In the sixth Show Tune Showdown, Hair won the most showdowns - and the following songs will be moving on to a second round in 2012:
Hair's "Hair", "Aquarius", "Where Do I Go?", "Good Morning Starshine", "Black Boys/White Boys", "Frank Mills" and "The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)"
Promises, Promises' "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Half as Big as Life", "Knowing When to Leave" and "Wanting Things"
Dear World's "Kiss Her Now", "And I Was Beautiful" and "I Don't Want to Know"
Zorba's "Life Is"
PLEASE NOTE: The next Show Tune Showdown will be on Friday, December 16.
Now on to our seventh Show Tune Showdown, which takes us back to the 1960-61 Broadway season when the following seven musicals opened:
Bye Bye Birdie
April 14, 1960 - October 7, 1961 (607 performances)
Revival: October 15, 2009 - January 24, 2010 (117 performances)
Irma La Douce
September 29, 1960 - December 31, 1961 (524 performances)
Tenderloin
October 17, 1960 - April 23, 1961 (216 performances)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
November 3, 1960 - February 10, 1962 (532 performances)
Camelot
December 3, 1960 - January 5, 1963 (873 performances)
Revival: July 8, 1980 - August 23, 1980 (56 performances)
Return Engagement: November 15, 1981 - January 2, 1982 (48 performances)
Revival: June 21, 1993 - August 7, 1993 (56 performances)
Wildcat
December 16, 1960 - June 3, 1961 (171 performances)
Do Re Mi
December 26, 1960 - January 13, 1962 (400 performances)
Now here are the competing show tunes - and if you're wondering how to judge each showdown, just ask yourself, "Which song do I enjoy listening to more?"
Bye Bye Birdie's "The Telephone Hour" (the Broadway revival cast perform on Good Morning America in 2009)
vs.
"Camelot" (Richard Burton performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
Bye Bye Birdie's "One Boy" (Joanie Sommers' 1960 debut single)
vs.
Camelot's "The Lusty Month of May" (Marin Mazzie performs on the Live from Lincoln Center production on May 8, 2008)
Bye Bye Birdie's "Baby, Talk to Me" (Stearns Matthews performs at his Senior Recital at Westminster Choir College on November 11, 2007)
vs.
Camelot's "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Nathan Gunn performs on the Live from Lincoln Center production on May 8, 2008)
Bye Bye Birdie's "Put on a Happy Face" (Dick Van Dyke performs on The Ed Sullivan Show on June 12, 1960, beginning at 10:09)
vs.
Do Re Mi's "Make Someone Happy" (Kelli O'Hara performs on February 23, 2009)
Bye Bye Birdie's "Kids" (Paul Lynde, Maureen Stapleton and Dick Van Dyke perform in the 1963 film version)
vs.
Tenderloin's "Little Old New York" (Chita Rivera performs with the American Dance Machine on Great Performances' "Showstoppers: The Best of Broadway" on May 24, 1985)
Bye Bye Birdie's "Honestly Sincere" (Marc Kudisch performs in the 1995 TV movie)
vs.
Tenderloin's "Artificial Flowers" (Bobby Darin performs)
Bye Bye Birdie's "A Lot of Livin' to Do" (Judy Garland performs on The Judy Garland Show on March 1, 1964)
vs.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown's "Belly Up to the Bar, Boys" (Debbie Reynolds and the cast perform in the 1964 film version)
Bye Bye Birdie's "One Last Kiss" (Jesse Pearson performs on the 1963 movie soundtrack)
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown's "I'll Never Say No" (Harve Presnell performs in the 1964 film version)
Bye Bye Birdie's "Rosie" (Brent Spiner performs with Chita Rivera, beginning at 1:52)
vs.
"Irma La Douce" (Barbara McNair performs)
Irma La Douce's "Our Language of Love" (Andy Williams and Julie Andrews perform on The Andy Williams Show on November 11, 1964)
vs.
Camelot's "I Loved You Once in Silence" (Marin Mazzie performs on the Live from Lincoln Center production on May 8, 2008)
Wildcat's "Hey, Look Me Over" (Bea Arthur performs on the TV special, Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight, on March 13, 1982)
vs.
Camelot's "Before I Gaze at You Again" (Julie Andrews performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
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