 Gordon McRae. Howard Keel was the first person to play the part. Oh, okay. I was going by the movie. Howard Keel and Jordan McRae were the two that shared all of the male leads. A very young, voluptuous Shirley Jones, mother of a partner's family. All the men's pants are up to here. Yes. I wonder what that was all about. She was also a music man, Shirley Jones. She was? She played Madam Librarian. Yes.