"What musical featured the songs ""Some Enchanted Evening"" and ""Bali Ha'i""?"
Some Enchanted Evening Some Enchanted Evening "Some Enchanted Evening" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It is "the single biggest popular hit to come out of any Rodgers and Hammerstein show." It is a three-verse solo for the leading male character, Emile, in which he describes seeing a stranger, knowing that he will see her again, and dreaming of her laughter. He sings that when you find your "true love", you must "fly to her side, / And make her your own". The song appears in the first act of the musical. It is sung as
Some Enchanted Evening before he wrote this song, in which the verses are built around the verbs "see", "hear" and "fly". Many popular singers have recorded and performed "Some Enchanted Evening". Perry Como's version was a #1 hit in 1949, and Frank Sinatra recorded the song several times. The song's title has been used as the name for albums, such as one by Blue Öyster Cult, one by Art Garfunkel and a cast album and PBS special of the revue ""Some Enchanted Evening" – The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein". It was used as the name for television episodes in such TV series