BIG BEN

Composer: Vivian Ellis
Lyricist: A.P. Herbert

Opened: July 17, 1946, Adelphi Theatre, London
Performances: 172

Do You Remember The Good Old Days?:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]


A Glass Of Wine, My Darling?:

1. 78/HMV B-9500 (Vivian Ellis, piano) [reissued on The Water Gipsies, CD/Sepia 1060]
2. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
3. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Chorus with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]


I Want To See The People Happy:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Lizbeth Webb with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]
2. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Lizbeth Webb with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) (reprise) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]
3. 78/HMV B-9500 (Vivian Ellis, piano) [reissued on The Water Gipsies, CD/Sepia 1060]
4. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
5. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) (reprise) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]


Let Us Go Down To The River:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Trefor Jones with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]
2. 78/HMV B-9500 (Vivian Ellis, piano) [reissued on The Water Gipsies, CD/Sepia 1060]
3. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]


London Town:

1. 78/HMV B-9500 (Vivian Ellis, piano) [reissued on The Water Gipsies, CD/Sepia 1060]
2. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
3. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Chorus with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]


Love Me Not:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Trefor Jones with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]
2. 78/HMV B-9500 (Vivian Ellis, piano) [reissued on The Water Gipsies, CD/Sepia 1060]
3. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]


Other Men:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Eric Palmer with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]


The Poodle And The Pug:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]


The Sun Is On The City:

1. 78/HMV B-9500 (Vivian Ellis, piano) [reissued on The Water Gipsies, CD/Sepia 1060]


Wheels Of The World:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]


Who's The Lady?:

1. 78/Columbia DX-1323 (Lizbeth Webb with Charles Prentice & His Adelphi Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Vivan Ellis Centenary, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3011]
2. 78/Columbia DX-1272 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]