R.I.P. Raquel Welch, who wowed critics and audiences in this great musical.

A well-deserved Tony Award, Marilyn!

Oh, if only the entire song with Marilyn and Lauren could have been recorded! I saw them do it B'Way and it remains the funniest musical number I've ever seen.

I wish there was a video of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis singing this on the the Merv Griffin Show.

Woman of the year is an amazing musical... i want it to be done again on broadway. i did this show in vancouver 4 years ago, and fell in love with it!

Lucy and Ethel should have done this bit at some kind of charity event.

Such a fun score. Hoping that one day the filmed-for-Television tour performance with Barbara Eden and Marilyn Cooper materializes.

They are one and the same. Marilyn was a close friend of the struggling Sondheim in the 50's. She appeared in numerous shows throughout the 60's and 70's. Even shared a dressing room with Barbra during Wholesale. Class Act!!

I knew they did that number at the Tonys. They also did Bacall's title number (or maybe it was One of the Boys). On a funny note, Marilyn is a friend of my sister's. As a joke my sister had her call me at my office two years ago and sing that number (and the one from Two By Two!) for me on my birthday! I can tell you she was letter perfect on both. She's a true gem!

You're absolutely right. Marilyn Cooper and Lauren Bacall did it for those Tony Awards - they were in the original Cast. That night Marilyn Cooper won the Tony Award (Supporting); later on Ms. Raquel Welch took over for Ms. Bacall during the latter's vacation.

I needed that

this is amazing.

We stan.

Believe it or not Debbie Reynolds was the best of the three ladies to do the role on Broadway. She sang a new song called "Who Would Have Dreamed" which is phenomenal

OMG PERFECT

I’ve only discovered Marilyn Cooper as Nettie in the nanny. Wonderful career prior. They don’t make em like this anymore.

Raquel has a nice voice.

Didn't Lauren & Marilyn do this on the 1981 Tony Awards? I remember it. It brought down the house.

They harmonize so well

Good old “Dingy” announcing the song.

Yup, that was the same Marilyn Cooper. She played Rosalia in the original Broadway production of West Side Story. She was also in Gypsy (played Agnes). Of course I got this information, well confirmation, from Copper's NY Times obituary.

@Eldoray It shouldn't be forgotten Bacall (and Welsh too, for that mattter) was primarly a performer in films, where the rules are a little more relaxed than in the live, theatrical profession, that demands the discipline of memorization of one's lines. In fact, it seems Bacall advanced this trend of film performers appearing in Broadway productions, a trend that has grown to ridiculous proportions today. There was a time actors went from stage to film, a more logical practice.

I could seen A duet between Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor

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@Eldoray Even Lauren Bacall isn't necessarily Lauren Bacall. My friend's aunt saw Bacall in the Boston production of Noel Coward's "Waiting In The Wings," about a week before we did, and reported to us Bacall had to call out "Line" to the script supervisor a few times during the play. So much for "seasoned pro," huh?

I remember when Raquel took over the lead the show sold out and became even a bigger hit then when Lauren was in it. Ms Bacall was all ready upset about Raquel being her replacement and refused to to press and photo opportunities with Raquel.

Bacall did "One of the Boys" on the Tonys

That's great! What a voice. Great actress too. By the way, the original cast of "West Side Story" on Broadway lists a 'Marilyn Cooper'. Could that be the same lady? I would not be surprised! I also saw her on You Tube in an episode of "Alice", singing with Linda Lavin!

Wasn’t Marilyn Cooper in auntie mame as the maid?

Raquel was perfect for her role. Only the ugly and the envious begrudge her talent. Marilyn is perfect and her only number in the show was designed to make her shine. However, don't underestimate Raquel's talent and staying power in show business. That takes a lot of effort and skill. And she's still going... In your face, haters !

have you found it by any chance? i cant find it anywhere :(

@hamichael you do know that she's supposed to be harmonizing low right?

I'll bet your friends are all celebrities That's wonderful What's so wonderful? You can make a pot roast That's wonderful What's so wonderful? First you brown an onion The public wants your autograph That's wonderful What's so wonderful? You raised a teenage daughter That's wonderful What's so wonderful? First you find her diaphragm Oh, the grass is always greener Where some other tenant pays rent Oh, the teeth are always cleaner In somebody else's polident You're always in the magazines That's wonderful What's so wonderful? You can hold a husband That's wonderful What's so wonderful? There's more to life than husbands I could use a husband You can have my husband I've already had your husband Ah, it makes you kinda teary Oh, think about it dearie The grass is always greener In someone else's yard It's hard

Just a clarification on a previous post: Kander and Ebb wrote 'Who Would Have Dreamed' for Raquel Welch when she signed on for the show..News footage of Welch rehearsing the song with Kander, as well as performing it onstage, exist. Check out Debbie Reynolds in a clip of her performing"One of the Boys' on KZfaq. She merely bellowed and yelled out the lyrics. So unpleasant to listen to.

As a jealous snark, Mae West referred to Miss Welch as "Rachel."

is this the whole song?

Welsh is just posing and being sex kittenish, whereas Marilyn is in character and much more entertaining. She was a real pro.

So all I need to make pot roast is an onion? All this time I was doing it the hard way with roast beef.

But sorry, Lauren Bacall is no Raquel Welch either. Raquel made the show really work.

Ms. Welch was obviously cast for her figure and popularity at the time cuz it most certainly wasn't for her ability to hit the right notes. EEE GADZ!