The Broadway Years: Till There Was You

Sammy Fain (Composer), Albert Hague (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Meredith Willson (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Arthur Schwartz (Composer), Jerry Bock (Composer), Jerome Kern (Composer), Jule Styne (Composer), Jerry Herman (Composer), Barbara Cook (Performer), Jerome Courtland (Performer), Robert Preston (Performer), John Raitt (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Barbara Cook, Jerome Courtland, Robert Preston, John Raitt
• Composer: Sammy Fain, Albert Hague, Leonard Bernstein, Meredith Willson, Richard Rodgers, et al.
• Audio CD (June 20, 1995)
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B000001SLS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #288,273 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Flahooley/He's Only Wonderful

2. Flahooley/Here's to Your Illusions - Barbara Cook, Jerome Courtland

3. Plain and Fancy/This Is All Very New to Me

4. Candide/Glitter and Be Gay

5. Music Man/Till There Was You - Barbara Cook, Robert Preston

6. King and I/Getting to Know You

7. King and I/Hello, Young Lovers

8. Gay Life/Magic Moment

9. She Loves Me/Will He Like Me?

10. She Loves Me/Dear Friend

11. She Loves Me/Ice Cream

12. Showboat/Where's the Mate for Me?/Make Believe - Barbara Cook, John Raitt

13. Showboat/You Are Love - Barbara Cook, John Raitt

14. Funny Girl/Who Are You Now?

15. Mack and Mabel/He Was Too Good to Me/Time Heals Everything

16. By Jupiter/Wait Till You See Him

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good overview of her broadway career, February 5, 2005

By	Beth "bethiejw2" (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

Before Barbara Cook became a cabaret performer, she was a fantastic Broadway star. This out of print cd focuses on the songs from her revivals and original productions with the omission of The Glass Harp. It goes chronologically from the beginning of her career with the shows Candide, Plain and Fancy, and Flahooley. (Sadly they were flops.) Then it reaches The Music Man where she finally became a star. Her Till There was You is marvelous. The last three songs are from her 1975 At Carnegie Hall album. I wish that this was replaced with numbers from her shows. It doesn't quite fit in with the phase. I guess this cd wanted to be an outlook on her career in general. Barbara Cook had a clear warm soprano. If only her 1958 album Songs of Perfect Propriety could be released.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Broadway legend appreciated, July 2, 1999

By A Customer

Just to hear her voice intentionally break with emotion on "Dear Friend" will affect you deeply. This is a fine document of a great career and a stunning voice. You will treasure it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real good selection, April 26, 2006

By	Ravel "Ravel is my cat's name... but he can't... (Montréal, Québec Canada) - See all my reviews

Even if I don't own this CD (stuff I have on 33 rpm), I had to approve the other critics here. To know Barbara Cook is to participate to the Great Broadway Era with one of its essential star performer.
Cook was made for the stage and, following next, her live shows are quite impressive. Her voice can be tiny at times, but who doesn't get older?
Just listen to Glitter and be Gay: a Bernstein masterpiece, but a Cook personal creation. (Only Sumi Jo made it as good on her Carnegie Hall show).
All B'way fan should know Barbara Cook...