The Nicest Kids in Town

Name: The Nicest Kids in Town
Duration: 2 min 37 s

~ Recording by Clarke Thorell & Council Members

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	The Nicest Kids in Town	2:37	Marc Shaiman	Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording	Marc Shaiman	Album + Soundtrack	US2002-08-13	Sony Classical	SK 87708
1.2	The Nicest Kids in Town	2:37	Marc Shaiman	Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording	Marc Shaiman	Album + Soundtrack	US-	Sony Classical

recording engineer:	Pete Karam
assistant engineer:	E. Scott Lindner Dave Perini Ryan Smith (NY, US-based engineer/mastering)
assistant producer:	Nick Vidar
producer:	Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
mixer:	Pete Karam Jason Stasium
cello:	Stephanie Cummins (cello) Sarah Hewitt-Roth (Cello)
drums (drum set):	Clint de Ganon
electric bass guitar:	Francisco Centeno
guitar:	Peter Calo (singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer) David Spinozza
keyboard:	Keith Cotton Seth Farber (musical director to Odetta Holmes) Lon Hoyt
percussion:	Walter “Wally” Usiatynski
reeds:	David Mann (saxophonist) Dave Riekenberg
trombone:	Birch Johnson
trumpet:	Daniel Cahn
violin:	Martin Agee Rick Dolan (violinist) Laura Oatts Carol Pool (violin) Rob Shaw (violinist) Dale Stuckenbruck
background vocals and spoken vocals:	Shoshana Bean Laura Bell Bundy Adam Fleming Jennifer Gambatese John Hill (musical theatre actor) Hollie Howard Katharine Leonard Matthew Morrison Peter Matthew Smith Todd Michael Smith
lead vocals:	Clarke Thorell
additional conductor:	Keith Cotton
conductor:	Lon Hoyt
arranger:	Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
orchestrator:	Harold Wheeler
concertmaster:	Rob Shaw (violinist)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 2002)

recorded at:	Right Track Studio 509A in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2002-06-29 until 2002-06-30)
mixed at:	Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

recording of:	The Nicest Kids in Town (Hairspray)

lyricist:	Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist) Scott Wittman (American score composer and lyricist)
composer:	Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)

publisher:	Hal Leonard Corporation Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) Walli Woo Entertainment (from 2000 to present) Winding Brook Way Music (from 2000 to present) フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)

part of:	Hairspray (2002 Broadway musical) (order: 2) Hairspray (2007 film adaptation) (order: 2)