BEAT THE BAND

Composer: Johnny Green
Lyricist: George Marion, Jr.

Opened: October 14, 1942, 46th Street Theatre, NYC
Performances: 68

(The) Steam Is On The Beam:

1. 78/Decca 23435 (Kay Thompson and Her Singers with Johnny Green, piano, and His Orchestra) [reissued on Kay Thompson, JJA (M) 197510; Kay Thompson: The Golden Years 1934-1954, CD/Box Office ENBO-CD #19/98]
2. 78/Hit 7029 (unidentified vocalist with orchestra conducted by Emil Davis)
3. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue, 10"/MGM 540 (uncredited vocals with Johnny Green, piano)
4. The Johnny Ever Greens, ABC-Paramount (M) ABC-147 (Jud Conlon Rhythmaires with Russell Garcia and his orchestra)
5. Life's A Funny Present: More Broadway Flops & Roadkills 1919-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9306 (Pamela Myers with musical direction by David Holcenberg)
A radio transcription also exists with Bob Hannon and the Allen Roth Orchestra.


Unrecorded Numbers:

The Afternoon Of A Phoney
America Loves A Band
Break It Up
Down Through The Agents
Every Other Heartbeat
The Four Freedoms - Calypso
Free, Cute And Size Fourteen
The Hula Girl (added during the run)
I'm Physical, You're Cultured
Keep It Casual
Let's Comb Beaches
(I Like The) Men
Proud Of You
Song Of Two Islands
The Swimmers (dance)