Tony Award winner Ethel Merman (the legend who didn’t need a mic) originated the great roles of Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Rose in Gypsy, Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, and Sally Adams in Call Me Madam. Today, Broadway celebrates the 110th birthday of Merman, and we’re going all out with these 16 clips of her belting the house down.
“Anything Goes” from Anything Goes
“Blow Gabriel Blow” from Anything Goes
“You’re the Top” from Anything Goes
“I Get a Kick Out of You” from Anything Goes
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from Gypsy
“Small World”/”Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from Gypsy
“I’ve Got the Sun in the Morning” from Annie Get Your Gun
“There’s No Business Like Show Business” from Annie Get Your Gun
“You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun” from Annie Get Your Gun
“They Say It’s Wonderful” from Annie Get Your Gun
“I Got Rhythm” from Girl Crazy
“You’re Just in Love” from Call Me Madam
“Before the Parade Passes By” from Hello, Dolly!
Judy Garland & Ethel Merman on The Judy Garland Show
Broadway Career Medley
“What I Did Love” from A Chorus Line
