DAVID MERRICK PRESENTS HITS FROM HIS BROADWAY HITS FEAT. ANN-MARGRET

Masterworks Broadway will release David Merrick Presents Hits From His Broadway Hits for digital download and as a disc-on-demand on February 21. It is the first time this compilation from 1964 will be available in these formats. The 12-track album contains such familiar songs as "What Kind of Fool Am I?" from Stop the World I Want to Get Off, "Small World" from Gypsy "Make Someone Happy" from Do Re Mi, "As Long As He Needs Me" from Oliver!, and "Love Makes the World Go Round" from Carnival, as well as less-well known material from Fanny, Destry Rides Again, and Irma La Douce. Originally produced by George R. Marek, the recording features such performers as John Gary, Ann-Margret and The Merrill Staton Voices.

It was back on October 1, 1964, that RCA Victor released David Merrick Presents Hits From His Broadway Hits. The album paid homage to the man who delivered the label the original cast recording of Hello, Dolly!, the phenomenal hit that had just opened at Broadway’s St. James Theatre. RCA’s George R. Marek called on John Gary, The Merrill Staton Voices and the sizzling Ann-Margret to capture on record a dozen songs from a dozen different Merrick musicals.

David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits
1. Fanny [Fanny] – John Gary
2. Love Makes the World Go ‘Round [Carnival] – Ann-Margret

3. Make Someone Happy [Do Re Mi] – The Merrill Staton Voices

4. Small World [Gypsy] – John Gary

5. Our Language of Love [Irma La Douce] – Ann-Margret

6. Take Me Along [Take Me Along] – The Merrill Staton Voices

7. What Kind of Fool Am I? [Stop the World, I Want to Get Off] – John Gary

8. As Long as He Needs Me [Oliver!] -Ann-Margret

9. Once in a Lifetime [Subways Are for Sleeping] -The Merrill Staton Voices

10. Anyone Would Love You [Destry Rides Again] – John Gary

11. Is It Really Me? [110 in the Shade] – Ann-Margret

12..Hello, Dolly! [Hello, Dolly!] – The Merrill Staton Voices