The Surrey with the Fringe on Top

Song

"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
Song
Published	1943
Genre	Showtune
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)	Oscar Hammerstein II

"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.^[1]^[2] The piece was recorded in 1952 by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, which influenced trumpeter Miles Davis to include it in his repertoire in the 1950s,^[3] which probably motivated other jazz musicians to play it.^[4]

References

^ "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top". pbs.org. November 15, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^ "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (1943)". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^ Williams, Martin (1993). The Jazz Tradition (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-19-507815-2.
^ Faulkner, Robert R.; Becker, Howard S. (2009). 'Do You Know...?': The Jazz Repertoire in Action. The University of Chicago Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-226-23921-7.

External links

Lyrics

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II

Stage musicals

Oklahoma!
Carousel
Allegro
South Pacific
The King and I
Me and Juliet
Pipe Dream
Flower Drum Song
The Sound of Music
A Grand Night for Singing
State Fair
Cinderella

Productions

I Remember Mama
Annie Get Your Gun
Happy Birthday
John Loves Mary
Show Boat
The Happy Time
Burning Bright

Films

State Fair (1945)
Oklahoma!
Carousel
The King and I (1956 film)
South Pacific
Flower Drum Song
State Fair (1962)
The Sound of Music
The King and I (1999 film)

Television

Cinderella
Carousel
Cinderella (1997)
The Sound of Music Live!
The Sound of Music Live

Songs

"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
"Kansas City"
"I Cain't Say No"
"Many a New Day"
"It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!"
"People Will Say We're in Love"
"Lonely Room"
"The Farmer and the Cowman"
"All Er Nuthin'"
"Oklahoma"
"If I Loved You"
"Soliloquy"
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
"It Might as Well Be Spring"
"That's for Me"
"A Fellow Needs a Girl"
"So Far"
"Some Enchanted Evening"
"There Is Nothing Like a Dame"
"Bali Ha'i"
"I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"
"I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy"
"Younger Than Springtime"
"Happy Talk"
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"
"I Whistle a Happy Tune"
"Hello, Young Lovers"
"Getting to Know You"
"We Kiss in a Shadow"
"Something Wonderful"
"I Have Dreamed"
"Shall We Dance?"
"No Other Love"
"I Enjoy Being a Girl"
"The Sound of Music"
"Maria"
"My Favorite Things"
"Do-Re-Mi"
"Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
"The Lonely Goatherd"
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
"So Long, Farewell"
"No Way to Stop It"
"Edelweiss"

"Something Good"
The Sound of Music (1965 soundtrack)
The Sound of Music: Music from the NBC Television Event

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Oklahoma! (1943)

Source

Lynn Riggs' Green Grow the Lilacs (1931 play)

Adaptations

Oklahoma! (1955 film)

Music

Act 1	"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" "Kansas City" "I Cain't Say No" "Many a New Day" "It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Lonely Room"