well, That's Show Biz, 06-23-2024 3-12 Belting Songs

Well, That's Show Biz!
Jeremy F.
1:00pm, 6-23-2024

    Belting Songs

    “Well, That’s Show Biz!”

    06-23-2024


    • You are listening to [Station ID].


    • 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.


    • Every year, June 23rd, which is today, is “Let It Go Day”.


    • <Play “Let It Go”>


    • Today is June 23rd which is “Let It Go Day” and you heard “Let It Go” from the Broadway musical Frozen. We are going to celebrate “Let it Go Day” with Belting Songs. Every show basically has at least one song that is belted out, so today we are going to heat some classic Belting Songs as well as some newer ones.


    • We are going to open this set with the ultimate Broadway belter, Ethel Merman, singing “Blow, Gabriel Blow” originally from Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. This version is with the London Festival Orchestra and Chorus. Then we are going to hear another classic, Mary Martin singing “Johnny One Note” from Rodgers and Hart’s Babes In Arms. And we will close out the set with John Cullum chewing the scenery  with “I Rise Again” from On The Twentieth Century. Here’s Ethel Merman belting out “Blow, Gabriel Blow”.


    • We are celebrating “Let It Go Day” with Belting Songs and you just heard Ethel Merman belting out “Blow, Gabriel Blow” from Anything Goes, Mary Martin belting out “Johnny One Note” from Babes In Arms, and John Cullum letting it go with “I Rise Again” from On The Twentieth Century.


    • <PSA>


    • Today is “Let It Go Day” and we are celebrating with Belting Songs. Starting off our next set  we have Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells belting out “You and Me (But Mostly Me) from The Book of Mormon.  Then, another classic belter, Carol Burnett, will tell us she’s “Shy” from Once Upon a Mattress. After that, we will hear Stephanie J. Block “Holding to the Ground” from Falsettos. And we will close it out with Georgia Brown letting it go with “As Long As He Needs Me” from Oliver!. Here’s “You and Me (But Mostly Me)” from The Book of Mormon.


    • You just heard “You and Me (But Mostly Me)” from The Book of Mormon, “Shy” from Once Upon a Mattress, “Holding to the Ground” from Falsettos, and “As Long As He Needs Me” as we celebrate “Let It Go Day” with Belting Songs on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.


    • <Underwriting>


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


    • June 23rd is “Let It Go Day” and we are celebrating with Belting Songs. Just about every show has at least one song that is belted out and so we are playing classics as well as newer ones.


    • We are going to open this next set with a newer Belt song, “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde the Musical. And we will follow that with John Rubinstein, the original Pippin, singing “Corner Of The Sky”. Then we will hear “Winner Takes It All” from the original Broadway cast of Mamma Mia!. And we will close out the set with “This Is The Moment” from Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical. Here’s the Belting Song “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde the Musical.


    • You just heard the Belting Songs “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde the Musical, “Corner Of The Sky” from Pippin, “Winner Takes It All” from Mamma Mia!, and “This Is The Moment” from Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical.


    • <Other Show Promo>


    • <Donation Copy>


    • 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 are enjoying today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.


    • And now to conclude our Belting Songs for “Let It Go Day”, we are going to start off with Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene letting it go with “Suddenly Seymour” from the film version of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors. Then from another Alan Menken show, Newsies, Jeremy Jordan belts out the gripping but beautiful reprise of the song “Santa Fe”. And we will close it out with Jennifer Holliday as the preeminent Effie White declaring “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls. Here’s “Suddenly Seymour” from Little Shop of Horrors.


    • You just heard the Belting Songs “Suddenly Seymour” from Little Shop of Horrors, “Santa Fe” from Newsies, and “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls as we close out our celebration of “Let it Go Day” 2024.


    • If you would like to help out with a future show, 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. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm EDT on [Station ID] or streaming on-line at WRUU.org. See you next week.

    • 1:00pm WRUU-FM by Live
    • 1:00pm Let It Go by Caissie Levy on Frozen: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Walt Disney Records)
    • 1:05pm Blow, Gabriel Blow by Ethel Merman, London Festival Orchestra, London Festival Chorus & Stanley Black on Merman Sings Merman (Decca Music Group Limited)
    • 1:08pm Johnny One Note by Babes in Arms Ensemble (1951) & Mary Martin on Babes in Arms (1951 Studio Cast Recording) (Sony Music Entertainment)
    • 1:11pm On the Twentieth Century: I Rise Again by John Cullum, George Coe & Dean Dittman on On the Twentieth Century (Original 1978 Broadway Cast) (Sony Music Entertainment)
    • 1:16pm You and Me (But Mostly Me) by Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells on The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Ghostlight Records Inc.)
    • 1:18pm Shy by Carol Burnett & Joe Bova on Once Upon a Mattress (1959 Original Broadway Cast Recording (UMG Recordings, Inc.)
    • 1:22pm Holding to the Ground by Stephanie J. Block on Falsettos (2016 Broadway Cast Recording) (Sh-K-Boom Records, Inc.)
    • 1:25pm As Long As He Needs Me by Georgia Brown on Oliver! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (BMG Entertainment)
    • 1:32pm So Much Better by Laura Bell Bundy & Legally Blonde Ensemble on Legally Blonde the Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Sh-K-Boom Records, Inc.)
    • 1:35pm Corner of the Sky by John Rubenstein on Pippin (1972 Original Broadway Cast Recording) (The Verve Music Group)
    • 1:38pm Winner Takes It All (1999 Musical 'Mamma Mia') by Siobhan McCarthy & Martin Lowe on Mamma Mia (2004 Reissue) [Non EU Version] (Polydor Ltd.)
    • 1:42pm This Is the Moment by Christiane Noll, Emily Skinner, Frank Wildhorn, John Treacy Egan, Leslie Briscusse, Linda Eder & Robert Cuccioli on Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical (1997 Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Warner Strategic Marketing)
    • 1:48pm Suddenly, Seymour by Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Michelle Weeks, Tichina Arnold & Tisha Campbell on Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (UMG Recordings, Inc.)
    • 1:51pm Santa Fe by Jeremy Jordan on Newsies (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Walt Disney Records)
    • 1:54pm And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going by Jennifer Holliday on Dreamgirls (Original Broadway Cast Album) (Universal Music Enterprises)
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