Artist	Song
Ezio Pinza	South Pacific - Original Broadway Cast Recording: Some Enchanted Evening
from South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1998)
Sarah Vaughan	It Might As Well Be Spring
from Sophisticated Lady (2007)
Barbara Cook	It's a Grand Night for Singing
from Oscar Winners - The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II (1997)
Nancy Sinatra	Younger Than Springtime
from Movin' With Nancy (2006)
Betty Buckley	The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (From Oklahoma!)
from Quintessence (2008)
Tony Bennett & Ralph Sharon & His Orchestra	Love Look Away
from At Carnegie Hall - June 9, 1962 (Live) (1997)
Andy Williams	Climb Ev'ry Mountain
from The Village of St. Bernadette (2007)
Susan Egan	A Wonderful Guy
from So Far (2002)
Ella Fitzgerald & Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra	I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
from Invite You to Listen and Relax (1954)
Andy Williams	Bali Ha'i
from Andy Williams Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (2007)
Judy Garland & Lyn Murray	You'll Never Walk Alone
from The Complete Decca Masters (1994)
Ella Fitzgerald & Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra	Happy Talk
from Invite You to Listen and Relax (1954)

Comment:

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's previous partnerships — with Lorenz Hart and Jerome Kern, respectively — would have been lifetime achievements for most songwriters. But when composer Rodgers and lyricist Hammerstein came together, a window to the heavens opened and a new era in musical theatre began. Ezio Pinza had already been a successful opera singer when he sang in the original production of [i]South Pacific[/i], his bold, booming version of "Some Enchanted Evening" making him a bigger star than ever. Rodgers & Hammerstein also helped cement the newly minted celebrity status of Julie Andrews, whose coloratura soprano leaps gazelle-like through "My Favorite Things" from her Oscar®-winning turn in the film [i]The Sound of Music[/i]. But the team's tunes also had plenty to offer the likes of Frank Sinatra, who fills [i]The King and I[/i]'s "Hello, Young Lovers" with worldly-wise bittersweetness. In Next Steps, the kings and queens of pop are crowned with Rodgers & Hammerste

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