Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
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Song from the musical Annie Get Your Gun
This article is about the Annie Get Your Gun song. For the Charles Wright album, see Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun , written by Irving Berlin. The song was introduced by Ethel Merman in the original production of the musical.[1] Other singers to have recorded the song include Betty Hutton, Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters, Suzi Quatro,[2] The DeMarco Sisters, and Dinah Shore.[3]
In the song, Annie Oakley, her brother (Little Jake), sisters (Minnie, Jessie, and Nellie), and the owner of the Wilson Hotel (Foster Wilson)[4] sing jokingly about how the Oakley family and their community live happy lives despite their lack of education and, often, money.
It was released as a 78 rpm 10-inch record by MGM in the 1950s.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #13".
- ^ "First Night Records Online Store, Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast". first-night-records.co.uk. London, United Kingdom: First Night Records. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ "Most Played Juke Box Records". Billboard . 22 August 1946.
- ^ "Annie Get Your Gun - Irving Berlin - The Guide to Musical Theatre - Show Synopsis". guidetomusicaltheatre.com. Accrington, United Kingdom: The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 3 June 2012.