well, That's Show Biz, 02-05-2023 45 Love Songs

Love Songs

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

02-5-2023

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and every 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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• Love songs are a staple of musicals and with Valentine’s Day coming up, I figured we could do two shows of love songs. Now, there are different types of love songs: happy love songs, longing for love songs, unrequited love love songs, and non-love love songs for example. We are going to showcase many of these different types.

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• We are going to start off with a happy love song from The Pajama Game. John Raitt & Janis Paige proclaim their love for each other with “There Once Was a Man”. A trivia note, John Raitt is rocker Bonnie Raitt’s father. Then a “we just met” love song, “Ten Minutes Ago” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s TV musical, Cinderella. This is from the 1965 version starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon. Some of you of a certain age will remember Stuart Damon as Alan Quartermain from the soap, General Hospital. After that, a questioning love song from Fiddler on the Roof, “Do You Love Me?’. And finally, from Guys and Dolls, sister Sarah Brown drunkenly realizes she’s in love with gambler Sky Masterson in the delightful “If I Were a Bell”.  Here’s “There Once Was a Man” from The Pajama Game.

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•  We are listening to different types of love songs today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” and you just heard “There Once Was a Man” from The Pajama Game, “Ten Minutes Ago” from Rodger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, “Do You Love Me?” from Fiddler On The Roof, and “If I Were a Bell” from Guys And Dolls.

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• You are listening to Love Songs today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” and we are going to start off the second set with a life affirming love song from Hairspray, “Without Love”, This is from the movie version. Next, Freddy Einsford Hill declares his love for Eliza Doolittle with “On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady. Then, Marius, Cosette, and Eponine sing about their love triangle meeting with “A Heart Full of Love” from Les Miserables. And finally, Bernadette Peters sings about her feelings with the gorgeous “Unexpected Song” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance. Here’s “Without Love” from Hairspray.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [station ID] and you just heard “Without Love” from Hairspray, “On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady, “A Heart Full of Love” from Les Miserables, and “Unexpected Song” from Song and Dance as we listen to different types of love songs in anticipation of Valentine’s Day.

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• We are going to open the third set with the declarative love song from Grease, “You’re the One That I Want”. This is from the 2007 Broadway revival. Then, the delightful musical Baby is about three different couples, one still in college, one in their 30s, and one in their 40s, all expecting a baby. The character Danny from the young couple sings of his love with the delicately beautiful song “I Chose Right”. Next, a non-love love song from Jerry Herman’s Mack & Mable as Robert Preston, as old time movie director Mack Sennet, sings  “I Won’t Send Roses” to his discovery, actress Mabel Normand. And finally, Ellen Greene as Audrey, discovers Rick Moranis as Seymour Krelbourne, with “Suddenly, Seymour” from the movie version of Little Shop of Horrors. Here’s “The One That I Want” from Grease.

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• We are listening to Love Songs today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” in anticipation of Valentine’s Day and you just heard “The One That I Want” from Grease, “I Chose Right” from Baby, “I Won’t Send Roses” from Mack & Mabel, and “Suddenly, Seymour” from The Little Shop of Horrors.

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• Before we conclude today’s show, I am looking for people to send me theme and song suggestions and you can send them to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And I also need you to contact the station at WRUU.org and tell them how much you enjoy today’s show.

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• And now to begin the last set, we have Ezio Pinza with an introductory love song, “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific. We will follow that with Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat singing about falling in love, “They Say It’s Wonderful” from Annie Get Your Gun. Then the reminiscing love song from La Cage Aux Folles, “Song On the Sand”, And finally, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from Disney’s, The Lion King. Here’s “Some Enchanted Evening” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific.

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• You just heard “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific, “They Say It’s Wonderful” from Annie Get Your Gun, “Song On the Sand” from La Cage Aux Folles, and “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from the Lion King. Next week we will continue with Love Songs leading up to Valentine’s Day. If you would like to contribute to future shows, email me your theme and song suggestions to wruushowbiz@gmail.com and contact the station at WRUU.org and tell them how much you enjoyed today’s show. See you next week for more Love Songs.