5, 6, 7, 8 . . . DANCE!
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: June 15, 1983, Radio City Music Hall, N.Y.C.
Performances: 149
Bad Habits (M/L: Billy Field; Tom Price):
1. Bad Habits, WEA 600092
(Billy Field) [reissued on Bad Habits/Try Biology, CD/Cool Sound
Records 1067]
2. Paul Jabara And Friends, CD/CBS Records 38458 (Paul Jabara)
3. Diamond Dave, CD/ Magna Carta 9069 (David Lee Roth)
Broadway Rhythm (M: Arthur Freed; L:
Nacio Herb Brown) (originally used in the film BROADWAY
MELODY OF 1936):
1. 78/Decca 549 (Guy
Lombardo and His Royal Canadians)
2. 78/Romeo 35-10-23 (Russ Morgan with Archie Bleyer and His
Orchestra) [also 78/Perfect 35-10-23]
3. 78/Bluebird B 6146 (Eddy Lloyd with The Californis Ramblers)
4. 78/Victor 25124 (Stuart Allen with Richard Himber and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Stars Fell On Alabama, CD/ASV/Living Era
5440]
5. I Love New York, 10"/Riverside (M) 8001 (Pat Northrop with
Tony Burrello, piano)
6. New York, London Phase 4 (S) SP 44141 (Frank Chacksfield and
His Orchestra)
7. Show Time, Verve (M) MGV 2074 (Mae Williams with orchestra
conducted by Buddy Bregman)
8. Singing Sweethearts On The Air, Star-Tone (M) ST-209
(Gertrude Niesen)
9. Cut! Out Takes From Hollywood's Greatest Musicals Volume Two,
Out Take (M) OFT-2 (Judy Garland) [reissued on Lost Tracks:
1929-1959, CD/JSP Records 965]
10. Broadway Rhythm, EMI SCX3292 (Charles Young and the Williams
Singers with orchestra conducted by Tony Osborne)
[reissued on On The Town/Broadway Melody, CD/Stage Door STAGE
9060]
11. Singing In The Rain, CD/Rhino 74497 (Frances Langford &
Chorus with orchestra conducted by Herbert Stothart)
12. Bill Challis And His Orchestra: 1936, CD/Circle 71 (Bill
Challis and His Orchestra)
13. Broadway Rhythm, Vol. 2, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6047 (Carroll
Gibbons and His Orchestra)
14. At The Cotton Club, New York 1935, CD/Galaxy Music 3899402
(Claude Hopkins And His Cotton Club Orchestra)
15. Got A Song That I Sing, CD/Matassa (Greta Matassa)
16. The Grand Island Casino, CD/Alanna 5571 (New Stanton Band
with Michael Fortunato)
17. Howdy!, CD/Extraplatte (Gunther Schifter) (unverified)
18. 'Round About Regent Street, CD/Vocalion 6090 (Jay Wilbur)
19. Lost In The Stars And Stripes, CD/Anakreon Verlag ANA 1001
(Sona MacDonald, Alan Marks, and Udo Samel)
20. Songs Of New York, CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502 (Kim
Criswell with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
21. Broadway Rhythm, CD/Tantara TCD0202BWR (Daniel Aldous and
Company)
22. Swing Is In The Air, CD/Avid 690 (Ambrose and His Orchestra)
Radio transcriptions before by the Roy Shields Orchestra, the
George Hall Orchestra, Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, and
the Music Of Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier are also
known to exist.
Dance (M/L: Paul Jabara):
1. 45/A&M (S) 1823-S
(Paul Jabara)
2. 45/Casablanca NB 882 (Paul Jabara) [reissued on Greatest
Hits…And Misses, CD/Casablanca 842 047]
3. 45/Fantasy 845 (Paradise Express) [also found on Paradise
Express, Fantasy 9574; reissued on Smokin' Disco, CD/Fantasy
4538]
4. Shut Out, Casablanca NBLP 7055 (Paul Jabara and Donna Summer)
5. The Sheffield Sessions 1974-1979, CD/Sheffield Lab 900 (Harry
James)
Five, Six, Seven, Eight… DANCE! (M:
Wally Harper; L: David Zippel):
1. What's Your Story,
CD/Shedd (Phil DeCicco) (unverified)
I Go To Rio (M/L: Peter Allen; Adrienne
Anderson):
1. Click here for
recordings of "I Go To Rio."
