Show Tune Showdown #25: 1929-39 Broadway Seasons

In the 24th Show Tune Showdown, Show Boat won the most showdowns - and the following songs will be moving on to Round 2:

Show Boat's "Bill", "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" and "Make Believe"

Funny Face's "'S Wonderful" and "How Long Has This Been Going On?"

Paris' "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)"

Lady, Be Good's "Fascinating Rhythm"

Good Boy's "I Wanna Be Loved by You"

Follow Thru's "I Want to Be Bad"

Whoopee's "Makin' Whoopee"

The New Moon's "Lover, Come Back to Me"

Oh, Kay!'s "Someone to Watch Over Me"

PLEASE NOTE: The next Show Tune Showdown will be on Friday, October 26.

Now on to our 25th Show Tune Showdown, which takes us back to the 1929-39 Broadway seasons when the following 23 musicals opened:

Great Day
October 17, 1929 - November 16, 1929 (36 performances)

Fifty Million Frenchmen
November 27, 1929 - July 5, 1930 (254 performances)

Simple Simon
February 18, 1930 - June 14, 1930 (135 performances)
Reopened on March 9, 1931 - March 21, 1931 (16 performances)

Girl Crazy
October 14, 1930 - June 6, 1931 (272 performances)

The New Yorkers
December 8, 1930 - May 2, 1931 (168 performances)

Everybody's Welcome
October 13, 1931 - February 13, 1932 (139 performances)

Music in the Air
November 8, 1932 - September 16, 1933 (342 performances)
October 8, 1951 - November 24, 1951 (56 performances)

Gay Divorce
November 29, 1932 - July 1, 1933 (248 performances)

The Threepenny Opera
April 13, 1933 - April 22, 1933 (12 performances)
Revival: May 1, 1976 - January 23, 1977 (307 performances)
Revival: November 5, 1989 - December 31, 1989 (65 performances)
Revival: April 20, 2006 - June 25, 2006 (77 performances)

Roberta
November 18, 1933 - July 21, 1934 (295 performances)

Anything Goes
November 21, 1934 - November 16, 1935 (420 performances)
Revival: October 19, 1987 - September 3, 1989 (784 performances)
Revival: April 7, 2011 - July 8, 2012 (521 performances)

Porgy and Bess
October 10, 1935 - January 25, 1936 (124 performances)
Revival: January 22, 1942 - September 26, 1942 (286 performances)
Reopened on September 13, 1943 - October 2, 1943 (24 performances)
Reopened on February 7, 1944 - April 8, 1944 (64 performances)
Revival: March 10, 1953 - November 28, 1953 (305 performances)
Revival: September 25, 1976 - January 9, 1977 (122 performances)
Revival: April 7, 1983 - May 15, 1983 (45 performances)
Revival: January 12, 2012 - September 23, 2012 (293 performances)

Jubilee
October 12, 1935 - March 7, 1936 (169 performances)

Red, Hot and Blue
October 29, 1936 - April 10, 1937 (183 performances)

Babes in Arms
April 14, 1937 - December 18, 1937 (289 performances)

I'd Rather Be Right
November 2, 1937 - July 9, 1938 (290 performances)

Hooray For What!
December 1, 1937 - May 21, 1938 (200 performances)

Between the Devil
December 22, 1937 - March 12, 1938 (93 performances)

Right This Way
January 5, 1938 - January 15, 1938 (15 performances)

You Never Know
September 21, 1938 - November 26, 1938 (78 performances)

Knickerbocker Holiday
October 19, 1938 - March 11, 1939 (168 performances)

Leave It to Me!
November 9, 1938 - July 15, 1939 (291 performances)

The Boys from Syracuse
November 23, 1938 - June 10, 1939 (235 performances)
Revival: August 18, 2002 - October 20, 2002 (73 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?"

"Anything Goes" (Patti LuPone performs on the 42nd Annual Tony Awards on June 5, 1988)

vs.

