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Encyclopedia > Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album

The Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes: Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • In 1959 the award was known as Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
  • In 1960 it was awarded as Best Broadway Show Album
  • In 1961 it was awarded as Best Show Album (Original Cast)
  • From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Original Cast Show Album
  • From 1964 to 1973 it was awarded as Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • From 1974 to 1975 it was awarded as Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
  • From 1976 to 1986 it was awarded as Best Cast Show Album
  • From 1987 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Musical Cast Show Album
  • Since 1992 it has been awarded as Best Musical Show Album

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.

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2000s

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1990s

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1980s

The 31st Grammy Awards were held in 1989. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... The 30th Grammy Awards were held in 1988. ... Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944) is a Jewish-French record producer, actor, singer, popular songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with the librettist Alain Boublil. ... Herbert Kretzmer (born October 5, 1925) is an English songwriter and journalist, best known for the English lyrics of the hit musical Les Misérables. ... Alain Boublil is a librettist, best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. ... Les Misérables programme from Palace Theatre purchased for £5 in July 2003. ... The 29th Grammy Awards were held in 1987. ... Thomas Z. Shepard is a recording producer who is most well-known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. ... The 28th Grammy Awards were held in 1986. ... José Carreras The Catalan tenor Josep Carreras (born December 5, 1946) is a famous Spanish opera singer much admired for his Verdi and Puccini roles. ... Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa IPA: ONZ, AC, DBE (born March 6, 1944), is an internationally famous New Zealand opera singer. ... West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. ... The 27th Grammy Awards were held February 26, 1985, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... Thomas Z. Shepard is a recording producer who is most well-known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. ... Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... The 26th Grammy Awards were held in 1984, and were broadcast live on American television. ... January 18, 1988 issue of Time Magazine featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre and the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ... The 25th Grammy Awards were held in 1983. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dreamgirls is an award-winning Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and ran for 1522 performances. ... The 24th Grammy Awards were held in 1982, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Quincy Jones on the cover of Back on the Block (1989). ... Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ... The 23rd Grammy Awards were held in 1981, and were broadcast live on American television. ... January 18, 1988 issue of Time Magazine featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre and the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Sir Tim Rice & Andrew Llyod Webber in the 70s. ... Patti LuPone in her Tony Award winning role as Eva Perón in the Broadway musical Evita. ... Mandel Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American actor and renowned tenor. ... The cover of the 1979 American Broadway Original Cast Recording of Evita starring Patti Lupone as Eva Perón, Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevara, and Bob Gunton as Juan Peron. ... The 22nd Grammy Awards were held in 1980, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... Thomas Z. Shepard is a recording producer who is most well-known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. ... Angela Lansbury (right) with Bea Arthur at the 1989 Emmy Awards. ... Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian actor. ... Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a musical (also considered by many to be an English language opera due to the form and the construct of the show) with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. ...

