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ALBUMPeople Will Say We're In Love (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 27, 1955) - SingleJohn Raitt & Florence Henderson
Albums by John Raitt
ALBUMCarousel (1965 Lincoln Center Cast Recording) [Deluxe Edition]Rodgers & Hammerstein, John Raitt, Katherine Hilgenberg & Susan Watson
ALBUMOklahoma! (1964 Studio Cast Recording)Rodgers & Hammerstein, John Raitt, Florence Henderson & Phyllis Newman
ALBUMShow Boat (1962 Studio Cast Recording) [Bonus Tracks]Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Raitt, Barbara Cook & William Warfield
John Raitt's Popular Music Videos
You'll Never Walk Alone (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, September 20, 1953)
John Raitt
You'll Never Walk Alone (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, June 22, 1952)
Richard Rodgers, Juanita Hall, Martha Wright, John Raitt & Celeste Holm
If I Loved You (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, June 22, 1952)
John Raitt
People Will Say We're In Love (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 27, 1955)
John Raitt & Florence Henderson
Artist Biography
Renowned Broadway singer John Raitt (father to blues-rock singer/guitarist Bonnie Raitt) was born on January 19, 1917, in Santa Ana, CA, and began his singing career with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. From there, Raitt was signed by MGM, which led to appearances in stage productions of Flight Command, Billy the Kid, and Ziegfeld Girl.
But it was his role as Curly in a national company of the musical Oklahoma! that brought Raitt to the attention of Rodgers and Hammerstein, who cast Raitt in perhaps his best-known role in 1945: the star of the long-running Carousel on Broadway. Raitt's performance (which included such now-Broadway standards as "If I Loved You" and "Soliloquy") led to numerous accolades, including being voted Best Performance of the Year By an Actor in a Musical by the New York Drama Critics. Subsequently, Raitt remained a star on Broadway, acting in numerous other productions, in addition to acting in film and TV and appearing on several soundtrack albums from his Broadway shows (Carousel, The Pajama Game, Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, etc.). Raitt's contributions to musical theater didn't go unnoticed, as he has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway. ~ Greg Prato
Hometown
Santa Ana, CA, United States
Genre
Soundtrack