This post is an attempt to categorize every song within the five Mezzo/Belter volumes of The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology. Other criteria like character name, age, and song tempo may be added at a later time. For a complete songlist with volume numbers included, click here.
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OPERETTA STANDARDS | 1870s-1920s
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JAZZ AGE STANDARDS | 1920s-1940s
| But Not for Me | Girl Crazy (1930) |
| Hit Me With a Hot Note | Sophisticated Ladies (1981) |
| I Get a Kick Out of You | Anything Goes (1934) |
| I Want to Be Bad | Good News (1927) |
| I Wish I Were in Love Again | Babes in Arms (1937) |
| Johnny One Note | Babes in Arms (1937) |
| Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now | Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1978) |
| The Lady is a Tramp | Babes in Arms (1937) |
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Leave It to Me (1938) |
GOLDEN AGE STANDARDS | 1940s-1960s
| Adelaide’s Lament | Guys and Dolls (1950) |
| Adventure | Do Re Mi (1960) |
| Ain’t There Anyone Here for Love? | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) |
| Always True to You in My Fashion | Kiss Me, Kate (1948) |
| As Long as He Needs Me | Oliver! (1960) |
| A Cock-Eyed Optimist | South Pacific (1949) |
| Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) |
| Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
| Don’t Rain on My Parade | Funny Girl (1964) |
| Everything’s Coming Up Roses | Gypsy (1959) |
| A Gentleman is a Dope | Allegro (1947) |
| Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) |
| He Wasn’t You | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) |
| Honey Bun | South Pacific (1949) |
| The Hostess with the Mostes’ on the Ball | Call Me Madam (1950) |
| How Are Things in Glocca Morra | Finian’s Rainbow (1947) |
| Hurry! It’s Lovely Up Here! | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) |
| I Ain’t Down Yet | The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) |
| I Cain’t Say No | Oklahoma! (1943) |
| I Can Cook Too | On the Town (1944) |
| I Had Myself a True Love | St. Louis Woman (1946) |
| I Enjoy Being a Girl | Flower Drum Song (1958) |
| I Got Lost in His Arms | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
| I Got the Sun in the Morning | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
| I Never Has Seen Snow | House of Flowers (1954) |
| I’m Going Back | Bells are Ringing (1956) |
| I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy | South Pacific (1949) |
| In My Own Little Corner | Cinderella (1957) |
| It’s a Helluva Way to Run a Love Affair | Plain and Fancy (1955) |
| It’s a Perfect Relationship | Bells are Ringing (1956) |
| Long Before I Knew You | Bells are Ringing (1956) |
| Look to the Rainbow | Finian’s Rainbow (1947) |
| The Man That Got Away | A Star is Born (1954) |
| Miss Marmelstein | I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962) |
| The Music That Makes Me Dance | Funny Girl (1964) |
| Never Never Land | Peter Pan (1954) |
| One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man | Wonderful Town (1953) |
| The Party’s Over | Bells are Ringing (1956) |
| Rose’s Turn | Gypsy (1959) |
| Shopping Around | Wish You Were Here (1952) |
| Shy | Once Upon a Mattress (1959) |
| Sixteen Going on Seventeen | The Sound of Music (1959) |
| Small World | Gypsy (1959) |
| Some People | Gypsy (1959) |
| Stepsisters’ Lament | Cinderella (1957) |
| The Sweetest Sounds | No Strings (1962) |
| Take Back Your Mink | Guys and Dolls (1950) |
| They Say It’s Wonderful | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
| A Trip to the Library | She Loves Me (1963) |
| We Deserve Eachother | Me and Juliet (1953) |
| What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) |
