BILLY ROSE'S DIAMOND HORSESHOE
(Film)
Composer: Harry
Warren
Lyricist: Mack Gordon
Released: 1945
Note: A soundtrack with undesignated tracks was released as Caliban 6028.
China Boy (M/L: Phil Boutelje; Dick Winfree):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this number.
Cooking Up A Show:
1. The Pin-Up Girl,
CD/Jasmine JASCD-103 (Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, William Gaxton,
and Beatrice Kay with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
I Wish I Knew:
1. 78/Decca 18662 (Dick
Haymes with orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins) [reissued on
The Very Best Of Dick Haymes, CD/MCA 027]
2. 78/Columbia 36794 (Kitty Kallen with Harry James and His
Orchestra)
3. 78/Decca 28711 (Jimmy Scott with the Lionel Hampton Quintet
and Doug Duke, organ) [also 45/Decca 9-28711; reissued on Hamp:
The Legendary Decca Recordings, CD/GRP 26522]
4. 45/Pye Nixa 7N.15168 (Petula Clark with accompaniment directd
by Wally Stott) [reissued on With All My Heart, CD/Castle Music
CMDDD-375]
5. The Holywood Years Of Harry Warren 1930-57, JJA Records 19791
(Betty Grable with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
[reissued on The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine JASCD-103]
6. Stepping Out, Galaxy Music 5129 (Red Garland)
7. Explorations, CD/Fantasy/OJC 0372 (Bill Evans Trio)
8. Grey December, CD/Pacific Jazz B2-97160 (Chet Baker)
9. Ahmad's Blues, CD/Chess/GRP 803 (Ahmad Jamal)
10. Z.T.'s Blues, CD/Blue Note B2-84424 (Stanley Turrentine)
11. So Much Guitar, CD/Riverside/OJC OJCCD-233-2 (Wes
Montgomery)
12. Feelin' Red, CD/32 Jazz 32091 (Red Garland)
13. Rock With A Sock, CD/Bear Family BCD 15654 (Mickey Baker)
14. Voices In Love/Love Lost, CD/Collectors' Choice Music CCM
0522 (The Four Freshmen)
15. On Broadway, Vol. 3, CD/PolyGram 849157 (Paul Motian)
16. Spike Robinson Plays Harry Warren, CD/Hep HEPCD 2056 (Spike
Robinson)
17. The Ponderer, CD/Soul Note 1229 (The Odean Pope Saxophone
Choir)
18. Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 26 (Bill Mays At
Maybeck), CD/Concord Jazz CCD-4567 (Bill Mays)
19. Ballads, CD/Impulse! 1703697 (John Coltrane Quartet)
20. Pure Getz, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-4188 (Stan Getz)
21. Complete Live At The Spotlite Club 1958, CD/Gambit 69265
(Ahmad Jamal)
22. September Songs: The Music Of Wilder, Weill And Warren,
CD/High Note 7114 (Wesla Whitfield)
23. You Don't Know Me, CD/Saying It with Jazz 1206 (Rebecca
Parris)
24. Chet Baker Sings And Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman And
Strings, CD/Blue Note 5799682 (Chet Baker with Bud Shank and
Russ Freeman)
25. Romantic Rhapsody, CD/Venus Jazz TKCV 35091 (Richie Beirach
Trio) (unverified)
26. Plays Standards, CD/Venus TKCV 35395 (Steve Kuhn Trio)
27. Sunbeam And Thundercloud, CD/Concord 4703 (Dave McKenna and
Joe Temperley)
28. Like No One Else, CD/Case Entertainment Group 49878 (Lisa
Bigwood)
29. Complete Sessions, CD/Definitive 11260 (Sonny Clark)
30. For Sentimental Reasons, CD/Kind of Blue 10020 (Bobby
Hutcherson)
31. A Song That I Heard, CD/Hep 2061 (Jessica Williams Trio)
32. Now It Can Be Played, CD/Steeplechase 31314 (John
Abercrombie)
33. Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane, CD/Concord Jazz 4950
(Karrin Allyson)
34. Speak Low, CD/Arbors 19418 (Johnny Varro)
35. Manhattan Moods, CD/Concord Jazz 4750 (Mary Stallings)
36. Live At Georgia Theatre, CD/Sony 92774 (The Derek Trucks
Band)
37. Experiment, CD/Elektra Nonesuch 9 79330-2 (Mandy Patinkin
with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
38. Ballads . . . Mostly, CD/Audiophile ACD-343 (Marlene Ver
Planck with Tedd Firth, piano, Boots Maleson, bass, Claudio
Roditi, trumpet, and Ron Vincent, drums)
39. Joni James Sings Songs By Young & Loesser/Kern &
Warren, CD/Taragon TARCD-3008 (Joni James with orchestra
conducted by David Terry)
In Acapulco:
1. 78/Decca 18671 (The
Andy Love Fourt with the Carmen Cavallero Orchestra) [reissued
on The Poet Of The Piano, CD/ASV/Living Era 5404]
2. 45/Coral 781183 (Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music)
3. Betty Grable, Scarce Rarities 5501 (Betty Grable with
orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman) [reissued on The Pin-Up
Girl, CD/Jasmine JASCD-103]
4. On The Air, Vol. 2, CD/Ballad 2 (Dick Haymes)
5. Lawrence Welk Presents Anacani, Ranwood Records 8201 (Anacani
with Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Ranwood
Records 8201]
6. Red Hot, CD/Sepia 1016 (Georgia Gibbs)
7. Babalu Music!, CD/Columbia CK-48507 (Desi Arnaz)
Radio transcriptions performed by Carmen Cavallaro, piano, with
the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and by the Music Of Manhattan
conducted by Norman Cloutier are also known to exist.
