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My Fair Lady, recorded by "Shelly Manne & His Friends" and released in 1956 by Contemporary Records, is the first album ever made consisting entirely of jazz versions of tunes from a single Broadway musical. It was an instant hit and became one of the best-selling jazz albums of its day. Origins Shelly Manne & his Friends* (*André Previn and Leroy Vinnegar): modern jazz performances of songs from My Fair Lady, as the full name appeared on the 12-inch LP jacket (Contemporary Records C3527), was begun when drummer Shelly Manne, pianist André Previn, and bassist Leroy Vinnegar assembled on August 17, 1956, in the Contemporary studios in Los Angeles to produce an album of jazz versions of miscellaneous show tunes. (The three, having already recorded together as "Shelly Manne and His Friends", had some experience performing as a trio.) Previn and Manne were exchanging ideas with producer Lester Koenig, who suggested they do some tunes from the current Broadway musical My Fair Lady. Manne and Previn were so impressed with the Lerner and Loewe songs for the show, that they decided to record more of them. They ended up filling the entire album with My Fair Lady tunes. Koenig brought in the complete score, and that evening Manne and Previn, between them, worked out the arrangements and recorded the entire album in one session, with Vinnegar providing the third "very important musical voice in the trio."

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“I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night, and still have begged for more. I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.”
— Eliza Doolittle, "I Could Have Danced All Night"
“Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags! They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags!”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "A Hymn to Him"
“Damn, damn, damn, DAMN! ... I've grown accustomed to her face!”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
“Her smiles, her frowns, her ups, her downs are second nature to me now, like breathing out and breathing in.”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
“Poor Eliza! How simply frightful! How humiliating! How delightful!”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"

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Notable quotes

“I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night, and still have begged for more. I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.”
— Eliza Doolittle, "I Could Have Danced All Night"
“Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags! They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags!”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "A Hymn to Him"
“Damn, damn, damn, DAMN! ... I've grown accustomed to her face!”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
“Her smiles, her frowns, her ups, her downs are second nature to me now, like breathing out and breathing in.”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
“Poor Eliza! How simply frightful! How humiliating! How delightful!”
— Professor Henry Higgins, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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