The 3 Broadway Songs Won Grammys for Song of the Year: A List

The Tony Awards have by no means had a finest tune class, honoring the 12 months’s finest tune from a Broadway musical. The Grammys have introduced a tune of the 12 months award yearly since they have been based in 1958. Three occasions, the award has gone to a Broadway tune.

We’ll take a better take a look at these three songs, however first, simply suppose of some of the treasured songs which may have gained (or a minimum of been nominated) if the Tonys had had a finest tune class since they received underway in 1947. To title only a few: “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific, “Shall We Dance” from The King and I, “I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady, “Ya Got Trouble” from The Music Man, “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof, “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha, “Being Alive” from Company, “I’m Still Here” from Follies, “Ease on Down the Road” from The Wiz, “One” from A Chorus Line, “Tomorrow” from Annie, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” from Evita, “Memory” from Cats, “Seasons of Love” from Rent, “Good Morning Baltimore” from Hairspray and “My Shot” from Hamilton.

The Tonys – that are set to air on CBS on Sunday June 11 — embrace two associated classes – finest musical and finest unique rating. This 12 months’s nominees for finest musical are & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Shucked and Some Like It Hot. Kimberly Akimbo, Shucked and Some Like It Hot are additionally nominated for finest unique rating, together with Almost Famous and KPOP.

Let’s take a better take a look at the three Broadway songs which have gained the Grammy for tune of the 12 months.

“What Kind of Fool Am I” (1962)

Songwriters: Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse

From: Stop the World – I Want to Get Off

Show Opened on Broadway: Oct. 3, 1962

Sung in the Broadway Show by: Anthony Newley

Highest-Charting Hot 100 Rendition: Sammy Davis Jr. (No. 17 in 1962)

Other Hot 100 Renditions: Anthony Newley (No. 85 in 1962), Robert Goulet (No. 89 in 1962)

Notes: Newley obtained a Tony nomination for finest actor in a musical for his efficiency as Littlechap. The present additionally yielded two different songs that have been staples on selection TV reveals of the period – “Gonna Build a Mountain” and “Once in a Lifetime.” The present ran for 555 performances, by way of Feb. 1, 1964. Bricusse went on to win an Oscar for finest unique tune for “Talk to the Animals,” which was sung by Rex Harrison in Doctor Dolittle (1967).

Rick Springfield launched a brand new, unrelated tune with the identical very same title in 1982. It reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Hello, Dolly!” (1964)

Songwriter: Jerry Herman

From: Hello, Dolly!

Show Opened on Broadway: Jan. 16, 1964

Sung in the Broadway Show By: Carol Channing, David Hartman, waiters and cooks; reprised by Channing and David Burns

Highest-Charting Hot 100 Rendition: Louis Armstrong (No. 1 in May 1964)

Other Hot 100 Rendition: Bobby Darin (No. 79 in 1965)

Notes: Armstrong’s model ended The Beatles’ 14-week maintain on the No. 1 spot, achieved by way of the back-to-back-to-back success of “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

Channing gained a Tony for finest actress in a musical for her efficiency as Dolly Gallagher Levi. Bette Midler gained in the identical class 53 years for a revival of the present. Hello, Dolly! ran for 2,844 performances, by way of Dec. 27, 1970. The tune-rich present additionally included “Put on Your Sunday Clothes” and “Before the Parade Passes By.”
“Send in the Clowns” (1975)

Songwriter: Stephen Sondheim

From: A Little Night Music

Show Opened on Broadway: Feb. 25, 1973

Sung in the Broadway Show By: Glynis Johns

Highest-Charting Hot 100 Rendition: Judy Collins (No. 19 in November 1977)

Notes: Collins’ recording, produced by Arif Mardin, initially reached No. 36 in August 1975. It climbed even larger when it was re-released two years later. Frank Sinatra included the tune on his 1973 album Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back. Barbra Streisand included it on her 1985 album The Broadway Album, which topped the Billboard 200 in early 1986 and introduced the legend her eighth (and most up-to-date) aggressive Grammy in early 1987.

Follies ran for 601 performances, although Aug. 3, 1974. Johns gained a Tony for finest actress in a musical for her efficiency as Desiree Armfeldt. Catherine Zeta-Jones gained in the identical class 38 years later for a revival of the present. Sondheim went on to win an Oscar for finest unique tune for “Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man),” which was sung by Madonna in Dick Tracy (1990).