BETSY

Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: December 28, 1926, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 39

Blue Skies (M/L: Irving Berlin):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this Berlin standard.


Come And Tell Me (aka "Tell Me") (cut; originally intended for and cut from PEGGY-ANN):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited, Recording Industries Corp 3001 (Charlotte Rae and Cy Young with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]


If I Were You (also used in LADY LUCK and SHE'S MY BABY):

1. 78/Columbia 4342 (Phyllis Monkman and Leslie Henson with Three Pianos, H.B. Hedley, J. Clarke, and G. Myddleton) [reissued on The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. 78/HMV C-1346 (Light Opera Company)
3. 78/Columbia 4344 (Percival Mackey's Band)
4. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-140 (Dorothy Loudon with Arthur Siegel, piano, John Loehrke, bass, and Jeremy Harris, percussion)
5. Andrea Marcovicci Sings Rodgers & Hart, CD/Andreasong (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham, piano, and Kevin Axt, bass)
6. My Funny Valentine: Frederica Von Stade Sings Rodgers And Hart, CD/EMI CDC 7 54071 2 (Frederica Von Stade, Rosemary Ashe, Lynda Richardson, and Peta Bartlett with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)


My Kid:

1. 78/Victor 19605 (Belle Baker)


Rhapsody In Blue (M: George Gershwin):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this Gershwin standard.


Sing (same music as "First We Throw Moe Out"; later used in LADY LUCK and LADY FINGERS):

1. 78/Columbia 4340 (Laddie Cliff with Three Pianos, H.B. Hedley, J. Clarke, and G. Myddleton) [reissued on The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. 78/Brunswick 3431 (Park Lane Orchestra with vocal chorus)
3. 78/HMV C-1346 (Light Opera Company) (two renditions)
4. 78/Columbia 4346 (The Singing Sophomores)
5. 78/Columbia 4344 (Percival Mackey's Band)
6. 78/EB Winner 4668 (Alfred's Band)
7. It's Smooth, It's Smart. It's Rodgers, It's Hart!, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MES-7069 (Ronny Whyte and Travis Hudson) [reissued as The Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Audiophile ACD-57]


This Funny World:

1. Julie Wilson At Brothers & Sisters Volume 2, Arden (S) B&S 2 (Julie Wilson with William Roy at the piano)
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited, Spruce (S) 101 (Dorothy Loudon with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]
3. The Rodgers And Hart Album, RCA (S) ARL1-4123 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano) [reissued as CD/RCA RCD1-5858]
4. Meehan's In, Mercury (M) MG 21043 (Danny Meehan)
5. Life Is Beautiful, Improv 7112 (Tony Bennett with the Torri Zito Trio) [reissued as CD/Concord Jazz 2195]
6. Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart, Improv 7120 (Tony Bennett & The Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet) [reissued on Tony Bennett Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-2243-2]
7. Tony Bennett Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-2243-2 (Tony Bennett & The Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet) (alternate take 3)
8. She Dances Overhead, RCA 89831(Matt Dennis with Harry Geller and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/BMG BVCJ-7463]
9. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Bill Daugherty with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
10. Out On Broadway, CD/Original Cast OC2015 (Eddie Webb with Scott Miller, piano)
11. All Hart: Songs of Lorenz Hart, CD/Sin-Drome/After 9 SD 8947 (Eric Comstock)
12. This Funny World, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5584 (Mary Cleere Haran with musical direction by Richard Rodney Bennett)
13. You'd Better Love Me, CD/Audiophile ACD-121 (Marlene Ver Planck with the Loonis McGlohon Trio)
14. Lucky To Be Me, CD/Landmark 1524 (Wesla Whitfield with Mike Greensill, piano, and Dean Reilly, bass)
15. One True Heart, CD/Northeastern 5002 (Didi Stewart)
16. Taking It To Hart: The Songs Of Rodgers & Hart, CD/Ronnie Scott's Jazz 40 (Ian Shaw)
17. The Beginning 1975, CD/Challenge 73233 (Susannah McCorkle with Keith Ingham, piano)
18. The Waiting Game, CD/Linn 5018 (Claire Martin)
19. My Favorite Things, CD/DRG CDMRS-712 (Monica Lewis)
20. Vintage Grillo, CD/HockeyJazz 21244 (Jerry Grillo)
21. Greatest Voices & Unforgettable Evergreens, CD/Disky Communications 998242 (unidentified performer)
22. Looking At You/Un Etranger A La Ville, CDr/No label (Zack Matalon with musical direction by Jean-Pierre Guigon)
23. Scene One/We Speak The Same Language, CD/Stage Door STAGE 2460 (James Shigeta with orchestra conducted by Harry Betts)

You're The Mother Type (cut):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1367 (Anthony Perkins and Nancy Andrews) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]


Unrecorded Material:

At The Saskatchewan (cut)
Birds Up High (aka "Birds On High")
Bugle Blow
Burn Up (unused; possibly also intended for PEGGY-ANN)
Characteristic Dances
Cradle Of The Deep
Don't Believe (M: M. Siegel; L: Irving Caesar) (cut; reinstated after opening)
Finale Act One
Finaletto
First We Throw Moe Out (aka "Finaletto, Act II, Scene I) (same music as "Sing")
Follow On (lyric missing)
I Guess I Should Be Satisfied (aka "Finale, Act I")
In Our Parlor On The Third Floor Back (lyric missing)
In Variety (cut; lyric missing)
Is My Girl Refined? (cut)
The Kitzel Engagement
The Ladies' Home Companion (cut; later used in A CONNECTICUT YANKEE)
Leave It To Levy (M/L: Irving Caesar)
A Melican Man (unused fragment)
My Missus
National Dances
One Of Us Should Be Two
Push Around (lyric missing)
Show Me How To Make Love (cut; lyric missing)
Shuffle (also used in ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER)
Six Little Kitzels (cut)
Social Work (unused)
Stonewall Moskowitz March (L: Irving Caesar; Lorenz Hart)
The Tales Of Hoffman (M: Al Segal; L: Irving Caesar) (dropped during the run)
Transformation (cut)
Viva Italia (unused)