This Week's Best Musical Number

In 2007 the musical film Hairspray followed plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad (Played by Nikki Blonsky), as she taught 1962 Baltimore "a thing or two about integration" while securing her spot on a local television dance show (Film based on the 1988 comedy film and the 2002 Tony Award winning Broadway stage play, all three of the same name). Watch the official trailer of the musical comedy that featured an all-star cast including John Travolta (Playing Edna Turnblood, Tracy's mother and agent), Queen Latifah (As "Motormouth" Maybelle, a Baltimore rhythm and blues radio DJ who hosts "Negro Day" on The Corny Collins Show), Michelle Pfeiffer (As racist and weightist Velma Von Tussle, the manager of station WYZT), Christopher Walken (As Tracy's father, Wilbur Turnblad, the easygoing proprietor of the "Hardy-Har Hut" joke shop) and Zac Efron (As a leading dancer on The Corny Collins Show). Hairspray set the record for biggest sales for an opening weekend by a musical movie until it was surpassed by Mamma Mia! and shortly thereafter High School Musical 3: Senior High. Hairspray now ranks as the fourth highest grossing musical movie in US cinema history.

The tunes crafted by Marc Shaiman (music) and Scott Whitman (lyricist) and delivered by a talented cast are with one or two exceptions all outstanding. There's the incomparable Michelle Pfieffer number "Miss Baltimore Crabs" and Christopher Walken and John Travolta (Mr. and Mrs. Turnblad) singing "Timeless to Me." But this week's Best of the Best selection is the opening song is a showtune from start to finish - - "Good Morning Baltimore."

Background narration in Portuguese from Brazil

The outstanding songlist and performances for Hairspray continues with numbers like "Welcome to the 60s" (Tracy & her mother), "You Can't Stop the Beat" (Featuring John Travolta as Mama Turnblad), "I Know Where I've Been" (Queen Latifa) and "I Can Hear the Bells."

Lyrics to "Good Morning Baltimore" by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

Oh, oh, oh woke up today feeling

The way I always do

Oh, oh, oh hungry for something that I can't eat

Then I hear that beat

That rhythm of town starts calling me down

It's like a message from high above

Oh, oh, oh pulling me out to the smiles and the

streets that I love

Good morning Baltimore

Every day's like an open door

Every night is a fantasy

Every sound's like a symphony

Good morning Baltimore

And some day when I take to the floor

The world's gonna wake up and see

Baltimore and me

Oh, oh, oh look at my hair

(Would) you can compare with mine today?

Oh, oh, oh I've got my hairspray and radio

I'm ready to go

The rats on the street all dance round my feet

They seem to say, "Tracy, it's up to you

So, oh, oh don't hold me back

'Cause today all my dreams will come true

Good morning Baltimore

There's the flasher who lives next door

There's the bum on his bar room stool

They wish me luck on my way to school

Good morning Baltimore

And some day when I take to the floor

The world's gonna wake up and see

Baltimore and me

I know every step, I know every song

I know there's a place where I belong

I see all those party lights shining ahead

So someone invite me before I drop dead

Before she drops dead

So, oh, oh give me a chance

'Cause when I start to dance I'm a movie star

Oh, oh, oh something inside of me makes me move

When I hear the groove

My ma tells me no but my feet tell me go

It's like a drummer inside my heart

Oh, oh, oh don't make me wait

One more moment for my life to start

Good morning, good morning

Waiting for my life to start

I love you Baltimore

Every day's like an open door

Every night is a fantasy

Every sound's like a symphony

And I promise Baltimore

That some day when I take to the floor

The world's gonna wake up and see

Gonna wake up and see Baltimore and me

Yes, more or less we all agree

Baltimore and me

Someday the world is gonna see

Baltimore and me