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Elaine Paige counts down the All-Time Greatest Songs from a Musical

As part of 'Radio 2 Celebrates Musicals' Elaine counts down the top 20 all-time greatest songs from a musical, as voted for by the Radio 2 listeners.

As part of 'Radio 2 Celebrates Musicals' Elaine counts down the top 20 all-time greatest songs from a musical, as voted for by the Radio 2 listeners. Expect to hear some of the most loved songs from the last 100 years of musical theatre, ranging from heart-wrenching ballads and classic torch songs to flamboyant dance favourites and show-stopping chorus numbers. We'll hear from some of the composers and lyricists behind the songs, and from some of the performers who brought them to life on stage and screen. You voted, we counted them, and now its time to reveal Radio 2's greatest show song of all time!

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 23 Jan 2022 02:00
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Music Played

  • The Company of Rent

    Seasons Of Love

    • Rent: The Musical.
    • Dreamworks Records.
    • 2.

  • Judi Dench

    Send In The Clowns

    • A Little Night Music: 1995 National Theatre Cast Recording.
    • Tring International.
    • 18.

  • Leslie Odom, Jr.

    The Room Where It Happens

  • Ben Platt

    You Will Be Found

  • Paul Nicholas

    Gethsemane

  • Ute Lemper & The Company Of Chicago

    All That Jazz

    • Chicago The Musical: 1997 London Cast Recording.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 2.

  • Leslie Odom, Jr.

    Alexander Hamilton

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

    Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

    • Melodies Of Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, John Travolta & Queen Latifah

    You Can't Stop The Beat

  • Elaine Paige

    Memory

    • The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
    • Polydor.

  • Rita Moreno, George Chakiris & The Sharks & Girls

    America

    • West Side Story: The Original Motion Picture Sound Track Recording.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

  • Jimmy Bryant & Marni Nixon

    Somewhere

    • West Side Story: Original Soundtrack Recording.
    • CBS.
    • 14.

  • Elaine Paige

    Don't Cry For Me Argentina

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Carmen Twillie & Lebo M

    Circle Of Life

  • Nacio Herb Brown

    Singin' in the Rain

    Singer: Gene Kelly.
    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Judy Garland

    Over the Rainbow

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra.
    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    Never Enough (Instrumental)

  • The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    From Now On (Instrumental)

  • The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me (Instrumental)

  • Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    The Greatest Show

    • The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Loren Allred

    Never Enough

  • Hugh Jackman & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    From Now On

    • The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Members of the Cast

    No One Mourns The Wicked

  • Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel

    Defying Gravity

    • Wicked: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Decca Broadway.
    • 11.

  • Alfie Boe

    Bring Him Home

    • Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording).
    • First Night Records.
    • 9.

  • The 2020 Staged Concert Cast of Les Miserables

    One Day More

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 Jan 2021 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2
  • Sun 23 Jan 2022 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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