Solo album of Broadway and TV Star, Ron Raines

Texas born Ron Raines is well known to theatre audiences around the country as one of America's leading musical theatre performers. He first gained prominence on Broadway when he starred as Gaylord Ravenal in the 1983 revival of SHOWBOAT, a role he later performed for the St. Louise MUNY, Dallas Summer Musicals, Opera Pacific and Michigan Opera Theatre. He originated the role of Teddy Roosevelt's ambitious son-in-law, Nick Longworth, in the Broadway musical TEDDY AND ALICE as well as the dual role of Jupiter/Amphytrion in the Off-Broadway musical hit OLYMPUS ON MY MIND.Other New York appearances include Whitelaw Savory in ONE TOUCH OF VENUS at Town Hall, Fredrik Egerman in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with the Opera Ensemble and OH LADY! LADY! at Carnegie Hall as well as numerous appearances with the 92nd Street, Y's acclaimed Lyrics and Lyricists series. Ron starred in the Irving Berlin revue SAY IT WITH MUSIC at Rainbow and Stars and returned there with LEADING MEN DON'T DANCE. He toured the country with Debbie Reynolds in THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN and toured Japan as Aristede in CAN CAN with Chita Rivera and the Rockettes.Ron has played leading roles in almost every major American musical and operetta including SOUTH PACIFIC, ANNIE, KISMET, SAYONARA, KISS ME KATE, THE KING AND I, NAUGHTY MARIETTA, BRIGADOON, ROSE MARIE, OKLAHOMA!, CAROUSEL, NEW MOON, THE DESERT SONG, NO, NO, NANNETTE, WHERE'S CHARLEY, SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, FOLLIES, AND MAN OF LA MANCHA at the country's leading regional theatres and opera companies including those in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Columbus, OH, Tulsa, Portland, OR, St. Louis, Syracuse, Dayton, Atlanta, Anchorage, Birmingham, Cleveland, Chautauqua, Cooperstown, Nashville, Buffalo, Houston and of course New York City.Nominted for the 2012 Tony Aaward for best male lead in a musical.

Track Listing

• It's a Grand Night for Singing (from State Fair)
• I Won't Send Roses (from Mack and Mabel)
• If Ever I Would Leave You (from Camelot)
• Hey There (from the Pajama Game)
• Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' (from Oklahoma!)
• The Impossible Dream (from Man of la Mancha)
• I'll Never Say No to You (from the Unsinkable Molly Brown)
• Lonely Town (from On the Town)
• My Defences Are Down (from Annie Get Your Gun)
• September Song (from Knickerbocker Holiday)
• This Nearly Was Mine (from South Pacific)
• On the Street Where You Live (from My Fair Lady)
• Make Someone Happy (from Do Re Mi)
• Dulcinea (from Man of la Mancha)
• Soliloquy (from Carousel)

Additional Details

Label: JAY Records

Genre: Musical/Broadway

Run Time: 51 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 10/06/98

UPC: 605288131226