The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits "People" gave her a number five hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart, and the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female. From the liner notes for the original album: The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits is the fifteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in September 1964 by Columbia Records, one month before the premiere of the film version of "My Fair Lady" starring Audrey Hepburn. The album made
My Fair Lady a hit London production, a popular film version, and many revivals. "My Fair Lady" has been called "the perfect musical". It is Edwardian London, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The protagonist, Eliza Doolittle, is a Cockney with a thick, unintelligible accent. Professor Henry Higgins invites Colonel Pickering to stay as his houseguest. Soon after, Eliza Doolittle comes to Professor Higgins's house, seeking elocution lessons. Professor Higgins wagers Colonel Pickering, that in six months he will turn Eliza into a lady by teaching her to speak properly. Eliza is indentured into the Higgins household as a resident elocution student. After