well, That's Show Biz, 02-12-2023 46 Love Songs 2

Love Songs 2

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

02-12-2023

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

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• This is the second show of Love Songs in anticipation of Valentine’s Day. There may be more love songs in shows than any other type of song especially since there are different types of love songs. We are going to bring you many different types of Love Songs today.

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• We are going to start off with the title song to the musical “She Loves Me” as the male lead who has fallen in love with his mysterious pen pal finds out that his pen pal is the woman he hates. Next, “People Will Say We’re in Love”, a non-love Love Song from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! We follow that with Don Quixote, from Man of La Mancha, singing of his “Dulcinea”, a kitchen slut who he believes to be a virtuous woman. At the end of the song, the muleteers, who have used her for sex, mock the very idea that she could be virtuous. And finally, Samuel E. Wright sings “Kiss the Girl” from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.  Here is “She Loves Me”.

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• You just heard the title song to “She Loves Me”, “People Will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma!, “Dulcinea” from Man of La Mancha, and “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid as we play Love Songs for Valentine’s Day on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• Love Songs for Valentine’s Day today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” and we are going to start set 2 with a live recording of “Almost Like Being in Love” from Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon. Then Isabel Bigley and Robert Alda declare that “(they’ve) Never Been In Love Before” from Guys and Dolls. We will follow that with a song that deals with unconditional love, “As Long As He Needs Me” from Oliver!. And finally in this set, did you know that there was a sequel to Andrew Lloyd Weber’s The Phantom of the Opera? It was called Love Never Dies and was based on a 1999 novel called The Phantom of Manhattan.  The Phantom lures Christine to perform at a theater in Brooklyn.  The show opened in London but got mostly negative reviews and its Broadway opening was canceled. The show did produce this stunning love song that the Phantom sings called “Till I Hear You Sing”. This version is sung by Ethan Freeman who just happens to be my cousin. But first here’s “Almost like Being in Love” from Brigadoon.

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• You are listening to Love Songs today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [station ID]. And you just heard “Almost Like Being In Love” from Brigadoon, “I’ve Never Been In Love Before” from Guys & Dolls, “As Long As He Needs Me” from Oliver! and my cousin, Ethan Freeman, sing “Till I Hear You Sing” from Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloys Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera.

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• In the musical South Pacific, nurse Nellie Forbush declares her love for French plantation owner Emile de Becque with the song “I’m In Love With a Wonderful Guy”. This version is by Mitzi Gaynor from the 1958 movie soundtrack. We will follow that with a devastating song of unrequited love from the movie Fame, Paul Mccrane’s “Is It Okay If I Call You Mine?”. Then Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo never experienced love “Till There Was You” from the film version of The Music Man. And we will close out this third set with the soaring “My Heart Is So Full Of You” from The Most Happy Fella. Here’s Mitzi Gaynor with “I’m In Love With a Wonderful Guy” from South Pacific.

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• You just heard “I’m In Love With a Wonderful Guy” from South Pacific, “Is It Okay If I Call You Mine?” from Fame, “Till There Was You” from The Music Man, and “My Heart Is So Full Of You” from The Most Happy Fella as we anticipate Valentine’s Day with Love Songs.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU 107.5FM in Savannah and if you would like to help out with the show, you can send me your theme and song suggestions to wruushowbiz@gmail.com and if you enjoy the show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And now to close out our Love Songs we first have “I’ll Cover You” from Rent sung by Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L Martin. Then another non-Love Love Song from Rodgers & Hammerstein, “If I Loved You” from Carousel as sung by Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae from the film version. Stephen Sondheim never set out to write a gay love song but that is eventually what happened in the final incarnation of his last production, Road Show. The song is “The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened”. And finally, we have John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli singing “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” from Jersey Boys. Here’s “I’ll Cover You” from Rent.

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• You just heard “I’ll Cover You” from Rent, “If I Loved You” from Carousel, “The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened” from Road Show, and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” from Jersey Boys as we get ready for Valentine’s Day on February 14th. That’s it for “well, That’s Show Biz!” for this week. If you would like to be a part of future shows, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.  See you next week.