The Music Man (Broadway cast recording)

The Music Man
Cast recording
ReleasedDecember 29th, 1957
LabelCapitol
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Broadway cast recording of the 1957 musical The Music Man was released as an album by Capitol Records. The original release formats included LP, 4×EP, and reel-to-reel tape.[2]

The album spent several weeks at number one on Billboard's Best Selling LPs chart.[3][4]

Track listing

12-inch LP (Capitol WAO 990)

Side 1
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Overture & Rock Island"Orchestra, Paul Reed & The Traveling Salesmen 
2."Iowa Stubborn"Ensemble 
3."Ya Got Trouble"Robert Preston & Ensemble 
4."Piano Lesson"Barbara Cook & Pert Kelton 
5."Goodnight My Someone"Barbara Cook 
6."Seventy-Six Trombones"Robert Preston & Ensemble 
7."Sincere"The Buffalo Bills 
8."The Sadder-but-Wiser Girl for Me"Robert Preston 
9."Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little & Goodnight Ladies"Misses Raymond, Swann, Mondo, Rice, Flynn & The Buffalo Bills 
Side 2
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Marian the Librarian"Robert Preston 
2."My White Knight"Barbara Cook 
3."Wells Fargo Wagon"Eddie Hodges & Ensemble 
4."It's You"The Buffalo Bills 
5."Shipoopi"Iggie Wolfington & Ensemble 
6."Lida Rose and Will I Ever Tell You"Barbara Cook & The Buffalo Bills 
7."Gary, Indiana"Eddie Hodges 
8."Till There Was You"Barbara Cook & Robert Preston 
9."Finale"Entire Company 

Charts

Chart (1958) Peak
position
US Billboard Best Selling LPs[3] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "The Music Man [Original Broadway Cast] - Origi... | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ Meredith Willson - The Music Man - Original Broadway Cast, 1958, retrieved 2024-12-27
  3. ^ a b "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 23, 1958 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 7, 1958 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Music Man". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
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