“There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” from Sweet Charity (Original London Cast, 1967)

music Cy Coleman lyric Dorothy Fields

performance Josephine Blake, Paula Kelly, Juliet Prowse

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Meanwhile, Across the Pond: London Cast Recordings of Broadway Hits, Day 4

This is most certainly my favorite song in the score—and perhaps by favorite in Cy Coleman’s catalog.  I find the hook in the accompaniment irresistible.  All three ladies give joyous and idiosyncratic performances here (click on their names to learn more about them), and the recording is more complete than the version found on the OBCR.

You may want to check out my earlier post from this recording of Prowse singing “You Should See Yourself”.

johnseven:

The Doodletown Pipers strike again (they clobbered the Beatles earlier here)  with what I consider the ultimate Doodletown Pipers track, this number from Sweet Charity. This is a good place to note that, judging by that promo shot, they aren’t an all-identical twin band, but a mostly-identical twin band, which is another whole thing entirely.

verms:

“Bedroom Sets” lol

She’s somewhat charming on this number.  

“You Should See Yourself” from Sweet Charity (Original London Cast)

music Cy Coleman lyric Dorothy Fields

performance Juliet Prouse

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I seem to have fallen down a Sweet Charity rabbit hole, inspired by this video.  And I ain’t even mad.  

And I love Prouse’s take light, bouncy take on this song.  The Verdon version (verd-sion?) somewhat annoys me.  

dorothyfields:

Pearl Bailey sings “If My Friends Could See Me Now” from Sweet Charity.

Linda Clifford - If My Friends Could See Me Now 

a disco version.  with dancing spaceman robots.  like ya do.

beltingandbeveling:

Chita Rivera, Donna McKechnie, and Bebe Neuwirth sing “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” from Sweet Charity

dorothyfields:

Sam Harris sings a medley of “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” by Dorothy Fields and Cy Coleman (from Sweet Charity) and “Move On” by Stephen Sondheim (from Sunday in the Park with George).