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{{Short description|1965 soundtrack album by Rodgers and Hammerstein}}
{{Distinguish|The Sound of Music: Music from the NBC Television Event}}
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = The Sound of Music
| name = The Sound of Music
| type = soundtrack
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Various artists
| artist = [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]
| cover = The-Sound-of-Music-CD.jpg
| cover = The-Sound-of-Music-CD.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 2, 1965
| released = March 2, 1965
| recorded = 1964
| recorded =
| venue =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Show tune]]s
| genre = [[Show tune]]s
| length = 45:20
| length = 44:28
| label = [[RCA Victor]]
| label = [[RCA Victor]]
| producer = Neely Plumb
| producer = Neely Plumb
}}
}}
The soundtrack of the film ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' was released in 1965 by [[RCA Victor]] and is one of the most successful soundtrack albums in history, having sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.<ref name="wsj">Eyman, Scott. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-sound-of-music-story-by-tom-santopietro-1425069491 "The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Money"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', February 27, 2015, accessed December 30, 2017</ref><ref>Hischak, p. 44</ref> The label has also issued the soundtrack in German, Italian, Spanish and French editions.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
The soundtrack of the film ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'', music and lyrics by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]], was released in 1965 by [[RCA Victor]] and is one of the most successful soundtrack albums in history, having sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.<ref name="wsj">Eyman, Scott. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-sound-of-music-story-by-tom-santopietro-1425069491 "The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Money"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', February 27, 2015, accessed December 30, 2017</ref><ref>Hischak, p. 44</ref> The soundtrack has been issued in German, Italian, Spanish and French.<ref name=Caulfield2023>Caulfield, Keith. [https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sound-of-music-soundtrack-deluxe-reissue-unreleased-tracks-exclusive-1235426758 "''The Sound of Music'' Soundtrack Due for Deluxe Expanded Reissue"], ''Billboard'', September 27, 2023</ref>


The soundtrack reached the number one position on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] that year in the United States,<ref name=chart-history/> remained in the top ten for a record 109 weeks, from May 1, 1965 to July 16, 1967,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |title=50 Years Ago: ''The Sound of Music'' Soundtrack Hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762397/sound-of-music-soundtrack-no-1-anniversary |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 13, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>Corrected typo in source from 1966 to 1967: 109 weeks from Mary 1965 is June 1967.</ref> and remained on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart for 238 weeks.<ref name=chart-history>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/tlp/|title = Soundtrack| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> In 2015, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' named the original soundtrack album the second-best charting album of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=200 Albums & Artists of All Time: Adele's '21' & The Beatles Are Tops |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/greatest-of-all-time/6760797/adele-the-beatles-billboard-200-albums-artists-all-time |magazine=Billboard |date=November 12, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jill |last=Serjeant |title=Adele's '21' deemed Billboard's greatest album of all time |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-adele/adeles-21-deemed-billboards-greatest-album-of-all-time-idUSKCN0T22BH20151114 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=November 13, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 1965, 1966 and 1968 and the second-best-selling of the decade, spending a total of 70 weeks at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Emma |last=Atkinson |title=Why fans are still singing along to the Sound of Music |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37405216 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> The album also stayed for 73 weeks on the Norwegian charts, and as of December 2017 it is the tenth-best-charting album of all time in that country.<ref>{{cite web |title=VG-lista – Best of All Time: Albums |publisher=Hung Medien |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/bestall_a.asp |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref>
The soundtrack spent two weeks in the number one position on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in 1965 and remained in the top ten for 109 weeks, from May 1, 1965 to July 16, 1967, the most of any soundtrack in the chart's history.<ref name=Caulfield2023/> It remained on the ''Billboard'' 200 for a total of 238 weeks.<ref name=chart-history>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/tlp/|title = Soundtrack| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> In 2015, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' named the original soundtrack album the second-best charting album of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=200 Albums & Artists of All Time: Adele's '21' & The Beatles Are Tops |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/greatest-of-all-time/6760797/adele-the-beatles-billboard-200-albums-artists-all-time |magazine=Billboard |date=November 12, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jill |last=Serjeant |title=Adele's '21' deemed Billboard's greatest album of all time |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-adele/adeles-21-deemed-billboards-greatest-album-of-all-time-idUSKCN0T22BH20151114 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=November 13, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 1965, 1966 and 1968 and the second-best-selling of the decade, spending a total of 70 weeks at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Emma |last=Atkinson |title=Why fans are still singing along to the Sound of Music |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37405216 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> The album also stayed for 73 weeks on the Norwegian charts, and as of December 2017 it is the tenth-best-charting album of all time in that country.<ref>{{cite web |title=VG-lista – Best of All Time: Albums |publisher=Hung Medien |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/bestall_a.asp |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref>


