- Something for the Boys
Infobox Musical
name= Something For The Boys
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music=Cole Porter
lyrics=Cole Porter
book=Herbert Fields
Dorothy Fields
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productions=1943 Broadway
awards="Something For The Boys" is a 1943 musical with music and lyrics by
Cole Porter and a book byHerbert Fields andDorothy Fields . It opened at Broadway'sAlvin Theatre on January 7, 1943 and closed on January 8, 1944 after playing 422 performances. It starredEthel Merman ,Bill Johnson ,Betty Garrett , andPaula Laurence , was directed byHassard Short , and choreographed byJack Cole . In 1985, the Original Cast Recording was released on the AEI Records label derived from long lost transcriptions made for shortwave radio transmission.ongs
;Act I
* See That You're Born in Texas - Ensemble
* When My Baby Goes to Town - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
* Something for the Boys - Blossom Hart and Boys
* When We're Home on the Range - Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart and Harry Hart
* Could It Be You? - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Boys
* Hey, Good Lookin' - Blossom Hart and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
* Hey, Good Lookin' (Reprise) - Betty-Jean, Corp. Burns, Girls and Boys
* He's a Right Guy - Blossom Hart
* The Leader of a Big Time Band - Blossom Hartcol-break ;Act II
* I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy - Mary-Frances, Girls and Boys
* There's a Happy Land in the Sky - Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart, Harry Hart, Mr. Tobias Twitch and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
* He's a Right Guy (Reprise) - Blossom Hart
* Could It Be You? (Reprise) - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Ensemble
* By the Mississinewa - Blossom Hart and Chiquita HartTrivia
A version of the title song was recorded by Ethel Merman for her infamous "Ethel Merman Disco Album" in 1979.
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