Rodgers & Hammerstein Classics Reimagined On New Digital Release, ‘R&H Goes Pop!’
The album features the brightest Broadway stars honoring the duo’s catalog with unique and inventive takes, ranging from pop and rock to R&B and country.
Craft Recordings and Concord Theatricals are proud to announce the digital release of the R&H Goes Pop! album. Featuring contemporary takes on timeless Rodgers & Hammerstein classics, the album is now available for pre-sale and will be released on Friday, March 26.
The first single off the album, Ariana DeBose’s pop-fueled reimagination of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Shall We Dance?,” can be streamed across all digital platforms now.
R&H Goes Pop! features the brightest Broadway stars performing and honoring the Rodgers & Hammerstein catalog with unique and inventive takes, ranging from pop and rock to R&B and country. The 15-track album features reinterpreted takes on iconic songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s hit Broadway musicals.
DeBose will be featured with other artists on the album including Jelani Alladin, Lilli Cooper, Gavin Creel, Matt Doyle, Santino Fontana, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Jeremy Jordan, Derek Klena, Katrina Lenk, Ryan McCartan, Andy Mientus, Laura Osnes, Ashley Park, Kyle Selig and Ali Stroker.
The album was produced by Concord Theatricals (Dana Siegel, Haydyn Meythaler and Kinsley Suer). It was mixed and mastered by Seth Presant and Paul Blakemore.
R&H Goes Pop! is out on March 26. Scroll down to read the full tracklist and pre-order it here.
R&H Goes Pop!
“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” – performed by Jeremy Jordan
“Shall We Dance?” – performed by Ariana DeBose
“Some Enchanted Evening” – performed by Andy Mientus
“It Feels Good” – performed by Lilli Cooper
“Something Wonderful” – performed by Gavin Creel
“Lonely Room” – performed by Rebecca Naomi Jones
“This Nearly Was Mine” – performed by Ryan McCartan
“The Next Ten Minutes Ago” – performed by Jeremy Jordan & Laura Osnes
(A mashup of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Ten Minutes Ago” and Jason Robert Brown’s “The Next Ten Minutes” from The Last Five Years)
“The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” – performed by Ali Stroker
“Younger Than Springtime” – performed by Derek Klena
“Something Good” – performed by Katrina Lenk
“We Kiss in a Shadow” – performed by Jelani Alladin & Matt Doyle
“Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?” – performed by Santino Fontana
“Do-Re-Mi” – performed by Ashley Park
“The Sweetest Sounds” – performed by Kyle Selig