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Try To Remember from The Fantastiks (video)

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Jerry Orbach sang Try To Remember as "El Gallo"

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Jerry Orbach played the narrator "El Gallo" in the original cast. The opening number was called "Try To Remember." It invites the audience to reminisce, to reflect, and recall their own childhoods.

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Try To Remember from The Fantastiks (video)

The Fantasticks is a musical comedy from 1960. It's about two neighboring fathers who trick their children into falling in love by pretending to feud.

The first musical number of the show is "Try to Remember," a song about nostalgia. In the song, the audience is invited to reminisce and reflect on their childhood and growing up.

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