Sweet Charity, subtitled A New Musical Comedy, is an album containing a recording of the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity made by its original cast, with Gwen Verdon in the title role. The album was released on Columbia Masterworks on February 7, 1966.
Background Columbia having obtained "the original cast album rights to the upcoming Broadway musical Sweet Charity" was reported by Billboard on September 25, 1965. Originally, the album was planned to be released by Capitol Records, but they reportedly "bowed out" when the musical's producers asked for more money than Capitol intended to pay.
Critical reception
In a retrospective review on AllMusic, Sony's 1999 CD reissue of this album was rated 5 out of five stars.
Chart performance The album reached number 92 on the Billboards Top LPs chart.
Track listing LP – Columbia Masterworks – KOL 6500 (mono), KOS 2900 (stereo)
Charts Chart (1966) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs 92
Awards Year Award type Categories Results 1967 Grammy Awards Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album
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