Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album is the cast album for the original Broadway production of the musical Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, the musical follows the story of a young female singing trio...

, which debuted at the Imperial Theatre on December 20, 1981. The album was issued by David Geffen

David Geffen

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, a co-financier of the musical and later producer of its 2006 film adaptation

Dreamgirls (film)

Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006...

, on his Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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 label during the winter of 1982 (see 1982 in music

1982 in music

This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....

). The Dreamgirls cast album features cast performances by the show's performers, including Jennifer Holliday

Jennifer Holliday

Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is an African-American singer and Tony Award-winning actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist...

, Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress, singer, and activist.-Personal life:Raised between Mandeville, Jamaica, and Long Island, New York, Sheryl Lee Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to an African American father and a Jamaican mother. Sheryl attended Uniondale High School in Uniondale, NY...

, Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine is an American stage, film and television actress known for her roles on Boston Public, Grey's Anatomy, and Eli Stone. She also provided her voice for the stop motion animated television series The PJs. Devine is a NAACP Image Award and Emmy award winning actress.-Early life:Devine...

, Ben Harney

Ben Harney (actor)

Ben Harney is an African American actor and dancer who was active in his career between 1972 and 1985. Harney won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as the Berry Gordy-esque character, Curtis Taylor, Jr. in the Broadway musical...

, Cleavant Derricks

Cleavant Derricks (actor)

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, Obba Babatundé

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, and Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall is an American actor and film director.As an actor, he is best known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope created by David E. Kelley.-Early life:...

.

Album information

The cast album includes highlights from the musical's score; many numbers were truncated or excised in order to fit the soundtrack on one long-playing vinyl record. A 2006 Special Edition remastered version, issued to tie-in with both the musical's twenty-fifth anniversary and the DreamWorks

DreamWorks

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/Paramount

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-produced Dreamgirls feature film adaptation

Dreamgirls (film)

Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006...

, adds three previously unissued tracks from the original recording sessions. Also included is a bonus disc featuring instrumental mixes (prepared for personal appearances by the cast) and a dance version of the musicals signature number, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger...

".

Pop music producer David Foster

David Foster

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 served as producer of the cast album, which peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, while peaking at #4 on Billboard's Black Albums Chart

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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. In 1983, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album

Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album

The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award was given only to the album producer, and to the composer and lyricist who wrote at least 51% of the music which had not been recorded previously....

, and Jennifer Holliday

Jennifer Holliday

Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is an African-American singer and Tony Award-winning actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist...

 received the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for quality R&B songs...

 for "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger...

".

In 1993, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA and to date has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States.

The Special Edition version of the cast album was issued by Decca Broadway

Decca Broadway

Decca Broadway Records is an American record label specializing in musical theater recordings founded in 1999 by Decca Records and is a unit of Universal Music Group....

 and Hip-O Records

Hip-O Records

Hip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. Their Hip-O Select label is currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of fourteen box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown...

 on November 21, 2006. The dance remix of "And I Am Telling You" was produced by Craig C.

Side one

1. "Move (You're Steppin' On My Heart)" – 1:56
2. "Fake Your Way To The Top" – 2:27
3. "Cadillac Car" – 3:32
4. "Steppin' To The Bad Side" – 3:44
5. "Family" – 3:19
6. "Dreamgirls" – 3:14
7. "Press Conference – 1:40
8. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
   And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
   "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger...
   
   " – 4:05

Side two

1. "Ain't No Party" – 2:08
2. "When I First Saw You" – 2:41
3. "I Am Changing" – 3:59
4. "I Meant You No Harm" – 1:05
5. "The Rap" – 1:41
6. "Firing of Jimmy" – 2:36
7. "I Miss You Old Friend" – 1:33
8. "One Night Only
   One Night Only (song)
   "One Night Only" is a song from the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger. In the context of the musical, "One Night Only" is performed twice in succession, as differing versions of the song - a soul ballad by the character Effie White and a disco...
   
