This Funny World: Mary Cleere Haran Sings Lyrics By Hart

Mary Cleere Haran, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
• Original Release Date: May 23, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014W4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,067 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Manhattan [From Garrick Gaities]

2. I Married an Angel

3. I'll Tell the Man in the Street [From I Married an Angel]

4. Way Out West [From Babes in Arms]

5. Everybody Loves You/Sleepyhead

6. With a Song in My Heart [From Spring Is Here]

7. Chicago [From Pal Joey]

8. A Tree in the Park [From Peggy Ann]

9. Falling in Love With Love [From the Boys from Syracuse]

10. It's Easy to Remember [From Mississippi]

11. A Lady Must Live [From "America's Sweetheart"]

12. This Funny World [From Betsy]

13. Wait Till You See Him [From by Jupiter]

14. Ev'rything I've Got [From by Jupiter]

15. My Friend the Night [From Hollywood Party]

16. The Blue Room [From the Girl Friend]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Falling in Love with this Album, August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: This Funny World: Mary Cleere Haran Sings Lyrics By Hart (Audio CD)

"Beautifully sung, Great arrangement and a rare gem of Rodgers and Hart's collection of song". Mary Cleere Haran introduced me to the beautiful music of Rodgers and the witty lyrics of Hart. I loved her own jazzy and sexy interpretation of "Manhattan" from Garrick Gaieties. Also "Way out West" from Babes in Arms , "Falling in Love with Love" from The Boys from Syracuse ,"Blue Room" from The GirlFriend and "Chicago" from PalJoey are just delicious. Not very popular songs such "I'll Tell the man in the street","This Funny world" and "Everything I've Got" is simpy enjoyable... The whole album is really great, I wish they would have included the more popular Rodgers and Hart classics like "My Funny Valentine" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" , but the songs in her albums are worth rediscovering over and over. Great for a sweet romatic evenings....

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ban Bagley would be proud of you, Mary!!!, September 30, 2002

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alemartini - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Funny World - Mary Cleere Haran Sings Lyrics by Hart (Audio CD)

Miss Haran was discovered by the late Ban Bagley and I'm sure Ben would be very proud of this CD. Miss Haran voice is simply wonderful: soft, warm and somehow sexy, it reminds me Mina.This CD is an wonderful collection of well know songs such as The blue room or Wait till you see her and some seldom revived tunes such as A lady must live and My Friend the night probably the best song in this collection (Miss Haran recorder this song also for Ben Bagley's Rodgers & Hart Vol. V)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars intelligent singing and a genuine love for the sung songs, January 3, 2004

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groucho "groucho_nc" (Chapel Hill, NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Funny World - Mary Cleere Haran Sings Lyrics by Hart (Audio CD)

This is a tribute album to the lyrics of Lorenz Hart (of Rodgers and Hart fame). While Haran may not have the vocal pyros of Ian Shaw who did a similar project, her cabaret background gave meaning to lyrics that suffused the song with a new life. I know its cliche to say that there's always a new singer who can eclipse the renditions of standards (after all, Ella Fitzgerald is still peerless in this department), but Haran succeeded in making "Everything I've Got" sound like an exasperated plea, unlike the definitive versions of Ella and Holly Cole. Haran's voice is becoming more interesting since "Out Of This World" and "There's A Small Hotel" days, and there is a sexy husk in her voice's throaty sounds. This is highly recommended for people who want to listen to rare Hart songs not overdone by others. Plus Haran is quite a stunner too. Visually.