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!
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Music Played
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The Company of Rent
Seasons Of Love
- Rent: The Musical.
- Dreamworks Records.
- 2.
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Judi Dench
Send In The Clowns
- A Little Night Music: 1995 National Theatre Cast Recording.
- Tring International.
- 18.
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Leslie Odom, Jr.
The Room Where It Happens
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Ben Platt
You Will Be Found
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Paul Nicholas
Gethsemane
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Ute Lemper & The Company Of Chicago
All That Jazz
- Chicago The Musical: 1997 London Cast Recording.
- Masterworks Broadway.
- 2.
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Leslie Odom, Jr.
Alexander Hamilton
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
- Melodies Of Love (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, John Travolta & Queen Latifah
You Can't Stop The Beat
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Elaine Paige
Memory
- The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
- Polydor.
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Rita Moreno, George Chakiris & The Sharks & Girls
America
- West Side Story: The Original Motion Picture Sound Track Recording.
- Columbia.
- 6.
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Jimmy Bryant & Marni Nixon
Somewhere
- West Side Story: Original Soundtrack Recording.
- CBS.
- 14.
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Elaine Paige
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
- Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
- Global Records & Tapes.
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Carmen Twillie & Lebo M
Circle Of Life
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Nacio Herb Brown
Singin' in the Rain
Singer: Gene Kelly.- Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
- Warner Strategic Marketi.
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Judy Garland
Over the Rainbow
Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra.- Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
- Warner Strategic Marketi.
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The Greatest Showman Ensemble
Never Enough (Instrumental)
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The Greatest Showman Ensemble
From Now On (Instrumental)
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The Greatest Showman Ensemble
This Is Me (Instrumental)
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Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
The Greatest Show
- The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- Atlantic.
- 1.
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Loren Allred
Never Enough
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Hugh Jackman & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
From Now On
- The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- Atlantic.
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Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
This Is Me
- The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- Atlantic.
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Members of the Cast
No One Mourns The Wicked
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Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel
Defying Gravity
- Wicked: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
- Decca Broadway.
- 11.
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Alfie Boe
Bring Him Home
- Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording).
- First Night Records.
- 9.
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The 2020 Staged Concert Cast of Les Miserables
One Day More
Broadcasts
- Sun 31 Jan 2021 13:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2
- Sun 23 Jan 2022 02:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2
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