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Release Date: Thursday 12 July 2001
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Songbook (New York title The Moony Shapiro Songbook) is a musical with music by Monty Norman and book and lyrics by Monty Norman and Julian More. The musical tells the improbable life story of a fictional songwriter, born in Liverpool in 1908, who has a colourful career with extraordinary successes and setbacks, loves and losses, and brushes with celebrities and historic events; he dies celebrated.
It premiered at the Gielgud Theatre in London on 25 July 1979, where it ran for 208 performances.
Songbook received the Olivier Award for the Best New Musical in 1979.
1 Songbook 1:41
2 East River Rhapsody 2:57
3 Talking Picture Show 1:07
4 Mister Destiny 1:11
5 Your Time Is Different To Mine 1:54
6 Pretty Face 3:01
7 Je Vous Aime Milady 1:22
8 Les Halles 2:23
9 Olympics Song (1936) 0:57
10 Nazi Party Pooper 2:44
11 I'm Gonna Take Him Home To Momma 1:30
12 Bumpity Bump 2:24
13 The Girl In The Window - Victory V 2:34
14 April In Wisconsin 2:33
15 Vocal Gems From Musical Happy Hickory: A) Happy Hickory B) Lovely Sunday Mornin' C) Rusty's Dream Ballet D) A Storm In My Heart E) The Pokenhatchit Public Protest Committee F) Happy Hickory (reprise) 6:33
16 I Accuse 2:36
17 Messages 2:41
18 I Found Love 1:45
19 Don't Play That Lovesong Any More 3:14
20 Golden Oldie 2:19
21 Climbin' 3:08
22 Nostalgia 2:43