Original Cast! 100 Years of the American Musical Theater: The Forties, Part One

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1To Keep My Love Alive
recording of:
To Keep My Love Alive
orchestrator:
Don Walker (orchestrator)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1943)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1943)
part of:
A Connecticut Yankee
Richard Rodgers3:19
2Can't You Do a Friend a Favor?
Richard Rodgers3:01
3Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum
conductor:
Joseph Littau (from 1944-01-17 until 1944-01-20)
chorus master:
Robert Shaw (conductor) (from 1944-01-17 until 1944-01-20)
recording of:
Carmen Jones, Act II. Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum (from 1944-01-17 until 1944-01-20)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
version of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 12 Chanson bohème « Les tringles des sistres tintaient » (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)
part of:
Carmen Jones: Act II
Georges Bizet4:06
4I Love You
recording of:
I Love You (Mexican Hayride musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Cole Porter2:42
5I Wanna Get Married
Phil Charig3:15
6Strange Music
recording of:
Song of Norway: Strange Music
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist), Edvard Grieg (composer) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte V, op. 54: No. 4: Notturno (Lyric Pieces, Book V, op. 54 no. 4: Nocturne, original for piano)
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VIII, op. 65: No. 6: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Book 8, op. 65: No. 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, for piano)
part of:
Song of Norway
Robert Wright4:28
7Evelina
recording of:
Evelina (from Bloomer Girl)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen3:15
8The Eagle and Me
recording of:
The Eagle and Me
lyricist:
EY. Harburg
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Harold Arlen3:11
9Right as the Rain
recording of:
Right as the Rain
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) (ended), Glocca Morra Music Corp. and S.A. Music Co.
Harold Arlen3:14
10Where?
Elie Siegmeister2:35
11Carried Away
engineer:
Fred Plaut and Robert Waller
associate producer:
Teo Macero (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
producer:
Goddard Lieberson
lead vocals [Claire de Loon]:
Betty Comden (on 1960-05-13)
lead vocals [Ozzie]:
Adolph Green (on 1960-05-13)
vocals:
Betty Comden (on 1960-05-31) and Adolph Green (on 1960-05-31)
orchestra:
"On the Town" Orchestra (Stage and Screen Orchestra) (on 1960-05-13) and New York Philharmonic (on 1960-05-31)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1960-05-13, on 1960-05-31)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-05-13) and CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-05-31)
recording of:
On the Town: Carried Away (on 1960-05-31)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
part of:
On the Town
Leonard Bernstein3:04
12I Can Cook Too
engineer:
Fred Plaut and Robert Waller
associate producer:
Teo Macero (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
producer:
Goddard Lieberson
lead vocals [Hildy]:
Nancy Walker (on 1960-05-13)
vocals:
Nancy Walker
orchestra:
"On the Town" Orchestra (Stage and Screen Orchestra) (on 1960-05-13) and New York Philharmonic (on 1960-05-31)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1960-05-13, on 1960-05-31)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-05-13) and CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-05-31)
recording of:
On the Town: I Can Cook Too (on 1960-05-31)
lyricist:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist), Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
part of:
On the Town
Leonard Bernstein2:29
13Some Other Time
engineer:
Fred Plaut and Robert Waller
associate producer:
Teo Macero (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
producer:
Goddard Lieberson
lead vocals [Chip]:
Cris Alexander (on 1960-05-13)
lead vocals [Claire de Loon]:
Betty Comden (on 1960-05-13)
lead vocals [Hildy]:
Nancy Walker (on 1960-05-13)
lead vocals [Ozzie]:
Adolph Green (on 1960-05-13)
vocals:
Cris Alexander (on 1960-05-31), Betty Comden (on 1960-05-31), Adolph Green (on 1960-05-31) and Nancy Walker (on 1960-05-31)
orchestra:
"On the Town" Orchestra (Stage and Screen Orchestra) (on 1960-05-13) and New York Philharmonic (on 1960-05-31)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1960-05-13, on 1960-05-31)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-05-13) and CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-05-31)
recording of:
On the Town: Some Other Time (on 1960-05-31)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
On the Town
Leonard Bernstein4:23
14When You Walk in the Room
recording of:
Up in Central Park: Act I. When She Walks in the Room
composer:
Sigmund Romberg
part of:
Up in Central Park: Act I
Sigmund Romberg2:46
15Sing Me Not a Ballad
recording of:
The Firebrand of Florence: Sing Me Not a Ballad
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
Kurt Weill4:18
16If I Loved You
vocals:
Jan Clayton and John Raitt
conductor:
Joseph Littau
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger) and Don Walker (orchestrator)
recording of:
If I Loved You (Carousel) (in 1945)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers4:22
17When the Children Are Asleep
recording of:
When the Children Are Asleep (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers4:14
18Soliloquy
recording of:
Soliloquy (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers7:28
19Nobody Else but Me
recording of:
Nobody Else but Me
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
Jerome Kern3:57