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) song reaching the No. 21 spot in 1948. Dinah Shore also covered the song in 1948; her single reached #18 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. The song was included in both film adaptations of "Good News", in 1930 and 1947; the 1947 film featured the song several times, sung by June Allyson, Mel Tormé, and Peter Lawford. The film "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1956), about DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, was named after the song and featured it with a version sung by Sheree North (dubbed by Eileen Wilson). In an episode of "The Muppet Show" a