CALL ME MISTER



Composer: Harold Rome
Lyricist: Harold Rome

Opened: April 18, 1946, National Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 734

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


The Drugstore Song:

1. Drugstore Cabaret: Songs About Sodas, Pills And Potions, CD/Premier 1050 (Max Morath, piano and voice)


I Just Can't Do Enough For You, Baby (M: Sammy Fain; L: Mack Gordon) (written for the film version):

1. Call Me Mister/Starlift, Titania (M) 510 (Betty Grable and Dan Dailey with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman) [also found on The Classic Movie Musicals Of Sammy Fain, JJA (M) 19842; reissued on More From The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine 1378]


I'm Gonna Love That Guy (Like He's Never Been Loved) (M: Sammy Fain; L: Mack Gordon) (written for the film version):

1. Call Me Mister/Starlift, Titania (M) 510 (Betty Grable and Dan Dailey with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman) [also found on The Classic Movie Musicals Of Sammy Fain, JJA (M) 19842; reissued on More From The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine 1378]


Japanese Girl Loves American Boy (M: Sammy Fain; L: Mack Gordon) (written for the film version):

1. Call Me Mister/Starlift, Titania (M) 510 (Betty Grable with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman) [reissued on More From The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine 1378]


Lament To Pots And Pans (M/L: Jerry Seelen and Earl K. Brent) (written for the film version):

1. Call Me Mister/Starlift, Titania (M) 510 (film cast with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)


Love Is Back In Business (M: Sammy Fain; L: Mack Gordon) (written for the film version):

1. Call Me Mister/Starlift, Titania (M) 510 (Betty Grable with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman) [reissued on More From The Pin-Up Girl, CD/Jasmine 1378]


Military Life (The Jerk Song) (movie version of Harold Rome stage song with additional lyrics by Jerry Seelen):

1. Call Me Mister/Starlift, Titania (M) 510 (film cast with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
2. Stage Door Canteen: Broadway Responds To World War II, CD/DRG DRG-CD-94799 (Betsy Wolfe with  musical direction by Andy Einhorn)


Specialty Dance (M: Sammy Fain) (written for the film version):

1. Call Me Mister/Starlift, Titania (M) 510 (orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)


Unrecorded Material:

America's Square Table Of The Air (Round Table Of The Air) (sketch by Arnold Auerbach)
The Army Way (sketch by Arnold Auerbach)
Dance Specialty
Finale (which is probably "Call Me Mister")
His Old Man
A Home Of Our Own (sketch by Arnold Auerbach)
Love Remains The Same (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Off We Go (sketch by Arnold Auerbach and Arnold B. Horwitt)
Once Over Lightly (sketch by Arnold Auerbach amd Arnold B. Horwitt)
Opening Number
The Senators' Song
South Wind (sketch by Arnold Auerbach)
Welcome Home (sketch by Arnold Auerbach)