Overture / Why Can’t the English
~ Recording by Orchestra / Rex Harrison
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | R. Harrison | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia Masterworks | OL 5090 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Orchestra / Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady (1956 original Broadway cast) | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Philips | B 07245 L, RBL 1000 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Lerner & Loewe | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Coronet Records (Australian Columbia/CBS releases after 1956 (octagonal label)) | KLL 1620 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | BRG 70005, S 70005 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English | 5:41 | Lerner & Loewe | My Fair Lady (1956 original Broadway cast) | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 5090 |
| 1.1 | Overture / Why Can’t the English? | 5:41 | Orchestra, Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady: Original Broadway Cast | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Universe (Compilations – Attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | UN 2 014 |
| 1.1 | Overture | 5:37 | My Fair Lady Orchestra & Franz Allers | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
Relationships
| vocals: | Rex Harrison (on 1956-03-25) |
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| conductor: | Franz Allers (European-American conductor) (on 1956-03-25) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1956) |
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| recorded at: | CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-03-25) |
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| compilation of: | Overture (My Fair Lady, 1956 original Broadway cast) by Orchestra ([theatre], Special Purpose Artist - Do not add releases here, if possible.) Why Can’t the English? by Rex Harrison, Robert Coote & Julie Andrews (English actress/vocalist) |
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| recording of: | Overture (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-03-25) Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-03-25) |
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Related works
Overture (My Fair Lady)
| composer: | Frederick Loewe |
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| publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) |
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| part of: | My Fair Lady (full musical) My Fair Lady (full musical, Spanish version) (order: 1) |
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Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady)
| lyricist: | Alan Jay Lerner |
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| composer: | Frederick Loewe |
| publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) |
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| later translated versions: | Kann denn die Kinder keiner lehren, wie man spricht Los ingleses no quieren aprender למה זה האנגלים אינם דוברים אנגלית (גבירתי הנאווה) |
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| later versions: | Is hier nu niemand |
| part of: | My Fair Lady (full musical) |
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