(3-CD set) 60 vintage recordings of songs from the musical stage. Broadway in its heyday was a prime source of song-and-dance entertainment. As many as 40 or 50 new musicals regaled playgoers each season. Of the 60 selection in this album, five are by Gershwin, 5 by Ray Henderson, 4 each by Jerome Kern & Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George M. Cohan. Jimmy McHugh and Richard Rodgers are each represented by three entries. Harold Arlen, Ivan Caryll, Walter Donaldson, Rudolf Frimi, Emmerich Kalman, Sigmund Romberg, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans take credit for one or two. Twelve page booklet includes extensive notes, sheet music covers and a summary of the songs, theaters, opening dates and shows featured.