There Never Was A Baby (like THIS baby)!

Jazz Baby Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie, released in 1967.

(Raspberries!)

"Let Me Be Your Sugar Baby" from Sugar Babies, which launched on Broadway in 1979, a look-back at Vaudeville Days, starring Ann Miller (and her hair), 

Ann Jillian, and Mickey Rooney. BIG SUCCESS...ran for 3 years! 

The song, written in 1935 by Artie Malvin, supposedly inspired Sugar Baby candies? Hmmmm...citation needed!

Below, Carol Channing and Robert Morse who headed up the touring company cast.

Eubie! opened on Broadway in 1978, a revue spotlighting the music of Eubie Blake...and whatta cast! Maurice and Gregory Hines, Teddy Burrell, Mel Johnson, Jr., Lynnie Godfrey, and Jeffery Thompson.

The marvelous Gregory! On Sunday we'll hear "I'm A Great Big Baby" which had a Blake melody, paired with lyrics by Andy Razaf, originally part of a 1941 musical called Tan Manhattan.

 

I plucked "Bye Bye Baby" from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the MOVIE version from 1953. It was original to the Broadway musical, of course, and written by Jule Styne and Hoagie Carmichael. The musical does a great job (Carol Channing and company sing it), but this gives me a chance to play Marilyn and Jane...and there's poor Tommy Noonan just imagining what trouble Lorelei is going to get into during that cruise. And of course he's right, we ALLLL know that!

Dolores Gray prepared to shoot Bert Lahr, in her number "IF". If we're to believe the scuttlebutt, there was NO love lost between the two leads. Kaye Ballard wasn't toooooo happy either, as it seemed that every song that gave her a chance to shine was wheedled away by Dolores! Kaye was supposed to sing "If", which would have been pretty hilarious. On Sunday we'll hear DG with "There Never Was A Baby Like My Baby"...

 Below, Dolores with Bracelets. She probably did a Jack LaLanne workout with those!