ALONG FIFTH AVENUE
Composer:
Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: January 13, 1949,
Broadhurst Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 180
Note: A video of Nancy Walker performing "Irving" [Chant D'Amour] on the Ed Sullivan Show is known to exists.
The
Best Time Of Day (C: Gordon Jenkins; L: Tom Adair):
1. 78/Decca 24620 (Guy Lombardo
and His Royal Canadians)
Call It Apple
Fritters (C: Richard Stutz; L: Milton Pascal):
1. Broadway Musicals Of 1949,
CD/Bayview RNBW035 (Cady Huffman with musical direction by Ross Patterson)
Chant D'Amour (aka "Irving") (C: Gordon Jenkins; L: Nat
Hiken):
1. I Can Cook Too, Dolphin (M) 2
(Nancy Walker with David Baker at the piano) [reissued on Broadway Bombshell,
Stet (M) 2002; My Square Laddie/I Can Cook Too, CD/Sepia 1090]
Maybe It's Because (C: Johnnie Scott; L: Harry
Ruby):
1. 78/Decca 24650 (Dick Haymes
and the Tatlers with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Very
Best Of Dick Haymes Volume 2, CD/Taragon 1034]
2. 78/Decca 24751 (Louis
Armstrong with orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver) [reissued on The Chronological
Louis Armstrong 1949-1950, CD/Classics 1179]
3. 78/Mercury 5314 (Eddy Howard
and his Orchestra) [reissued on To Each His Own, CD/ASV/Living Era 5580]
4.
78/Capitol 559 (Andy and Della Russell) [see also 78/Capitol 779; 45/Capitol
57-559]
5. 45/Columbia 1-244 (Bob Crosby and Marion Morgan with orchestra
conducted by Jerry Gray)
6. 45/Coral 60070 (Connie Haines and the
Highlighters with orchestra conducted by Roy Ross) [reissued on Nightingale
From Savannah, CD/Sepia 1107]
7. 1949: Lite Up Time Shows, CD/Team 21162
(Frank Sinatra)
8. It's Magic, CD/Sounds Of Yesteryear 746 (Bing Crosby and
Judy Garland with music conducted by John Scott Trotter)
9. Dance Date,
CD/Montpellier 010 (Ray Anthony and his Orchestra) (unverified)
10. It's
Been Swell, M&R (S) 1017 (Jimmy Roselli with orchestra conducted by George
Siravo) [reissued on CD/M&R 1017]
A radio transcription also exists
performed by Alan Foster and the Cloverleafs with the Art Mooney Orchestra.
Santo Dinero (C: Richard Stutz; L: Milton
Pascal):
1. Broadway Musicals Of 1949,
CD/Bayview RNBW035 (Lennie Watts with musical direction by Ross Patterson)
Skyscraper Blues (C: Gordon Jenkins; L:
Tom Adair)::
1. 78/Decca 24606 (Dick Haymes
with Chorus and Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra)
2. Hometown, My Town,
Columbia (S) CS-8107 (Tony Bennett with orchestra conducted by Ralph
Burns)
3. Witchcraft, Atlantic (S) 8032 (Chris Connor with orchestra
conducted by Richard Weiss) [reissued on I Miss You So/Witchcraft,
CD/Collectables 6814]
3. Broadway Musicals Of 1949, CD/Bayview RNBW035
(Robert Westenberg with musical direction by Ross Patterson)
Weep No More (C: Gordon Jenkins; L: Tom
Adair):
1. 78/Decca 24551(Billie Holiday
and the Stardusters) [reissued on The Complete Decca Recordings, CD/Verve
601]
2. 78/Columbia FB 2951 (Leslie Douglas with Carroll Gibbons & The
Savoy Orpheans) [reissued on Calls The Tunes, CD/Castle Pulse
591]
With You So Far Away (added out of
town after the Broadway run) (C: Gordon Jenkins; L: Tom
Adair):
1. 78/Decca 27170 (Bob Stevens
with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra) [also 45/Decca 9-27170; reissued on A
Musical Prodigy, CD/Jasmine 660]
Other
Material:
Challenge (C: Mel Pahl and
Richard Stutz) (dance)
Crème De La Crème (C: Robert Stolz; L:
Milton Pascal) (cut)
Fifth Avenue (C: Gordon Jenkins; L: Tom Adair)
The
Fifth Avenue Label (sketch by Charles Sherman)
The Fugitive From Fifth
Avenue (C: Richard Stutz; L: Nat Hiken)
I Love Love In New York (C: Gordon
Jenkins; L: Tom Adair)
If (C: Gordon Jenkins; L: Tom Adair) (cut)
If This
Is Glamour! (C: Richard Stutz L: Rick French)
In The Lobby (C: Gordon
Jenkins; L: Tom Adair)
Mr. Rockerfeller Builds His Dream House (sketch by
Mel Tolkin and Max Liebman)
Murder On Fifth Avenue (sketch by Charles
Sherman)
Sweet Surrender (sketcht by Nat Hiken)
A Trip Doesn't Care At
All (C: Philip Kadison; L: Thomas Howell)
Vacation In The Store (C: Gordon
Jenkins; L: Tom Adair)
What's In The Middle? (sketch by Charles
Sherman)
A Window On The Avenue (C: Gordon Jenkins)