E. Y. Harburg, Susannah McCorkle - Over The Rainbow: The Songs Of E. Y. "Yip" Harburg

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Music Review: Susannah's lovely tribute to Yip Harburg
Rating: 5 Stars

The liner notes tell you which shows the various songs were written for, although everybody will recognise the Wizard of Oz tracks, and some will also recognise the Finian's rainbow tracks.

The first two tracks (Old devil moon and The begat) are from Finian's rainbow, which hit Broadway in 1947 and was made into a movie in 1968. Susannah chose not to record How are things in Glocca Morra?, though there are plenty of other versions of this song around, including one by Petula (who co-starred with Fred Astaire in the 1968 movie) on her Downtown to Sunset Boulevard collection.

The next three tracks (If I only had a heart, Ding dong the witch is dead and Over the rainbow) are from the Wizard of Oz, and Susannah does them all well.

The other tracks were written for Jamaica, Flahooley, Cabin in the sky, Bloomer girl, Ship ahoy, Hooray for what?, Ziegfeld follies and Ballyhoo.

This is a lovely collection by a lady who is sadly missed.

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