Something Wonderful (The King and I)

~ Song

Relationships

orchestrator:Robert Russell Bennett
lyricist:Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:Williamson Music Company
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/10417 [info]
Wikidata:Q7560191 [info]
referred to in medleys:The King and I Suite (order: 5)
later translated versions:サムシング ワンダフル (王様と私)
translated version of:דבר מה נפלא כל כך
part of:The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical) (order: 13)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1951Something Wonderful (The King and I, 1951 original Broadway cast)Dorothy Sarnoff2:36
1951The King and I: Something WonderfulDorothy Sarnoff2:39
1956-03Something Wonderful (live, 1956-03: Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois)liveJeri Southern4:19
1956Something Wonderful (The King and I, 1956 film cast)Terry Saunders3:11
1956Something Wonderful (finale) (The King and I, 1956 film cast)Orchestra and Chorus2:32
1957-04-02Something WonderfulcoverPeggy Lee, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra3:16
1958-02Something WonderfulBetty Carter3:35
1958-02Something WonderfulBetty Carter3:37
1961-01-26Something WonderfulinstrumentalGene Ammons3:03
1964-06Something Wonderful (The King and I, 1964 studio cast)Rodgers & Hammerstein2:56
1964-06Something Wonderful (reprise) (The King and I, 1964 studio cast)Rodgers & Hammerstein2:37
1964Something WonderfulcoverNina Simone2:46
1977Something WonderfulRodgers & Hammerstein3:24
1985I Have Dreamed / We Kiss in a Shadow / Something Wonderfulcover and medleyBarbra Streisand4:51
1992Something Wonderful (The King and I, 1992 Hollywood studio cast)Marilyn Horne3:37
1994Something WonderfulSally Burgess3:19
1995-10Something Wonderful (The King and I)Bryn Terfel3:51
1996Something Wonderful (The King and I, 1996 Broadway revival cast)Rodgers & Hammerstein4:17
1999-12-31Medley: Something Wonderful / Being Alive (live, 1999-12-31: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA)live and medleyBarbra Streisand4:35
1999-12-31Something Wonderful / Being Alive (medley) (live, 1999-12-31: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA)live and medleyBarbra Streisand4:35
2012Something WonderfulcoverMelanie C2:53
2015-04-19 – 2015-04-20Something WonderfulRuthie Ann Miles & Ted Sperling2:51
Something WonderfulcoverNina Simone2:42
Something WonderfulDinah Shore3:22
Something WonderfulAdele Leigh4:18
Something WonderfulcoverPeggy Lee3:14
Something WonderfulBernadette Peters3:26
Something WonderfulDoris Day3:21
Something WonderfulinstrumentalLondon Promenade Orchestra4:33
Something WonderfulCarly Simon2:17
Something WonderfulCarly Simon2:15
Something WonderfulMelissa Manchester2:23
Something WonderfulCarmen McRae2:08
Something WonderfulDinah Shore3:25
Something WonderfulRodgers & Hammerstein2:41
Something WonderfulDoris Day2:47
Something WonderfulBetty Carter6:34
Something WonderfulGene Ammons3:03
Something WonderfulcoverPeggy Lee3:14
Something WonderfulcoverPeggy Lee?:??
Something WonderfulcoverPeggy Lee3:16
Something WonderfulcoverPeggy Lee3:17
Something WonderfulcoverNina Simone2:42
Something WonderfulcoverPeggy Lee3:14
Something Wonderfulcover[unknown]?:??
Something WonderfulDoris Day?:??
Something WonderfulcoverShirley Bassey2:39
Something WonderfulDoris Day2:51
Something WonderfulDoris Day2:51
Something WonderfulDoris Day?:??
Something WonderfulDoris Day2:52
Something WonderfulDoris Day3:19
Something WonderfulDoris Day3:09
Something Wonderful (Finale)cover[unknown]?:??
Something Wonderful (from 'The King and I')[unknown]2:53
Something Wonderful (live)cover and livePeggy Lee3:26
Something Wonderful (The King and I)Bryn Terfel3:43
Something, WonderfulDoris Day?:??
The King and I: Something WonderfulinstrumentalJohn Arpin3:43
The King and I: Something WonderfulYvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski3:07