The album has been reissued several times, including anniversary editions in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015. These CD editions incorporate musical material from the film that would not fit on the original LP, with the 2015 release presenting the songs and score in their entirety.<ref name=AllmusicReleases>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sound-of-music-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0001386419/releases "''The Sound of Music'' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Releases"], Allmusic.com, accessed December 29, 2017</ref>
RCA first reissued the soundtrack album on [[compact disc]] in 1985; the album has been reissued several times subsequently, including anniversary editions in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015, and in 2023 as a 5-disc Super Deluxe Edition.<ref name=Caulfield2023/> These CD editions incorporate musical material from the film that would not fit on the original LP, with the 2023 release presenting the score in its entirety and including 40 unreleased tracks, such as alternate takes and other material removed from the final film version.<ref name=Caulfield2023/><ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sound-of-music-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0001386419/releases "''The Sound of Music'' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Releases"], Allmusic.com, accessed December 6, 2023</ref>


Three songs from [[The Sound of Music#Original productions|the original Broadway production]], "An Ordinary Couple", "How Can Love Survive?", and "[[No Way to Stop It]]" were replaced, in the film, with two new songs, "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good". For the original Broadway show, the music was written by [[Richard Rodgers]] with lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]; both the lyrics and music for the new songs were written by Rodgers, as Hammerstein died in 1960.<ref name="linernotes">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Sound of Music (40th Anniversary Edition) |year=2005 |type=CD booklet |publisher=[[RCA Victor]]/[[Legacy Records|Legacy]] |id=82876746342}}</ref> All songs were arranged and conducted for the soundtrack by [[Irwin Kostal]].<ref name="linernotes" />
Three songs from [[The Sound of Music#Original productions|the original Broadway production]], "An Ordinary Couple", "How Can Love Survive?", and "[[No Way to Stop It]]" were replaced, in the film, with two new songs, "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good". For the original Broadway show, the music was written by [[Richard Rodgers]] with lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]; both the lyrics and music for the new songs were written by Rodgers, as Hammerstein died in 1960.<ref name="linernotes">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Sound of Music (40th Anniversary Edition) |year=2005 |type=CD booklet |publisher=[[RCA Victor]]/[[Legacy Records|Legacy]] |id=82876746342}}</ref> All songs were arranged and conducted for the soundtrack by [[Irwin Kostal]].<ref name="linernotes" />


In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-028/ | title=National Recording Registry Reaches 500 | work=Library of Congress | date=March 21, 2018 | access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref>
In 2018, the soundtrack was selected for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-028/ | title=National Recording Registry Reaches 500 | work=Library of Congress | date=March 21, 2018 | access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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==Track list==
==Track list==
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All music written by [[Richard Rodgers]], lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], and arranged and conducted by [[Irwin Kostal]]. Track lengths are per the liner notes to the original US release.
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{{Track listing
===Songs===
| headline = Side one
#Prelude and "[[The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music]]" – Orchestra and Maria
| extra_column = Performer(s)
#Overture and Preludium (''Dixit Dominus'') – Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
#"Morning Hymn" and "Alleluia" – Nuns Chorus
#"[[Maria (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Maria]]" – Nuns Chorus
#"I Have Confidence" – Maria
#"[[Sixteen Going on Seventeen]]" – Rolfe and Liesl
#"[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]" – Maria
#"[[Do-Re-Mi]]" – Maria and the Children
#"[[The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music]]" (reprise) – The Children and the Captain
#"[[The Lonely Goatherd]]" – Maria and the Children
#"[[Edelweiss (song)|Edelweiss]]" – The Captain and Liesl
#"[[So Long, Farewell]]" – The Children
#"[[Climb Ev'ry Mountain]]" – Mother Abbess
#"[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]" (reprise) – Maria and the Children
#"[[Something Good (Richard Rodgers song)|Something Good]]" – Maria and the Captain
#"Processional and Maria" (reprise) – Organ, Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
#"[[Sixteen Going on Seventeen]]" (reprise) – Maria and Liesl
#"[[Do-Re-Mi]]" (reprise) – Maria, the Captain and the Children
#"[[Edelweiss (song)|Edelweiss]]" (reprise) – The Captain, Maria, the Children and Chorus
#"[[So Long, Farewell]]" (reprise) – Maria, the Captain and the Children
#"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (reprise) – Nuns Chorus and Orchestra


| title1 = Prelude" / "[[The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music]]
{{col-end}}
| extra1 = [[Julie Andrews]]
| length1 = 2:33

