There's No Business Like Show Business: The Collection (1997)

About this title: Ethel Merman was about halfway through her 30-year career of creating roles on Broadway when the record companies finally started recording original cast albums on a regular basis in the mid-'40s. Nevertheless, Merman had preserved contemporary performances of some of her best-known songs from her shows of the '30s for such labels as RCA Victor, Brunswick (now controlled by Sony), and Decca. Decca recorded Merman's 1946 hit musical Annie Get Your Gun, and in 1947 she re-recorded her early hits for the Decca album Songs She Made Famous. She also made a non-cast album of songs from her 1950 ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
2. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries [Henderson/Brown]
3. Eadie Was a Lady, Pts. 1 & 2 [Whiting/Brown/De Sy]
4. You're the Top [Porter]
5. I Get a Kick Out of You [Porter]
6. Blow, Gabriel, Blow [Porter]
7. It's De-Lovely [Porter]
8. Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please [Porter]
9. I've Still Got My Health [Porter]
10. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly [Berlin]
11. I Got the Sun in the Morning [Berlin]
12. Anything You Can Do [Berlin]
13. You Can't Get a Man with a Gun [Berlin]
14. Dearie [Hilliard/Mann]
15. If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake [Hoffman/Merrill/Wat]
16. The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball [Berlin]
17. You're Just in Love [Berlin]
18. There's No Business Like Show Business [Berlin]
19. Some People [Styne/Sondheim/Soun]
20. Everything's Coming Up Roses [Sondheim/Styne]
21. Rose's Turn [Styne/Sondheim/Soun]

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