In the 20th Show Tune Showdown, Hairspray and Wicked won the most showdowns - and the following songs will be moving on to Round 2:
Hairspray's "It Takes Two", "You Can't Stop the Beat", "Without Love" and "Good Morning Baltimore"
Wicked's "Defying Gravity", "Popular", "What Is This Feeling?" and "For Good"
Little Shop of Horrors' "Little Shop of Horrors", "Suddenly Seymour" and "Somewhere That's Green"
Assassin's "The Ballad of Booth"
Caroline, or Change's "Lot's Wife"
PLEASE NOTE: The next Show Tune Showdown will be on Friday, August 24.
Now on to our 2lst Show Tune Showdown, which takes us back to the 1959-60 Broadway season when the following seven musicals opened:
Destry Rides Again
April 23, 1959 - June 18, 1960 (472 performances)
Once Upon a Mattress
May 11, 1959 - July 2, 1960 (244 performances)
Revival: December 19, 1996 - June 1, 1997 (188 performances)
The Nervous Set
May 12, 1959 - May 30, 1959 (23 performances)
Gypsy
May 21, 1959 - March 25, 1961 (702 performances)
Revival: September 23, 1974 - January 4, 1975 (120 performances)
Revival: November 16, 1989 - July 28, 1991 (476 performances)
Revival: May 1, 2003 - May 30, 2004 (451 performances)
Revival: March 27, 2008 - January 11, 2009 (332 performances)
The Sound of Music
November 16, 1959 - June 15, 1963 (1,443 performances)
Revival: March 12, 1998 - June 20, 1999 (533 performances)
Fiorello!
November 23, 1959 - October 28, 1961 (795 performances)
Greenwillow
March 8, 1960 - May 28, 1960 (97 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?"
Gypsy's "Rose's Turn" (Ethel Merman performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
"The Sound of Music" (Julie Andrews performs during her 1993 concert in Japan, The Sound of Orchestra)
Gypsy's "Some People" (Liza Minnelli performs in Paris in 1991)
vs.
The Sound of Music's "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (Kim Criswell performs during the 2010 BBC Proms)
Gypsy's "Let Me Entertain You" (Ann Reinking, Donna McKechnie and Chita Rivera perform during Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne in 1987)
vs.
The Sound of Music's "Do-Re-Mi" (Julie Andrews and the children sing on the 1965 film soundtrack)
Gypsy's "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" (Bernadette Peters, Julia McKenzie and Ruthie Henshall perform during the 1998 concert, Hey, Mr. Producer!)
vs.
The Sound of Music's "My Favorite Things" (Tony Bennett performs on his 1968 Christmas album, Snowfall)
Gypsy's "You'll Never Get Away From Me" (Judy Kuhn performs on her 1995 album, Just in Time: Judy Kuhn Sings Jule Styne)
vs.
The Sound of Music's "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" (Brian Davies and Lauri Peters perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
Gypsy's "Momma's Talkin' Soft" (Laura Leslie performs this cut song)
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The Sound of Music's "So Long, Farewell" (the children perform on the 1965 film soundtrack)
Gypsy's "Small World" (Bette Midler and Peter Riegert perform on the 1993 television movie soundtrack)
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Once Upon a Mattress' "Shy" (Carol Burnett performs in the 1964 TV version)
Gypsy's "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (Angela Lansbury performs on the 43rd Annual Tony Awards on June 4, 1989)
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Once Upon a Mattress' "Happily Ever After" (Carol Burnett performs in the 1972 TV version)
Gypsy's "Together (Wherever We Go)" (Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli perform on The Judy Garland Show on November 17, 1963)
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Fiorello's "A Little Tin Box" (Howard Da Silva and the cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
Gypsy's "If Momma Was Married" (Leigh Ann Larkin and Laura Benanti perform on the 2008 Broadway cast recording)
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Greenwillow's "Never Will I Marry" (Judy Garland performs on The Judy Garland Show on March 15, 1964)
Gypsy's "All I Need is the Girl" (Barry Manilow performs on his 1991 Showstoppers album)
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Destry's "Are You Ready, Gyp Watson?" (Dolores Gray and the cast perform on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 10, 1959)
The Sound of Music's "Edelweiss" (Julie Andrews performs during her 1993 concert in Japan, The Sound of Orchestra)
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Destry's "I Say Hello" (Dolores Gray performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
Fiorello's "Politics and Poker" (Howard Da Silva and cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
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The Nervous Set's "Fun Life" (Richard Hayes performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
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