Lucky Like Me

Nota Magazine, October 1, 2001
Real Music with Real Lyrics

Lucky Like Me,Chuck Oliver,Oliver Music,Music that's real with Lyrics that aren't Stupid

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Average customer rating: Great compilation A disappointment

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Previn, André | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) ABC (Adler, Bock, Coleman) 110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast) The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00005Q6IN Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
2. Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
3. Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
5. Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
6. Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
7. Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
8. Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
9. Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
10. The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
11. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
12. Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
13. A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
14. The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
15. Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
16. Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
17. Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
18. I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
19. The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
20. Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
21. Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

Tracks:

1. 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
2. Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
3. Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
4. High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
5. Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
6. State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
7. Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
8. Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
9. The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
10. Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
11. The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
12. Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
13. SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
14. March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
15. Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
16. 3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
17. Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
18. Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
19. The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

Average customer rating:

Leonard Bernstein - Wunderkind: The Revuers / On the Town (Original Cast & Ballet Music) / Fancy Free / Facsimile (A Choreographic Essay) / Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000604P Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

1. The Revuers: The Girl With The Two Left Feet
2. The Revuers: Joan Crawford Fan Club
3. On The Town: I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet; New York, New York
4. On The Town: I Get Carried Away
5. On The Town: Lonely Town
6. On The Town: I Can Cook Too
7. On The Town: Lucky To Be Me
8. On The Town: Ya Got Me
9. On The Town: I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet; New York, New York
10. On The Town: Lonely Town
11. On The Town - Ballet Music: Lonely Town - Pas De Deux
12. On The Town - Ballet Music: Times Square - Finale, Act. 1
13. On The Town: Lucky To Be Me
14. On The Town: Some Other Time
15. Ballet Music: Dream In The Subway
16. Ballet Music: Dance Of The Great Lover
17. Ballet Music: Dream Sequence, Concluded

Tracks:

1. Fancy Free: Big Stuff
2. Fancy Free: Opening Dance
3. Fancy Free: Scene At The Bar
4. Fancy Free: Pas de Deux
5. Fancy Free: The Competition Scene
6. Fancy Free: Galop Variation
7. Fancy Free: Waltz Variation
8. Fancy Free: Danzon Variation
9. Fancy Free: Finale
10. Facsimile (A Choreographic Essay): i. Solo
11. Facsimile (A Choreographic Essay): ii. Pas De Deux
12. Facsimile (A Choreographic Essay): iii. Pas De Trois
13. Facsimile (A Choreographic Essay): iv. Coda
14. Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah': i. Prophecy
15. Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah': ii. Profanation
16. Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah': iii. Lamentation

Average customer rating:

Lucky Like Me Chuck Oliver Manufacturer: Oliver Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005O3W5 Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

1. 1000 Angels
2. Lucky Like Me
3. Fallen Away
4. Karma Wheel
5. Driving Away
6. Dying Town
7. Sol Caribe'
8. My Little Girl
9. Right Now
10. Perfect Love
11. Mary Lynn

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Carioca: Songs Of Vincent Youmans, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000T9Q Release Date: 1997-06-24

Tracks:

1. The Carioca
2. Music Makes Me
3. I Want To Be With You
4. So Do I
5. Time On My Hands
6. 'Where Has My Hubby Gone?' Blues
7. Carry On, Keep Smiling
8. I Don't Want A Girlie
9. Does It Pay To Be A Lady
10. Love Is Like A Song
11. Hymn
12. Why, Oh Why?
13. Rise And Shine
14. You Started Something
15. I Want A Man
16. You're Everywhere
17. Nicodemus
18. Roll, Roll, Roll
19. Drums In My Heart
20. Kinda Like You
21. Tie A String Around Your Finger
22. Lucky Bird
23. Open Up Your Heart
24. Keepin' Myself For You
25. Oh, How I Long To Belong To You
26. I Want a Yes Man
27. I'm Glad I Waited
28. Soft Eyes

Average customer rating: lovely Lovely, But Bland Bright and lovely

Times Like This Heidi Grant Murphy Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Twilight and Innocence ASIN: B00007G78D Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

1. Warm All Over
2. Somebody Somewhere
3. The Boy Next Door
4. Will He Like Me
5. On the Steps of the Palace
6. Times Like This
7. If I Were a Bell
8. New Words
9. I Have To Tell You
10. If I Loved You
11. The French Song
12. Why Did I Choose You
13. Waitin' for My Dearie
14. (Vanilla) Ice Cream
15. Clusters of the Crocus/Come To My Garden
16. I Could Have Danced All Night

