CALL ME
MADAM
Composer: Irving
Berlin
Lyricist: Irving Berlin
Opened: October 12,
1950, Imperial Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 644
Note: Only recordings of songs not found on the original Broadway cast album, the Merman studio cast album, or the soundtrack are noted below.
For
The Very First Time (unused):
1. 78/Victor 20-4671 (Tony Martin
with Henri Rene and His Orchestra) [also 45/Victor 47-4671; reissued on
Moderation, CD/Jasmine 435]
2. 45/Capitol F3178 (Bunny Paul with Marty
Manning's Music)
3. This Is Petula Clark!, Sunset (S) SUS-5101 (Petula
Clark) [reissued on In Hollywood/In Other Words, CD/Sequel 40389]
4.
All-American Showcase, London 3122-2 [reissued as CD/Vocalion 4317]
5. Steve
& Eydie And Friends Celebrate Berlin, CD/ESE Music ESED 104 (Steve Lawrence
and Eydie Gorme with the New World Philharmonic Orchestra)
6. Trust The
Wind, CD/Betty Ann (Norman Lasiter)
7. Songs Of Leonard Bernstein And Irving
Berlin, CD/Slam 248 (Alison Bentley)
8. Music For Batchelors, CD/Cloud 9
63703 (Henri Rene and His Orchestra) (likely the Tony Martin recording
above)
Free (dropped) (music reused for
"Snow" in WHITE CHRISTMAS):
1. Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch
3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin) (demo)
Mr. Motonony (cut; also cut from
EASTER PARADE and MISS LIBERTY; latter used in JEROME ROBBIN'S
BROADWAY):
1. Irving Berlin Revisited, MGM
E-4435 OC (Dorothy Loudon with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as
Painted Smiles PS-1356; CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-118]
2. Irving Sings Berlin,
CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin with possibly Helmy Kresa at the piano)
(demo)
3. Easter Parade, CD/Turner Classic Movies 836023-2 (Judy
Garland)
4. Jerome Robbins' Broadway, CD/RCA Victor 60150-2-RC (Debbie
Shapiro with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
5. Jerome Robbins'
Broadway, CD/RCA Victor 60150-2-RC (orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignanin) (as
"Mr. Monotony Dance")
6. Something To Shout About: The Music Of Irving
Berlin, CD/JAY CDJAY 1381 (Kim Criswell with the National Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Richard Balcombe) [also found on The Musicality Of Berlin, CD/JAY
CDJAZ 9007]
7. The Broadway Musicals Of 1949, CD/Bayview RNBW035 (Marla
Schaffel with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
8. Let's Face The Music:
Ann Tofflemire Sings Irving Berlin, CD/Harbinger HCD 1708 (Anne Tofflemire with
musical direction by Ross Patterson)
9. Trap, CD/Zonk 6 (Flat Earth
Society)
10. One Night On Broadway With Irving Berlin, CD/Nocturne 11303
(artist unknown)
11. The Songs That Got Away, CD/Polydor 839116 (Sarah
Brightman with orchestra conducted by Michael Reed)
Unrecorded Songs:
Anthem For Presentation (not used
per Bloom)
Blintzes From Lindy's (not used) (no music survives)
Call Me
Madam (written for proposed tv version)
I Speak American (not used) (no
music survives)
Lichtenburg Cheese (not used) (no music survives)
Nuts To
You (no music survives)
Our Day Of Independence (dropped)
Our Town
(unusued)
We Still Like Ike (written for proposed tv version)
What Did
You Do To Me? (unused) (no music survives)
What This Country Needs (not
used) (no music survives)
The Wild Men Of Lichtenburg (not used) (no music
survives)
You've Got To Be Way Out To Be In (written for proposed tv
version)