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"Starlight Express" is the 'showstopper' number from the musical Starlight Express. In the show, it is performed by Rusty , the show's protagonist. Before the song, he has been told by the old steam engine Poppa of a magical locomotive, named the Starlight Express, who will aid him in need.
Starlight Express is a 1984 musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. [1] It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine , Rusty, who races in a championship against modern locomotives of diesel and electric engines in the hope of impressing a first-class observation car , Pearl.
"U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D." is a popular song from the musical Starlight Express, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It is performed by Dinah the Dining Car, after being dumped by her macho boyfriend, Greaseball. It is a pastiche of the Tammy Wynette song, "D-I-V-O-R-C-E."
The tune to Rusty's number, Starlight Express plays. Then, as the Starlight Express, joins, he sings the tune of Only You, a theme not yet heard at this point. He gives Rusty his message through the verse. Rusty then comes back with the Starlight Express theme, to say he doesn't understand. The Starlight Express continues the theme Rusty is ...
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
Ray Shell (born 22 September 1951) [1] is an American film, TV and stage actor, as well as an author, singer, director and producer. He is known for creating the roles of Nomax in Five Guys Named Moe (1990) and Rusty in Starlight Express (1984).
The lyrics, by Richard Stilgoe, involve many clever plays on words related to the subject of Railway Travel. There's a Light at the End of the Tunnel There's a Light at the End of the Tunnel The inside might be as black as the night But at the end of the tunnel, there's a light. The title is an old saying, one of many inspired by the railway.
Lon Satton (born Alonzo Louis Lee Staton; February 11, 1927 – October 30, 2020) was an American singer and actor based in the United Kingdom. He is widely known for originating the role of Poppa in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Starlight Express, for which Satton received a 1984 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.