A Salute to the Golden Age of American Popular Music

We salute the music from Broadway, Hollywood, New Orleans, Tin Pan Alley and the "melody makers;" i.e. the bands and singers that brought the music to us via the radio, recordings and live events in the period from the 1920's to the 1960's. This is the golden period of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Larry Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, etc.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The top 100 movie musicals?


From the start of the new millenium, UK television channel, channel 4, ran a series of programs which ran through the top 100 of various genres, including films, film stars, war movies and musicals. the program was aired in 2003 and was made up of viewer votes both on their website and by phone. Channel 4 has a fairly youth based program stratergy and perhaps this is why some of the entries are surprising, it is also clear to see which programs and films were in the media at the time. Below is their top 100 list of greatest musicals, some you may have never heard of and some stretch the term musical to and beyond its limits, but it is a great list all the same, and if you can guess which musical is voted the greatest musical of all time? Simply scroll down to the number one spot to find out!

100: Lets Make Love 99: Miss Saigon
98: Bright Eyes 97: The Cotton Club
96: Lullaby of Broadway 95: Breaking Glass
94: Sholay 93: How to succeed in business without really trying
92: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 91: Everyone Says I Love You
90: Cry Baby 89: A Little Night Music
88: For Me and My Gal 87: Million Dollar Mermaid
86: There's No Business Like Show Business 85: Funny Face
84: Ziegfeld Follies 83: A Star Is Born (Barbra Streisand)
82: Anything Goes 81: Yankee Doodle Dandy
80: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 79: All That Jazz
78: Hedwig and the Angry Inch 77: Porgy and Bess
76: Dancer in the Dark 75: Dil Se
74: Shall We Dance 73: Half a Sixpence
72: Godspell 71: Show Boat
70: Gigi 69: The Producers
68: Kiss Me Kate 67: Doctor Dolittle
66: Gypsy 65: The Jazz Singer
64: Easter Parade 63: Jailhouse Rock
62: Sweet Charity 61: Scrooge
60: Top Hat 59: Funny Girl
58: An American in Paris 57: Paint Your Wagon
56: Meet Me In St Louis 55: Hair
54: On the Town 53: Cinderella
52: Carmen Jones 51: Thoroughly Modern Millie
50: Hello Dolly 49: Muppets Take Manhattan
48: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 47: Summer Holiday
46: A Chorus Line 45: A Star is Born (Judy Garland)
44: Tommy 43: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
42: Starlight Express 41: Carousel
40: 8 Mile 39: South Pacific
38: The Nightmare Before Christmas 37: White Christmas
36: Guys and Dolls 35: Oklahoma
34: High Society 33: Fiddler on the Roof
32:Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 31: Blood Brothers
30: Cats 29: Fame
28: Jesus Christ Superstar 27: Jungle Book
26: Annie 25: Calamity Jane
24: The Blues Brothers 23: The King and I
22: Evita 21: Little Shop of Horrors
20: Phantom of the Opera 19: Bugsy Malone
18: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 17: Caberet
16: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 15: Les Miserables
14: The Lion King 13: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More With Feeling
12: My Fair Lady 11: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
10: Moulin Rouge 9: Oliver!
8: Chicago 7: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
6: Singing In The Rain 5: Mary Poppins
4: West Side Story 3: The Wizard of Oz
                                        2: The Sound of Music
                   1: Grease

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