How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, subtitled The Original Broadway Cast Recording, is an album containing a recording of the 1961 Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying made by its original cast. The album was released by RCA Victor on November 1, 1961.
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Critical reception
Billboard picked the album for its "Spotlight" section. The magazine's reviewer noted that the musical was "easily one of the hottest shows to break since My Fair Lady" and concluded: "All the best ingredients are right here, including a highly tuneful score. This one can hardly miss."
Commercial performance
The album peaked at number 19 on the mono and number 49 on the stereo half of Billboard's Top LPs chart in January 1962.
On June 2, 1962, Billboard mentioned the album as "hav[ing] passed the 200,000 [sales] mark".
Track listing
LP – RCA Victor LOC-1066 (mono), LSO-1066 (stereo)
Personnel
Original Broadway cast
Elliot Lawrence – musical conductor