Ray Walston and Tab Hunter. Many of the tunes entered the lexicon of show standards including, You Gotta Have Heart & Whatever Lola Wants. Of course, Damn Yankees had a memorable list of music that transcended these popular songs. The play tells the tale of a married middle aged man making a pact with the Devil to help beat the team that was so successful in Major League Baseball for decades. Its a light hearted, raucous romp that pokes fun at marriage, religion, the battle of the sexes and, of course, Americas pastime! All in all, Damn Yankees is the forgotten classic of the 1950s. Until now Karaoke CDG manufacturer Stage Stars has finally put out a disc that features all the great music of Damn Yankees. As a karaoke host with an affinity for Broadway show tunes, I am pleased to have a nice collection of discs from Stage Stars that include Wicked, Rent, Spamalot and Chicago. I have been asked to review Damn Yankees a 2 disc CDG. To begin with, I am so glad Stage Stars released the extra disc to remind the listener how the songs were intended to be sung. With first rate, quality arrangements and orchestration by Stephen M. Pearl you get a truly authentic sense of the AdlerRoss score. Remember the disc manufacturer derives each cut from the original Broadway show, not the movie. So, several tunes are there that werent sung in the film Warner Brothers used The Game as its instrumental introduction, but its never sung in the movie. A Man Doesnt Know an
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