Wife Appreciation Day
“Well, That’s Show Biz!”
09-15-2024
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Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and every week I bring you music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme.
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The third Sunday in September is Wife Appreciation Day so today we will be playing songs about wives and by wives.
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We are going to open the first set wit “It Takes Two” from Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods. Next we will hear “The Girl That I Marry” from the original production of Annie Get Your Gun. Then we will hear “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?” from the 2018 revival of Carousel. And we will close the set with “Funny Honey” from the still running 1997 revival of Kander & Ebb’s Chicago. Here’s “It Takes Two” from Into The Woods.
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Today is Wife Appreciation Day so we are listening to songs about wives and by wives. You just heard “It Takes Two” from Into The Woods, “The Girl That I Marry” from Annie Get Your Gun, “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?” from Carousel, and “Funny Honey” from Chicago.
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For set 2, we start off with Elaine Stritch and the company of Company singing “The Little Things You Do Together”. We will then hear Angela Lansbury with “Poor Thing” from Sweeney Todd. Next, Lee Remick sings “Could I Leave You?” from Follies. We will follow that with “Do You Love Me?” from Fiddler On The Roof. And we will conclude the set with “Marry the Man Today” from Guys and Dolls. Here are the wives from Company singing “The Little Things You Do Together”.
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It is Wife Appreciation Day and you just heard “The Little Things You Do Together” from Company, “Poor Thing” from Sweeney Todd, “Could I leave You?” from Follies, “Do You Love Me?” from Fiddler On The Roof, and “Marry the Man Today” from Guys and Dolls.
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Today is Wife Appreciation Day so we are playing songs sung by wives or about wives. Opening our third set, we have Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Cooper singing about “The Grass Is Always Greener” from Woman Of The Year. Then we will hear “Something Wonderful” from the 2015 Broadway revival of The King and I. And we will conclude this set with the soaring “My Heart Is So Full Of You” from The Most Happy Fella. Here’s “The Grass Is Always Greener” from Woman Of The Year.
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Today is Wife Appreciation Day and you just heard “The Grass Is Always Greener” from Woman Of The Year, “Something Wonderful” from The King and I, and we concluded the set with “My Heart Is So Full Of You” from The Most Happy Fella.
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And now to conclude our show on Wives, we start with the Baseball Wives from Damn Yankees singing “Six Months Out of Every Year”. We will follow that with “That Dirty Old Man” from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Then we will hear “Every Day a Little Death” from A Little Night Music. And we will go back to Damn Yankees for “Goodbye, Old Girl”. Here’s “Six Months Out Of Every Year” from Damn Yankees.
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You just heard “Six Months Out Of Every Year” from Damn Yankees, “That Dirty Old Man” from …Forum, “Every Day a Little Death” from A Little Night Music, and “Goodbye, Old Girl” from Damn Yankees as we conclude Wife Appreciation Day today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.
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- 1:00pm WRUU-FM by Live
- 1:01pm It Takes Two by Joanna Gleason & Chip Zien on Into the Woods (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Bonus Tracks] (BMG Music)
- 1:04pm The Girl That I Marry by Ray Middleton on Annie Get Your Gun (Original 1946 Broadway Cast Recording) [2000 Remastered] (Universal Classics Group)
- 1:07pm What’s the Use of Wond’rin’? by Jessie Mueller & Renee Fleming on Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording) (Rodgers & Hammerstein Holdings, LLC)
- 1:10pm Funny Honey by Ann Reinking & Rob Fisher on Chicago The Musical (New Broadway Cast Recording (1997)) (BMG Music)
- 1:14pm The Little Things You Do Together by Elaine Stritch, Barbara Barrie, George Coe & Company Ensemble on Company (Original Broadway Cast) [Bonus Track] (Sony/BMG Entertainment )
- 1:17pm Poor Thing by Angela Lansbury on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Broadway Cast) (BMG Music)
- 1:21pm Could I Leave You? by Lee Remick on Follies (New York Philharmonic Concert Cast Recording (1985)) (BMG Music)
- 1:24pm Do You Love Me? by Zero Mostel & Maria Karnilova on Fiddler on the Roof (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Deluxe Edition) (BMG Music)
- 1:27pm Marry the Man Today by Faith Prince, Josie de Guzman on Guys and Dolls (New Broadway Cast Recording (1992)) (BMG Music)
- 1:30pm The Grass Is Always Greener by Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Cooper & Woman of the Year Orchestra on Woman of The Year (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Sony Music Entertainment)
- 1:31pm Something Wonderful by Ruthie Ann Miles, Ted Sperling & Orchestra on The King and I (2015 Broadway Revival Cast Recording) (Universal Music Classics)
- 1:37pm The Most Happy Fella: My Heart Is So Full Of You by Robert Weede & Jo Sullivan on The Most Happy Fella (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Sony Music Entertainment)
- 1:39pm Six Months Out of Every Year by Various Artists on Damn Yankees (1994 Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Universal Music Group)
- 1:43pm That Dirty Old Man by Ruth Kobart on A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Original Broadway Cast) (Capitol Records, LLC)
- 1:47pm A Little Night Music: Every Day a Little Death by Patricia Elliott & Victoria Mallory on A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)
- 1:49pm Goodbye, Old Girl by Various Artists on Damn Yankees (1994 Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Universal Music Group Inc.)
