AMERICA'S SWEETHEART
Composer: Richard
Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart
Opened: February 10, 1931, Broadhurst Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 135
A live performance recording of the 1996 Off-Broadway revival is
known to exist.
How
About It?:
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-150 (Bob George Orchestra with vocal refrain) [reissued on The
Music Of Broadway 1931, JJA (M) 19778]
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisted, Vol. 5, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-140
(David Loud's Men - Robert DuSold, James Moore, Bobby Smith, and
David A. Wood)
3. Rodgers & Hart's Hollywood Party, CD/Bayview RNBW009 (Lee
Gibson)
I Want A Man:
1. Censored: Martha Wright
Sings, Jubilee (M) 1028 (Martha Wright with the Joe Harnell
Trio)
2. Pearl Bailey Sings For Adults Only, Roulette (S) SR-25016
(Pearl Bailey with orchestra conducted by Louis Bellson)
[reissued on For Adults Only/More Songs For Adults Only,
CD/Capitol 5970572]
2. You Can't Put Ketchup On The Moon, CD/Rialto SLRR-9201 (Diana
Canova with musical direction by David Holcenberg)
I've Got Five Dollars:
1. 78/Columbia 2416 D
(Emerson Gilll's Campus Boys with Emerson Gill and his
Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 22627 (Frank Luther with Victor Arden-Phil Ohman
and their Orchestra) [also Arden & Ohman (1925-1933), JJA
(M) 19741]
3. 78/Velvet Tone 2331 V (Paul Small with Sam Lanin and his
Orchestra)
4. 78/Harmony 1296-H (Sam Lanin and his Orchestra)
5. 78/Crown 3069 (The Hotel Pennsylvania Trio with Jack Albin
and his Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orchestra)
6. 78.Harmony 1295-H (Milt Coleman, vocal and ukelele, with
piano accompaniment)
7. 78/Brunswick 6036 (Emil Coleman and his Orchestra) [reissued
on Songs Of The Depression: Boom, Bust & New Deal, CD/Bear
Family 16029]
8. 78/Columbia 2417D (Lee Morse & Her Blue Grass Boys)
[reissued on Easy To Remember: Songs Of Rodgers & Hart,
CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120830]
9. 78/Conqueror 7684 (Ben Pollack & His Orchestra) [reissued
on Ben Pollock, Volume 5, 1931, CD/Jazz Oracle 8032]
10. 78/Gala 2 (Lee Wiley with orchestra conducted by Joe
Bushkin) [reissued on Lee Wiley Sings The Songs Of Rodgers &
Hart And Harold Arlen, CD/Audiophile ACD-10]
11. The Music Of Broadway 1931, JJA (M) 19778 (The Rhythm
Maniacs with vocal refrain)
12. Julius Monk Simply Plays! (And/Or Vice Versa, Off Broadway
(M) OB-400 (Julius Monk)
13. More Dancin' With Anson, Fantasy 3297 (Anson Weeks)
14. Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart Songs,
Improv 7120 (Tony Bennett with the Ruby Braff-George Barnes
Quartet) [reissued as Tony Bennett Sings The Rodgers & Hart
Songbook, CD/Concord Jazz CCD -2243-2]
15. Songs By Rodgers & Hart, Walsen 304 (Louise Carlyle with
musical direction by John Morris) [reissued as Songs By Cole
Porter & Rodgers & Hart: The 1953 Walden Sessions,
CD/Harbinger 1703]
16. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook Vol.
