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Something For The Boys is a 1943 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. It opened at Broadway's Alvin Theatre on January 7, 1943 and closed on January 8, 1944 after playing 422 performances. It starred Ethel Merman, Bill Johnson, Betty Garrett, and Paula Laurence, was directed by Hassard Short, and choreographed by Jack Cole. In 1985, the Original Cast Recording was released on the AEI Records label derived from long lost transcriptions made for shortwave radio transmission.
- Act I
- See That You're Born in Texas - Ensemble
- When My Baby Goes to Town - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
- Something for the Boys - Blossom Hart and Boys
- When We're Home on the Range - Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart and Harry Hart
- Could It Be You? - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Boys
- Hey, Good Lookin' - Blossom Hart and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
- Hey, Good Lookin' (Reprise) - Betty-Jean, Corp. Burns, Girls and Boys
- He's a Right Guy - Blossom Hart
- The Leader of a Big Time Band - Blossom Hart
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- Act II
- I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy - Mary-Frances, Girls and Boys
- There's a Happy Land in the Sky - Blossom Hart, Chiquita Hart, Harry Hart, Mr. Tobias Twitch and Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
- He's a Right Guy (Reprise) - Blossom Hart
- Could It Be You? (Reprise) - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton and Ensemble
- By the Mississinewa - Blossom Hart and Chiquita Hart
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[edit] Trivia
A version of the title song was recorded by Ethel Merman for her infamous Ethel Merman Disco Album in 1979.
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