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Merman notwithstanding, the real cultural earthquake unleashed by Gypsy was the children's novelty song that sisters Baby June and Baby Louise sing at the start of the show in a vaudeville act under Mama Rose's tutelage, "May We Entertain You". When we reach the turning point of Act 2, June has eloped, vaudeville has died, and Mama Rose is so ...
Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.It is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother."
Gypsy is a 1962 American musical film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for songs composed by Jule ...
June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick; [2] November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010) [3] [4] was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist. [5]Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick, born Rose Evangeline Thompson. [6]
However Sondheim added that Merman performed the song with an "intensity [which] came as a surprise." [3] The emergence of "Everything's Coming Up Roses" as a Broadway anthem began with the song's melody being used to open and close the 14th Tony Awards ceremony on April 24, 1960. (Ironically Gypsy won none of its eight Tony nominations.) [4]
"Gypsy" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, from her eighth studio album She Wolf (2009). The song was chosen as the fourth and final single from the album by Epic Records . It was released internationally on 26 March 2010; in the United States, "Gypsy" was released as a CD single on 12 April 2010.
Jule Styne (/ ˈ dʒ uː l i / JOO-lee; [1] born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) [2] was an English-American songwriter and composer widely known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became successful films: Gypsy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Funny Girl.
"The Gypsy" The Ink Spots [31] June 29 "The Gypsy" Dinah Shore [32] July 6 "The Gypsy" The Ink Spots [33] July 13 "The Gypsy" Dinah Shore [34] July 20 "Prisoner of Love" Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra [35] July 27 "The Gypsy" Dinah Shore [36] August 3 "Surrender" Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra "To Each His Own"