well, That's Show Biz, 02-18-2024 2-47 Love Songs 2024

Love Songs 2024

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

02-18-2024

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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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• Last Wednesday was Valentine’s Day so today’s show consists of nothing but LOVE SONGS, all kinds of love songs. We are going to start off with a song that was added to the film version of Mame so that Robert Preston would get an additional song to sing. That song is the beautiful “Loving You”. Next, the song “If I Were a Bell” sung by the drunken character, Sarah Brown, from Guys and Dolls. Then we will hear the gay love song “The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened” from Stephen Sondheim’s Road Show. And we will close out this set with the glorious “My Heart Is So Full Of You” from Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella. Here’s “Loving You” from Mame.

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• You just heard “Loving You” from Mame,”If I Were a Bell” from Guys and Dolls, “The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened” from Road Show, and “My Heart Is So Full Of You” from The Most Happy Fella as we listen to LOVE SONGS today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• Valentine’s Day was last Wednesday so we are listening to all kinds of LOVE SONGS today. We are going to open the second set with the song “Vanilla Ice Cream” from the musical She Loves Me. The plot of She Loves Me has been shared in many movies such as You’ve Got Mail, and The Shop Around The Corner. Next we will hear the sweet “I Chose Right” from Baby. Then, we will hear the beautiful “What More Can I Say?” from Falsettos. And we will close this set with my cousin, Ethan Freeman, singing “Almost Like Being In Love” from Brigadoon. Here’s “Vanilla Ice Cream” from She Loves Me.

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• We are listening to all types of LOVE SONGS today and you just heard “Vanilla Ice Cream” from She Loves Me, “I Chose Right” from Baby, “What More Can I Say?” from Falsettos, and “Almost Like Being In Love” from Brigadoon.

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

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• LOVE SONGS is the theme today as we celebrated Valentine’s Day last Wednesday. This third set is going to be a long one. We are going to open with Stuart Damon and Lesley Ann Warren singing “Ten Minutes Ago” from the 1965 Television Cast of Cinderella. Then we will hear “People Will Say We’re in Love” from the 2019 revival of Oklahoma!. Next we will hear the haunting “Without You” from Rent. Then, Gene Barry and George Hearn sing the duet “With You On My Arm” from La Cage Aux Folles, and we will finish up with Bernadette Peters singing one of my favorites, “Unexpected Song” from Song & Dance. Here’s “Ten Minutes Ago” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

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• You just heard “Ten Minutes Ago” from Cinderella, “People Will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma!, “Without You” from Rent, “With You On My Arm” from La Cage Aux Folles, and “Unexpected Song” from Song & Dance as we listen to LOVE SONGS today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• If you would like to assist with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. I am also looking for your lists of favorite musicals to tailor into a show. You can send me your favorite musicals lists 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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• Now to complete today’s show on LOVE SONGS, the producer’s of Funny Girl wanted to use Fanny Brice’s signature song “My Man” as their 11 o’clock number but they were obligated to use only Jule Styne’s songs. We are going to hear his beautiful song, “The Music That Makes Me Dance”. When they made the film version, they were free of the obligation and substituted in “My Man”. Here’s Barbra Streisand singing the 11 o’clock ballads “The Music That Makes Me Dance” and “My Man” from Funny Girl.

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• You just heard “The Music That Makes Me Dance” and “My Man” from the play and film versions of Funny Girl. And that concludes our show on LOVE SONGS.

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• Send me your lists of favorite musicals, theme, and song suggestions to wruushowbiz@gmail.com and if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to tune in every Sunday at 1 pm at 107.5 FM in Savannah and streaming at WRUU.org. See you next week.