THE BIG SHOW OF 1936
Composer:
Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: May 30, 1972,
Felt Forum Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 8
Note: No attempt has been made to provide discological information for anything other than original cast member performances.
A Bird In A Gilded Cage (M/L: Arthur J. Lamb; Harry Von Tilzer):
1. The Naughty Nineties,
78/Columbia album C-14 (Beatrice Kay and the Elm City Four with orchestra
directed by Ray Bloch) [also found on Columbia 868]
The Curse Of An Aching Heart (M/L: Fink;
Piantadosi):
1. The Naughty Nineties,
78/Columbia album C-14 (Beatrice Kay and the Elm City Four with orchestra
directed by Ray Bloch) [also found on Columbia 868]
2. Beatrice Kay Sings,
78/Columbia album C-115 (Beatrice Kay)
Do
I Worry? (M/L: Stanley Cowan; Bobby Worth):
1. 78/Decca 3432 (The Ink Spots)
[also 78/Decca 23633; 78/Decca 11050; 45EP/Decca 91099; reissued on Encore Of
Golden Hits, CD/Juke Box Treasures 6019]
2. Bill Kenny Sings The Golden
Hits Of The Ink Spots, Mercury (S) SRW 16286 (Bill Kenny)
Donkey Serenade (M: Rudolph Friml; Herbert Stothart; L:
Robert Wright; George Forrest):
1. 78/Victor 4380 (Allan Jones
with orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) [also 45/Victor 49-0201;
45EP/Victor ERA-54; reissued on Radio Days, CD/RCA 3017-2-N]
2. The
Firefly, Caliban 6027 (Allan Jones with orchestra conducted by Herbert
Stothart) [reissued on Hollywood's Best: The Thirties, CD/Rhino R2-72907)
3. Allan Jones Sings For A Man And A Woman, Scepter (S) SPS-566 (Allan
Jones)
4. Allan Jones Sings Friml Favorites, Glendale 9004 (Allan Jones)
A Good Man Is Hard To Find:
1. 78/Victor 20-4332 (Beatrice
Kay with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra) [also 45/RCA 47-4332]
I Don't Care (M/L: Lennox;
Sutton):
1. The Naughty Nineties,
78/Columbia album C-14 (Beatrice Kay and the Elm City Four with orchestra
directed by Ray Bloch) [also found on Columbia 868]
The Impossible Dream (M: Mitch Leigh; L: Joe Darion)
:
1. Allan Jones Sings For A Man
And A Woman, Scepter (S) SRM 566 (Allan Jones)
In A Little Spanish Town (M/L: Mabel Wayne; Joe Young; Sam
M. Lewis) (from the film THOUSANDS CHEER):
1. Thousands Cheer, Hollywood
Soundstage 409 (Virginia O'Brien, Gloria DeHaven, and June Allyson with the Bob
Crosby Orchestra) [reissued on Alive And Kickin', CD/Rhino R2-72827]
2.
Virginia O'Brien Salutes The Great MGM Musicals, CD/AEI AEI-CD 607 (Virginia
O'Brien)
If I Didn't Care (M/L: Jack
Lawrence):
1. 78/Decca 2286 (The Ink Spots)
[also 78/Decca 23632; 78/Decca 11050; 78/18 Top Hits 162; 45EP/Decca 91099;
reissued on Encore Of Golden Hits, CD/Juke Box Treasures 6019]
2. Bill
Kenny Sings The Golden Hits Of The Ink Spots, Mercury (S) SRW 16286 (Bill
Kenny)
3. The Best Of The Street Singer, CD/Xtra 26414 (Arthur Tracey)
Lovely To Look At (M: Jerome Kern; L:
Dorothy Fields):
1. Always In Song, CD/Prism
Leisure 136 (Arthur Tracey)
Mama Eu Quero
("I Want My Mama"):
1. Queen Of Musical Mayhem,
CD/Collectors' Choice Music 1063 (Cass Daley)
Marta (M/L:
Gilbert-Simons):
1. 78/Brunswick 6216 (Arthur
Tracey) [reissued on Always In Song, CD/Prism Leisure 136]
Mention My Name In Sheboygan:
1. Beatrice Kay Sings Gay 90's,
Golden Tone (S) 9655S (Beatrice Kay)
Peg O'
My Heart (M/L: Alfred Bryan; Fred Fisher):
1. Peg O' My Heart, CD/Simitar
Distribution 1157 (Harmonica Rascals)
Saloon:
1. Beatrice Kay Sings,
78/Columbia album C-115 (Beatrice Kay)
Waitin' At The Church (M/L: Leigh;
Pether):
1. The Naughty Nineties,
78/Columbia album C-14 (Beatrice Kay and the Elm City Four with orchestra
directed by Ray Bloch) [also found on Columbia 868]
Whatcha Gonna Do When The Rent
Comes 'Round? (M/L: Rufus Rastas Johnson Brown):
1. The Naughty Nineties,
78/Columbia album C-14 (Beatrice Kay and the Elm City Four with orchestra
directed by Ray Bloch) [also found on Columbia 868]
When The Saints Go Marching In (M/L:
Traditional):
1. Encore Of Golden Hits, CD/Juke
Box Treasures 6019 (The Ink Spots)
Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey
:
1. Beatrice Kay Sings Gay 90's,
Golden Tone (S) 9655S (Beatrice Kay)
Other
Material:
Dances (performed by Sherry
Robinson)
Danny Boy (M/L: Traditional) (performed by Arthur Tracey)
Drunk Airlines Pilot On Champagne Flight (skit performed by Vince Barnett)
Drunk Jokes (performed by Jackie Coogan)
Fan Dance (performed by Jackie
Coogan)
Fan Dance (performed by Sally Rand)
I Iron Shirts Blues
(performed by Cass Daley)
I Want To Be Happy (M: Vicent Youmans; L: Irving
Caesar) (performed by Virginia O'Brien) (originally performed in NO, NO,
NANETTE)
Medley From MAN OF LA MANCHA (M: Mitch Leigh; L: Joe Darion)
(performed by Allan Jones)
Medley of His Film Songs (performed by Allan
Jones)
Monologue (performed by Jackie Coogan)
Poet And Peasant and
William Tell Overtures (Carl Stevens of Borrah Minnevitch's Harmonica Rascals)
Prelude In C Sharp Minor (performed by Panama Francis)
Tea For Two (M:
Vincent Youmans; L: Irving Caesar) (performed by Virginia O'Brien) (originally
performed in NO, NO, NANETTE)
There'll Be Some Changes Made (performed by
Cass Daley)
When You're Smiling (performed by Gene Bell?)
Who Cares?
(performed by Sherry Robinson)
You Got To See Mama Every Night (performed
by Virginia O'Brien)