''Let It Ride'' is a

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musical based on the 1935 Broadway farce '' Three Men on a Horse'' by

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and John Cecil Holm. The musical, with book by Abram S. Ginnes and music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, choreographer Onna White, assistant choreographer Eugene Louis Faccuito (Luigi), opened on Broadway in

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at the

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on October 12, 1961, and played 69 performances including one preview. The original Broadway production co-starred

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and

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and featured

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and Paula Stewart. Erwin Trowbridge, a mild-mannered man working for a greeting card company, has an unusual talent: he can pick the winners of horse races with uncanny accuracy, as long as he does not place a bet himself. When a few professional gamblers discover his talent, they do their best to exploit it. Sam Levene created the role of Patsy in the original Broadway production of '' Three Men on a Horse'' (1935) which was a mega-hit in 1935, running an extraordinary 835 performances; three decades later, Levene recreated the role of Patsy in the original Broadway musical ''Let It Ride''. Levene also recreated the role of Patsy in the 1936

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film '' Three Men on a Horse'' and a ten-month 1944 USO tour of '' Three Men on a Horse'' which played 200 shows to 120,000 servicemen, the first legitimate theatrical production mounted overseas. Levene performed th
title song
from ''Let It Ride'' on
racetrack grandstand parade float
accompanied with a bevy of showgirls in th
1961 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
presented on NBC, November 23, 1961. Two songs from ''Let It Ride'' are included on the compilation album ''Lost Broadway 1961'' fro

George Gobel as Erwin sings Hey, Jimmy, Joe, John, Jim, Jack and Sam Levene as Patsy leads the company singing the title son
''Let It Ride''

Songs

;Act 1 * Run, Run, Run - Singers and Dancers * The Nicest Thing - Audrey * Hey, Jimmy, Joe, John, Jim, Jack - Erwin * Broads Ain't People - Erwin, Harry, Frankie and Charlie
Let It Ride
- Patsy, Singers and Dancers
I'll Learn Ya
- Erwin and Patsy * Love Let Me Know - Audrey and Carver * Happy Birthday - Birthday Girls * Everything Beautiful - Erwin and Birthday Girls * Who's Doing What to Erwin - Audrey, Chief Schermerhorn, Carver and Mother * I Wouldn't Have Had To - Mabel ;Act II * There's Something About a Horse - Singers and Dancers
He Needs You
- Erwin, Frankie and Charlie
Just an Honest Mistake
- Chief Schermerhorn, Repulski and Cops * His Own Little Island - Erwin
If Flutterby Wins
- Erwin, Patsy, Frankie, Charlie, Harry and Hoods

External links

*
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on

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