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Show Tunes

Show Tunes are the songs that have been featured in musical plays and films. The songs are usually written by professional songwriters, and are sung by the original cast or by vocalists that interpret show tunes and traditional pop. Broadway musicals generate a number of different songs, preludes, interludes, postludes, and theme songs. Any musical song from a Broadway musical can be considered a show tune, specifically in reference to the memorable melody. Most of Cole Porter's songs were show tunes. Andrew Llloyd Weber's generation of hit songs are all show tunes, including songs from The Phantom of the Opera, like ""Music of the Night"" and ""All I Ask of You.""
James Van Heusen Mandy Patinkin
Jerome Kern Rodgers & Hammerstein
Mel Tormé Tim Rice
Andy Williams Lorenz Hart
Fred Astaire Andrew Lloyd Webber
Julie Andrews Barbra Streisand
Oscar Hammerstein II George Gershwin
The Mills Brothers Ira Gershwin
Peggy Lee Gilbert & Sullivan
Judy Garland Marvin Hamlisch
June Christy Kate Smith
Vic Damone Lena Horne
Lerner & Loewe Bette Midler
Sammy Davis, Jr. Frank Loesser
Irving Berlin Stephen Sondheim
Jesus Christ Superstar [MCA Original Cast Recording]
Original Cast Recording (1970)
Camelot [Original Broadway Cast] [Remastered]
Original Broadway Cast Recording (1960)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More with Feeling [Musical Episode Soundtrack]
Original Television Soundtrack (2002)
Ultimate Hits Collection
Johnny Mathis (1998)
Candide [Columbia Bonus Tracks]
Original Broadway Cast (2003)
Sound of Music [30th Anniversary Soundtrack]
Original Soundtrack (1965)
Cats [Original Broadway Cast]
Original Broadway Cast Recording (1982)
Best of Julie Andrews: Thoroughly Modern Julie
Julie Andrews (1996)
Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1999)
Pal Joey
Kenny Drew (1957)