side 2: Barbara Luna. Dites Moi (track 1) Mary Martin. A Cock-Eyed Optimist (track 2); side 13: Ezio Pinza. This Neary Was Mine (Columbia 4557-M), from the album, South Pacific (Columbia MM-850). 78 ...
75 years ago today, on April 7, 1949, Rodgers and Hammerstein's fifth musical as a pair, South Pacific, opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. It ran for almost five years and 1,925 performances.