Good Morning Baltimore Good Morning Baltimore "Good Morning Baltimore" is the opening number of the musical "Hairspray". It is performed by the protagonist, Tracy Turnblad, and alludes to the distinctive beat and vocal effects ("oh-oh-oh") of The Ronettes' 1963 hit "Be My Baby". In the 2007 film, Tracy, played by Nikki Blonsky, blinks her eyes in time with the music at the beginning of this number. Tracy Turnblad wakes up to a new day in Baltimore, and sings about everything she encounters on the way to school. She dreams of being a star. The song "takes us thorough Tracy’s morning routine, for instance,
Hairspray (2007 film) television in February 2010, but in the end it did not broadcast that month, instead the film was pushed back and premiered on USA on July 24, 2010, with sister channel Bravo also showing it multiple times, and in February 2011 aired on ABC for over-the-air broadcasts. In 1962, Tracy Turnblad is a heavyset high school student living in Baltimore. Along with her best friend Penny Pingleton, Tracy frequently watches "The Corny Collins Show", a local teen dance television show. The teenagers who dance on the show attend Tracy and Penny's high school, among them Amber von Tussle and her