1:30
single, 1963
Written by Frank Loesser
The opening number from Guys and Dolls, of course, redone by three of the greatest voices of the era. Singing over one another, they create a cavalcade of words, overlapping so you hear first one snatch of lyrics, then another. And man, could Loesser — whose songs have been featured on this blog twice —write patter! "And just a minute, boys / I've got the feed box noise / It says the great-grandfather was Equipoise." It's charming, it's funny, it's even a little sad when you think how these tinhorns are so convinced of their slim chances to win big,
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