In the 21st Show Tune Showdown, Gypsy won the most showdowns - and the following songs will be moving on to Round 2:
Gypsy's "Rose's Turn", "Some People", "You Gotta Get a Gimmick", "You'll Never Get Away From Me", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Together (Wherever We Go)", "If Momma Was Married" and "All I Need is the Girl"
The Sound of Music's "Do-Re-Mi", "So Long, Farewell" and "Edelweiss"
Once Upon a Mattress' "Shy"
Fiorello's "Politics and Poker"
PLEASE NOTE: The next Show Tune Showdown will be on Friday, September 7.
Now on to our 22nd Show Tune Showdown, which takes us back to two Broadway seasons - 1976-77 and 1977-78 - when the following eight musicals opened (or closed on the road):
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
May 4, 1976 - May 8, 1976 (7 performances)
The Baker's Wife
May 11, 1976 - November 1976 (closed on the road)
Godspell
Off-Broadway: May 17, 1971 - June 13, 1976 (2,124 performances)
June 22, 1976 - September 4, 1977 (527 performances)
Revival: November 7, 2011 - June 24, 2012 (264 performances)
I Love My Wife
April 17, 1977 - May 20, 1979 (857 performances)
Annie
April 21, 1977 - January 2, 1983 (2,377 performances)
Revival: March 26, 1997 - October 19, 1997 (239 performances)
Revival: November 8, 2012 - ?
The Act
October 29, 1977 - July 1, 1978 (233 performances)
On the Twentieth Century
February 19, 1978 - March 18, 1979 (449 performances)
Working
May 14, 1978 - June 4, 1978 (24 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?"
Annie's "Tomorrow" (Andrea McArdle performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
The Baker's Wife's "Meadowlark" (Patti LuPone performs at Les Mouches in 1980)
Annie's "It's the Hard-Knock Life" (Andrea McArdle and the cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
Godspell's "Day by Day" (Robin Lamont performs on the 1972 single release from the original Off-Broadway cast recording)
Annie's "N.Y.C." (Reid Shelton and the cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
The Act's "City Lights" (Liza Minnelli performs on the 32nd Annual Tony Awards on June 4, 1978)
Annie's "Easy Street" (Dorothy Loudon, Robert Fitch and Barbara Erwin perform on the 31st Annual Tony Awards on June 5, 1977)
vs.
I Love My Wife's "Hey There, Good Times" (John Miller, Michael Mark, Joseph Saulter and Ken Bichel perform on the 31st Annual Tony Awards on June 5, 1977)
Annie's "I Don't Need Anything But You" (Reid Shelton and Andrea McArdle perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
Working's "If I Could've Been" (the cast perform in the 1982 American Playhouse production on PBS)
Annie's "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (Harry Connick, Jr. performs on his 2001 album, Songs I Heard)
vs.
Godspell's "All for the Best" (Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Barrett Foa perform during Upright Cabaret's Wicked Summer Nights on August 23, 2009)
"I Love My Wife" (Frank Sinatra recorded the song in 1976)
vs.
"On the Twentieth Century" (John Cullum, Kevin Kline, Imogene Coca, Judy Kaye and the original Broadway cast perform on the 32nd Annual Tony Awards on June 4, 1978)
I Love My Wife's "Someone Wonderful I Missed" (Joanna Gleason and Ilene Graff perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
The Baker's Wife's "Where is the Warmth?" (Patti LuPone performs on the original cast recording)
The Act's "It's the Strangest Thing" (Liza Minnelli performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
On the Twentieth Century's "Repent" (Imogene Coca performs during Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight on March 13, 1982)
The Baker's Wife's "Endless Delights" (Kurt Peterson and Patti LuPone perform on the original cast recording)
vs.
The Act's "Arthur in the Afternoon" (Karen Ziemba performs on the original Off-Broadway cast recording of the 1991 musical revue, And the World Goes 'Round)
Godspell's "Save the People" (Hunter Parrish and the cast perform on the 20ll Broadway cast recording)
vs.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue's "Take Care of This House" (Julie Andrews performs on her 1996 album, Here I'll Stay - The Words of Alan Jay Lerner)
The Baker's Wife's "Proud Lady" (Max von Essen performs during a 2005 Paper Mill Playhouse production)
vs.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue's "Duet for One (First Lady of the Land)" (Patricia Routledge performs on the Broadway opening night)
The Baker's Wife's "Chanson" (Teri Ralston performs on the original cast recording)
vs.
The Act's "Walking Papers" (Liza Minnelli performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
Working's "It's an Art" (Rita Moreno performs in the 1982 American Playhouse production on PBS)
vs.
The Baker's Wife's "Any-Day-Now Day" (Paul Sorvino performs on the original cast recording)
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