West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls)

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Relationships

lyricist:Stephen Sondheim
composer:Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:Jalni Publications Inc.
Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC (in 1957)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/29773 [info]
Wikidata:Q4742729 [info]
referred to in medleys:West Side Story Suite (order: 2)
West Side Story Medley (Clayderman) (order: 3)
West Side Story (Peter Riese arrangement) (order: 5)
The-Special-Latin-Non-Stop-Disco-Mix (order: 6)
The Medley of the Century (40 Tunes in 4 1/2 Minutes) (order: 40)
later parody versions:West Side Story (live)
later translated versions:America (West Side Story, German version)
America (West Side Story, Japanese version)
Amerika (West Side Story, Swedish version)
Amerika je Amerika (West Side Story, Czech version)
Die Melodie von Amerika
later versions:America
part of:West Side Story (order: 8)
is the basis for:Beautiful America
arrangements:"West Side Story" Suite: III. America (for violin and piano, Penaforte)
America from West Side Story (for concert band, arranged by Michael Brown)
West Side Story Suite for Piano Trio: III. America
West Side Story Suite for Violin and Piano: III. America
music quoted in:Don’t Tread on Me
West Side Story: End Credits (2021 motion picture)
West Side Story: Taunting Scene

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1957-09-29America (1957 original Broadway cast)Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper, Reri Grist, Shark Girls4:35
1957-10-10Finale Medley, Part 1: America / Cool / Jet Song / Something’s Comingcover and instrumentalManny Albam & His Jazz Greats2:19
1957West Side Story: AmericaChita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Elizabeth Taylor, Lynn Ross, Liane Plane4:33
1959-03-10AmericainstrumentalTommy Flanagan5:55
1959-08-24 – 1959-08-25AmericainstrumentalAndré Previn and His Pals Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell4:51
1961-03-16AmericainstrumentalStan Kenton4:41
1961America (West Side Story, 1961 film cast)Rita Moreno, Suzie Kaye, George Chakiris, Yvonne Othon, and the Sharks5:02
1961AmericaLeonard Bernstein5:01
1962West Side StorymedleyLondon Festival Orchestra, London Festival Chorus, Stanley Black10:06
1978-10West Side Story Medleyinstrumental and medleyEddie Higgins13:03
1984-09-07West Side Story: No. 7: America (1984 studio cast)Tatiana Troyanos, Louise Edeiken, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus,Leonard Bernstein4:49
1988-11Songs from West Side Story: AmericainstrumentalKatia & Marielle Labèque2:21
1989-01-01Bernstein on Broadway (Medley)medleyJohn Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra8:00
1989-02-12 – 1989-02-28West Side Story: AmericaDebbie Gravitte, Nancy Hess, Renée Stork, Elaine Wright, Barbara Yeager, Charlotte d'Amboise, Paul Gemignani4:16
1990-09-29 – 1990-09-30AmericainstrumentalDave Liebman | Gil Goldstein5:46
1993America (West Side Story, 1993 London studio cast)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth5:00
1993AmericaCaroline O’Connor, Julie Paton, National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards4:34
1993America (alternative motion picture version)Nick Ferranti, Caroline O’Connor, National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards4:13
1996Americacover and instrumentalCanadian Brass3:17
2002-01AmericainstrumentalDie 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker2:16
2003-10-15 – 2003-10-16AmericainstrumentalBill Charlap Trio3:53
2009-04-06America (West Side Story, 2009 Broadway revival cast)Karen Olivo, Jennifer Sanchez, Shark Girls4:43
2013-06-27 – 2013-07-02West Side Story: Act I. AmericaliveJessica Vosk, Juliana Hansen, Cassie Simone, Louise Marie Cornillez, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas5:20
2014-05-10AmericaChildren's Chorus of Washington2:15
21st Century Schizoid Man / America (live, 1997‐09‐23: Union Hall, Phoenix, AZ, USA)cover and liveEmerson, Lake & Palmer5:41
A-Me-Ri-Cacover and liveTrini Lopez4:01
A.M.E.R.I.C.A. uit West Side StoryKoninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen, Günter Neuhold4:29
AmericaTrini Lopez3:29
AmericacoverNatalie Cole, Patti LaBelle & Sheila E.6:14
America (stereo)coverHerb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass2:50
America (West Side Story, 2007 studio cast)Melanie Marshall, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra4:52
Americacover and instrumentalThe Nice10:18
America (mono)coverHerb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass2:45
AmericaCharlotte D’Amboise, Debbie Gravitte (Shapiro) with Barbara Yeager, Nancy Hess, Elaine Wright & Renée Stork4:18