I Love To Dance (M: Billy Goldenberg;
L: Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman) (originally used in
BALLROOM):
1. Ballroom, Columbia (S)
JS 35762 (Dorothy Loudon and Vincent Gardenia with orchestra
conducted by Don Jennings) [reissued as CD/Sony Broadway SK
35762]
2. That's What Life Is All About, United Artists (S) UAG 29730
(Bing Crosby with the Pete Moore Orchestra) [reissued on The
Complete United Artists Sessions, CD/EMI 59808]
I'm Flying (M: Moose Charlap; L:
Carolyn Leigh) (originally used in PETER PAN (1954)):
1. 45/Pickwick MP-6
(studio cast)
2. Peter Pan, RCA Victor (M) LOC-1019 (Mary Martin, Kathy Nolan,
Robert Harrington & Joseph Stafford with orchestra conducted
by Louis Adrian) [reissued as CD/RCA Victor 3762-2-RG]
3. Peter Pan, Happy Time HT-1045 (Happy Time Chorus and
Orchestra)
4. Peter Pan, Columbia (S) AF-7073 (Ikue Sakakirbara)
5. Songs From Mary Poppins And Other Favorites, Kapp (S) KS-3419
(The Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus)
6. Peter Pan, CD/JAY CDJAY1280 (Cathy Rigby, Elisa Sagardia, Lee
Honey-Jones, and Myles Anderson with orchestra conducted by
Craig Barna)
7. Peter Pan, CD/JAY CDJAY1352 (Cathy Rigby, Elisa Sagardia,
Barry Cavangh, and Drake English with orchestra conducted by
Craig Barna)
8. Peter Pan, CD/Honda Music Int'l 103 (Betty Chung, Alice Lau
& the Boys)
9. Peter Pan, CD/Carisch 76251 (French cast) (unverified)
10. Peter Pan, CD/Fundaci (Columbian cast) (unverified)
11. Angel Rodeo, CD/Laughing Horse Records 1007 (Lisa Sokolov)
12. A Dream Come True, CD/EMI 57142 (Becky Taylor with musical
direction by Simon Hale)
13. 76 Trombones, CD/Festival Five Records 0014 (Dan Zanes and
Friends)
14. I'm Flying, CD/Ambi (Jill Allen)
15. Here's To The Ladies, CD/Image Entertainment 208 (Christine
Andreas with orchestra conducted by Lee Musiker)
16. Kid's Movie Classics, CD Excelsior 2406 (Broadway Theatre
Players)
17. I Have Dreamed, CD/Original Cast 2001G (Connie Evinsong)
18. The Musicals: Jazz On Broadway, CD/Justin Time R2-79380
(Ranee Lee)
19. Out Of The Blue, CD/LML Music 108 (Peisha McPhee)
20. An Awfully Big Adventure, CD/Silva America 2001 (Carol
Rosenberger, piano, with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra
conducted by Grant Gershon)
21. Kids Greatest Movie Hits, Vol. 2, CD/Masterpiece 5417
(Storybook Singers & Orchestra)
22. Jerome Robbins' Broadway, CD/RCA Victor 60150-2-RC
(Charlotte d'Amboise, Donna Di Meo, Linda Talcott, and Steve
Ochoa with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
23. Music Of The Night: Pops On Broadway 1990, CD/Sony SK 45567
(The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams)
24. Joan Ryan, CD/LML Music 107 (Joan Ryan)
25. All That & More, CD/LML Music 185 (Susan Egan)
It Only Happens When I Dance With You
(M/L: Irving Berlin) (originally used in the film EASTER
PARADE):
1. Click here for
recordings of "It Only Happens
When I Dance With You."
It's Better With A Band (M: Wally
Harper; L: David Zippel) (originally written for Barbara
Cook's nighclub act; also used in IT'S BETTER WITH A BAND):
1. It's Better With A
Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by
Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]
2. Leading Ladies, CD/Carlton Sounds 30362 00342 (Anita Harris)
Life Is A Dance (M/L: Gavin
Christopher):
1. Chaka Khan, CD/Warner
Bros. 3245 (Chaka Khan)
2. Life Is A Dance (The Remix Project), CD/Warner Bros. 2-25946
(Chaka Khan)
Make Way For Tomorrow (M: Jerome Kern;
L: Ira Gershwin; E.Y. Harburg) (originally used in the film
COVER GIRL):
1. A Jerome Kern Festival,
Longines Symphonette (S) LWS-231 (Longines Symphonette Society)
2. Jerome Kern Revisited, Columbia OS 2840 (Barbara Cook, Bobby
Short, and Cy Young with music direction by Norman Paris)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-113]
3. Jerome Kern In London And Hollywood, CD/Rialto Recordings
SLRR-9201 (David Staller, Gordon Gooman, and George Dvorsky with
musical direction by David Holcenberg)
4. Cover Girl/You Were Never Lovelier, CD/Hollywood Soundstage
4005 (Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, and Nan Wynn with orchestra
conducted by Morris Stoloff)
Neverland (M: Moose Charlap; L: Carolyn Leigh) (originally
used in PETER PAN (1954)):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