| title2 = Overture and Preludium
| extra2 = Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
| length2 = 3:12

| title3 = Morning Hymn and Alleluia
| extra3 = Nuns Chorus
| length3 = 2:00

| title4 = [[Maria (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Maria]]
| extra4 = Nuns Chorus
| length4 = 3:15

| title5 = I Have Confidence
| extra5 = Andrews
| length5 = 3:21

| title6 = [[Sixteen Going on Seventeen]]
| extra6 = [[Daniel Truhitte]] and [[Charmian Carr]]
| length6 = 3:13

| title7 = [[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]
| extra7 = Andrews
| length7 = 2:16

| title8 = [[Climb Ev'ry Mountain]]
| extra8 = [[Peggy Wood]]
| length8 = 2:13
| total_length = 22:03
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title1 = [[The Lonely Goatherd]]
| extra1 = Andrews and the Children
| length1 = 3:08

| title2 = [[The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music (Reprise)]]
| extra2 = The Children and [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]]
| length2 = 2:09

| title3 = [[Do-Re-Mi]]
| extra3 = Andrews and the Children
| length3 = 5:30

| title4 = [[Something Good (Richard Rodgers song)|Something Good]]
| extra4 = Andrews and Lee
| length4 = 3:15

| title5 = Processional and Maria (Reprise)
| extra5 = Organ, Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
| length5 = 2:25

| title6 = [[Edelweiss (song)|Edelweiss]]
| extra6 = Lee, Andrews, the Children and Chorus
| length6 = 1:48

| title7 = [[So Long, Farewell]]
| extra7 = The Children
| length7 = 2:52

| title8 = [[Climb Ev'ry Mountain|Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)]]
| extra8 = Chorus and Orchestra
| length8 = 1:18
| total_length = 22:25
}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Soundtrack|title=The Sound of Music|type=album|award=Gold|salesamount=50,000|relyear=1965|salesref=<ref name="norwaysales"/>|certref=<ref name="norwaysales">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-09-30.pdf|title=From The Music Capitols of the World - Oslo|magazine=Billboard|page=62|date=September 30, 1967|via=American Radio History|access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Africa|artist=Soundtrack|title=The Sound of Music|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1965|salesamount=200,000|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1966/CB-1966-10-22-OCR-Page-0113.pdf#search=%22astrud%22|title=Another "Sound" Triumph|magazine=Cash Box|page=115|date=October 22, 1966|via=American Radio History}}</ref>|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-07-02-World-Directory.pdf|title=So. Africa - The Past Twelve Months|magazine=[[Cashbox magazine|Cash Box]]|first=Arthur|last=Goldstuck|page=348|date=July 2, 1966|accessdate=July 19, 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Africa|artist=Soundtrack|title=The Sound of Music|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1965|salesamount=200,000|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1966/CB-1966-10-22-OCR-Page-0113.pdf#search=%22astrud%22|title=Another "Sound" Triumph|magazine=Cash Box|page=115|date=October 22, 1966|via=American Radio History}}</ref>|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-07-02-World-Directory.pdf|title=So. Africa - The Past Twelve Months|magazine=[[Cashbox magazine|Cash Box]]|first=Arthur|last=Goldstuck|page=348|date=July 2, 1966|accessdate=July 19, 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Original Soundtrack|title=The Sound of Music|type=album|award=Platinum|number=8|relyear=1965|certyear=2016|id=11317-1140-2|salesamount=2,438,695|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/Q/Queen/2006/11/17/2391437.html|title=Queen rules – in album sales|work=[[Jam!]]|date=November 17, 2006|access-date=July 19, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629073900/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/Q/Queen/2006/11/17/2391437.html|archive-date=June 29, 2012|first=Bill|last=Harris}}</ref>}}
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{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
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==References==
==References==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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[[Category:Musical film soundtracks]]
[[Category:Musical film soundtracks]]
[[Category:Drama film soundtracks]]
[[Category:Drama film soundtracks]]
[[Category:Various artists albums]]
[[Category:Various artists soundtracks]]
[[Category:United States National Recording Registry albums]]
[[Category:United States National Recording Registry albums]]
[[Category:Scores that won the Best Original Score Academy Award]]
[[Category:Scores that won the Best Original Score Academy Award]]

Latest revision as of 02:59, 3 August 2024

Not to be confused with The Sound of Music: Music from the NBC Television Event.
The Sound of Music
Soundtrack album by
Rodgers and Hammerstein
ReleasedMarch 2, 1965
GenreShow tunes
Length44:28
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerNeely Plumb

