50 Best Broadway Tunes

Since National Broadway Musicals Day is September 29, I thought today would be the perfect time to share another of my 50 Things Lists. This one is dedicated to the 50 Best Broadway Tunes of all times (or, at least, 50 of my personal favorites).

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I grew up watching musicals (on TV, not on Broadway) and have always loved them. In high school, I studied voice and performed many of the classics.

My husband and I even had some of these songs performed at our wedding. I came down the aisle to the wedding march from Sound of Music (minus the “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?” lyrics). And a group of singers from the Dallas Symphony Chorus (of which I was a member at the time) sang “Climb Every Mountain” at one point during the ceremony.

My 50 Favorite Broadway Tunes

Here are the fifty show songs of which I am fondest (in no particular order):

“Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” from Oklahoma
“Hello Young Lovers” from The King and I
“On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady
“Wonderful Day” from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
“I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables
“Kiss the Girl” from Little Mermaid
“Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific
“Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera
“It’s a Grand Night for Singing” from State Fair
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel
“Tale as Old as Time” from Beauty and the Beast
“Till There Was You” from Music Man
“A Hundred Million Miracles” from Flower Drum Song
“A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” from Cinderella
“I’ve Never Been in Love Before” from Guys and Dolls
“A Few of My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music
“Wishing Well/One Song” from Snow White
“You Were Meant for Me” from Singing in the Rain
“Waitin’ for My Dearie” from Brigadoon
“The Trolley Song” from Meet Me in St. Louis
“A Whole New World” from Aladdin
“One Day More” from Les Miserables
“When You’re in Love” from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
“The Man that Got Away” from A Star is Born
“Slipping through My Fingers” from Mama Mia
“Secret Love” from Calamity Jane
“A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman
“Somewhere over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz
“Climb Every Mountain” from The Sound of Music
“Tonight, Tonight” from West Side Story
“Memories” from Cats
“Summertime” from Porgy and Bess
“Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins
“Circle of Life” from The Lion King
“People Will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma
“Eidleweiss” from The Sound of Music
“Sunrise, Sunset” from Fiddler on the Roof
“Stay Awake” from Mary Poppins
“Once Upon a Dream” from Sleeping Beauty
“Count Your Blessings” from White Christmas
“Something Wonderful” from The King and I
“I See the Light” from Tangled
“Try Everything” from Zootopia
“So This is Love” from Cinderella
“You are Love” from Showboat
“I Will Follow Him” from Sister Act
“Love is an Open Door” from Frozen
“Rewrite the Stars” from The Greatest Showman
“How Far I’ll Go” from Moana
“Let It Go” from Frozen

Original Lyrics to Popular Broadway Tunes

Sometimes I love the catchy tune of a broadway song but am not very fond of the lyrics. In that case, I’ve been known to make up my own words to sing around the house. The altered songs I’ve sung most often include the following:

“Do You Wanna Have a Baby?“

Sung to “Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?” from Frozen, this is a song I sung to my husband pretty routinely in the weeks and months following the movie’s release.