Thoroughly Modern Millie (soundtrack)

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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Julie Andrews - Thoroughly Modern Millie (album cover).jpg
Soundtrack album by
Released1967
Genre Jazz
Label Decca
Julie Andrews chronology
The Sound of Music
(1965)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967)
A Christmas Treasure
(1967)
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Prelude / Thoroughly Modern Millie" Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn Julie Andrews2:42
2."Overture: Baby Face / Do It Again / Poor Butterfly / Stumbling / Japanese Sandman"Benny Davis, Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Harry Akst, John Golden, Raymond Egan, Raymond Hubbell, Richard A. Whiting, Zez ConfreyOrchestra3:34
3."Jimmy"Jay ThompsonJulie Andrews3:05
4."The Tapioca"Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy CahnOrchestra, Julie Andrews & James Fox2:57
5."Jazz Baby"Bianche Merrill, M. K. JeromeCarol Channing2:41
6."Jewish Wedding Song "Trinkt Le Chaim""Julie AndrewsJulie Andrews3:43
7."Intermission Medley: Thoroughly Modern Millie / Jimmy / Jewish Wedding Song (Trinkt Le Chaim) / Baby Face"Benny Davis, Harry Akst, Jay Thompson, Jimmy Van Heusen, Julie Andrews Sammy CahnOrchestra3:40
8."Poor Butterfly"John GoldenJulie Andrews3:32
9."Rose Of Washington Square - Ann Dee" James F. Hanley Elmer Bernstein1:15
10."Baby Face"Benny Davis, Harry AkstJulie Andrews2:43
11."Do It Again!"Buddy DeSylva, George GershwinCarol Channing2:01
12."Reprise: Thoroughly Modern Millie"Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy CahnJulie Andrews0:58
13."Exit Music: Jazz Baby / Jimmy / Thoroughly Modern Millie"E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, Blanche Merrill, Jay Thompson, Jimmy Van Heusen, M. K. Jerome, Sammy CahnOrchestra2:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Thoroughly Modern Millie record. [21]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Thoroughly Modern Millie
Chart (1967)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [22] 17
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 9
US (Billboard Top LP's) [14] 16
US ( Cash Box Top 100 Albums) [24] 14
US ( Record World Top 100 LP's) [25] 5

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [26] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 "Decca's 'Millie' Track Opens Deluxe LP Series" (PDF). Cashbox . 28 January 1967. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Julie Andrews Great Disk Star -Without a Record Contract!" (PDF). Record World . 4 March 1967. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  3. "Julie Andrews as 'Modern Millie' Launches Decca Deluxe LP Series" (PDF). Record World . 28 January 1967. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "OVER 500,000 SHIPPED and it's only the beginning! (AD)" (PDF). Billboard . 15 April 1967. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Ruhlmann, William. "Thoroughly Modern Millie - Original Soundtrack... | AllMusic". AllMusic . Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. Gross, Mike (18 March 1967). "Huge, 'Thorough' pitch on 'Millie'". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 11. New York: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 1. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  7. "Billboard Top 40: Easy Listening". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 16. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 22 April 1967. p. 16. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  8. "Record World's Top Non-Rock" (PDF). Record World . 22 April 1967. p. 39. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Reviews". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 13. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 April 1967. p. 76. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Album Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox . 1 April 1967. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  11. 1 2 Evans, Allen (7 October 1967). "LPs by Allen Evans" (PDF). NME . p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  12. 1 2 Barbour, David (28 August 2015). "Thoroughly Modern Millie". Cast Album Reviews. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  13. "Top LP's". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 15 April 1967. p. 44. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Top LP's". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 22. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 3 June 1967. p. 52. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 27 March 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. Whitburn 2001 , p. 1054
  16. "Soundtrack". Billboard . 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  17. Arntz & Wilson 1995 , p. 230
  18. "RCA Stereo 8: Label Backs 'Hot Conviction With Cold Cash*" (PDF). Cashbox . 22 April 1967. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  19. "'Millie' album cited by RIAA". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 19. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 22 April 1967. p. 10. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  20. "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE". Official Charts. 28 October 1967. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  21. Julie Andrews (1967). Thoroughly Modern Millie: The Original Sound Track Album (liner notes). Decca. DL 1500.
  22. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 10073a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  23. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  24. "TOP 100 Albums" (PDF). Cashbox . 27 May 1967. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  25. "100 Top LP's" (PDF). Record World . 17 June 1967. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  26. "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Thoroughly Modern Millie". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 25 March 2025.

Bibliography

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  • Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel's Whitburns's Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. ISBN   0-89820-147-0.