Show Boat Discography of CDs

Show Boat albums This vivacious remake of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical (based on an Edna Ferber novel) about life on a Mississippi riverboat tracks the hardships of Julie Laverne (Ava Gardner), a mulatto trying to pass for white while also following the course of a tumultuous love between a captain's daughter, Magnolia Hawks (Kathryn Grayson), and an itinerant gambler, Gaylord Ravenal (Howard Keel). Gardner (with help from Annette Warren, whose voice was overdubbed for Gardner's songs) gives a heartbreaking performance, and Grayson's clear, pure voice soars, set off magnificently by Keel's rich baritone. The film stands as a classic for both its surprising emotional impact and its well-known score, featuring timeless gems such as "Old Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' that Man of Mine." DVD. 1951 film. Stars Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, & Kathryn Grayson. Score by Kern & Hammerstein II. 108 min.

Show Boat music CDs The original 1946 cast recording of the classic Jerome Kern musical features Jan Clayton, Charles Fredericks, Colette Lyons, Carol Bruce, Buddy Ebsen, Kenneth Spencer, and Helen Dowdy. It's somewhat more intriguing than the film soundtrack, if only for historical reasons. European law allows copyrights on recordings to lapse after 50 years, and British budget reissue label Prism Leisure has taken advantage of this by launching a Broadway Musicals Series, borrowing Broadway cast recordings for reissue, even when those recordings are still in print in the U.S. and still claimed for copyright by American companies. Thus, for example, we have this version of the Columbia Records album of the 1946 Broadway revival cast of Show Boat, made, no doubt, simply by copying an American LP. Theoretically, such a disc shouldn't be on sale in the U.S., ...

Show Boat discography Track Listing of songs: Suck 'N' Feed; All The Time; Cameras; Good Luck;