Bye Bye Birdie: An Original Soundtrack Recording (1963 Film) [Soundtrack]

Paul Lynde, Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, Bye Bye Birdie (Related Recordings), Ann-Margret | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 1963
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W1K
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,955 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture (Bye Bye Birdie-Main Title) [From Bye Bye Birdie]

2. How Lovely to Be a Woman

3. The Telephone Hour

4. Put on a Happy Face

5. Honestly Sincere

6. Hymn for a Sunday Evening

7. One Last Kiss

8. One Boy

9. Kids

10. A Lot of Livin' to Do

11. Rosie and Bye Bye Birdie (End Title Finale)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much fun, March 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bye Bye Birdie: An Original Soundtrack Recording (1963 Film) (Audio CD)

Lovers of this musical like to despise the movie version because of its infidelities to the original source material. But the original stage show didn't have the great title track that Ann-Margret sings (in a way no one had ever sung a song before or since), and the film version does have the absolute definitive version of that great show-stopper "The Telephone Hour" (most staged versions take it slower than this one, but the fast-tempo version from the film is absolutely electrifying).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just plain old fun!, August 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bye Bye Birdie: An Original Soundtrack Recording (1963 Film) (Audio CD)

This CD is just full of fun songs anyone can enjoy! This CD would be especially fun at sleepovers! It's a blast to sing along with some of your best friends!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be Bye Birdie! Hello Ann-Margret!!!, January 8, 2004

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Michael G. Batcho (McAdoo, PA (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bye Bye Birdie: An Original Soundtrack Recording (1963 Film) (Audio CD)

I first purchased this original soundtrack recording on LP when the movie was first released. It's great to be able to listen to it on pristine cd technology.
The entire soundtrack is a collection of really enjoyable songs and music. "The Telephone Hour" is now a "classic" and has even been parodied by the cast of "Xena-Warrior Princess" on one of the "Xena" episodes and soundtrack.
"I've Got A lot Of Livin' To Do" has also become a well recognized pop classic.
My favorite tracks on this album, however, happen to be sung by Ann-Margret. Particularly great are the opening and closing renditions of her "Bye Bye Birdie"! Ann-Margret has alwas had the nack of bringing real "character" and "personality" into her performances, and these tracks are no exception. No one else could have recorded them anywhere near as interesting and captivatingly as did Ann-Margret. She made this soundtrack recording "memorable".
This musical was and is an "American Classic". This soundtrack recording is also "An American Classic" . . . and a most enjoyable one at that!