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Jule Styne

They Write the Songs Series 1
Episode 6 of 10

Barry Manilow looks at the lives and works of famous composers of the Great American Songbook. Barry celebrates English-born composer Jule Styne.

Barry Manilow continues to look at the lives and works of his favourite composers, de-constructing their songs at his piano. This week he celebrates Jule Styne, the vocal coach turned Broadway and Hollywood composer, who was born in England in 1905.

During a successful career, which included collaborations with Frank Loesser (previously featured in this series), Sammy Cahn (Time After Time), Leo Robin (Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend) and Stephen Sondheim (Gypsy), Styne won two Grammy awards, a Tony award, an Oscar and was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.

This programme includes a never-before-heard Barry Manilow recording, made when he was just three years old. Barry's grandfather recognised that his young grandson had talent and at the weekend they would take a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, into Manhattan, where there was a recording booth. You put in a quarter and made a recoding and, remarkably, the ones Barry made in this way have survived! We hear evidence of Barry's precocious talent in a tune written by Jule Styne, Papa Won't You Dance with Me.

1 hour

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Sun 20 Nov 2011 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl Overture

  • Frank Sinatra

    Sunday

    • Swing Easy.
    • Capitol.

  • James, Harry With Helen Forrest

    I've Heard That Song Before

    • Best Of The Big Bands.
    • CBS.

  • Barry Manilow

    I Fall In Love Too Easily

  • Frank Sinatra

    The Christmas Waltz

    • The Christmas Album.
    • CAPITOL.

  • Tony Bennett

    Time After Time

    • An American Classic Celbrates 80.
    • COLUMBIA LEGACY.

  • Frank Sinatra

    I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

    • The Columbia Years 1943 1952.
    • COLUMBIA LEGACY.

  • Barry Manilow

    Papa Won't You Dance With Me

  • Gracie Fields

    Papa Won't You Dance With Me?

    • The Best Of Gracie Fields.
    • SPECTRUM.

  • Carol Channing

    Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

    • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Original Broadw Sony Broadway.

  • Marilyn Monroe

    Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

    • Marilyn Monroe.
    • Arts Dejavu Retro Gold Collection.

  • Nicole Kidman

    Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

    • Moulin Rouge.
    • INTERSCOPE.

  • Dolores Gray

    If You Hadn't But You Did (Two On The Aisle)

    • They Stopped The Show.
    • DECCA.

  • Judy Garland

    Just In Time

    • Judy Garland In Concert.
    • DOUBLE GOLD.

  • Original Broadway Cast - Gypsy Overture

  • Ethel Merman

    Everything's Coming Up Roses

    • Gypsy: Original Broadway Cast.
    • COLUMBIA1.

  • Barbra Streisand

    People

    • Funny Girl (Soundtrack).
    • COLUMBIA.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 19 Apr 2011 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Sun 20 Nov 2011 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2