Carol Channing had her greatest Broadway role (to date) in this hit Broadway show, and her scatty style and unmistakable squeaky voice came over perfectly on this album. The many highlights from
Jerry Herman's stunning score included the tender "It Only Takes a Moment" and "Put On Your Sunday Clothes," but it was the title number, a good old-fashioned rouser, that won the Grammy for song of the year -- in the middle of the beat boom! The album itself lingered for 58 weeks in the U.S. Top 40, peaking at number one.