ALIVE AND KICKING
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: January 17, 1950, Winter Garden Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 46
Cry,
Baby, Cry (C/L: Harold Rome) [previously used in THAT'S THE
TICKET and PRETTY PENNY]:
1. A Touch Of Rome,
10"/Heritage (M) H-0063 (Harold Rome, piano and vocals, with
Milt Hinton and Al Hall, bass, Allan Hanlon, guitar, and Herb
Harris, drums and vibraphone) [reissued on CD/DRG 5249]
2. That's The Ticket, CD/Original Cast 6038 (Rita Harvey, George
S. Irving, Michael Mendiola, Andrew Gitzy, and Edward Prostack
with music direction by mark Hartman)
French With Tears (C/L: Harold Rome)
[originally used in PRETTY PENNY]:
1. A Touch Of Rome,
10"/Heritage (M) H-0063 (Harold Rome, piano and vocals, with
Milt Hinton and Al Hall, bass, Allan Hanlon, guitar, and Herb
Harris, drums and vibraphone) [reissued on CD/DRG 5249]
2. Through Sick & Sin, Epic (M) LN 3776 (Fay De Witt with
orchestra conducted by Joe Harnell)
If You Don't Love Me (C: Hoagy
Carmichael; L: Ray Golden & Paul Francis Webster)
(unused):
1. Mindy Carson Sings
Songs Of Love, CD/Collector's Choice Music 1044 (Mindy Carson)
2. Heart and Soul: The Music Of Hoagy Carmichael, MGM (M) E3461
(Alan Dean with Robert Maxwell, his harp and his Orchestra)
One! Two! Three! (C: Sonny Burke; L:
Ray Golden & Paul Francis Webster):
1. 78/Decca 24894 (Tommy
Traynor with the Crew Chiefs and Jerry Gray conducting the Jerry
Gray Orchestra)
2. 78/Coral 60148 (Allen Sisters with the Harry Babbitt Orchestra)
Other Material:
Abou Ben Adhem (C/L: Ray
Golden) (subsequently used in JOY RIDE)
Alive And Kicking (C: Hal Borne; L: Ray Golden & Sid Fuller)
Coal Scuttle Blues (C/L: Billy Kyle)
Hippocrates Hits The Jackpot (sketch by Henry Morgan &
Joseph Stein)
I Didn't Want Him (C/L: Irma Jurist & Leonard Gershe)
I Never Felt Better (sketch by Joseph Stein & Will Glickman)
I'm All Yours (C: Leo Schumer; L: Mike Stuart & Ray Golden)
Love, It Hurts So Good ("Calypso Celebration") (C/L: Harold
Rome)
Matrimonial Agency (sketch by Danny Simon and Neil Simon)
(originally used in CATCH A STAR!)
Meet The Authors (sketch by Jerome Chodorov)
My Day Of Rest (C/L: Lucille Kallen, Max Liebman, and Mickey
Deems)
Once Upon A Time (sketch by Joseph Stein & Will Glickman)
One Word Led To Another (C: Hal Borne; L: Ray Golden)
Pals Of The Pentagon (C/L: Harold Rome) (sketch by Ray Golden
and I.A.L. Diamond)
Propinquity (C: Sonny Burke; L: Ray Golden & Paul Francis
Webster)
There's A Building Going Up (C: Sammy Fain; L: Ray Golden &
Paul Francis Webster)
What A Delightful Day (C/L: Irma Jurist & Leonard Gershe)
World Of Strangers, A (C: Sammy Fain; L: Ray Golden & Paul
Francis Webster)