Following the news that West End and TV darling Sheridan Smith is releasing an album of musical theatre classics a similar album by Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson has been announced.

 

The OCC mentioned it a few weeks ago and they're releasing "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" as an instant grat tomorrow. Here's their write-up:

 

The biggest divas from the West End stage are joining forces for an album of some of the best loved songs from musical old and new. Leading Ladies is a new group comprised of vocal powerhouses Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson, and their debut album sees the trio tackling tracks from stage shows such as Cats, The Bodyguard, Dreamgirls and Funny Girl. Expect big, BIG voices and many a sing-a-long moments. We're talking One Night Only, I'm Every Woman, etc etc.

Tracklist and musical which the songs come from:

 

1. "One Night Only" ('Dreamgirls')

2. "Seasons of Love" ('Rent')

3. "I'm Every Woman" ('The Bodyguard')

4. "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman" ('Beautiful')

5. "The Wind Beneath My Wings" ('Beaches')

6. "Helpless" ('Hamilton')

7. "Memory" ('Cats')

8. "Somebody to Love" ('We Will Rock You')

9. "Falling Slowly" ('Once')

10. "Love Will Stand When All Else Falls" ('Memphis')

11. "Raise the Roof" ('The Wild Party')

12. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" ('Beautiful')

13. "Don't Rain on My Parade" ('Funny Girl')

14. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" ('Meet Me in St. Louis')

I'm interested to hear this! I haven't heard/seen any of Cassidy Janson's work but the other two artists are incredible vocalists and they've picked some fairly inspired songs to cover. I'm most looking forward to hearing their versions of "Seasons of Love" and "Falling Slowly". Hopefully they get the same sort of promo as Sheridan lined up although I think Amber is still on doing 'Dreamgirls' so her schedule may not be as allowing for it.

"One Night Only" and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" are out there and "Seasons of Love" premiered on Radio 2 yesterday although it's not available online yet. I think that's actually my favourite of the three - I'd forgotten that Amber had actually performed it as part of Glee Cast way back when! Their voices actually work very well together on all three songs though.

 

 

 

One Night Only has now moved up to A List on Radio 2.

Next single now A List on Radio 2!