Guys & Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway | |
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Cast recording by the original cast | |
Released | January 8, 1951 [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]
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]
12" LP (Decca DL 8036)
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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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 |
Chart (1951) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 33⅓ R.P.M. [2] | 1 |