1970s

The 21st Grammy Awards were held in 1979, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Thomas Z. Shepard is a recording producer who is most well-known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. ... Aint Misbehavin is a song by Fats Waller, dating from 1929. ... The 20th Grammy Awards were held in 1978, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Martin Charnin (b. ... Charles Strouse, (born 7 June 1928), is a Jewish-American composer and three-time winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical. ... Andrea McArdle is an American singer and actress. ... Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. ... Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. ... The 19th Grammy Awards were held in 1977, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Luigi Creatore (born December 21, 1920 in the Hells Kitchen section of New York City) is a retired American songwriter and record producer. ... We dont have an article called Hugo Peretti Start this article Search for Hugo Peretti in. ... The 18th Grammy Awards were held in 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Jerome Jerry Wexler (born 10 January 1917) is a music journalist turned highly influential music producer, and is regarded as one of the major record industry players behind 1960s soul music. ... Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957 in Harlem, New York) is an African American R&B and soul singer and former Broadway star. ... Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. ... For the New York area electronics stores, see Nobody Beats The Wiz. ... The 17th Grammy Awards were held in 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Thomas Z. Shepard is a recording producer who is most well-known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. ... Joe Morton (born October 18, 1947, New York, New York, USA) is an African-American stage, television, and movie actor. ... Debbie Allen (born Deborrah Kaye Allen on January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress, choreographer, film director, television producer and a member of the Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities. ... Helen Dorothy Martin (July 23, 1909 - March 25, 2000) was an African American actress of stage and television. ... Raisin was a musical theatre adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun, and was first performed on Broadway on October 18, 1973. ... The 16th Grammy Awards were held in 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... Goddard Lieberson (April 5, 1911-May 29, 1977) was president of Columbia Records from 1956-71 & 1973-75. ... Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a Tony Award-winning British stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer (notably of Send in the Clowns in Stephen Sondheims A Little Night Music). ... Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian actor. ... Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897-May 24, 1987) was a British actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. ... Patricia Elliott (born July 21, 1942 in Gunnison, Colorado) is an American actress. ... A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. ... The 15th Grammy Awards were held in 1973, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Micki Grant is an American singer (soprano) actress, writer and composer She performed in Having our Say (as Sadie Delaney), Tambourines to Glory and Jericho-Jim Crow, The Gingham Dog and Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope and has received three Tony Award nominations for her writing. ... Professor Alex Bradford (1927-1978 was a multi-talented gospel composer, singer, arranger and choir director who was a great influence on artists such as Little Richard and Ray Charles and who helped bring about the modern mass choir movement in gospel. ... Bobby Hill is a common personal name that can refer to different people: Bobby Hill (baseball player) Bobby Hill (Cartoon character in King of the Hill) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The 14th Grammy Awards were held in 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States. ... Stephen Schwartz Stephen Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ... Godspell album cover (1971 Original Off-Broadway Cast) Godspell is a musical based on the Gospel of Saint Matthew, transposed into a contemporary urban setting, with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John-Michael Tebelak. ... The 13th Grammy Awards were held on 16 March 1971, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... Thomas Z. Shepard is a recording producer who is most well-known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim. ... Dean Jones (born January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American actor. ... Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman on May 23, 1931 to a Jewish family in Chicago, but raised in Texas) is an American actress and author of childrens books. ... Elizabeth Beth Howland (born May 28, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress, best known as Vera on the TV show Alice. ... Larry Kert and 1970 cast Company is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth. ... The 12th Grammy Awards were held in 1970. ... Burt Bacharach (born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a Jewish-American pianist and composer. ... Hal David (born May 25, 1921 in New York City, New York) is a Jewish-American lyricist and songwriter. ... Phil Ramone is a violinist, composer, recording engineer, and innovative record producer. ... Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor best known for his starring role as wisecracking New York Police Department Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and for his musical theater roles. ... Edward Winter as Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H Edward Winter (June 3, 1937 in Ventura, California - March 8, 2001 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American actor perhaps most well-known for his role as the Military Intelligence officer, Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel Flagg on the television series M... Donna McKechnie is a Tony Award-winning American musical theater dancer, singer. ... Promises, Promises is a musical, based on the film The Apartment by Billy Wilder. ...

