The production was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical in 1957, but the award for Best Musical went to Meredith Willson's The Music Man ; it won a Tony Award for Robbins ' choreography.

* December 19 – Meredith Willson's classic musical The Music Man, starring Robert Preston, debuts on Broadway.

" He continued, " This is not to say that Meredith Willson's score is not tuneful and lilting but to this listener it is good, sweet corn that is more palatable than memorable.

* The number of trombonists leading the parade in " Seventy-Six Trombones ," from Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man

As Robert Preston, by which name he would be known for his entire professional career, he appeared in many Hollywood films, predominantly Westerns, but is probably best remembered for his performance as " Professor " Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man ( 1962 ).

* In the 1962 film version of Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man, Marian Paroo, the librarian, asks the prudish Mrs. Shinn, the mayor's wife, if she would not rather have her daughter reading the classic Persian poetry of Omar Khayyam than Elinor Glyn, to which Mrs. Shinn replies, " What Elinor Glyn reads is her mother's problem!

Although it opened to good reviews, it was overshadowed by Meredith Willson's The Music Man at that year's Tony Awards.

In previous years this concert ended with a performance of Meredith Willson's " In Idyllwild " by the combined ensembles.

Wickes also served as the live-action reference model for Cruella De Vil in Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians ( 1961 ), and played Mrs. Squires in the film adaptation of Meredith Willson's The Music Man ( 1962 ).

Bennett's career as a Broadway dancer began in the 1961 Betty Comden – Adolph Green – Jule Styne musical Subways Are For Sleeping, after which he appeared in Meredith Willson's Here's Love and the short-lived Bajour.

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang is immortalized in the lyrics to the song " Trouble " from Meredith Willson's The Music Man ( 1962 ): " Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?

* Meredith Willson's The Music Man

Except for special tributes ( the series premiere, coinciding with the anniversary of George M. Cohan's death, was a particularly slam-bang tribute: a medley of Cohan musicals ' signature songs ), the show usually concluded with each guest taking a turn singing music director Meredith Willson's composition " May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You ," a touch which proved sentimental but not saccharine.

** 1959 Meredith Willson's The Music Man

In 1962, an instrumental version of Meredith Willson's song by Valjean was also popular.

In New York he opened as a headliner at the Copacabana, and Franchi's talents in singing, dancing, and comedy were prominently featured on six television specials: with " Victor Borge at Carnegie Hall " (" the evening's major hit "), Meredith Willson's Texaco Star Parade special, a Bob Hope Chrysler Special, and three appearances on " The Hollywood Palace.

At one point it was announced that he was to play in Meredith Willson's planned production of Christopher Columbus — 1491 ; but for various reasons it never was produced on Broadway, but produced in 1969 by the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association.

* Words and Music: Only four musicals have won the Tony Award for Best Musical when a person had ( co -) written the Book ( non-sung dialogue and storyline ) and the Score ( music and lyrics ): 1958 winner The Music Man ( Meredith Willson – award for Book and Score did not exist that year ), 1986 winner The Mystery of Edwin Drood ( Rupert Holmes – who also won for Book and Score ), 1996 winner Rent ( Jonathan Larson – who also won for Book and Score ), and 2011 winner The Book of Mormon ( Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone also won for Book and Score ).

* Best Music ( Original Score ) – Meredith Willson

The score was written and directed by Meredith Willson, later to become well-known as creator of the 1957 musical comedy The Music Man.

* The Music Man: music and lyrics by Meredith Willson

** Meredith Willson ( composer ) & the original cast with Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond for The Music Man

* 1958: The Music Man – Book by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, music and lyrics by Willson

* Meredith Music Festival ( Meredith, Victoria, Australia )

The music of Iowa includes such notable musicians as Slipknot, The Envy Corps, Radio Moscow, Modern Life Is War, Unknown Component, Bix Beiderbecke and Greg Brown, as well as Meredith Willson, composer of The Music Man, and Alice Ettinger who was renowned enough to perform in Europe in the 1890s.

" Frühlingsrauschen " (" Rustle of Spring ") was quoted by Meredith Willson in his musical The Music Man, was one of the main themes of Dennis Potter's 1986 miniseries The Singing Detective, and was sampled by hip-hop producer 4th Disciple on Killarmy's track " Wu-Renegades.

Robert Meredith Willson ( May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984 ) was an American composer, songwriter, conductor and playwright, best known for writing the book, music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man.

He often gave out autographed copies of his record album, Meredith Willson Sings Songs from The Music Man.

* Skipper, John C. ( 2000 ), Meredith Willson: The Unsinkable Music Man Savas Pub.