Customer Reviews:

lovely.......2004-08-29

Being an opera fan, I'm often disappointed by cross-over albums. I agree with one the of the other reviews that mentions Upshaw are being more successful in this type of repertoire. But Murphy is quite lovely. It was nice to hear a few pieces I was unfamiliar with like "The French Song" and "Times Like This"... and I'm a sucker for "Come to my Garden" (even though I REALLY hated the boy soprano!). Overall, a very pleasant disc - perhaps not too deep on interpretation - but beautifully sung.

Lovely, But Bland.......2003-03-14

I've often enjoyed hearing Heidi Grant Murphy at the Metropolitan Opera House. Her crystal-clear soprano is truly beautiful, light and delicate, yet solid enough to handle Strauss and Mozart. Similar singers, most notably Dawn Upshaw, have triumphed in the musical theater repertory, so why not isn't this disc more successful? First of all, Ms. Grant isn't particularly successful as an actress. While some of the songs (most notably "I Have to Tell You") are beautifully realized, most are simply sung, with very little thought as to their meaning for the "character." In recordings a singer has to paint a larger picture, given the absence of sets, costumes, dialogue etc. Perhaps if we could see Grant's face, we'd know what she were feeling; but, of course, we can't. And as the musical director has advised Ms. Murphy to sing everything on the downbeat, the chances of her actually expressing some emotion are slim to none. Additionaly, I find the arrangements to be either unimaginative or intrusive. I will say that I absolutely love the selection of songs here. "Times Like This" is one of my favorite theater songs, as is "New Words." And what a pleasure to see an album of this sort with selections from "She Loves Me" and "Fanny," one not weighted down with the obligatory Sondheim and Lloyd Weber. All in all, this is a pleasant, lovely disc, one which I don't think you'll be sorry to have. But it doesn't compare to Upshaw's Rodgers & Hart CD, Terfel's Alan Jay Lerner disc, or Te Kanawa's Irving Berlin collection, which had the good fortune to be arranged by Jonathan Tunick.

Bright and lovely.......2003-01-31

This is a CD you don't want to miss. An addition to your special collection of all time favorites. Miss Grant Murphy has a voice that is a pure delight of pleasure; a clear and lyricly treat to the senses. Her Choice of music is different and blends well from selection to selection. Her arrangement of The French Song and (Vanilla) Ice Cream is bright and underlined with wonderful humor. Miss Grant Murphy's rendition of If I Were A Bell is just that...a bell...clear and bright.

Do your self a favor and order Times Like This. Bring an early spring into your life.

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Lucky Like Me Rachel Sedacca Manufacturer: Rachel Sedacca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005QDSZ Release Date: 2001-10-13

Tracks:

1. Lucky Like Me
2. Valentine
3. Monday Night Girlfriend
4. Forever Young
5. Days of '49
6. Sideshow Sam
7. Daddy's Hands
8. Esmerella
9. Romeo

Album Description

"Lucky Like Me" is the debut album of this dynamic up and coming singer/songwriter. It combines a variety of styles including folk, country, bluegrass and rock. With powerful lyrics and soulful vocals, "Lucky Like Me" has something for everyone.

Average customer rating:

Jane Austen Songs Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Moore | Moore, Thomas | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000847M Release Date: 1993-01-21

Tracks:

1. The Joys Of The Country
2. The Soldier's Adieu
3. How Sweet In The Woodlands
4. William, A Ballad
5. The Lucky Escape
6. Queen Mary's Lamentation
7. Captivity. A Ballad
8. My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair
9. The Favourite Song In 'The Stranger' ('I have A Silent Sorrow Here')
10. Robin Hood, Or Sherwood Forest: Her Hair Is Like A Golden Clue
11. The Mansion Of Peace
12. Twelve Hindoo Airs: The Poor Hindoo Girl ('The Hindustani Girl's Lament')
13. A Selection Of Irish Melodies: Fly Not Yet
14. A Christmas Box: Make A Cake Baker Man
15. A Christmas Box: See Saw Margery Daw
16. A Christmas Box: Goosey Goosey Gander

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