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"Memory" is a show tune composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Trevor Nunn based on poems by T. S. Eliot. It was written for the 1981 musical Cats , where it is sung primarily by the character Grizabella as a melancholic remembrance of her glamorous past and as a plea for acceptance.
Cats director Trevor Nunn and lyricist Richard Stilgoe provided the remaining lyrics, namely for the opening number "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats" and the most famous song from the musical: "Memory". The former was written by Nunn and Stilgoe and was modelled after an unpublished poem by Eliot titled "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats", while ...
The main song that Grizabella sings is "Memory", the best-known song from Cats and "by some estimations the most successful song ever from a musical." [11] It has been recorded around 600 times (as of 2006) by artists including Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, [12] Michael Crawford and Kikki Danielsson. [13]
Lyrics by Don Black; Cats (1981) Lyrics based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot; Additional lyrics after Eliot by Richard Stilgoe and Trevor Nunn; Song and Dance (1982) Lyrics by Don Black (revised by Richard Maltby Jr. for Broadway) Combination of Variations (1978) and Tell Me on a Sunday (1979) Starlight Express (1984)
A cast recording by the original Broadway cast of the musical Cats was released on January 26, 1983, by Geffen Records. It was later reissued by Polydor in 1993, and remastered in 2005. The recording won Best Cast Show Album at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards.
Wojciech Paszkowski as Gus and Marta Smuk as Galaretka in the musical "Cats" in Roma Musical Theatre in Warsaw, 13 October 2007.Gus appears shortly after the start of Act II of Cats, where he and Jellylorum sing a duet about the highlights of his career, contrasting his present state with his acting heyday: "He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree."
The internet is lapping up a catchy new parody song poking fun at former President Donald Trump’s “they’re eating the cats” debate comment — with the music video raking in hundreds of ...
A new setting of the song "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" was also written for the original Broadway production, in which the song was sung by Mr. Mistoffelees, while the actors playing Coricopat (Rene Clemente) and Etcetera (Christine Langner) danced the song as "dolls" made of junk, brought to life, and appearing out of the boot (trunk) of a ...