* Oates, Bill ( 2005 ), Meredith Willson-America's Music Man, Author House, ISBN 1-4208-3535-4

* Meredith Music Festival near Meredith, Victoria, Australia

The Brains ' experience toured Australia in early 2005, and spilled over into the band's DJ sets at that year's St Jerome's Laneway Festival and Meredith Music Festival.

* The Music Man, a Broadway musical play by Meredith Willson

It introduced Burgess Meredith to the series ; he went on to star in three more episodes, being introduced as " no stranger to The Twilight Zone " in promotional spots for season two's " The Obsolete Man ".

" The Obsolete Man " takes the episode's literary subtext — the notion that reading may eventually be considered " obsolete " — to an extreme: The state has declared books obsolete and a librarian ( also played by Meredith ) finds himself on trial for his own obsolescence.

Meredith directed the movie The Man on the Eiffel Tower ( 1949 ) starring Charles Laughton, which was produced by Irving Allen.

In " Printer's Devil ," Meredith portrayed the Devil himself, and in " The Obsolete Man " he portrayed a librarian, sentenced to death in a future, dystopic totalitarian society.

In total, Meredith appeared 390 times for Man City and scored 150 goals and won 1 FA Cup with City.

One of the longer-running police dramas of the day, the series featured appearances by a number of actors, familiar and unfamiliar, among whom were Lynn Borden, Kim Darby, Antonio Fargas, Tiny Tim ( in the pilot TV-movie ), Randolph Mantooth, Cal Bellini, Sharon Gless, Dabbs Greer, Bernie Kopell, Frank Gorshin, Jess Walton, Pernell Roberts, Alan Oppenheimer, Dan Kemp, E. G. Marshall, Harrison Ford, John Schuck, Ingrid Pitt, Susan Saint James, Ivan Dixon, Harry Townes, Pat Hingle, Norman Alden, Anne Francis, David Carradine, Charo, Joseph Campanella, Bill Quinn, Bernard Fox, Tyler McVey, Robert Webber, Alan Hale, Jr., Marion Ross, Marcia Strassman, Susan Sullivan, Suzanne Pleshette, Bo Hopkins, James Hong, Jeanne Cooper, Paul Winfield, Harold Gould, James Farentino, Robert Reed, Bill Bixby, David Cassidy, David Hartman, Dana Elcar, Tina Louise, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Robert Karnes, Tyler MacDuff, Greg Mullavy, Rod Serling, Gene Raymond, Francine York, Peter Mark Richman, Jennifer Gan, Clu Gulager, Joel Grey, Van Williams, John Hoyt, Scott Glenn, William Windom, Joshua Bryant, Dorothy Malone, Robert Alda, Barbara Rush, Jack Kelly, Jason Wingreen, George Takei, George Wallace, John M. Pickard, Diana Muldaur, Jodie Foster, William Katt, Lee Grant, Steve Forrest, Susan Olsen, Michael Lerner, Edward Asner, Eddie Garrett, Darwin Joston, John Rubinstein, Jack Lord, Scott Marlowe, Norman Fell, Gavin MacLeod, Gary Collins, Johnny Seven, William Shatner, Bobby Darin, Martin Sheen, Cheryl Ladd, William Daniels, William Schallert, Burgess Meredith, Vic Tayback, Arch Johnson, James Drury, Ed Flanders, Bruce Lee and Ellen Corby ( Grandma Walton of TV fame ).

Other artists noted in gallery materials include Harold Town, Jack Bush, Claude Tousignant, Guido Molinari, Ron Martin, Chris Cran, William Ronald, John Meredith, and Ronald Bloore ; the final three in the list were once Brampton residents.

In Pearl Bay, she meets a cast of colourful characters: Meredith Monahan, the woman who can remember every single event that has happened in town during her lifetime ; Meredith's longtime lover and town lawyer / drunk, Harold ; strapping surfer and court clerk Angus ; his girlfriend ( who would like to be his fiancee ), police officer Karen ; her superior Sergeant Grey ; unsophisticated caravan park manager and handyman, Kevin ; Kevin's son Trevor ; clever Indian shop-keeper Phrani, later to be Kevin's lover ; local layabout Griff ; Meredith's niece, the wandering Carmen ; corrupt and scheming real estate agent and shire President Bob Jelly ; his loyal trophy wife Heather ; and their children Jules and Craig.

The first season ends with a series of climaxes-Carmen's pregnancy ends in tragedy, Meredith and Harold discover that Heather is their long-lost daughter ; and Laura and Dan reach a turning point in their relationship.

MPL publishing owns a wide range of copyrighted material-covering nearly 100 years of music-by composers including McCartney, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser, Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen and many others, with songs, such as “ Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody ” ( made famous by Al Jolson ), " I'm Glad There Is You ", " Blue Suede Shoes ", " That'll Be the Day ", as well as Lennon – McCartney's " Love Me Do " and " P. S.