Guys and Dolls (original Broadway cast recording)

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Guys & Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway
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Cast recording by
the original cast
ReleasedJanuary 8, 1951 (1951-01-08) [1]
Genre Show tunes
Label Decca
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Guys and Dolls, subtitled A Musical Fable of Broadway, is the album containing the original Broadway cast recording of the 1950 musical Guys and Dolls . It was released by Decca Records early in the next year. [1]

Contents

The album topped US Billboard's best-selling 33⅓ rpm records chart for the week of March 17, 1951. [2]

The album has been reissued in 2000 by MCA as part of its "Broadway Gold" series, with the Show Music magazine noting that it "sounds much better on CD". [3]

Track listing

12" LP (Decca DL 8036)

Side 1
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Runyonland Music" – "Fugue for Tinhorns" – "Follow the Fold" Stubby Kaye – Johnny Silver – Douglas Deane – Isabel Bigley and the Mission Group 
2."The Oldest Established" Sam Levene – Stubby Kaye – Johnny Silver and male chorus 
3."I'll Know" Robert Alda – Isabel Bigley 
4."A Bushel and a Peck" Vivian Blaine and the Hot Box Girls 
5."Adelaide's Lament"Vivian Blaine 
6."Guys and Dolls"Stubby Kaye – Johnny Silver 
7."If I Were a Bell"Isabel Bigley 
8."My Time of Day"Robert Alda 
Side 2
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."I've Never Been in Love Before"Robert Alda – Isabel Bigley 
2."Take Back Your Mink"Vivian Blaine and the Hot Box Girls 
3."More I Cannot Wish You"Pat Rooney, Sr. 
4."Luck Be a Lady"Robert Alda and the guys 
5."Sue Me"Vivian Blaine – Sam Levene 
6."Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat"Stubby Kaye with chorus 
7."Marry the Man Today" – Reprise: "Guys and Dolls"Vivian Blaine – Isabel Bigley with Chorus 

Charts

Chart (1951)Peak
position
US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 33⅓ R.P.M. [2] 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Guys and Dolls [Original Broadway Cast] - Various Artists". AllMusic . Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  2. 1 2 "Best Selling Pop Albums". Billboard . 17 March 1951.
  3. ↑ Show Music. Max O. Preeo. 2000.
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