   " – 3:42
9. "Hard To Say Goodbye, My Love" – 3:36

Disc one

1. "Move (You're Steppin' On My Heart)"
2. "Fake Your Way To The Top"
3. "Cadillac Car"
4. "Steppin' To The Bad Side"
5. "Family"
6. "Dreamgirls"
7. "Press Conference"
8. "Driving Down the Strip" ¹
9. "It's All Over" ¹
10. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
11. "Ain't No Party"
12. "When I First Saw You"
13. "I Am Changing"
14. "I Meant You No Harm"
15. "The Rap"
16. "Firing of Jimmy"
17. "I Miss You Old Friend"
18. "One Night Only"
19. "Hard To Say Goodbye, My Love"
20. "Dreamgirls (Finale)" ¹

Disc two

1. "Cadillac Car" (instrumental)
2. "Steppin' To The Bad Side" (instrumental)
3. "Family" (instrumental)
4. "Dreamgirls" (instrumental)
5. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (instrumental)
6. "When I First Saw You" (instrumental)
7. "I Am Changing" (instrumental)
8. "One Night Only" (instrumental)
9. "Hard To Say Goodbye, My Love" (instrumental)
10. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Craig C. Club Mix)

Performers

"Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)" Jennifer Holliday Jennifer Holliday Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is an African-American singer and Tony Award-winning actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist... , Sheryl Lee Ralph Sheryl Lee Ralph Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress, singer, and activist.-Personal life:Raised between Mandeville, Jamaica, and Long Island, New York, Sheryl Lee Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to an African American father and a Jamaican mother. Sheryl attended Uniondale High School in Uniondale, NY... , Loretta Devine Loretta Devine Loretta Devine is an American stage, film and television actress known for her roles on Boston Public, Grey's Anatomy, and Eli Stone. She also provided her voice for the stop motion animated television series The PJs. Devine is a NAACP Image Award and Emmy award winning actress.-Early life:Devine... "Fake Your Way to the Top" Cleavant Derricks Cleavant Derricks (actor) Cleavant Derricks, Jr. is an American actor and singer-songwriter, who is best known for his role of Rembrandt Brown on Sliders.-Biography:... , Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph "Cadillac Car" 1st: Ben Harney Ben Harney (actor) Ben Harney is an African American actor and dancer who was active in his career between 1972 and 1985. Harney won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as the Berry Gordy-esque character, Curtis Taylor, Jr. in the Broadway musical... , Cleavant Derricks, Obba Babatundé Obba Babatunde Obba Babatundé is an American actor of stage and screen, known for his Emmy-nominated performance in the television movie Miss Evers' Boys, a NAACP Image Award-nominated performance in the TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and a Tony Award-nominated role for his performance as C.C... , and Vondie Curtis-Hall Vondie Curtis-Hall Vondie Curtis-Hall is an American actor and film director.As an actor, he is best known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope created by David E. Kelley.-Early life:... 2nd: Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, The Company 3rd: Paul Binotto, Candy Darling Candy Darling Candy Darling was an American actress, best known as a Warhol Superstar. A male-to-female transsexual, she starred in Andy Warhol's films Flesh and Women in Revolt , and was a muse of the protopunk band The Velvet Underground.-Early life:Candy Darling was born James Lawrence Slattery in Forest... , Stephanie Eley "Steppin' to the Bad Side" Ben Harney, Obba Babatundé, Tony Franklin, Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, The Company "Family" Obba Babatundé, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney "Dreamgirls" Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Holliday, Loretta Devine "Press Conference" The Company, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Ben Harney "Driving Down the Strip" Cleavant Derricks "It's All Over" Jennifer Holliday, Ben Harney, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Obba Babatundé, Deborah Burrell "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Jennifer Holliday

"Ain't No Party" Loretta Devine "When I First Saw You" Ben Harney and Sheryl Lee Ralph "I Am Changing" Jennifer Holliday "I Meant You No Harm" Cleavant Derricks "The Rap" Cleavant Derricks "Firing of Jimmy" Cleavant Derricks, Ben Harney, Loretta Devine, The Company "I Miss You Old Friend" Obba Babatundé, Jennifer Holliday "One Night Only" Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Deborah Burrell "Hard To Say Goodbye, My Love" Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Deborah Burrell "Dreamgirls (Finale)" Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Deborah Burrell

Album

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	11
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums Chart	4

Songs

Title	Chart (2006-2007)	Peak position
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	22
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	1
"I Am Changing"	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	29
"When I First Saw You"	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	50

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