The Sound of Music (original Broadway cast recording)
| The Sound of Music: Original Broadway Cast | |
|---|---|
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| Cast recording by the original Broadway cast | |
| Released | 1959 |
| Recorded | 1959 |
| Genre | Show tunes |
| Label | Columbia Masterworks |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Billboard | positive[1] |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| AllMusic | no rating (1987 CD)[3] |
The Sound of Music, subtitled Original Broadway Cast, is the album containing the original studio cast recording of the 1959 musical The Sound of Music.[4] The album was released in the same year by Columbia.
Billboard reviewed the album in its issue from December 7, 1959, writing: "Mary Martin is charming and sparkling, and she is warmly assisted by the other principals. The show boasts a flock of lovely and lyrical tunes. Flattering reviews the show has received will aid in interest for the album" and classifying it as "top potential".[1]
The album finished 1960 as the best-selling album of the year in the United States according to Billboard,[5] 1961 as the fourth-best-selling,[6] and 1962 as the fifth-best-selling.[7]
Track listing
LP (Columbia Masterworks KOL 5450)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "1.1. Preludium" "1.2. The Sound of Music" | |
| 2. | "Maria" | |
| 3. | "My Favorite Things" | |
| 4. | "Do-Re-Mi" | |
| 5. | "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" | |
| 6. | "The Lonely Goatherd" | |
| 7. | "How Can Love Survive" |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sound of Music" (Reprise) | |
| 2. | "Laendler" | |
| 3. | "So Long, Farewell" | |
| 4. | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | |
| 5. | "No Way to Stop It" | |
| 6. | "An Ordinary Couple" | |
| 7. | "Processional" | |
| 8. | "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" | |
| 9. | "Edelweiss" | |
| 10. | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ a b "Reviews of This Week's LPs". Billboard. 7 December 1959.
- ^ "The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast]". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast]". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Sound of Music – 50th Anniversary Edition". The Official Masterworks Broadway Site. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ a b "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200 (1960)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200 (1961)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200 (1962)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Billboard". 8 February 1960.
- ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Sound of Music". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 18, 2025.