The soundtrack of the film The Sound of Music, music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was released in 1965 by RCA Victor and is one of the most successful soundtrack albums in history, having sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.[1][2] The soundtrack has been issued in German, Italian, Spanish and French.[3]

The soundtrack spent two weeks in the number one position on the Billboard 200 in 1965 and remained in the top ten for 109 weeks, from May 1, 1965 to July 16, 1967, the most of any soundtrack in the chart's history.[3] It remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of 238 weeks.[4] In 2015, Billboard named the original soundtrack album the second-best charting album of all time.[5][6] It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 1965, 1966 and 1968 and the second-best-selling of the decade, spending a total of 70 weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart.[7] The album also stayed for 73 weeks on the Norwegian charts, and as of December 2017 it is the tenth-best-charting album of all time in that country.[8]

RCA first reissued the soundtrack album on compact disc in 1985; the album has been reissued several times subsequently, including anniversary editions in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015, and in 2023 as a 5-disc Super Deluxe Edition.[3] These CD editions incorporate musical material from the film that would not fit on the original LP, with the 2023 release presenting the score in its entirety and including 40 unreleased tracks, such as alternate takes and other material removed from the final film version.[3][9]

Three songs from the original Broadway production, "An Ordinary Couple", "How Can Love Survive?", and "No Way to Stop It" were replaced, in the film, with two new songs, "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good". For the original Broadway show, the music was written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; both the lyrics and music for the new songs were written by Rodgers, as Hammerstein died in 1960.[10] All songs were arranged and conducted for the soundtrack by Irwin Kostal.[10]

In 2018, the soundtrack was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[11]

Reception

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The Sound of Music soundtrack sold 500,000 copies in its first two weeks in the United States. Elsewhere, the album achieved large sales in the UK, Japan, Canada and Australia, becoming one of the best selling records of the 1960s.[12] It became the first album to sell over 10,000 units in Finland.[13] The record peaked at number one in Australia, the UK and the US.[citation needed]

Track list

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External audio
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All music written by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and arranged and conducted by Irwin Kostal. Track lengths are per the liner notes to the original US release.

Side one
No.TitelPerformer(s)Length
1."Prelude" / "The Sound of Music"Julie Andrews2:33
2."Overture and Preludium"Orchestra and Nuns Chorus3:12
3."Morning Hymn and Alleluia"Nuns Chorus2:00
4."Maria"Nuns Chorus3:15
5."I Have Confidence"Andrews3:21
6."Sixteen Going on Seventeen"Daniel Truhitte and Charmian Carr3:13
7."My Favorite Things"Andrews2:16
8."Climb Ev'ry Mountain"Peggy Wood2:13
Total length:22:03
Side two
No.TitelPerformer(s)Length
1."The Lonely Goatherd"Andrews and the Children3:08
2."The Sound of Music (Reprise)"The Children and Bill Lee2:09
3."Do-Re-Mi"Andrews and the Children5:30
4."Something Good"Andrews and Lee3:15
5."Processional and Maria (Reprise)"Organ, Orchestra and Nuns Chorus2:25
6."Edelweiss"Lee, Andrews, the Children and Chorus1:48
7."So Long, Farewell"The Children2:52
8."Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)"Chorus and Orchestra1:18
Total length:22:25

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentinien — 40,000[28]
Australia (ARIA)[29] Gold  
Canada (Music Canada)[31] 5× Platinum 1,000,000[30]
Finnland — 11,000[32]
Israel — 45,000[33]
Niederlande — 50,000[34]
Neuseeland — 100,000[35]
Norway (IFPI Norway)[36] Gold 50,000[36]
South Africa (RISA)[37] Gold 200,000[38]
United Kingdom (BPI)[40] 8× Platinum 2,438,695[39]
United States (RIAA)[43] Gold 6,887,311[41][42]
Summaries
Worldwide — 20,000,000[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eyman, Scott. "The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Money", The Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2015, accessed December 30, 2017
  2. ^ Hischak, p. 44
  3. ^ a b c d Caulfield, Keith. "The Sound of Music Soundtrack Due for Deluxe Expanded Reissue", Billboard, September 27, 2023
  4. ^ "Soundtrack". Billboard.
  5. ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 12, 2015). "200 Albums & Artists of All Time: Adele's '21' & The Beatles Are Tops". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Serjeant, Jill (November 13, 2015). "Adele's '21' deemed Billboard's greatest album of all time". Reuters. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Atkinson, Emma (September 19, 2016). "Why fans are still singing along to the Sound of Music". BBC News. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  8. ^ "VG-lista – Best of All Time: Albums". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  9. ^ "The Sound of Music Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Releases", Allmusic.com, accessed December 6, 2023
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