AmericainstrumentalLeonard Bernstein2:12
America (stereo mix)coverGérard Poncet and His Orchestra?:??
AmericacoverGérard Poncet and His Orchestra?:??
America[theatre]6:06
AmericainstrumentalLondon Festival Orchestra6:06
AmericaLeonard Bernstein6:05
AmericapartialLeonard Bernstein0:35
Americacover and instrumentalThe Nice6:10
AmericainstrumentalLondon Promenade Orchestra2:39
AmericainstrumentalJoerg Kaufmann feat. Bobby Shew5:58
AmericaJennifer Hepburn & Nick Ferranti4:08
AmericaLeonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, The Musical Stage Company?:??
AmericainstrumentalCal Tjader3:59
AmericainstrumentalRochester Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel0:56
AmericaTrini Lopez3:48
AmericaRandy Waldman5:41
AmericaLeonard Bernstein6:04
AmericainstrumentalTed Nash, Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison?:??
America (stereo)instrumentalHerb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass2:50
AmericacoverGlee Cast3:18
AmericaAriana DeBose, David Alvarez, Ana Isabelle, Jennifer Florentino, Natalie Toro, Arianna Rosario, Ilda Mason, Jeanette Delgado, Annelise Cepero, Tanairi Sade Vazquez, Jamila Velazquez, Edriz E. Rosa Pérez, Melody Martí, Gaby Diaz, Juliette Feliciano, Isabella Ward, Maria Alexis Rodriguez, Yesenia Ayala, Gabriela M. Soto, Sebastian Serra, Julius Anthony Rubio, Ricardo A. Zayas, Yurel Echezarreta, Kelvin Delgado, Ricky Ubeda, Carlos Sánchez Falú, Adriel Flete, Jacob Guzman, Carlos E. Gonzalez, David Avilés Morales, Andrei Chagas, David Guzman4:58
AmericacoverJames Last2:44
AmericacoverGlee Cast3:08
AmericacoverTrini Lopez3:30
AméricacoverTurma Legal3:04
America (from "West Side Story")instrumentalTony Anderson Sound Orchestra6:11
America (from West Side Story)cover[unknown]6:05
America (from West Side Story)Len Stevens & Orchestra2:56
America (Overture)instrumental and medleyLawrence Leonard4:45
America (West Side Story)instrumentalRoyal Promenade Orchestra, Alfred Gehardt6:07
América (West Side Story)instrumentalSalzburgo Orchestra2:28
America [From "West Side Story]Orchestra4:59
America from West Side StoryinstrumentalThe London Cello Sound, Geoffrey Simon3:06
Medley: Maria (Tonight/America)cover, instrumental and medleyRichard Clayderman6:34
Mi AmericaNarvalo2:46
Symphony of Freedom: America the Beautiful / America's Struggle / America / Amazing Grace / Stars and Stripes ForevermedleyTroopers11:30
West Side Story - Americacover and instrumental4 Saxess3:26
West Side Story - Americacover and instrumentalRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra5:01
West Side Story Medley (live)live and medleySammy Davis Jr.4:48
West Side Story Medley: Maria / America / TonightmedleyFreddy Quinn5:08
West Side Story Medley: Maria / Tonight / Americacover, instrumental and medleyRichard Clayderman6:33
West Side Story Suite - AmericaPhilip Jones Brass Ensemble2:46
West Side Story Suite (version for solo violin and string orchestra): I. Americacover and instrumentalDaniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester2:44
West Side Story, "America"Karen Olivo, Jennifer Sanchez4:44
West Side Story: “America”London Festival Orchestra, Laurence Siegel6:08
West Side Story: AmericaBill Murray & Jan Vogler2:32
West Side Story: AmericaBarbara Bonney, Royal Philharmonic Chorus, Laverne Williams, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth5:02
West Side Story: AmericainstrumentalNederlands Blazers Ensemble, Richard Dufallo2:47
West Side Story: AmericainstrumentalThe Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet, Jaap van Zweden2:24
West Side Story: AmericaCrouch End Festival Chorus, Helen Hobson, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman4:59
West Side Story: AmericaNashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn4:57
West Side Story: AmericaLouise Edeiken, Angelina Réaux, Tatiana Troyanos, Stella Zambalis4:52
West Side Story: AmericaMary Carewe, Mike Pearn, The Sinfonia of London, Douglas Camley3:11
West Side Story: AmericaSymphonic Rock Orchestra, Simon Gale6:09
West Side Story: AmericapartialLouise Edeiken, Tatiana Troyanos, Leonard Bernstein2:29
West Side Story: America (extract)partialLeonard Bernstein1:18
West Side Story: Scherzo / AmericaLondon Symphony Brass, Eric Crees4:36
West Side Story: Selections From West Side StorymedleyBoston Pops Orchestra, John Williams9:09
Western Side Story: Cave / Adelina de Maya / Selections From "West Side Story" (Maria, Somewhere, America, Tonight, One Hand, One Heart) / John Dunbar's Theme From "Dances With Wolves" / Spaghetti Western / Gun Battle From "Billy the Kid" / PentiummedleyTroopers11:44
Westside Story (Medley) Maria / I’d Like to Be in America / Tonightcover and medleyManuel Escorcio3:40