1, Verve MGVS-6009 (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by
Buddy Bregman) [reissued as CD/Verve 821579-2]
17. Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers And Hart, Verve
MGV-2141 (Anita O'Day with orchestra conducted by Billy May)
[reissued as CD/Universal 9287]
18. The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart, Trend T1501
(The Dave Pell Octet) [reissued as CD/Fresh Sounds 505]
19. Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers, Fresh Sound LPM-1428
(Shorty Rogers and his Giants) [reissued as CD/Cloud 9 4388]
20. Jeri Gently Jumps, Decca (M) DL-8472 (Jeri Southern with
orchestra conducted by Ralph Burns) [reissued as CD/MCA 3015]
21. Bobby Short, Altantic 1230 (Bobby Short) [reissued as
CD/Collector's Choice Music 237]
22. Robert Clary Sings Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart and
Johnny Mercer, CD/Original Cast 9770 (Robert Clary with the John
Rodby Trio)
23. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Coral (M) VIM-7211 (Jane Russell
and Scott Brady) [reissued on Jane Russell, CD/Hollywood Greats
6]
24. Bing Sings While Bregman Swings, CD/Verve 549367 (Bing
Crosby with Buddy Bregman)
25. Easy To Remember: The Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Cabaret
5009 (David Staller)
26. Little Klunk And Showcase, CD/Jasmine 639 (Stan Tracey)
27. The Rodger And Hart CD, CD/RCA Victor RCD1-5858 (Joan Morris
& William Bolcom with Max Morath)
28. Hollywood Greats: The French Line/Gentlemen Marry Brunettes,
CD/Hitland HG 006 (entire cast)
In Califor-n-i-a:
1. Everyone Else
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146 (Female Girl Chorus)
Innocent Chorus Girls of Yesterday:
1. Everyone Else
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146 (Female Chorus)
A Lady Must Live:
1. The World In My Arms,
Elektra (S) EKS-7179 (Anita Ellis with orchestra conducted by
Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/Collectables 6392]
2. Rodgers and Hart Revisited Vol. 2, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-139
(Bibi Osterwald and Blossom Dearie with musical direction by
Norman Paris)
3. Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music, CD/Warner Bros. 3597
(Lena Horne with orchestra conducted by Linda Twine)
4. This Funny World, CD/Varese Sarabande 5584 (Mary Cleere Haran
with musical direction by Richard Rodney Bennett)
5. The Beginning 1975, CD/Challenge 73233 (Susannah McCorkle
with Keith Ingham);
6. A Shade Of Difference, CD/Mercury 5588512 (Helen Merrill with
Dick Katz)
7. A Lady Must Live, CD/After 9 2019 (Daryl Sherman)
Mr. Dolan Is Passing Through:
1. Everyone Else
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146 (Female Chorus)
My Sweet:
1. Everyone Else
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146 (Dorothy Loudon and Arthur
Siegel)
Now, I Believe (not used):
1. Everyone Else
Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146 (Dorothy Loudon) [N.B. The
music for the verse became the music for the verse of "Isn't It
Romantic."]
Someone Should Tell Them:
1. Rodgers And Hart
Revisited Vol. 3, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-106 (Lynn Redgrave and
Anthony Perkins) [See "There's So Much More"]
There's So Much More (same music as
"Someone Should Tell Them" cut from A CONNECTICUT YANKEE):
1. 45/RCA Victor 47-6866
(Teddi King with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra)
2. Love, Dolphin 6 (Julie Wilson with musical direction by Phil
Moore) [reissued as CD/Fresh Sounds D 6 CD]
3. The Charming Miss Edie Adams, CD/Varese Sarabande 5797 (Edie
Adams)
A recording by the Reg Owens Orchestra is also known to exist.
We'll Be the Same:
1. 78/Columbia 2416 D
(Emerson Gill's Campus Boys with Emerson Gill and his Orchestra)
2. 78/Brunswick 6036 (Emil Coleman and his Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 22627 (Frank Luther with Victor Arden-Phil Ohman
and their Orchestra) [reissued on The Song Is Richard Rodgers
and Lorenz Hart, CD/ASV/Living Era 5041]
4. Debut "Downstairs At The Upstairs, AEI (M) 2114 (Tammy Grimes
with Stan Keen and Carl Norman at the plural pianos)
5. Julius Monk Simply Plays! (And/Or Vice Versa, Off Broadway
(M) OB-400 (Julius Monk)
6. Gooold, CD/Amosaya 2534 (Ned Goode, tenor sax, with Benjamin
Wolfe, bass, and Daniel Freedman, drums)
7. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. 3, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-106
(Blossom Dearie and the Men)
Other Songs:
A Cat Can Look At A Queen
(not used)
God Gave Me Eyes (cut)
I'll Be A Star (not used)
Opening Act II
Sweet Geraldine
Tennessee Dan (lyrics may not have survived)
Tonight Or Never (cut)
Two Unfortunate Orphans
You Ain't Got No Savoir Faire
A list of song titles in Hart's handwriting also lists Come
Across (an early title for the show); Tarts In Ermine (which
could be an early title for Innocent Chorus Girls of Yesterday);
and I'm Hard To Please (written for the movie version of De
Sylva, Brown, and Henderson's FOLLOW THRU).