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The soundtrack charted No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1956 and has been in continual print. On July 8, 1958, it became the first album to be certified "gold" by the RIAA, [2] and was later certified "2x multi-platinum" on April 1, 1992. [3] It was originally released as a 42-minute album on the Capitol Records label, but only in mono ...
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein.The musical is based on Lynn Riggs's 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs.Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry.
The film Oklahoma! followed the original stage version extremely closely, more so than any other Rodgers and Hammerstein stage-to-film adaptation. However, it did divide the very long (more than 45 minutes) first scene into several shorter scenes, changing the locations of several of the songs in the process.
"Oklahoma" is the title song from the 1943 Broadway musical Oklahoma!, named for the setting of the musical play. The music and lyrics were written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . The melody is reprised in the main title of the 1955 film version and in the overtures of both film and musical productions.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "1889 songs" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Queen Mary's Song; R.
The four "Oklahoma Rose" songs listed here are distinct compositions, as are the similarly titled "My Oklahoma Rose" (Montana Slim) and "Rose of Oklahoma" (Cowboy Copas). "Oklahoma Rounder" – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys, 1936. [323] "Oklahoma Saturday Night" – John Nelson, 2011. [324]
"Karaoke Queen" is a song by Welsh rock group Catatonia taken from the album Equally Cursed and Blessed and inspired by the talent-TV show Stars in Their Eyes. "Karaoke Queen" was originally intended as the follow-up single to "Dead from the Waist Down", until the record label insisted that "Londinium" be released as the second single from the ...
Name of song, original release, year of release, writer(s) and lead vocalist Title Original release Year Writer(s) Lead vocal(s) Ref. " '39" A Night at the Opera: 1975 May May [1] "Action This Day" Hot Space: 1982 Taylor Taylor & Mercury [2] "All Dead, All Dead" News of the World: 1977 May May & Mercury [3] "All God's People" Innuendo: 1991 ...