Talk:Wand'rin' Star

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:17, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disappointed

I am disappointed that this article seems to focus only on the success of the song as a UK disk. The song itself has significance and stage history. I think it was introduced by Burl Ives on stage. Apparently it was designed to be sung within less than a full octave in anticipation of an actor with limited singing ability. Sussmanbern (talk) 15:14, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting! If you can find reliable published references for this information (books or magazines will do), feel free to add it. I can't find any from a quick Google search, but that is to be expected for things that came out in the pre-Internet era. Graham87 02:48, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In both the Broadway musical and the film, Wand'rin' Star is sung by Ben Rumson. In the play, Rumson is played by James Barton, not Burl Ives. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 16:42, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I add further that I think it is very important that the lyrics used in the original Broadway version were almost completely replaced in the movie version; the two versions have very different motifs. Sussmanbern (talk) 01:08, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]