history: Sometimes, while I'm driving, I'll spontaneously start singing show tunes
knowledge: A show tune is a popular song originally written as part of the score of a “show” (or stage musical), especially if the piece in question has become a standard, more or less detached in most people's minds from the original context.
response: Cool! Show tunes were originally written for shows, but generally have detached from their original context.
history: Sometimes, while I'm driving, I'll spontaneously start singing show tunes
Cool! Show tunes were originally written for shows, but generally have detached from their original context.
They're very singable, too. Usually once I start singing, whoever I'm driving with will start singing too
knowledge: Show tunes were a major venue for popular music before the rock and roll and television era; most of the hits of such songwriters as Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin came from their shows.
response: Yes, and before rock and roll got popular, show tunes were the main popular music.
history: Sometimes, while I'm driving, I'll spontaneously start singing show tunes
Cool! Show tunes were originally written for shows, but generally have detached from their original context.
They're very singable, too. Usually once I start singing, whoever I'm driving with will start singing too
Yes, and before rock and roll got popular, show tunes were the main popular music.
Have there been show tunes  popular after the rise of rock and roll?
knowledge: (Even into the television and rock era, a few stage musicals managed to turn their show tunes into major pop music hits, sometimes aided by film adaptations and exposure through variety shows.)
response: Yes, there have, usually as a result of a film adaptation. What is your favorite musical?
history: Sometimes, while I'm driving, I'll spontaneously start singing show tunes
Cool! Show tunes were originally written for shows, but generally have detached from their original context.
They're very singable, too. Usually once I start singing, whoever I'm driving with will start singing too
Yes, and before rock and roll got popular, show tunes were the main popular music.
Have there been show tunes  popular after the rise of rock and roll?
Yes, there have, usually as a result of a film adaptation. What is your favorite musical?
I would say The King and I.
knowledge: The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II.
response: Ah, by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Did you know that was their fifth musical?
history: Sometimes, while I'm driving, I'll spontaneously start singing show tunes
Cool! Show tunes were originally written for shows, but generally have detached from their original context.
They're very singable, too. Usually once I start singing, whoever I'm driving with will start singing too
Yes, and before rock and roll got popular, show tunes were the main popular music.
Have there been show tunes  popular after the rise of rock and roll?
Yes, there have, usually as a result of a film adaptation. What is your favorite musical?
I would say The King and I.
Ah, by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Did you know that was their fifth musical?
I did not. But I really like it.
knowledge: The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II.
response: Yes, their full names were Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.