| Who Knows | I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962) |
| Why Can’t You Behave? | Kiss Me, Kate (1948) |
| You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
POST-GOLDEN AGE STANDARDS | 1960s-1970s
| Cabaret | Cabaret (1966) |
| City Lights | The Act (1977) |
| Class | Chicago (1975) |
| Dance: Ten; Looks: Three | A Chorus Line (1975) |
| Don’t Tell Mama | Cabaret (1966) |
| Fifty Percent | Ballroom (1978) |
| Funny Honey | Chicago (1975) |
| Gorgeous | The Apple Tree (1966) |
| If He Really Knew Me | They’re Playing Our Song (1979) |
| If He Walked into My Life | Mame (1966) |
| If My Friends Could See Me Now | Sweet Charity (1966) |
| Life Is | Zorba (1968) |
| Maybe This Time | Cabaret (1966) |
| Mein Herr | Cabaret (1966) |
| The Music and the Mirror | A Chorus Line (1975) |
| Nothing | A Chorus Line (1975) |
| Nowadays | Chicago (1975) |
| An Old Man | Two by Two (1970) |
| Roxie | Chicago (1975) |
| So What? | Cabaret (1966) |
| What I Did for Love | A Chorus Line (1975) |
| What Would You Do? | Cabaret (1966) |
| When You’re Good to Mama | Chicago (1975) |
| Where Am I Going | Sweet Charity (1966) |
CONTEMPORARY MIXED* | 1970s-present
| Anything But Lonely | Aspects of Love (1990) |
| As If We Never Said Goodbye | Sunset Boulevard (1993) |
| The Cake I Had | Grey Gardens (2006) |
| Castle on a Cloud | Les Miserables (1987) |
| The Colors of My Life | Barnum (1980) |
| Hold On | The Secret Garden (1991) |
| I Dreamed a Dream | Les Miserables (1987) |
| I Want to Go to Hollywood | Grand Hotel (1989) |
| I’d Give My Life for You | Miss Saigon (1989) |
| It’s a Business | Curtains (2007) |
| My Body | The Life (1990) |
| My Husband Makes Movies | Nine (1982) |
| On My Own | Les Miserables (1987) |
| Paris Makes Me Horny | Victor/Victoria (1995) |
| Show Off | The Drowsy Chaperone (2006) |
| Teaching Third Grade | Ruthless (1992) |
| Thinking of Him | Curtains (2007) |
| The Wages of Sin | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985) |
| What You Don’t Know About Women | City of Angels (1989) |
| When You Got It, Flaunt It | The Produers (2001) |
| With One Look | Sunset Boulevard (1993) |
| Woman | The Pirate Queen (2007) |
| You Don’t Know This Man | Parade (1998) |
MUSICAL THEATRE POP SONGS | 1960s-present
| Always a Bridesmaid | I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (1996) |
| And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going | Dreamgirls (1981) |
| Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens (1990) |
| Can You Find It in Your Heart? | Footloose (1998) |
| Children of Eden | Children of Eden (1991) |
| Defying Gravity | Wicked (2003) |
| Don’t Call Me Trailer Trash | Cowgirls (1996) |
| Don’t Cry for Me Argentina | Evita (1979) |
| Don’t Cry Out Loud | The Boy from Oz (2003) |
| Find Your Grail | Monty Python’s Spamalot (2005) |
| For Good | Wicked (2003) |
| Freddy, My Love | Grease (1971) |
| Gimme Gimme | Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) |
| Good Morning Baltimore | Hairspray (2002) |
| Hard Candy Christmas | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1978) |
| Heads or Tails | Cowgirls (1996) |
| Heaven Help My Heart | Chess (1986) |
| Here I Am | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005) |
| How Did We Come to This? | The Wild Party (2000) |
| I Am Changing | Dreamgirls (1981) |
| I Can Do Better Than That | The Last Five Years (2002) |
| I Can Hear the Bells | Hairspray (2002) |
| I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You | Evita (1979) |
| I Don’t Know How to Love Him | Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) |
| I Will Be Loved Tonight | I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (1996) |
| I’m Not That Girl | Wicked (2003) |
| It’s an Art | Working (1978) |
| Just a Housewife | Working (1978) |
| Just One Step | Songs for a New World (1995) |
