The Life: The New Musical

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
June 3, 1997
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      COLEMAN GASMAN
    • PERFORMER
      Original Broadway Cast Recording
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 03, 1997
    • UPC
      074646331224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SK63312
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Musicals & Cast Recordings
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Check It Out (Company)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Kevin Ramsey, Lillias White, Chuck Cooper, Bellamy Young, Judine Richard, Rudy Roberson, Mark Anthony Taylor, Katy Grenfelt, Sharon Wilkins, Felicia Finley, Michael Gregory Gong, Mark Bove, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Vernel Bagneris, Lynn Sterling, Pamela Isaacs, Rich Hebert, Sam Harris, Stephanie Michels

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    2. Act I: Use What You Got (Jojo, Company)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Sam Harris, Chuck Cooper, Lillias White, Mark Anthony Taylor, Rudy Roberson, Kevin Ramsey, Pamela Isaacs, Bellamy Young, Judine Richard, Katy Grenfelt, Sharon Wilkins, Felicia Finley, Michael Gregory Gong, Mark Bove, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Vernel Bagneris, Lynn Sterling, Rich Hebert, Stephanie Michels

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    3. Act I: A Lovely Day to Be Out of Jail (Queen, Sonja)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Pamela Isaacs, Lillias White

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    4. Act I: Oh Daddy (Queen, Fleetwood)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Pamela Isaacs, Kevin Ramsey

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    5. Act I: A Piece of the Action (Fleetwood)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Kevin Ramsey

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    6. Act I: The Oldest Profession (Sonja)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Lillias White

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    7. Act I: Don't Take Much (Memphis)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Chuck Cooper

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    8. Act I: Hey, Daddy - Go Home (Fleetwood, Queen, Mary)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Kevin Ramsey, Pamela Isaacs, Bellamy Young

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    9. Act I: You Can't Get to Heaven (Queen, Sonja, Street Evangelists)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Pamela Isaacs, Lillias White, Judine Richard, Rudy Roberson, Mark Anthony Taylor

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    10. Act I: My Body (Frenchie, Chichi, Tracy, Carmen, Sonja, Queen, April)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Katy Grenfelt, Sharon Wilkins, Lynn Sterling, Lillias White, Pamela Isaacs, Felicia Finley

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    11. Act I: Why Don't They Leave Us Alone (Company)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Gregory Gong, Mark Bove, Rudy Roberson, Mark Anthony Taylor, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Felicia Finley, Lynn Sterling, Sharon Wilkins, Katy Grenfelt

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    12. Act I: Easy Money (Mary, Jojo, Fleetwood)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Bellamy Young, Sam Harris, Kevin Ramsey

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    13. Act I: He's No Good (Queen)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Pamela Isaacs

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    14. Act I: I'm Leaving You (Queen)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Pamela Isaacs

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    15. Act I: The Hookers' Ball (Lacy, Company)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Kevin Ramsey, Lillias White, Chuck Cooper, Bellamy Young, Judine Richard, Rudy Roberson, Mark Anthony Taylor, Katy Grenfelt, Sharon Wilkins, Felicia Finley, Michael Gregory Gong, Mark Bove, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Lynn Sterling, Pamela Isaacs, Vernel Bagneris

    16. Act II: Mr. Greed (Jojo, Bobby, Enrique, Oddjob, Slick)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Sam Harris, Mark Bove, Rudy Roberson, Michael Gregory Gong, Mark Anthony Taylor

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    17. Act II: My Way or the Highway (Memphis, Queen)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Chuck Cooper, Pamela Isaacs

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    18. Act II: People Magazine (Lou, Mary)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Rich Hebert, Bellamy Young

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    19. Act II: We Had a Dream (Queen)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Pamela Isaacs

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    20. Act II: Someday Is for Suckers (Sonja, Frenchie, April, Shatellia, Carmen, Chichi)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Lillias White, Katy Grenfelt, Felicia Finley, Mark Anthony Taylor, Lynn Sterling, Judine Richard

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    21. Act II: We Gotta Go (Fleetwood, Queen)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Kevin Ramsey, Pamela Isaacs

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell

    22. Act II: My Friend (Queen, Sonja)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Pamela Isaacs, Lillias White

      Conductor: Gordon Lowry Harrell


Music composed by Cy Coleman. Lyrics written by Ira Glasman.
Principal cast includes: Pamela Isaacs (Queen); Kevin Ramsey (Fleetwood); Lillias White (Sonja); Chuck Cooper (Memphis); Sam Harris (Jojo); Bellamy Young (Mary); Vernel Bagneris (Lacy); Rich Herbert (Lou); Gordon Joseph Weiss
(Snickers).
Recorded at Clinton Studios, New York, New York on May 5, 1997. Includes liner notes by A.E. Hotchner.
THE LIFE was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show.