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 Musical Box (Genesis song) "NOW!". "The Musical Box" was featured in their live repertoire right up to Phil Collins' departure after the "We Can't Dance" tour in 1992, albeit with only the closing section being included as part of a medley. The song was played live during the "Trespass", "Nursery Cryme", "Foxtrot", "Selling England by the Pound", "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", "Wind & Wuthering", "Genesis" (1984 dates only), and "We Can't Dance" (as a medley) tours. A Genesis tribute band, The Musical Box, is named after the song. Brian May, guitarist with Queen, told Steve Hackett that he was influenced by the