Artist:Kelli O'Hara
Song:Make Someone Happy
Album:Wonder in the World
Kelli O'Hara is a seven time Tony nominee and she won a Tony for the 2015 show The King and I. She also appears in films and TV. She has only recorded two albums. But I think her fans will enjoy this 2008 album Wonder in the World. The story is Kelli co-starred with Harry Connick Jr. in the 2006 revival of The Pajama Game. Connick was so impressed with her that he offered to produce an album for her and get Sony to release it. It's unlikely that she would have recorded an album otherwise. Connick wrote a few songs and sings with Kelli on one song. Kelli wrote a couple of songs and her husband Greg Naughton wrote a song. Make Someone Happy was written by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne for the 1960 show Do Re Mi. Perry Como popularized it when he performed it on his TV show. When the album was finished, Sony decided not to release it. Kelli acquired the rights and released it on the Broadway music label Ghostlight in 2008. It's worth a listen. Kelli released an album in 2011. But she still appears frequently on Broadway. And she appears in the new HBO series The Gilded Age. Here's Kelli O'Hara performing Make Someone Happy at the 2016 Oklahoma Hall of Fame ceremony.
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