When You're Good To Mama

Album: Chicago (1975)
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Songfacts®:

  • This number from the 1975 musical Chicago might be described as a song of reciprocity. It is performed by Mama Morton, who is in charge of Murderess Row in the prison where the distressed heroine Roxie is awaiting trial. In the Academy Award-winning film version, Mama is played by Queen Latifah.
  • Like the rest of the musical, "When You're Good To Mama" has music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb; it is copyright 1975 by Kander-Ebb Inc., & Unichappell Music, Inc. >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2

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