well, That's Show Biz, 10-22-2023 2-30 Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

10-22-2023

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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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• Today’s theme is Musical Instruments, songs about a musical instrument or songs with at least one musical instrument mentioned in the lyrics.

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• We are going to open the first set with the song “Come Follow the Band” from the Broadway show Barnum. Next we are going to hear Barbra Streisand sing “Cornet Man” from Funny Girl. Then Judy Garland will sing Irving Berlin’s “I Love a Piano” which was featured in the movie Easter Parade. And for the final song in this set, see if you can figure out the, before he was famous, singer singing “Dream Drummin’” from 1974s Over Here! A musical with a score by the Sherman Brothers who were better known for writing the score to Mry Poppins. Here’s the cast of Barnum with “Come Follow the Band”.

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• We are listening to songs that mention musical instruments today and you just heard “Come Follow the Band” from Barnum, “Cornet Man” from Funny Girl, “I Love a Piano” from Easter Parade, and did you figure out that that was a before he was famous John Travolta singing “Dream Drummin” from Over Here!? Besides starring two of the Andrew Sisters, Over Here! included in its cast, before they were famous, John Travolta, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Samuel E. Wright, and Ann Reinking.

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• Starting off our second set of songs that mention Musical Instruments we have Tommy Tune singing “Strike Up the Band” from My One and Only. Then we are going to hear Fred Astaire singing “Slap That Bass” from Shall We Dance. Next Lee Remick brings us “There Won’t Be Trumpets” from Anyone Can Whistle. And we will conclude with “If I Were a Bell” from Guys and Dolls. Here’s “Strike Up the Band”.

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• You just heard “Strike Up the Band” from My One and Only, “Slap That Bass” from Shall We Dance, “There Won’t Be Trumpets” from Anyone Can Whistle, and “If I Were a Bell” from Guys and Dolls, as we listen to songs that mention Musical Instruments today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• Our theme today is Musical Instruments and we are going to open the third set with Shirley MacLaine singing “I’m A Brass Band” from the movie version of Sweet Charity. Next we are going to hear “Fit as a Fiddle” from the London cast of  Singin’ in the Rain. Then we will hear “Banjo Boy” from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical By Jeeves. And we will conclude this set with “I Can Hear the Bells” from the movie version of Hairspray. Here’s “I’m A Brass Band” from Sweet Charity.

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• You just heard “I’m A Brass Band” from Sweet Charity, “Fit as a Fiddle” from Singin’ in the Rain, “Banjo Boy” from By Jeeves, and “I Can Hear the Bells” from Hairspray as we listen to songs that mention Musical Instruments today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• If you would like to help out with a future show, you can send me your theme and song suggestions to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you are enjoying today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And now to conclude our show about musical instruments, we are going to open this last set with Robert Preston singing about “Seventy Six Trombones” from The Music Man. Next, Betty Buckley, as Martha Jefferson, divulges that “He Plays the Violin” from 1776. Then we are going to hear the chorus from Call Me Madam sing about “The Ocarina”. And we will close it out with “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” from Gypsy. Here’s The Music Man.

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• You just heard “Seventy Six Trombones” from The Music Man, “He Plays the Violin” from 1776, “The Ocarina” from Call Me Madam, and “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” from Gypsy as we conclude our musical instrument themed show.

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• If you would like to help out with a future show, you can send your theme and song suggestions to me to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And please, tell your friends to listen every Sunday at 1pm. See you next week.