Songs
- Belle the Sleeping car - Solo -
- The Rap - some solo lines.
- Girl's Rolling stock - quartet, in which she sang the main vocal.
- Light At the End of the Tunnel - some solo lines.
Belle's Song is a forgotten gem in Lloyd Webber's repertoire. Originally performed by P. P. Arnold, it is a powerful blues-inspired ballad in which Belle tells Rusty about her life as a luxury Sleeper. It bears contextual similarities to the huge hit "Memory" from Cats, but without the suicidal undertones. It was cut from the show with Belle but the melody is still heard within the orchestrations, sung by Rusty and Dustin.
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