March 1, 1956) was popular in 1956.
The group's most famous hit was 1955's "Moments to Remember"; [14] another famous hit was "Standing on the Corner", from the Broadway musical The Most Happy Fella, in 1956. [11] A gospel album with Frankie Laine took them back to their roots and produced the hit single "Rain, Rain, Rain", written by Toorish under the pseudonym "Jay McConologue ...
Big D (song) "Big D" is a song about Dallas, Texas, written by Frank Loesser in 1956 for the musical The Most Happy Fella. It was introduced by Susan Johnson as "Cleo" and Shorty Long – the country and not the soul singer [1] as "Herman". The song's refrain spells out "Dallas": "Big D, little A, double L, A, S."
Life and career. Robert Wiedefeld was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and had two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary Wiedefeld. [1] Weede studied voice at the Eastman School of Music and in Milan. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1937, as Tonio in Pagliacci. His other roles at the Metropolitan included the name part in Rigoletto (opposite Jussi ...
The Most Happy Fella (March 5, 1980) [40] Live from Lincoln Center: A Tribute to John Huston (May 5, 1980) Live from Lincoln Center: La Bayadère (May 28, 1980) Samuel Beckett's Happy Days (June 25, 1980)
Somebody Somewhere (1956 song) "Somebody, Somewhere" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser. The song was published in 1956 as part of Loesser's musical, The Most Happy Fella, [1] where it was introduced by Jo Sullivan Loesser.