One Step (M: David Shire; L: Richard
Maltby Jr.) (originally used in HOW DO YOU DO I LOVE YOU
(1967) and subsequently used in STARTING HERE, STARTING
NOW):
1. Commercial Demo, no
label (M) DC-10567
2. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/RCA Victor 2360-2-RG (Loni
Akerman, Margery Cohen, and George Lee Andrews with muisc
direction by Robert W. Preston)
3. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/JAY CDJAY 1254 (Clare Burt,
Michael Cantwell, and Samantha Shaw with music direction by
Caroline Humphris)
4. Starting Here, Starting Now, EMI (S) EMCJ (L) 11539 (Richard
Loring, Denise Freeman, and Andre Hattingh with music supervised
by Bill Fairley)
5. Det Er Her, Det Er Nu, Eminent (S) ELP 5003 (Hanne Uldal,
Kurt Ravn, Pia Rosenbaum, and the Og Svend Skippers Trio) ("Et
skridt")
6. Live At The Cinegrill, CD/No label, no number (Neile Adams
with music direction by Andy Howe)
7. Throw It To The Wind, CD/PS Classics 1092 (Christine Justus
with musical direction by Andrew Gerle)
Where Did You Learn To Dance (M: Josef
Myrow; L: Mack Gordon) (originally used in the film I LOVE
MELVIN):
1. 78/M-G-M 30734 (Donald
O'Connor with the MGM Orchestra conducted by George Stoll)
2. I Love Melvin, 10"/MGM E 190 (Donald O'Connor and Debbie
Reynolds with the MGM Orchestra conducted by George Stoll)
[reissued on Two Weeks With Love/I Love Melvin, CD/Sony Music
Special Products AK 48609]
3. A5678, Spotlight (S) SR#2222 (John Graham and Valerie Klemow
with musical direction by Jerry Sternbach)
You Mustn't Kick It Around (M: Richard
Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart) (originally used in PAL JOEY):
1. Pal Joey, Columbia (M)
ML 4364 (Harold Lang with orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel)
[reissued as CD/Sony SK 86856]
2. Pal Joey, Capitol (M) S 310 (Dick Beavers and Helen Gallagher
with orchestra conducted by CD/Angel 64696]
3. Pal Joey, Gala GLP 323 (Bill Sinclair with Eddie Maynard and
His Orchestra)
4. Pal Joey, Capitol (M) W 912 (orchestra conducted by Morris
Stoloff) [reissued as CD/Capitol CDP 7 91249-2]
5. Pal Joey, Tops L-1607 (Bob McKendrick with orchestra
conducted by Lew Raymond) [reissued on On Your Toes/Pal Joey,
CD/Stage Door STAGE 9002]
6. Pal Joey, Hallmark LPH 159B (Don Elliott Quartet)
7. Pal Joey, Masterseal (M) (Les Young and Sandra Lee with
orchestra conducted by Don Raleigh) [reissued as CD/Remington]
8. Pal Joey, Design DLP60 (orchestra conducted by Stanley
Applewaite)
9. Pal Joey, Fidelio ATL-4091 (Steve Jackson and Jennie Gray
with the New York Revue Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Warren)
10. Pal Joey, Jubilee (M) 1061 (Bobby Sherwood & His
Orchestra)
11. Pal Joey, That's Entertainment Records TERX 1005 (Denis
Lawson and the Girls with orchestra conducted by Trevor York)
[reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY1288]
12. Music From Pal Joey And The Connecticut Yankee, Desto (M)
D-1002 (Charles Sherrill, pianist, with rhythm accompaniment)
13. Meet Mark Murphy, Decca DL-8390 (Mark Murphy) [reissued as
CD/Universal 9052]
14. Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart, Atlantic (S)
SD2-610 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, Beverly Peer, bass, and
Richard Sheridan, drums and percussion) [reissued as CD/Atlantic
81320-2]
15. Only The Beginning, Columbia (S) CS 9552 (Joel Grey with
orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued on The Magic Of
Joel Gray, CD/DRG 91487]
16. Pal Joey, CD/DRG 94763 (Peter Gallagher and Vicki Lewis with
orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
17. Pal Joey, CD/Capri 74051 (Phil Wilson and the NDR Big Band)
18. Pal Joey, CD/Pocketsongs 1613 (karaoke)
19. On The Boards, CD/Polydor 513 402 2 (Anthony Warlow with the
Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Brian Stacey)
20. Dress Casual, CD/Sony 45998 (Mandy Patinkin with orchestra
conducted by Paul Gemignani)
2`. Distillation, CD/Parlophone 5820832 (Eric McKeown)
Unrecorded Material:
Body Language (M/L:
Barry Fasman; Steve Sperry)
Dance With Me (M/L: R. Parker Jr; David Robinson)
It's Not What You Weigh (M: Wally Harper; L: David Zippel)
She Just Loves Las Vegas! (M: Wally Harper; L: David Zippel)
Singers Protest (M: Wally Harper; L: David Zippel)