Leave It to Me's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cher performs on the 36th Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 1982)

Anything Goes' "You're the Top" (Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal perform during the opening and closing credits of the 1972 film, What's Up, Doc?)

vs.

The New Yorkers' "I Happen to Like New York" (Liza Minnelli performs at Carnegie Hall in May 1987)

Anything Goes' "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" (Sutton Foster and the Broadway revival cast perform on The Late Show with David Letterman on June 14, 2011)

vs.

Girl Crazy's "Embraceable You" (Judy Garland performs in the 1943 film version)

Anything Goes' "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Colin Donnell performs on CBS's The Early Show in 2011)

vs.

Fifty Million Frenchmen's "You Do Something to Me" (Andy Williams performs in the 1950s)

Babes in Arms' "Where or When" (Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs perform during her 2012 concert special, Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony)

vs.

Red, Hot and Blue's "It's De-Lovely" (Colin Donnell and Laura Osnes perform on CBS's The Early Show in 2011)

Babes in Arms' "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Carmen McRae performs)

vs.

The Boys from Syracuse's "This Can't Be Love" (Dorothy Collins performs on Your Hit Parade on May 7, 1955)

Babes in Arms' "My Funny Valentine" (Ruthie Henshall performs)

vs.

Gay Divorce's "Night and Day" (Helen Merrill performs on her album, Parole e Musica)

Babes in Arms' "Johnny One Note" (Shirley Bassey performs)

vs.

Simple Simon's "Ten Cents a Dance" (Anita O'Day performs)

Babes in Arms' "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald perform on his TV special, A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim, on November 13, 1967)

vs.

The Threepenny Opera's "Mack the Knife" (Robbie Williams performs Live at the Albert on October 10, 2001)

The Boys from Syracuse's "Falling in Love with Love" (Andy Williams performs on The Andy Williams Show on October 12, 1964)

vs.

You Never Know's "At Long Last Love" (Frank Sinatra performs)

The Boys from Syracuse's "Sing for Your Supper" (Audra McDonald, Rebecca Luker and Mary Testa perform during a 2002 Boston Pops' Richard Rodgers Tribute)

vs.

Girl Crazy's "I Got Rhythm" (Dinah Shore and Peggy Lee perform on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show on May 17, 1959)

Porgy and Bess' "Summertime" (from the 1958 album, Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's)

vs.

Knickerbocker Holiday's "September Song" (from the 1962 album, Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays)

Porgy and Bess' "I Got Plenty of Nothin'" (Barbra Streisand performs on her 1965 album, My Name Is Barbra, Two)

vs.

Between the Devil's "By Myself" (Judy Garland performs on The Judy Garland Show on March 22, 1964)

The New Yorkers' "Love for Sale" (Della Reese performs)

vs.

Hooray for What's "Down with Love" (Audra McDonald performs during My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies at Carnegie Hall on September 28, 1998)

Roberta's "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Judy Garland performs on The Judy Garland Show)

vs.

Everybody's Welcome's "As Time Goes By" (Julie London performs on her 1965 album, Our Fair Lady)

Girl Crazy's "But Not for Me" (Elton John performs on the 1994 soundtrack of Four Weddings and a Funeral)

vs.

I'd Rather Be Right's "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Robbie Williams performs Live at the Albert on October 10, 2001)

Red, Hot and Blue's "Ridin' High" (Peggy Lee performs)

vs.

Great Day's "Great Day" (Sarah Vaughan performs)

Jubilee's "Just One of Those Things" (Rosemary Clooney performs)

vs.

Music in the Air's "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Linda Scott performs her 1961 million-selling single)

Jubilee's "Begin the Beguine" (Sheryl Crow performs in the 2004 film, De-Lovely)

vs.

Right This Way's "I'll Be Seeing You" (Cass Elliot performs during her TV special, Don't Call Me Mama Anymore, on September 28, 1973)