My Fair Lady is one of the most successful musicals of all-time. The movie suffers from dubbed singing voices but it’s still a helluva ride. I prefer Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller in the non-song and dance version of the story, Pygmalion. I do, however, dig Lerner and Loewe’s music: It got me to the church on time or some such shit. Oops, wrong song.

On The Street Where You Live was written in 1956 by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe for the aforementioned musical. It’s not the most famous tune in the score but it’s among the best.

The featured image is a caricature by Al Hirschfeld for the OG Broadway soundtrack album. Shaw as the celestial puppeteer is to die for. Pun intended. It always is.

We begin with one of the earliest versions of this week’s tune from the man who turned down the part of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather:

Here’s a Latinized version by Peggy Lee. Viva, Peggy.

Mel Tormé. Say no more.

Etta Jones is sometimes confused with Etta James but she was a helluva singer in her own right.

Have I told you lately how much I love Nat King Cole?

Marvin Gaye could do it all including belt out show tunes:

Here’s Rickie Lee Jones with her take on the Lerner-Loewe classic.

Finally, a man who didn’t turn down a role in The Godfather, Willie Nelson.

What would the Friday Cocktail Hour be without instrumental versions of the week’s tune? This time, Tito Puente, Scott Hamilton, and Oscar Peterson.

Have I told you lately how much I love Oscar Peterson?

That’s it for this week. The midterm election is in the homestretch so let’s drink to a Blue Wave. It’s what countdown guy Harold Lloyd would want. Never argue with him.