CABIN IN THE SKY
Composer: Vernon
Duke
Lyricist: John Latouche
Opened: October 25, 1940,
Martin Beck Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 156
Note: Only numbers not found on the 1964 Broadway revival cast recording are noted below.
Finale:
1. Taking A Chance On Love,
CD/Original Cast OC-4444 (Eddie Korbich, Terry Burrell, Jerry Dixon, and Donna
English with Jeffrey R. Smith and Davis Harris, pianos)
Little Poppa Satan (not used):
1. Taking A Chance On Love,
CD/Original Cast OC-4444 (Eddie Korbich and Jerry Dixon with Jeffrey R. Smith
and Davis Harris, pianos)
My Old Virginia
Home (On The River Nile):
1. Cabin In The Sky, 78/Liberty
Music Shop album L-312 (Martin Beck Theatre Orchestra conducted by Max Meth)
(as part of overture)
2. Cabin In The Sky, Impulse (S) AS-22 (orchestra
conducted by Manny Albam)
3. Second Town Hall Concert, Atlantic (S) SD2-605
(Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan,
drums) [reissued on Mabel Mercer And Bobby Short At Town Hall/Second Town Hall
Concert, CD/Collectables 6839]
4. Cabin In The Sky, CD/Turner Classic Movies
Music 8 21562 2 (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (as "Down At Jim Henry's")
(extended version)
5. Taking A Chance On Love, CD/Original Cast OC-4444
(Jerry Dixon and Terry Burrell with Jeffrey R. Smith and Davis Harris, pianos)
Overture:
1. Cabin In The Sky, 78/Liberty
Music Shop album L-312 (Martin Beck Theatre Orchestra conducted by Max Meth)
(reissued on Cabin in the Sky/Porgy And Bess/Carib Song, CD/AEI AEI-CD
017)
2. Cabin In The Sky, CD/Turner Classic Movies Music 8 21562 2 (M-G-M
Studio Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll) (as "Main Title")
Unrecorded Numbers:
Boogy-Woogy
Egyptian
Ballet
Flatfoot's Theme (inst.)
Fugue
The General's Song
Jazz Fugue
(inst.)
Lazy Step
Pay Heed
Vision Ballet (inst.)