Annie Get Your Gun (original Broadway cast recording)
1946 cast recording by Ethel Merman et al.
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Annie Get Your Gun with Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, and members of the original cast, chorus and orchestra, under direction of Jay Blackton, is a 1946 album containing a studio recording of that year's Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun made by its original cast.
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| Annie Get Your Gun | |
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| Cast recording by Ethel Merman with Ray Middleton and members of the original cast, chorus and orchestra, under direction of Jay Blackton | |
| Released | 1946 |
| Genre | Show tunes |
| Label | Decca |
Recording
The album was recorded ten days after the musical premiered on Broadway in May 1946.[2]
Betty Ann Nyman and Kenny Bowers did not participate in the recording, so "Who Do You Love, I Hope?", the duet they sang in the Broadway production, was recorded for this album by Robert Lenn and Kathleen Carnes.[2]
Release
Reception
The album reached number two on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart.[5]
In his retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann calls the album "exactly what a cast album should be, an accurate representation of the music of a show." He also adds that "since this show was a landmark in Broadway history, that made the cast album an important contribution to musical history as well as an aural delight."[2]
Track listing
Album of six 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (Decca A-468)[3]
All tracks are written by Irving Berlin.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" | Ethel Merman with Annie Get Your Gun orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Moonshine Lullaby" | Ethel Merman with Garth, Turner and Bibb and Annie Get Your Gun orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" | Ethel Merman with Annie Get Your Gun orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm an Indian Too" | Ethel Merman with Annie Get Your Gun chorus and orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "They Say It's Wonderful" | Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton with Annie Get Your Gun orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anything You Can Do" | Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton with Annie Get Your Gun orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Got Lost in His Arms" | Ethel Merman with Annie Get Your Gun chorus and orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Got the Sun in the Morning" | Ethel Merman with Annie Get Your Gun chorus and orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Girl That I Marry" | Ray Middleton with Annie Get Your Gun orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Defenses Are Down" | Ray Middleton with Annie Get Your Gun male chorus and orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Who Do You Love I Hope" | Robert Lenn and Kathleen Carnes with Annie Get Your Gun orchestra |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "There's No Business like Show Business" | Annie Get Your Gun chorus and orchestra |
Charts
| Chart (1946) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums[5] | 2 |