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)