CAIRO
(Film)
Composer: Arthur
Schwartz
Lyricist: E.Y. Harburg
Released: August 17, 1942
Note: The soundtrack also contains interpolated numbers, for which I have not attempted to compile discological information beyond original cast member performances.
Beautiful Ohio (M/L: Mary Earl [Robert A. King]; Ballard Macdonald):
1. Jeanette MacDonald
Sings!, Sunbeam P-514 (Jeanette MacDonald, Ethel Waters, and The
King's Men)
Buds Won't Bud (M: Harold Arlen) (cut
from HOORAY FOR WHAT!):
1. 78/Okeh 5634 (Al Knapp
with The Tommy Tucker Time)
2. 78/Varsity 8272 (Phil Harris, vocal, with Phil Harris and his
Orchestra) [also 78/Hit 7030; reissued on The Thing About Phil
Harris, CD/ASV/Living Era 5191]
3. 78/Decca 3174 (Judy Garland with orchestra conducted by Bobby
Sherwood) [reissued on The Complete Decca Masters, CD/MCA 11059]
4. 78/Columbia 35472 (Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his
Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Helen Forrest with Benny
Goodman, CD/Collector's Choice Music 245]
5. 78/Victor 26609 (Connie Haines with Tommy Dorsey and his
Orchestra) [reissued on Singin' n' Swingin', CD/Collectors'
Choice Music 241]
6. 78/Victor 26603 (Bea Wain with orchestra conducted by Walter
Gross) [reissued on You Can Depend on Me: The Complete
Recordings, Vol. 1, CD/Baldwin Street Music 311]
7. Debut, Decca 8557 (Marcy Lutes with music conducted by Gil
Evans)
8. Harold Arlen In Hollywood, JJA (M) 19763 (Ethel Waters)
[reissued on Hollywood Swing and Jazz: Hot Numbers from Classic
MGM, Warner Brothers & RKO Films, CD/Rhino 79805; That's
Entertainment, CD/Rhino 73192]
9. Hi Fi Calypso, Etc., Columbia (M) CL-928 (Enid Mosier and her
Trinidad Steel Band with the Clarence Williams Trio)
10. The Music Of Harold Arlen Vol. 1, Walden (M) 306 (Harold
Arlen and quintet with musical direction by Peter Matz)
[reissued on Harold Arlen Sings, Mark56 Records (M) 683; The
Music Of Harold Arlen, CD/Harbinger HCD 1505; Harold Arlen Sings
Sweet And Hot, CD/ASV/Living Era 5603]
11. Harold Arlen's Songs, CD/Audiophile 168 (Richard Rodney
Bennett)
12. Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen, CD/Angel
54798 (Peggy Lee with Keith Ingham and His Octet)
13. You Should Know by Now, CD/Innerstate 7010 (Barbara Manning
& The Go-Luckys!)
14. If The Moon Turns Green, CD/Matassa (Greta Matassa)
15. Boys And Girls Like You And Me, CD/Original Cast 9142 (Sally
Mayes with music direction by Dick Gallagher)
16. Billy Stritch, CD/DRG 5215 (Billy Stritch)
17. Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim: Live at Carnegie Hall,
CD/DRG 91464 (Barbara Cook with music direction by Wally Harper)
18. The Forgotten Harold Arlen, CD/Jolly CD 1001 (Rosamund
Shelley with Christopher Littlewood, piano)
19. Julie Wilson Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook, CD/DRG 5211
(Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
20. Beyond The Rainbow: Lyrics By E.Y. Harburg, CD/Oakton
ORCD0005 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
21. Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen, CD/JSP 4246A (Judy Garland
with orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll)
Cairo:
1. The Music Of Arthur
Schwartz 1937-1943 Volume III, JJA (M) 19578 (Jeanette MacDonald
with the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus) [also Jeanette
MacDonald Sings!, Sunbeam P-514]
Les Filles De Cadiz (M/L: Delibes):
1. Jeanette MacDonald In
Song, 78/Victor album M-642 (Jeanette MacDonald) [reissued on
San Francisco & Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites, CD/RCA
09026-60877-2]
2. Jeanette MacDonald Favorites, 45/RCA album WDM-1431 (Jeanette
MacDonald) [reissued on A Tribute To Jeanette MacDonald, CD/OASI
Recordings 7007]
From The Land Of The Sky Blue Waters
(M/L: Charles Wakefield Cadman; Nelle Richmond Eberhart):
1. Jeanette MacDonald In
Song, 78/Victor album M-642 (Jeanette MacDonald) [reissued on A
Tribute To Jeanette MacDonald, CD/OASI Recordings 7007]
2. Jeanette MacDonald Sings!, Sunbeam P-514 (Jeanette
MacDonald, Ethel Waters, and The King's Men)
Home Sweet Home (M/L: Trad.):
1. Jeanette MacDonald
Sings!, Sunbeam P-514 (Jeanette MacDonald, Ethel Waters, and The
King's Men)
Keep The Lights Burning Bright In The
Harbor (L: Howard Dietz; E.Y. Harburg):
1. The Music Of Arthur
Schwartz 1937-1943 Volume III, JJA (M) 19578 (Jeanette MacDonald
with the MGM Studio Orchestra) [also Jeanette MacDonald Sings!,
Sunbeam P-514]
To A Wild Rose (M/L: ?):
1. Jeanette MacDonald
Sings!, Sunbeam P-514 (Jeanette
MacDonald, Ethel Waters, and The King's Men)
Waiting For The Robert E Lee (M/L:
Lewis F. Muir; L. Wolfe Gilbert):
1. Jeanette MacDonald
Sings!, Sunbeam P-514 (Jeanette MacDonald, Ethel Waters, and The
King's Men)
A Women Without A Woman (aka "A Man Without A Woman) (unused):
1. That’s Entertainment!, CD/Turner
Classic Movies R2 72192 (Ethel Waters with orchestra
conducted by Georgie Stoll) (outtake)
Unrecorded Material:
All The Magic Ladies (M/L:
Leslie Eberhard; David Levy)
Steamboat (M/L: Herbert Stothart)
The Waltz Is Over