Thoroughly Modern Millie

Album: Thoroughly Modern Millie soundtrack (1967)
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  • Thoroughly Modern Millie was the first musical Julie Andrews made after The Sound Of Music. As well as starring in the lead female role, she sang the title song, which is arguably the best song on the soundtrack of this lighthearted romp through the Roaring Twenties. With music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn, the 1920s jazz band melody and superb internal rhymes capture the Zeitgeist of New York during the Prohibition era better than any old-time gangster film. >>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England

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