BURLESQUE U.S.A.



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: June 30, 1980, Lyric Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Performances: Unknown


Floogle Street (sketch) (previously used in THE BEST OF BURLESQUE):

1. The Best Of Burlesque, MGM (S) SE-3644 (Tom Poston, Emmett Rose, Nancee Ward, Sugar Glaze, Lilly White, and Vini Fay with orchestra conducted by Herb Harris)


Forty-Second Street (M: Harry Warren; L: Al Dubin) (originally used in the film FORTY-SECOND STREET) :

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


Powder My Back (previously used in THIS WAS BURLESQUE):

1. An Evening With Gypsy Rose Lee, AEI (S) 1131 (Gyspy Rose Lee)


Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long (M: Isham Jones: L: Sam M. Lewis; Milton Berle; Fred Whitehouse) :

1. 78/ Bluebird B 11260 (Ziggy Talent with Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Vaughn Monroe Collection, CD/Flare 218]
2. Barbara Streisand's Greatest Hits, CD/Columbia CK-9968 (Barbara Streisand with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz)
3. Songs From My Heart, CD/Mary Ann Fosco (Mary Ann Fosco)
4. Behind The Tool Shed, CD/Kitten In Manville (Kitten In Manville featuring Angie Louise)
5. At Last, CD/Arctic Siren Records (Lora Mahaffrey)
6. Lovelight Shining, CD/Lydia Marks (Lydia Marks)
7. Voice Male, CD/Excellence 4078 (Voice Male)
8. Allan Sherman Live!!! (Hoping You Are The Same), CD/Collectors' Choice Music CMM2143 (Allan Sherman)
9. Artist Series, Vol. 17: Sing The Songs Of Barbra Streisand, CD/Charttraxx Home Entertainment (karaoke)


Take Ten Terrific Girls (But Only 9 Costumes) (L: Lee Adams) (originally used in the film THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S and subsequently used in AN EVENING WITH CHARLES STROUSE):

1. The Night They Raided Minsky's, United Artists (S) UAS 5191 (Dexter Maitland with orchestra conducted by Philip J. Lang) [reissued as CD/Kritzerland KR200134]
2. The Night They Raided Minsky's, United Artists (S) UAS 5191 (Rudy Vallee with orchestra conducted by Philip J. Lang) [reissued as CD/Kritzerland KR200134]
3. The Night They Raided Minsky's, United Artists (S) UAS 5191 (orchestra conducted by Philip J. Lang) [reissued as CD/Kritzerland KR200134]
4. The Night They Raided Minsky's, Philips (S) PHS 600-293 (Frank Hubbell & The Stompers)


Top Banana (M/L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in TOP BANANA) :

1. Top Banana, Capitol S 308 (Joey Faye and Phil Silvers with orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings) [reissued as CD/Angel ZDM 0777 7 64772 2 0]
2. Jack Kane Salutes The Comics, Dot (M) DLP 3143 (Jack Kane and his Orchestra)
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1951, CD/Bayview RNBW021 (Chip Zien with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


Unrecorded Material:

The Audition (sketch)
Come On In
The Dodger (sketch) (added to the run of THIS WAS BURLESQUE)
Exotic (added to the run of THIS WAS BURLESQUE)
Feature Strip (Male and Female)
Girls Of The World
Party Crasher (King Kong Strip)
Pork Chops (sketch)
Say Something Nice About America
The Stand-In (sketch)
Superstar Of Burlesque
The Transformer (Doctor sketch)