Easter Parade [Rhino] (1995)

About this title: This is the best soundtrack version to date of one of Irving Berlin's finest postwar musical showcases. The song "Easter Parade" went through several permutations before becoming its best-known version, appearing previously in the movie Holiday Inn long before it became the basis for Easter Parade, the MGM Technicolor musical starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. Astaire, in a role originally intended for Gene Kelly, has a great showcase not only for his singing and dancing but also for playing the drums (his personal hobby) in the oft-overlooked number "Drum Crazy." And he and Garland make ... read more

Tracks:

1. Main Title [Berlin]
2. Happy Easter [Berlin]
3. Drum Crazy [Berlin]
4. It Only Happens When I Dance With You [Berlin]
5. Happy Easter (Reprise #1) [Berlin]
6. Everybody's Doin' It Now [Berlin]
7. I Want to Go Back to Michigan [Berlin]
8. Happy Easter (Reprise #2) [Berlin]
9. Making Faces [Berlin]
10. Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes [Berlin]
11. This Is the Life (Dog Act) [Berlin]
12. Along Came Ruth [Berlin]
13. Call Me up Some Rainy Afternoon [Berlin]
14. A Fella With an Umbrella [Berlin]
15. I Love a Piano [Berlin]
16. Snookey Ookums [Berlin]
17. Ragtime Violin [Berlin]
18. When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam' [Berlin]
19. Mixed Greens [Berlin]
20. That International Rag (Fanfare and Montag-Ziegfield Follies) [Berlin]
21. Shaking the Blues Away [Berlin]
22. It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Reprise) [Berlin]
23. Fanfare and Montage-Globe Theatre [Berlin]
24. Steppin' Out With My Baby [Berlin]
25. Mr. Monotony [Berlin]
26. A Couple of Swells [Berlin]
27. Roof Garden (Drum Crazy Reprise) [Berlin]
28. The Girl on the Magazine Cover [Berlin]
29. New Amsterdam Roof (It Only Happens When I Dance With You Reprise) [Berlin]
30. Better Luck Next Time [Berlin]
31. Easter Parade (End Title) [Berlin]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.