The Sound of Music (original Broadway cast recording)
1959 cast recording by the original Broadway cast
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The Sound of Music, subtitled Original Broadway Cast, is the album containing the original studio cast recording of the 1959 musical The Sound of Music.[4] The album was released in the same year by Columbia.
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| The Sound of Music: Original Broadway Cast | |
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| Cast recording by the original Broadway cast | |
| Released | 1959 |
| Recorded | 1959 |
| Genre | Show tunes |
| Label | Columbia Masterworks |
Billboard reviewed the album in its issue from December 7, 1959, writing: "Mary Martin is charming and sparkling, and she is warmly assisted by the other principals. The show boasts a flock of lovely and lyrical tunes. Flattering reviews the show has received will aid in interest for the album" and classifying it as "top potential".[1]
The album finished 1960 as the best-selling album of the year in the United States according to Billboard,[5] 1961 as the fourth-best-selling,[6] and 1962 as the fifth-best-selling.[7]
Track listing
LP (Columbia Masterworks KOL 5450)
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "1.1. Preludium" "1.2. The Sound of Music" | |
| 2. | "Maria" | |
| 3. | "My Favorite Things" | |
| 4. | "Do-Re-Mi" | |
| 5. | "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" | |
| 6. | "The Lonely Goatherd" | |
| 7. | "How Can Love Survive" |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sound of Music" (Reprise) | |
| 2. | "Laendler" | |
| 3. | "So Long, Farewell" | |
| 4. | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | |
| 5. | "No Way to Stop It" | |
| 6. | "An Ordinary Couple" | |
| 7. | "Processional" | |
| 8. | "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" | |
| 9. | "Edelweiss" | |
| 10. | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||