Let Me Call You Sweetheart:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine JASCD-103 (Betty Grable, Dick
Haymes, William Gaxton, and Beatrice Kay with orchestra
conducted by Alfred Newman)
A Nickel's Worth Of Jive:
1. The Pin-Up Girl,
CD/Jasmine JASCD-103 (Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, William Gaxton,
and Beatrice Kay with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
Play Me An Old Fashioned Melody:
1. The Pin-Up Girl,
CD/Jasmine JASCD-103 (Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, William Gaxton,
and Beatrice Kay with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
A radio transcription performed by Willard Young with the Music
Of Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier is also know to exist.
The More I See You:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Decca 18662 (Dick Haymes with orchestra conducted by
Gordon Jenkins) [reissued on The Very Best Of Dick Haymes,
CD/MCA 027]
2. 78/Decca 18671 (Gloria Foster with the Carmen Cavallero
Orchestra) [reissued on The Poet Of The Piano, CD/ASV/Living Era
5404]
3. Rain Or Shine, Capitol T-713 (Dick Haymes with orchestra
conducted by Ian Bernard) [reissued on The Complete Capitol
Collection, CD/EMI 3713892]
4. The Hollywood Years Of Harry Warren 1930-57, JJA Records
19791 (Dick Haymes with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
[reissued on The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine JASCD-103]
5. Keep It Simple, Audiophile 200 (Dick Haymes)
Shoo Shoo Baby:
1. The Pin-Up Girl,
CD/Jasmine JASCD-103 (Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, William Gaxton,
and Beatrice Kay with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
Sleep Baby Sleep:
1. The Pin-Up Girl,
CD/Jasmine JASCD-103 (Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, William Gaxton,
and Beatrice Kay with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
Welcome To The Diamond Horseshoe:
1. Betty Grable, Scarce
Rarities 5501 (Betty Grable with orchestra conducted by Alfred
Newman) [reissued on The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine JASCD-103]
You'll Never Know:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Decca 18556 (Dick Haymes and The Songspinners) [also
78/Decca 10119; reissued on The Very Best Of Dick Haymes, CD/MCA
027]
2. The Dick Haymes Show Disc 2, CD/Chacra Licensing (Dick
Haymes)
3. The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine JASCD-103 (Betty Grable, Dick
Haymes, William Gaxton, and Beatrice Kay with orchestra
conducted by Alfred Newman)
4. For You, For Me, Forevermore, CD/Audiophile Records 130 (Dick
Haymes)
5. The Complete Capitol Collection, CD/EMI 71389 (Dick Haymes)
Unrecorded Material:
Dessert Finale
Mink Lament (not lised on cue sheets)
Moody (not listed on cue sheets)
The Old And The New Prelude
The film also includes the following interpolations:
My Melancholy Baby (M/L: Ernie Burnett; George A. Norton)
Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry) (M/L: Albert Von Tilzer; Junie
McCree)
(I'd Climb The Highest Mountain) If I Knew I'd Find You (M/L:
Lew Brown; Sidney Clare)
The Aba-Daba Honeymoon (M/L: Arthur Fields; Walter Donovan)
On The Gay White Way (M: Ralph Rainger; L: Leo Robin)