Pat Suzuki
Pat Suzuki born Chiyoko Suzuki(Japanese: 鈴木千代子, September 22, 1930, Cressey, California) is an American popular singer and actress, who is best known for her role in the original Broadway production of the musical Flower Drum Song, and her performance of the song "I Enjoy Being a Girl" in the show.
Career
Suzuki is a Nisei or second-generation Japanese American. She was nicknamed "Chibi", which is Japanese for 'short person' or 'small child', as the youngest sister.
A few months after the United States entered World War II, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt forced the Suzuki family and more than 110,000 other Japanese American residents of the U.S. Pacific coast states, to evacuate their homes and enter American concentration or detention camps. The Suzukis were sent to the Granada War Relocation Center in Colorado.
During the early 1950s, she attended college at San Jose State University. After moving to New York, she obtained a part in a touring production of the play, The Teahouse of the August Moon.
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ALBUMS
- Pure... Musicals released: 2013
- Ultra-Lounge: Ciao bella! released: 2009
- Broadway: The American Musical released: 2004
- Broadway: The Great Original Cast Recordings released: 1999
- Music for a Bachelor's Den, Volume 8: Sex Kittens in Hi-Fi, the Brunettes released: 1996
- Golden Hits of the Silver Screen released: 1996
- The Great American Composers: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Volume 1 released: 1993
- The Best of Broadway, Volume 2: The Sullivan Years (disc 1) released: 1993
- Swingers: Music for the International Jet Set released:
- The Very Best Of ¡Mucho Gusto! released:
Pure... Musicals
Released 2013- 1. Cabaret: Cabaret (Clean)
- Annie: Tomorrow (Clean)
- Johanna
- If I Were a Rich Man
- We're in the Money
- Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
- Getting to Know You
- Somewhere
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
- Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee
- Children Will Listen
- Sirens
- Aquarius
- There's a Fine, Fine Line
- Good Morning Baltimore (Clean)
- When You Got It, Flaunt It (Clean)
- Roxie
Ultra-Lounge: Ciao bella!
Released 2009- Way, paesano (Uei... paesano)
- Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)
- Barcarolle
- The Triche Trache (The Tree-Kay Trah-Kay)
- When in Rome (I Do as the Romans Do)
- Ciao
- Atsa Nice's
- Cappuccina (1996 digital remaster)
- Portofino
- Come On-A My House
- Tik-A-Tee, Tik-A-Tay (Tica-Ti, Tica-Tay)
- Italian Street Song
- The Piccolino
- Buona sera
- Arrivederci Roma
Broadway: The American Musical
Released 2004- Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones
- Flower Drum Song: I Enjoy Being a Girl
- Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Roses
- The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things
- Bye Bye Birdie: Put on a Happy Face
- Fantasticks: Try to Remember
- Camelot: Camelot
- Carnival! Love Makes the World Go 'round
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: I Believe in You
- No Strings: The Sweetest Sounds
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Comedy Tonight
- Stop the World, I Want to Get Off: What Kind of Fool Am I
- Oliver! As Long as He Needs Me
- Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly!
- Funny Girl: People
- Anyone Can Whistle: Anyone Can Whistle
- Fiddler on the Roof: If I Were a Rich Man
- Golden Boy: Night Song
- Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream
- Sweet Charity: If My Friends Could See Me Now
- Mame: Open a New Window
Music for a Bachelor's Den, Volume 8: Sex Kittens in Hi-Fi, the Brunettes
Released 1996- You Hit the Spot
- What Wouldn't I Do for That Man
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
- I'm Thru With Love
- Love Dance
- I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch
- Daddy (feat. Henry Rene & His Orchestra)
- Watch What Happens
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- Where Flamingos Fly
- If I Could Be With You (feat. Phil Moore & His Orchestra)
- Pennies From Heaven
- I Found a Brand New Baby
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Golden Hits of the Silver Screen
Released 1996- Aren't You Glad You're You
- The More I See You
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Love Is Here to Stay
- Love Walked In
- Over the Rainbow
- Cheek to Cheek
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Thanks for the Memory
- A Fine Romance
- My Foolish Heart
- I Had the Craziest Dream
- Unchained Melody
- I Don't Want to Walk Without You
- The Shadow of Your Smile
- Like Someone in Love
- Moon River
- It Could Happen to You
- Call Me Irresponsible
- Something's Gotta Give
The Great American Composers: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Volume 1
Released 1993- Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
- A Wonderful Guy
- Hello, Young Lovers
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- Some Enchanted Evening
- Many a New Day
- My Girl Back Home
- The Gentleman Is a Dope
- The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
- Something Wonderful
- This Nearly Was Mine
- Loneliness of Evening
- People Will Say We're in Love
- What's the Use of Wondering
- There Is Nothing Like a Dame
- Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful
- In My Own Little Corner
- I Enjoy Being a Girl
- Shall We Dance
- My Favorite Things
- Do Re Mi
The Best of Broadway, Volume 2: The Sullivan Years (disc 1)
Released 1993- June Is Bustin' Out All Over
- If I Loved You
- Soliloquy
- Younger Than Springtime
- We Kiss in a Shadow
- I Enjoy Being a Girl
- Medley: No Strings / The Sweetest Sounds
- Stranger in Paradise
- What Kind of Fool Am I?
- Who Can I Turn To?
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Night and Day
- So in Love
- Wunderbar
- Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
- If My Friends Could See Me Now
Swingers: Music for the International Jet Set
- Night and Day
- What the World Needs Now Is Love
- Spooky
- Goin' Out of My Head
- (They Long to Be) Close to You
- Sunny
- Mack the Knife
- Ain't That a Kick in the Head
- Quando, Quando, Quando
- It's Not Unusual
- Cheryl Moana Marie
- I Say a Little Prayer
- Up, Up and Away
- Mas que nada
- This Guy's in Love With You
- Do You Know the Way to San Jose
- Goldfinger
- Fever
- Summer Breeze
- Call Me
- Music to Watch Girls By
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by Julie Andrews
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by Margaret Whiting
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by Nina Simone
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by Sammy Kaye
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by Frank Sinatra
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by Rosemary Clooney
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by Astrud Gilberto
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by Andy Williams
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by Dick Haymes
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by Laura Fygi
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by Sarah Vaughan
It Might As Well Be Spring
by: Julie AndrewsThe things I used to like, I don't like any more,
I want a lot of other things I've never had before,
It's just like my mamma says, I sit around and mourn
Pretending that I am so wonderful and knowing I'm adored
I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm,
I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string,
I'd say that I had spring fever,
But I know it isn't spring.
I'm as starry eyed and gravely discontented,
Like a nightingale without a song to sing.
Oh, why should I have spring fever,
When it isn't even spring?
I keep wishing I were somewhere else,
Walking down a strange new street,
Hearing words I have never never heard,
From a man I've yet to meet.
I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams,
I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing,
I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud,
Or a robin or a bluebird on the wing,
But I feel so gay in a melancholy way,
That it might as well be spring,
It might as well be, might as well be,