Show Boat (soundtrack)

Show Boat
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	1951
Label	MGM

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	(1995 TCM/Rhino CD reissue) [1]

The original soundtrack to the 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Show Boat was released by MGM Records.

The album was released as a 10-inch LP (cat. no. E-559), a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. 84) and as a set of four 7-inch 45-rpm records (cat. no. K84). ^[2]

The album peaked at number 1 on Billboard's Best Selling Pop Albums chart (on both the 33⅓-rpm and 45-rpm halves of it). ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

10-inch LP (MGM Records E-559)

Side 1

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Make Believe"	Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel
2.	"Bill"	Ava Gardner
3.	"Life upon the Wicked Stage"	Marge and Gower Champion
4.	"You Are Love"	Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel

Side 2

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"	Ava Gardner (Annette Warren singing for Ms. Gardner) [5]
2.	"I Might Fall Back on You"	Marge and Gower Champion
3.	"Why Do I Love You"	Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel
4.	"Ol' Man River"	William Warfield

Charts

Chart (1951)	Peak position
US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 33⅓ R.P.M. [4]	1
US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 45 R.P.M. [4]	1

References

1. "Show Boat [1951 Soundtrack][Bonus Tracks] - Various Artists". AllMusic .
2. "Various – Show Boat". 1951 – via Discogs.
3. "MGM "Show Boat" wax builds up sales steam..." Billboard. 18 August 1951. p. 14.
4. "Billboard". August 18, 1951.
5. Emge, Charles. "Movie Music: Ava Has Two Voices In Latest 'Show Boat' Film." Down Beat, 24 August 1951, 3.