Why Can’t the English?
~ Recording by Rex Harrison, Robert Coote & Julie Andrews
Annotation
Robert Coote barely gets a line in; and Julie Andrews only utters two sounds.
Annotation last modified on 2017-06-04 18:41 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Why Can’t the English? | 2:41 | Lerner & Loewe | My Fair Lady: Original Broadway Cast | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Back Biter | BB 61023 |
| 1.2 | Why Can’t the English? | 2:40 | Lerner & Loewe | My Fair Lady: Collector’s Edition | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Classical, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | SK66128 |
| 1.2 | Why Can’t the English? | 2:42 | Rex Harrison, Robert Coote, Julie Andrews | My Fair Lady (remastered) | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Classical, Columbia Broadway Masterworks | SK 89997 |
| 1.2 | Why Can’t the English? | 2:39 | Rex Harrison, Franz Allers & My Fair Lady Orchestra | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia Broadway Masterworks | |
| 1.2 | Why Can’t the English | 2:41 | Higgins, Pickering, Eliza | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Naxos Musicals | 8.120876 |
| 1.2 | Why Can’t the English? | ?:?? | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack |
| Masterworks Broadway | 88697499172 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Why Can’t the English? | 2:42 | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | Album + Soundtrack | |||
Relationships
| vocals: | Rex Harrison (actor) (on 1956-03-25) |
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| conductor: | Franz Allers (European-American conductor) (on 1956-03-25) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | 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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| compiled in: | Overture / Why Can’t the English by Orchestra ([theatre], Special Purpose Artist - Do not add releases here, if possible.) / Rex Harrison (actor) |
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| recording of: | Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-03-25) |
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Related works
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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