Why Can’t the English

~ Recording by Alec McCowen, National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Promotion
1.2Why Can’t the English2:52Lerner & LoeweMy Fair Lady (1994 studio cast)Lerner & LoeweAlbum + Soundtrack
TER (as in logo, acronym of That’s Entertainment Records)MUS C N12

Relationships

recording engineer:John Kurlander (engineer)
producer:John Yap (founder of Jay Records)
lead vocals [Professor Henry Higgins]:Alec McCowen
orchestra:National Symphony Orchestra (of London, predominantly in musical theatre recordings)
conductor:John Owen Edwards
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Jay Productions Ltd. (record company; for release label, please use “Jay Records”) (from 1994 to present)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady)

Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady)

lyricist:Alan Jay Lerner
composer:Frederick Loewe
publisher:Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
later translated versions:Kann denn die Kinder keiner lehren, wie man spricht
Los ingleses no quieren aprender
למה זה האנגלים אינם דוברים אנגלית (גבירתי הנאווה)
later versions:Is hier nu niemand
part of:My Fair Lady (full musical)