BREAKING NEWS: Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording Nominated for Grammy!
December 7th, 2006MAJOR NEWSFLASH!!
The 49th Annual Grammy Awards were announced today and Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording has been nominated for the Best Musical Show Album! Below are the details and the other nominees:
Best Musical Show Album Nominations
(Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parenthesis.))
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Jersey Boys
Bob Gaudio, producer (Bob Gaudio, composer; Bob Crewe, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young & Others) [Rhino]
The Pajama Game
Harry Connick, Jr. & Tracey Freeman, producers (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast With Harry Connick, Jr., Kelli O’Hara & Others) [Columbia]
The Color Purple
Jay David Saks, producer; Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast With LaChanze, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes & Others) [Angel Records]
The Drowsy Chaperone
Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss & Phil Reno, producers; Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast With Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel & Others) [Ghostlight]
Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris & Others)
[Nonesuch]
Yahoo.com provides a full list of this year’s Grammy nominations.
YES YES YES!!!
JERSEY BOYS FOR SURE!
Comment by Damaris Dugan — December 7, 2006 @ 7:57 pm
Congratulations on the Grammy nomination to Bob & Bob, Christian, Daniel, Bobby & John Lloyd! It is a well deserved recognition. Thanks for many hours of entertainment onstage…and for the CD that keeps me company in my car!
Comment by LuluThompson — December 8, 2006 @ 12:25 am
GO ALL THE WAY JERSEY BOYS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEWEST NOMINATION!!!!I FEEL ANOTHER WIN COMING TO THE “BIG 4″
Comment by Thea — December 8, 2006 @ 9:29 pm