An original Broadway cast recording of the 1958 musical Flower Drum Song was made in the same year for Columbia. Released on an LP credited to "Rodgers & Hammerstein in association with Joseph Fields" and "Rodgers & Hammerstein Records, Inc.", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Best Selling LPs chart. No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 3 weeks, from the issue of February 2, 1959. Wiki link