Bye Bye Birdie! [Cast Recording]

Original 1960 Broadway Cast Recording (Artist), Charles Strouse (Composer, Conductor), Bye Bye Birdie! (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Bye Bye Birdie!
• Conductor: Charles Strouse
• Composer: Charles Strouse
• Audio CD (May 5, 2009)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: SONY CLASSICS
• ASIN: B001VRDRGA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,437 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Overture (Voice)

2. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; An English Teacher (Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke) (Voice)

3. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; The Telephone Hour (Teenagers) (Voice)

4. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; How Lovely To Be a Woman (Susan Watson) (Voice)

5. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Put on a Happy Face (Dick Van Dyke)

6. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; A Normal, Healthy, American Boy (Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Teen Trio, Reporters, Teenagers, Neighbors) (Voice)

7. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; One Boy (Susan Watson, Jessica Albright, Sharon Lerit, Chita Rivera) (Voice)

8. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Honestly Sincere (Dick Gautier, Barbara Doherty, Teenagers) (Voice)

9. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Hymn for a Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan) (Paul Lynde, Marijane Maricle, Susan Watson, Johnny Borden) (Voice)

10. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; One Last Kiss (Dick Gautier, Ensemble) (Voice)

11. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; What Did I Ever See in Him? (Chita Rivera, Susan Watson) (Voice)

12. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; A Lot of Livin' to Do (Dick Gautier, Susan Watson, Teenagers) (Voice)

13. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Kids (Paul Lynde, Marijane Maricle) (Voice)

14. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Baby, Talk to Me (Dick Van Dyke, Quartet, George Blackwell) (Voice)

15. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Kids Reprise (Paul Lynde, Marijane Maricle, Johnny Borden, Parents) (Voice)

16. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Spanish Rose (Chita Rivera, Townspeople) (Voice)

17. Bye Bye Birdie - Original Broadway Cast; Rosie (Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera) (Voice)

18. Put On A Happy Face (Voice)

Editorial Reviews

High schools and colleges everywhere adapted this 1960 smash starring Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera and Paul Lynde. Put On a Happy Face; The Telephone Hour; A Lot of Livin' to Do; One Last Kiss , and the rest of these charming songs helped net the Best Musical Tony.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Love the Music!, December 12, 2009

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Sixties Music Lover (Suffern, New York USA) - See all my reviews

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I recently saw the revival of this musical on Broadway, staring John Stamos. It was spectacular! Although a current cast recording is not available the orginal recording is wonderful, because the music and lyrics are wonderful. If you have seen the movie version, you will know what I mean. If you are child of the fifties and/or sixties you will thoroughly enjoy the CD and the DVD. Both are so much fun, that you will "put on a happy face"!

5.0 out of 5 stars Bye Bye Birdie, August 23, 2011

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Marcy Goldman "Marcy Goldman "TV/Film Mav... (West Hollywood, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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The original Broadway recording is by far the best and this CD
arrived quickly and in excellent condition. I will really enjoy
listening to it often!

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Last Great Golden Age Musicals, May 11, 2010

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B. Haggerty "BHag" (NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bye Bye Birdie! (Audio CD)

Hearing this again, it brought back memories of seeing an unknown Dick Van Dyke, a young Chita Rivera in her first starring role, Paul Linde, being hysterical, etc. and Gower Champion's directing/choreographing debut. It was an amazing evening of pure talent and I got to cherish it all over again purchasing the CD, which somehow eluded my collection, although I have the original cast album. After seeing the current revival, it gives so much pleasure remembering what it once was.