Everyone's Talking about Susan Boyle

While everyone's talking about Susan Boyle, and justifiably so, I thought I'd throw up some of my favorite musical pieces. Great singers, phenomenal performances:

Linda Ronstadt & Rex Smith, singing 'Poor Wandering One', from Pirates of Penzance:


Patti LuPone singing 'Don't Cry for Me, Argentina':


Les Miserables - 10th Anniversary - 'One Day More' (I LOVE THIS SONG!):


'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Music of the Night' at the 1988 Tony Awards; Sarah Brightman & Michael Crawford live:


'All I ask of You' with Sarah Brightman and Cliff Richards, live:


Donny Osmond in 'Close Every Door to Me' from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat:


'Wouldn't It be Loverly' by Julie Andrews from My Fair Lady:


Anything from the Sound of Music. Although I love the original, this is a sweet version of Eidelweiss by Julie Andrews and John Denver that I found while searching:


I really enjoy musicals, and many of the songs from the musicals above are among my favorites; it's hard to leave any out, but silly to put every last one in. I need to give a shout-out to TXBluesMan blogger for posting Susan Boyle's performance along with some other live performers (including Patti LuPone) singing the same song on his blog. I spent an hour listening to my favorite songs from musicals on Youtube this morning which was a real treat.