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Who were someof the cast members?
singer Patti Page recorded the title song from the show for Mercury Records on the day that the musical opened on Broadway.
what song did Patti sing?
She featured the song on her TV show, The Patti Page Olds Show, helping to popularize the musical.
Who was the leading cast member?
The lead roles went to opera stars: Frederica von Stade as Maria, Hakan Hagegard as Captain von Trapp, and Eileen Farrell as the Mother Abbess.
What songs did they sing?
two new songs written for the film version and the three Broadway songs they replace, as well as a previously unrecorded verse of "An Ordinary Couple"".
did the songs win any awards?
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Question: who was a male singer on the recordings?
Self-contained rewrite: who was a male singer on the recordings for the Sound of Music?