''Dee Does Broadway'' is the second album by

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, the frontman of

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, after 12 years without any release. Guests in the album include the Grammy and Emmy Award-winning

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and Nick Adams.

Background

The original idea started in 2009 with an exchange of phone messages between

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and Snider. Over several years, both had worked with the guitarist and producer Bob Kulick on his various "tribute" albums (Snider sang on a Cooper tribute record) and had both been impressed with the quality of his work. In the autumn of 2010, Snider was starring in the hit Broadway musical ''

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''. The idea of doing an album of rocked-out show tunes himself appealed to him and a deal was struck with Razor & Tie, the only label that Snider's manager,

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, was sure could manage a record this unique. Their support and success with Twisted Sister's ''

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'' gave Snider confidence in their ability to make an abstract project like this happen.Dee Does Broadway.
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Track listing

# "Cabaret" - 3:55 # "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" - 3:32 # "

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" (with

) - 3:33 # "Mack the Knife" - 3:26 # "Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)" (with

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) - 3:35 # "

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" (with Mark Wood) - 4:51 # "The Joint Is Jumpin'" (with

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) - 3:23 # "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" (with

) - 5:27 # "I Get a Kick Out of You" - 4:21 # "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" (with Will Swenson, Tony Sheldon, Nick Adams) - 3:47 # "Razzle Dazzle" - 3:33 # "

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" (with

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) - 3:26

References

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