well, That's Show Biz, 01-18-2026 4-42 Empowerment/MLK Jr 2026

Empowerment/MLK jr. 2026

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

1-18-2026

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and each week I bring you music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme.

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• Today’s show was pre-recorded.

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• Tomorrow is Dr. Martin Luther King jr.’s birthday and so we are celebrating with the theme of Empowerment.

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• <Play “Do You Hear The People Sing?”>

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• You just heard “Do You Hear The People Sing?” from Les Miserables.

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• Dr. King supported and championed disenfranchised causes and groups that faced second-class status in this country. In this first set we are going to focus on women’s rights.

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• We are going to start off with the song “Freedom” from Shenandoah. Then we will hear “The March (We Demand Equality)” from Suffs, a show about the suffragette movement, giving women the right to vote. We will follow that with “Sister Suffragette” from Mary Poppins. And we will conclude this set with “I Ain’t Down Yet” from The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Here’s “Freedom” from Shenandoah.

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• Empowerment is the theme today in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King jr. and you just heard “Freedom” from Shenandoah, “The March (We Demand Equality)” from Suffs, “Sister Suffragette” from Mary Poppins, and “I Ain’t Down Yet” from The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

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• <PSA>

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• Tomorrow is Dr. Martin Luther King jr.’s birthday so to honor him we are playing songs related to Empowerment today.

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• Composer Jerry Herman featured Empowerment in many of his shows. We are going to hear three examples. First, we have Bette Midler singing “Before the Parade Passes By” from the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!. Then Joel Grey sings “I’ll Be Here Tomorrow” from The Grand Tour. And we will end with George Hearn singing “I Am What I Am” from Les Cage Aux Folles. Here are three songs of Empowerment from composer Jerry Herman.

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• You just heard three songs of Empowerment from composer Jerry Herman, “Before the Parade Passes By” from Hello, Dolly!, “I’ll Be Here Tomorrow” from The Grand Tour, and “I Am What I Am” from Les Cage Aux Folles.

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• Stay with us for more songs of Empowerment in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• <Station Promo>

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [Station ID].

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• We are listening to songs of Empowerment today for Dr. Martin Luther King jr.’s birthday.

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• For this next set we have Steve Lawrence singing “I’ve Gotta Be Me” from the original Broadway cast recording of Golden Rainbow. Then Alex Newell, the first openly non-binary actor to win a Tony Award, will sing “Independently Owned” from the musical Shucked. And we will end this set with Barbra Streisand singing “Don’t Rain On My Parade” from the film version of Funny Girl. Here’s the empowerment song  “I’ve Gotta Be Me” from Golden Rainbow.

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• We are listening to songs of Empowerment and you just heard “I’ve Gotta Be Me” from Golden Rainbow, “Independently Owned” from Shucked, and “Don’t Rain On My Parade” from Funny Girl.

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• <Donation Copy>

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• Tomorrow is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and so to honor him we’ve been playing songs of Empowerment. We are going to hear from Dr. King soon. But first we are going to hear “Run,Freedom. Run!” from Urinetown followed by Brian Stokes Mitchell singing “Make Them Hear You” from Ragtime. Here’s “Run,Freedom. Run!”.

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• You just heard “Run,Freedom. Run!” from Urinetown and “Make Them Hear You” from Ragtime which leads into our final set for Empowerment.

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• Here now is Dr. King himself with the stirring conclusion to his “I Have a Dream” speech followed by one last song. Here is Dr. King and “I Have a Dream”.

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• You just heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the conclusion to his “I Have a Dream” speech followed by Queen Latifa and the motion picture cast of Hairspray singing “I Know Where I’ve Been” to conclude our show of Empowerment for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, 2026.

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• And that concludes this week’s edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to assist with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm for more of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU-LP, Savannah, GA, 107.5FM and WRUU.org.  We are Savannah Soundings, Community Radio with Global Soul.

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• Please stay tuned for “Music At The Movies”, coming up next, hosted by Aiden Peck and I will see you next week. So long.