Show Boat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1951 Film) [Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Jerome Kern, Howard Keel, William Warfield, Joe E. Brown, Annette Warren, Oscar Hammerstein II, Kathryn Grayson, Show Boat (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
• Original Release Date: September 24, 1951
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Rhino Records
• ASIN: B0000033KL
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,711 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #17 in Music > Broadway & Vocalists > Musicals > Classic Musicals
  • #19 in Music > Miscellaneous > Nostalgia

Track Listings

1. Main Title - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra And Chorus

2. Cap'n Andy's Calliope - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra

3. Natchez - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra

4. Cap'n Andy's Presentation - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra And Chorus

5. Cap'n Andy's Ballyhoo - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra

6. Encore On Dock - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra

7. Where's The Mate For Me? (Gambler's Song) - Howard Keel

8. Young Romance - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra

9. Make Believe - Kathryn Grayson And Howard Keel

10. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Annette Warren

11. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Reprise #1 - Kathryn Grayson/Ava Gardner/Annette Warren

12. I Might Fall Back On You - Marge And Gower Champion

13. Julie Leaves The Boat - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra And Chorus

14. Ol' Man River - William Warfield

15. Ol' Man River - Reprise - William Warfield

16. You Are Love - Kathryn Grayson And Howard Keel

17. Why Do I Love You? - Kathryn Grayson And Howard Keel

18. Ravenal Is Gone - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra

19. Bill - Annette Warren

20. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Kathryn Grayson

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The 1951 version, with Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ava Gardner and Marge & Gower Champion. Includes those all-time classics like Ol' Man River and Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man , taken from newly discovered production tapes with notes by historian Miles Kreuger.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music and great singing! October 1, 1999

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

Show Boat was MGM's biggest money maker in 1951 and has this soundtrack to explain why. It contains the singing of Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, William Warfield, Annette Warren and even outtakes of Ava Gardner (she had a decent voice). It also has a 28 minute page companion booklet. It's an excellent movie soundtrack, what more can I say?

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great version of landmark musical March 3, 2005

By Eugene August

Format:Audio CD

MGM's 1951 version of the landmark Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical featured some of the finest voices and talents on the lot. Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel are a vocal match made in heaven, and if William Warfield's rendition of "Ol' Man River" doesn't move you to tears, you're probably dead. Marge and Gower Champion stop the show every time they break into a song-and-dance number. Annette Warren's voice was dubbed for Ava Gardner's, and if Warren's performance has more polish, Gardner's renditions of "Can't Help Loving Dat Man" and "Bill" have greater dramatic impact. Luckily, both singers' versions are included on this CD. One could wish that Howard Keel's prologue to "You Are Love" (available on the old MGM Records album) had been included, and that the missing choral passages on some numbers had been somehow restored. Still, this is one of the all-time great soundtrack albums.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll cry and cry. February 7, 2001

By darragh o'donoghue

Format:Audio CD

'Show Boat' is the great American stage work of the twentieth century, drama or musical. Its downbeat daring; richly complex and austere scoring, which comments on, as well as provides, a narrative it subverts; above all, its treasurable songs, heartbreaking even at their most seemingly carefree (if you don't die when you hear 'Bill', you probably already have), make it one of the few musicals that never cheats on life in all its arbitrary-happy-sad ingloriousness. Despite some operetta-ish singing and too many softening strings, this is a highly creditable recording that surpasses the film it soundtracks, with some instrumentals that scorch the heart.