| The Lamest Place in the World | 13: The Musical (2008) |
| Let Me Finish | Song and Dance (1982) |
| Life with Harold | The Full Monty (2000) |
| Live Out Loud | A Little Princess (2005) |
| Look at Me Now | The Wild Party (2000) |
| Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee | Grease (1971) |
| Meadowlark | The Baker’s Wife (1989) |
| Memory | Cats (1982) |
| Miss Baltimore Crabs | Hairspray (2002) |
| My Child Will Forgive Me | Parade (1998) |
| My New Philosophy | You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (1967) |
| A New Life | Jekyll & Hyde (1997) |
| Not for the Life of Me | Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) |
| Nothing Really Happened | Is There Life After High School? (1982) |
| Our Kind of Love | Beautiful Game (2000) |
| Popular | Wicked (2003) |
| See, I’m Smiling | The Last Five Years (2002) |
| Disneyland | Smile (1975) |
| Someone Else’s Story | Chess (1986) |
| Someone Like You | Jekyll & Hyde (1997) |
| Special | Avenue Q (2003) |
| Stars and the Moon | Songs for a New World (1995) |
| Still Hurting | The Last Five Years (2002) |
| Take That Look Off Your Face | Song and Dance (1985) |
| Tell Me on a Sunday | Song and Dance (1985) |
| There Are Worst Things I Could Do | Grease (1971) |
| There’s a Fine, Fine Line | Avenue Q (2003) |
| Third Letter Home | Song and Dance (1985) |
| Two Beautiful for Words | The Color Purple (2005) |
| What it Means to Be a Friend | 13: The Musical (2008) |
| Whatever Happened to My Part? | Monty Python’s Spamalot (2005) |
| When You Come Home to Me | The Last Five Years (2002) |
| Who Will Love Me As I Am? | Sideshow (1997) |
| The Winner Takes It All | Mamma Mia (2001) |
| The Wizard and I | Wicked (2003) |
MUSICAL THEATRE ROCK SONGS | 1960s-present
| Come to Your Senses | tick, tick… BOOM! (2001) |
| The Dark I Know Well | Spring Awakening (2006) |
| Day by Day | Godspell (1971) |
| Mama Who Bore Me | Spring Awakening (2006) |
| Turn Back, O Man | Godspell (1971) |
| Without You | Rent (1996) |
SONDHEIM SONGS | 1960s-present
| Ah, But Underneath | Follies (1971) |
| Another Hundred People | Company (1970) |
| Anyone Can Whistle | Anyone Can Whistle (1964) |
| Broadway Baby | Follies (1971) |
| By the Sea | Sweeney Todd (1979) |
| Could I Leave You? | Follies (1971) |
| Everybody Loves Louis | Sunday in the Park with George (1984) |
| I Know Things Now | Into the Woods (1987) |
| I’m Still Here | Follies (1971) |
| In Buddy’s Eyes | Follies (1971) |
| The Ladies Who Lunch | Company (1970) |
| The Miller’s Son | A Little Night Music (1973) |
| Now You Know | Merrily We Roll Along (1981) |
| Send in the Clowns | A Little Night Music (1973) |
| There Won’t Be Trumpets | Anyone Can Whistle (1964) |
| Uptown, Downtown | Follies (1971) |
| The Worst Pies in London | Sweeney Todd (1979) |
DISNEY SONGS
| A Change in Me | Beauty and the Beast (1994) |
| I Know the Truth | Aida (2001) |
| I Learned from You | Hannah Montana (2006) |
| I Won’t Say (I’m in Love) | Hercules (1997) |
| Part of Your World | The Little Mermaid (1989) |
| The Past is Another Land | Aida (2001) |
| Reflection | Mulan (1998) |
| Shadowland | The Lion King (1997) |
| Start of Something New | High School Musical (2006) |
| What I’ve Been Looking For | High School Musical (2006) |
| You’ll Be in My Heart | Tarzan (2006) |
* This category includes contemporary songs that are not easily categorized. Most of these songs fall into either the ‘Pop Opera’ or ‘Contemporary Musical Comedy’ sub-categories. In some cases, they may be categorized differently depending on audition requirements.
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Great stuff! Thank you so much for taking the time & trouble to do this. (The link to the songlist w/ volume numbers seems to be broken.) I’m a new follower and just emailed my voice teacher, thanking her for bringing your blog to my attention.