Oscar Hammerstein was a prolific lyricist, and wrote with many composers. This included George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, and of course Richard Rodgers. This anthology of music includes all of these composers. The music is presented from State Fair, Show Boat, Carousel, South Pacific, and Oklahoma. The different presentations are from the musicals (which I like best) as well as jazz, big band and solo versions of popular artists. For example, Frank Sinatra singing "Some Enchanted Evening" was nice, but lacked the energy of the song. However Sinatra's "Ol' Man River" was very nice. There are also some original artists, including Mary Martin as Juanita Hall singing "Happy Talk" and "Bali Hai" Mary Martin singing "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy." This collection concludes with Judy Garland singing "You'll Never Walk Alone." This is a showstopper.
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