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Kander and Ebb

They Write the Songs Series 1
Episode 10 of 10

Barry Manilow concludes the series with a look at composer John Kander and lyricist and librettist Fred Ebb, the creative duo behind Cabaret, Chicago and New York, New York.

Barry Manilow concludes this series with a look at composer John Kander and lyricist and librettist Fred Ebb, whose long and successful songwriting partnership ended with the latter's death in 2004.

They've been rewarded with Tonys on Broadway, Oscars in films, and Emmys on television, and as Kennedy Center honourees they were praised for tackling "serious, challenging subjects - Nazism, abortion, murder, capital punishment, prison torture, greed, corruption - with an originality and fearlessness rarely seen in popular entertainment".

Kander and Ebb were behind some of the great creations of the musical stage including Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as New York, New York, a song immortalized by Frank Sinatra. As a neighbour of Fred Ebb's in New York, Barry Manilow was the first to hear the famous opening vamp of this tune. He heard it over and over again, as the pair searched for the lyric, while brushing his teeth in the bathroom!

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Sun 18 Dec 2011 19:00
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Music Played

  • Frank Sinatra

    Theme From New York New York

    • New York New York.
    • REPRISE.
    • 7599-23927-2.

  • Eartha Kitt

    Santa Baby

    • Christmas Time Again.
    • HALFMOON.
    • HNNCD-103.

  • Judy Garland

    Heartbroken

    • 100 Hit Legends: Judy Garland.
    • Demon.
    • Legends 106.

  • Barbra Streisand

    My Colouring Book

    • The Second Barbra Streisand Album.
    • Columbia.
    • 474908 2.

  • Liza Minnelli

    A Quiet Thing

    • Flora, The Red Menace (Broadway Cast Recording).
    • RCA VICTOR.
    • 09026-60821-2.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Theme From New York New York

    • New York New York.
    • REPRISE.
    • 7599-23927-2.

  • Chita Rivera

    All That Jazz

    • Chigago Original Cast Recording.
    • ARISTA RECORDS INC.
    • 07822-18952 2.

  • Liza Minnelli

    Ring Them Bells

    • Liza With A Z.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • CK-31762.

  • Liza Minnelli

    Say Liza (Liza with A "Z")

    • Liza With A "Z".
    • ANCHOR BAY.
    • ABD-4539.

  • Chita Rivera

    Class

    Artist: Mary Mccarty

    • Chicago.
    • Britannia Muisc.
    • BM 2189522.

  • Lenya, Lotte & Jack Gifford

    Married

    • Embraceable You Broadway In Love.
    • SONY BROADWAY.
    • SK-53542.

  • Liza Minnelli

    Maybe This Time

    • Original Soundtrack Recording Cabaret.
    • MCA.
    • 250-428-2.

  • Joel Grey

    Willkommen

    • Cabaret Original Soundtrack Recording.
    • MCA RECORDS INT..
    • DMCL-1664.

  • John Kander

    Cabaret

    Performer: Liza Minnelli. Lyricist: Fred Ebb.
    • Liza Minelli.
    • A&M GOLD SERIES.
    • 397080--2.

  • Barry Manilow

    But The World Goes Round

    • Showstoppers.
    • ARISTA.
    • ARISTA-262091.

Credits

Presenter Barry Manilow
Producer Anthony Cherry

Broadcasts

  • Tue 17 May 2011 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Sun 18 Dec 2011 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2