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The music and lyrics were written by Irving Berlin with a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Berlin had taken on the job after the original choice, Jerome Kern, collapsed and died suddenly. It is said that the showstopper song, "There's No Business Like Show Business", was almost left out of the show altogether because Berlin, wrongly, got the impression that his sponsors, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, did not like it.

1 Songs

• "Colonel Buffalo Bill"
• "I'm A Bad, Bad Man"
• "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
• "The Girl That I Marry"
• "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun"
• " There's No Business Like Show Business"
• "I'll Share It All With You"
• " They Say It's Wonderful "
• "Moonshine Lullaby"
• "My Defences Are Down"
• "Who Do You Love, I Hope"
• "I'm An Indian, Too"
• "I Got Lost In His Arms"
• "I Got The Sun In The Morning"
• " Anything You Can Do "

• "Let's Go West Again" was written by Berlin for the 1950 film but was not used. Fortunately we have recordings by both Betty Hutton and Judy Garland.

• "An Old-Fashioned Wedding", was written by Berlin for the 1966 revival.

2 Broadway production

Annie Get Your Gun was first staged at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway on May 16, 1946 and ran for 1147 performances. It was directed by Joshua Logan. Ethel MermanEthel Merman ( January 16, 1908 February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her strident voice and comic acting. She was born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann in Astoria, Queens, New York, of a German Lutheran father and Scottish Presby starred as Annie in the original production, with Ray Middleton in the leading male role as Frank Butler.

3 London production

The show opened at the Coliseum on June 7June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. Events 1099 Beginning of Siege of Jerusalem (1099) 1494 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the, 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na and ran for 1304 performances. Dolores Gray played Annie with Bill Johnson as Butler.

4 Australian production

The show opened at His Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne on July 19July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. Events 700-1899 711 Moslem forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill: the final b, 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na. It starred Evie Hayes as Annie with Webb Tilton as Frank Butler. Later Australian productions have featured Gloria Dawn , Nancye Hayes , Toni Lamond , Bunny Gibson and Rhonda Burchmore as Annie. In 2004, Marina Prior and Scott Irwin starred in a production of the 1999 rewrite of the show.