''Show Boat'' (1959 studio cast album) is a studio recording of the 1927 musical ''

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'' by

Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...

and Oscar Hammerstein II. The album was recorded in the summer of 1959 at the No.1 studio, Abbey Road, London, and issued by the '

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' label, a subsidiary of

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, which was run at this time by

Norman Newell Norman Newell (25 January 1919 – 1 December 2004) was an English record producer, who was mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the co-writer of many notable songs. As an A&R manager for EMI, he worked with musicians such as Shi ...

. It features a cast that was formed for this recording only; this cast did not perform the show live in any theatre production. The album features the debut recordings made by Shirley Bassey for EMI, here she performs two songs in the role of Julie LaVerne. Previously she had successfully recorded at

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but in 1959 her partner and manager Kenneth Hume arranged a contract with

/ Columbia. These are also her first recordings made and released in stereo. The album also features the actress

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''. The album was originally issued in two formats, a long-playing album in mono and stereo and as a two EP set, which featured highlights from the recording. A CD release was issued in mono by the Australian EMI company AXIS in the mid-1990s; it was finally issued in stereo in 2005 on the EMI label ''Classics For Pleasure'' where it appeared on a collection of Jerome Kern compositions such as ''

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'' and ''

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'' titled ''Kern - Show Boat etc.''.

Track listing

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" ''Marlys Watters and Don McKay'' - 4.48 # " Ol' Man River" ''Inia Te Wiata'' - 4.45 # "

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is one of the most famous songs from their classic 1927 musical play '' Show Boat'', adapted from Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. Context The song, written i ...

" '' Shirley Bassey'' - 4.22 # "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" ''

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