1960s

The 11th Grammy Awards were held in 1969. ... Galt MacDermot (born December 18, 1928 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian writer of musical theater, best known for the show Hair, which ran for nearly 2000 performances in both London and New York and was later made into a film in 1979. ... Gerome Bernard Ragni (September 11, 1942 - July 10, 1991) is famous as the writer and co-writer of several musicals that spoke to the generation of the 1960s. ... James Radomski (born 1932, stage name James Rado, business name James Radomicki), is an actor, writer and composer, most well known for his work writing the musical Hair, for which he won a Grammy Award. ... Gerome Bernard Ragni (September 11, 1942 - July 10, 1991) is famous as the writer and co-writer of several musicals that spoke to the generation of the 1960s. ... Diane Keaton (born January 5, 1946) is an American film actress, director, and producer. ... Melba Moore (born Melba Hill, 29 October 1945, in New York City) is an American R&B singer and actress. ... James Radomski (born 1932, stage name James Rado, business name James Radomicki), is an actor, writer and composer, most well known for his work writing the musical Hair, for which he won a Grammy Award. ... The original poster for the show. ... The 10th Grammy Awards were held in 1968. ... Fred Ebb (April 8, 1933 - September 11, 2004) was a musical theatre lyricist. ... John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri) is the American composer of a series of musical theatre successes as part of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb. ... Goddard Lieberson (April 5, 1911-May 29, 1977) was president of Columbia Records from 1956-71 & 1973-75. ... Joel Grey (born 11 April 1932 as Joel Katz in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is a Jewish-American stage and screen actor. ... Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1898 – November 27, 1981), singer and actor, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. ... Jack Gilford Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 – June 2, 1990) was an American actor with a long and successful career on the Broadway stage, films and television. ... Bernard Whalen (Bert) Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American game show host, actor and singer. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... The 9th Grammy Awards were held in 1967. ... Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ... Angela Lansbury (right) with Bea Arthur at the 1989 Emmy Awards. ... Beatrice Arthur with Angela Lansbury at the 1989 Emmy Awards. ... MAME, which is an acronym for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, is a computer software program for personal computers designed to faithfully and precisely emulate as many arcade games as possible, with the intent of preserving gaming history and preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. ... The 8th Grammy Awards were held in 1966. ... Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Burton Lane (February 2, 1912, New York City - January 5, 1997, New York City) was a composer and lyricist. ... Barbara Harris (born July 25, 1935) is the American Tony Award-winning Broadway stage star and Academy Award-nominated motion picture actress. ... John Cullum is an American actor and singer. ... On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever is an original musical play with music by Burton Lane and lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner. ... The 7th Grammy Awards were held in 1965. ... Jule Styne (December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was a British born United States songwriter. ... Bob (Robert) Merrill (born Henry Lavan May 17, 1921? or ? 1923?- February 17, 1998) was a Jewish-American composer and lyricist. ... Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is a two-time Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, film producer and director. ... Sydney Chaplin (1885-1965) was the elder half-brother of Charlie Chaplin and the half-uncle of the actor Sydney Chaplin (1926- ), who was born as Sydney Earle Chaplin. ... Jean Stapleton Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City) is an American actress of stage, television and film. ... Funny Girl is a 1964 semi-biographical musical that tells the story of Broadway star Fanny Brice. ... The 6th Grammy Awards were held in 1964. ... Jerry Bock (born 1928) is a Jewish-American musical theatre composer best known for his collaboration with lyricist Sheldon Harnick on shows such as Fiddler on the Roof. ... Sheldon Harnick (born 1924) is an American lyricist best known for his collaboration with composer Jerry Bock on hit musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof. ... Barbara Cook (b. ... John Joseph Edward Jack Cassidy (March 5, 1927 - December 12, 1976) was an Irish-American actor who achieved success in theater, cinema and television. ... Daniel Raymond Massey (October 10, 1933 - March 25, 1998) was a British-Canadian actor; he was educated at Eton College and Kings College, Cambridge. ... She Loves Me is a Broadway musical. ... The 5th Grammy Awards were held in 1963. ... An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor, though he is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series. ... Diahann Carroll, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Diahann Carroll (born July 17, 1935) is an American actress and singer. ... The 4th Grammy Awards were held in 1962. ... Frank Loesser (June 29, 1910, New York City - July 26, 1969, New York City) was a composer and lyricist. ... Actor Robert Morse photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 Robert Morse, (born May 18, 1931) is an American actor. ... Rudy Vallee (July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986) was a popular United States singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. ... Charles Nelson Reilly (born January 13, 1931) is an American actor, director and drama teacher best known for his comedic roles in movies, childrens television, and animated cartoons. ... How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was a humorous book by Shepherd Mead. ... The 3rd Grammy Awards were held in 1961. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... The Sound of Music is a Broadway musical based on the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. ... The 2nd Grammy Awards were held in 1960. ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Gwen Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ... Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor, though he is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series. ... Leonard Stone (born 3 November 1923) is an American actor most recognized for playing the father of Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. ... // Redhead (Musical) Redhead is a Broadway musical set in London in the 1880s, around the time of Jack the Ripper. ...

1950s



 
 

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