The Nicest Kids in Town

~ Recording by Derek Hough

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2The Nicest Kids in Town2:35Derek HoughHairspray Live! Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television EventMarc ShaimanAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2016-12-02
Masterworks Broadway
1.2The Nicest Kids in Town2:35Marc ShaimanHairspray Live! Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television EventMarc ShaimanAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2016-12-09
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Masterworks Broadway88985 39525 2

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
additional engineer:Isaiah Abolin
assistant engineer:Steve Genewick
Chandler Harrod (engineer)
Nick Rives
producer:Scott M. Riesett
editor:Brett “Snacky” Pierce (engineer)
Ian Kagey
cello:Andrew Shulman (cellist, conductor and composer)
Tim Loo (US cellist)
Vanessa Freebairn Smith
double bass:Mike Valerio (double bassist)
drums (drum set):Clint de Ganon
French horn:Dylan Hart
guitar:George Doering
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
harp:Katie Kirkpatrick
keyboard:Jim Cox (US keyboard player, composer)
percussion:Wade Culbreath
piano:Lon Hoyt
reeds:Dan Higgins (saxophonist and woodwind recording artist)
Joel Peskin
Chad Smith (saxophonist)
John Yoakum
trombone:Bill Reichenbach (jazz trombonist)
Steve Holtman (trombonist)
Alex Iles
trumpet:Dan Rosenboom
Dan Fornero
Rob Schaer
viola:Shawn Mann (violist)
Luke Maurer
Rob Brophy
violin:Erik Arvinder
Benjamin Powell (violinist)
Bruce Dukov
Neel Hammond (violinist)
Marisa Kuney
Joel Pargman
Songa Lee
Tammy Hatwan
Josefina Vergara (Chilean-American violinist)
Shalini Vijayan
Roger Wilkie (violinist)
background vocals and spoken vocals:Helene Britany
Dove Cameron (US actress)
Riley Costello
Kelli Erdmann
Sam Faulkner
Marissa Heart
Jacque LeWarne
Tommy Martinez (actor)
Katherine Roarty
Ricky A. Schroeder
Heather Tepe
Mason Trueblood
Karl Skyler Urban
lead vocals:Derek Hough
conductor:Pete Anthony (American conductor and orchestrator.)
additional orchestrator:Bruce Coughlin
Brad Dechter
Mark Graham (conductor)
Dan Higgins (saxophonist and woodwind recording artist)
orchestrator:Jeff Atmajian
Brad Dechter
Jerry Hey
Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
Harold Wheeler
concertmaster:Charlie Bisharat (US violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Universal Television LLC (a division of NBCUniversal; ℗/© copyrights holder; not for release label use!) (in 2016)
recorded at:Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/3FBueF2Xgc68Dlcn79MZcL [info]
recording of:The Nicest Kids in Town (Hairspray)

Related works

The Nicest Kids in Town (Hairspray)

lyricist:Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
Scott Wittman (American score composer and lyricist)
composer:Marc Shaiman (American score composer and lyricist)
publisher:Hal Leonard Corporation
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31)
Walli Woo Entertainment (from 2000 to present)
Winding Brook Way Music (from 2000 to present)
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:Hairspray (2002 Broadway musical) (order: 2)
Hairspray (2007 film adaptation) (order: 2)