My Favorite Things (song) My Favorite Things (song) "My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music." In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess. Julie Andrews, who played Maria in the 1965 film version of the musical, had previously sung the song on the Christmas special for "The Garry Moore Show". In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a reference to things Maria loves, such as "whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens". These are the things
The Best Things in Life Are Free (Ray Henderson song) group of kleptomaniac prairie dogs sang the song as they looted the set. The song was sung by Bonnie Bedelia in the 1969 Sydney Pollack film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" Robert Morse performed the song in the "Mad Men" (season 7) episode "Waterloo" (May 25, 2014), in a dream sequence. Also featured in the film "Nanny McPhee Returns" during the piglet feeding in the beginning of the movie. Sung by Bing Crosby. The Best Things in Life Are Free (Ray Henderson song) "The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a popular song written by the songwriting team of