The Tony Award-winning Broadway show Hairspray has been made into two movies and now a live TV event. In Hairspray Live! on NBC, Oscar Award winning singer/actress Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) plays Motormouth Maybelle. In the original 1988 film by John Waters, the character was played by Ruth Brown who passed away before seeing Queen Latifah played Maybelle in the 2007 film. In the production, Maybelle sings the song “Big, Blonde and Beautiful.”
Hairpsray Live! the original soundtrack is now available on iTunes. Each song is $1.29. Hairspray Live! airs on Wednesday, December 7 at 8pm on NBC.
Here are the opening lyrics of “Big, Blonde and Beautiful” (composer Marc Shaiman, lyricist Scott Wittman)
Bring on that pecan pie!
Pour some sugar
On it sugar
Don’t be shy
Scoop me up
A mess of that
Chocolate swirl
Don’t be stingy
I’m a growing girl
I offer
Big love
With no apology
How can I deny the world
The most of me?
I am not afraid to throw my weight around
Pound by pound by pound
Because I’m
Big, blond & beautiful
