West Side Storyis thesoundtrack albumto the 1961 filmWest Side Story, featuring music byLeonard Bernsteinand lyrics byStephen Sondheim. Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 onBillboard‘s stereo albums charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history,[2]although some lists instead creditMichael Jackson‘sThriller, on the grounds that this run forWest Side Storywas on a chart forstereoalbums only at a time when many albums were recorded inmono.[3]It did also spend 6 weeks at the top of theBillboardchart for mono albums. In 1962, it won aGrammyaward for “Best Sound Track Album Original Cast”. In theUnited States, it was one of the best-selling albums of the 1960s,[4]certifyingthree times platinumby the RIAA on November 21, 1986.

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TRACK LISTING

Side 1

1. “Prologue” – 5:39
2. “Jet Song” – 2:11
3. “Something’s Coming” – 2:38
4. “Dance at the Gym” (Blues, Promenade, and Jump) – 3:37
5. “Maria” – 2:40
6. “America” – 5:05
7. “Tonight” – 3:35

Side 2

1. “Gee, Officer Krupke” 4:14
2. “I Feel Pretty” 3:35
3. “One Hand, One Heart” 3:02
4. “Tonight Quintet” 3:22
5. “The Rumble” 2:39
6. “Cool” 4:21
7. “A Boy Like That/I Have a Love” 4:28
8. “Somewhere (Finale)” 2:03