BYE BYE BIRDIE

Composer: Charles Strouse
Lyricist: Lee Adams

Opened: April 14, 1960, Martin Beck Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 607

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.

All Woman (cut) :

1. Composers' Demo (Lee Adams and Charles Strouse)


Bye Bye Birdie (added to the 1963 film version and the 1995 TV version):

1. Bye Bye Birdie, RCA (S) LSO-1081 (Ann-Margaret with the Columbia Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green) [reissued as CD/RCA/BMG Heritage 82876 54217 2]
2. Bye Bye Birdie, RCA Victor (S) LSO-1081 (Ann-Margaret, Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, and Bobby Rydell with the Columbia Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green) [reissued as CD/RCA/BMG Heritage 82876 54217 2]
3. Bye Bye Birdie, Colpix CP-454 (Shelley Fabares with the Stu Phillips Orchestra) [reissued as Bye Bye Birdie/Teenage Triangle, CD/Collectables COL-CD-7682]
4. Bye Bye Birdie, Colpix CP-454 (The Stu Phillips Orchestra and Chorus) [reissued as Bye Bye Birdie/Teenage Triangle, CD/Collectables COL-CD-7682]
5. Bye Bye Birdie, Cameo (S) SC-1043 (Bobby Rydell with orchestra conducted by Jack Pleis) [reissued on Bobby Rydell, CD/Park 556]
6. Bye Bye Birdie, Colpix (S) SCP 451 (Bill Pots and His Orchestra) (part of medley entitled "The Closer") [reissued on Porgy And Bess/Bye Bye Birdie, CD/Lone Hill Jazz 10170]
7. Teen Scene, RCA Victor 7602 (Chet Atkins)
8. From Russia With Love, Capitol (S) ST 2075 (Jimmie Haskell and His Orchestra)
9. Magic In The Air, Mercury 6641877 (Lindisfarne) [reissued on Magic In The Air/Caught In The Act, CD/Castle 72248] Crazy Days, Sonet 3018 (Hurriganes) [reissued as CD/Lover 141]
10. Bye Bye Birdie, CD/RCA 09026-68356-2 (The Sweet Apple Teens with orchestra directed by Irwin L. Fisch)
11. Forbidden Hollywood, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5669 (Susanne Blakeslee with music direction by Brad Ellis) (as "Bye Bye Thirty")
12. Wahooti Fandango, CD/rooArt (Custard)
13. In Stone, CD/SMA 0126 (The Glenrustles)
14. You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile, CD/Varese Sarabande 5711 (Jason Graae and the Foie Graaes aka Eydie Alyson, Susan Egan, Alyson Reed, and Lynne Wintersteller with music diretion by Brad Ellis)
15. Hits, Rarities And Lipgloss!, CD/Vocalion 4215 (Kathy Kirby)
16. Trio 99>00, CD/Warner Brothers 47632 (Pat Methany)


Let's Settle Down (added to the 1995 TV version):

1. Bye Bye Birdie, CD/RCA 09026-68356-2 (Vanessa Williams with orchestra directed by Irwin L. Fisch)


A Mother Doesn't Matter Anymore (added to the 1995 TV version):

1. Bye Bye Birdie, CD/RCA 09026-68356-2 (Tyne Daly with orchestra directed by Irwin L. Fisch)
2. Strouse/Schwartz/Schwartz, CD/Krizterland KR 20010-6 (Tyne Daly with orchestra directed by Ron Abel)


Older And Wiser (cut):

1. 45/Columbia 4-41634 (Eileen Rodgers with orchestra conducted by Frank De Vol) [reissued on The Best Of Eileen Rodgers, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 379]
2. Lost In Boston III, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5563 (Michelle Pawk and Tammy Minoff with music direction by Tom Fay)


One Girl (unused; male version of "One Boy"):

1. Composers' Demo (Lee Adams and Charles Strouse)
2. Bye Bye Birdie, Colpix CP-454 (Paul Petersen with the Stu Phillips Orchestra) [reissued as Bye Bye Birdie/Teenage Triangle, CD/Collectables COL-CD-7682]
3. Bye Bye Birdie, Cameo (S) SC-1043 (Bobby Rydell with orchestra conducted by Jack Pleis) [reissued on Bobby Rydell, CD/Park 556]
4. George Chakiris, Capitol (S) ST-1750 (George Chakiris with orchestra conducted by Milton Raskin)


One Giant Step (aka "Take A Giant Step") (added to the 1991 touring revival and the 1995 TV version):

1. Bye Bye Birdie, CD/RCA 09026-68356-2 (Jason Alexanders with orchestra directed by Irwin L. Fisch)

Sultans' Ballet (written for the film version):

1. Bye Bye Birdie, CD/RCA 54217 (Columbia Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green) (different from "Shriner's Ballet")


Unrecorded Numbers:

All The Love In The World (written for the film version but not used)
He's Mine (added for the 1991 touring revival)
How To Kill A Man One Hundred Ways Ballet (inst.)
Shriner's Ballet (inst.)
So Long (added to the 1991 touring revival)
There Comes A Time (cut)
The World At Large (prologue to Act 2) (cut?)