Artist: Negro & The Urchins
Author: Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley
Year: 1964
In the original British production of musical The Roar Of The Greasepaint, The Smell Of The Crowd (Theatre Royal, Nottingham), with Cy Grant as The Negro and a young Elaine Paige as one of the Urchins. Their version was not recorded.
Covers:
Cy Grant [on album Cy & I (with Bill LeSage) on World Circuit Club; first recording]
Nina Simone [for Philips]
Gilbert Price [in Broadway version The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd]
Julie London [title track album]
Traffic [on lp Last Exit]
Frank Cunimondo Trio feat. Lynn Marino [hit NL in '97]
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)