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"My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

"My Favorite Things"
Song
Published1959 by Williamson Music
VenueShowtune, Jazz
Composer(s)Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)Oscar Hammerstein II

In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess. Julie Andrews, who played Maria in the 1965 film version of the musical, had previously sung it on the 1961 Christmas special for The Garry Moore Show.

In 2004 the movie version of the song finished at No. 64 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.


Other notable versions


John Coltrane played a fourteen-minute version in E minor as the title track of an album recorded in October 1960 and released in March 1961. It became a jazz classic and a signature song for Coltrane in concert, also appearing on Newport '63 in 1963.[1]

In 1964, Jack Jones became the first of many artists to include the song on a Christmas album.[2]

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass released a version in 1969 as a single from their 1968 album, Christmas Album. It reached No. 45 on the Billboard 100. Lorrie Morgan's version appeared in 1994 and again in 1999 at No. 64 and No. 69, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs chart after she recorded it for her 1993 album, Merry Christmas from London.[3]

In 2019, Ariana Grande based her song "7 Rings" on the melody of "My Favorite Things".[4] The song topped the charts in fifteen countries.


Charts



The Supremes version


Chart (1966) Peak
position
Singapore (Billboard)[5] 10

Glee Cast version


Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[6] 74
US Holiday Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[7] 21

References


  1. Giddins, Gary (October 22, 1998). Visions of Jazz: The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 485. ISBN 978-0-19-987953-3.
  2. Bronson, Fred (December 21, 2017). "Mystery Solved: Here's How 'My Favorite Things' From 'The Sound of Music' Became a Christmas Song". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  4. Hershberg, Marc (February 7, 2019). "Rodgers and Hammerstein Top the Pop Charts". Forbes. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  5. "Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD". Billboard. February 5, 1966. p. 37.
  6. "Glee Cast Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  7. "Glee Cast Chart History (Holiday Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.



На других языках

- [en] My Favorite Things (song)

[es] My Favorite Things (canción)

«My Favorite Things» («Mis cosas favoritas») es una canción escrita por Richard Rodgers y Oscar Hammerstein II publicada en el año 1959 para la comedia musical de Broadway The Sound of Music, estrenada en 1959. Forma parte también de la música de la adaptación cinematográfica: The Sound of Music (1965).

[ru] My Favorite Things (песня)

My Favorite Things (с англ. — «Мои любимые вещи») — песня из мюзикла Ричарда Роджерса и Оскара Хаммерстайна II «Звуки музыки» (The Sound of Music, 1959).


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