The Surrey with the Fringe on Top

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
Song from Oklahoma!
Published 1943
Writer Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer Richard Rodgers

"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma! It is the second song of the show, following the opening number, "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'."

When Curly asks Laurey to go to the box social with him, he uses this song to persuade her by offering the prospect of taking her in a fancy rental car. In the movie version, the surrey (a four wheel covered carriage, in this case pulled by two horses) is initially seen in a brief fantasy sequence, but appears for real at the end when Curly and Laurey ride off in it to their honeymoon.[1]

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As jazz standard

Versions of the song were recorded by Ahmad Jamal, Marlene Dietrich, Joshua Redman, Miles Davis, Janis Siegel, Nancy LaMott, Sonny Rollins, Betty Carter, Blossom Dearie and McCoy Tyner, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly, Johnny Smith, Julie Hamelin, Beverly Kenney, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, Joe Brown and the J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding Trombone Octet and King Crimson as part of their track Moonchild.

Pop culture

In the film, When Harry Met Sally..., Harry and Sally sing a karaoke version of "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top".

Laura Love borrows a few of Hammerstein's lyrics for her song "I Am Wondering".

In The West Wing episode 100,000 Airplanes, the lyrics of part of the song are mentioned by two of the main characters. As well, during the same episode, the song, as a jazz arrangement, is played on piano during a cocktail party.

In Twin Peaks Episode 15, Leland Palmer sings the lyrics of "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" while wildly driving his convertible.

In ER season 6, episode 13 "Be Still My Heart", Dr. Mark Greene listens to the song on the radio and sings the lyrics while shaving in front of a mirror.

Stan Ridgway recorded this song as an outtake, during the sessions for his album of standards "The Way I Feel Today".

An arrangement of the song is used as a segment of the area music for Main Street U.S.A in the Magic Kingdom park of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

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