Gypsy (1962 film) scratchy acetate discs and included as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of the film's soundtrack. Marni Nixon had dubbed Natalie Wood's singing voice in "West Side Story" the previous year, but Wood did her own singing in "Gypsy." While Wood recorded a separate version of "Little Lamb" for the soundtrack album, in the film she sang the song "live" on the set. Other songs performed live were "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You" and the reprise of "Small World", both sung by Russell (not Kirk). Film historian Douglas McVay observed in his book "The Musical Film", "Fine as "West Side
America (West Side Story song) America (West Side Story song) “America” is a song from the musical "West Side Story". Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics and Leonard Bernstein composed the music. In the original stage version, Anita – the most important female character after Maria and the girlfriend of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks – praises America while a fellow Puerto Rican immigrant, Rosalia, supports Puerto Rico. This version of the song deprecates the island and highlights the positive qualities of American life ("I’ll drive a Buick through San Juan/If there’s a road you can drive on"). The irony of this supposedly pro-American number,