THE CAREFREE HEART
(aka THE LOVE DOCTOR)
Composer: Robert
Wright and George Forrest
Lyricist: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Opened: September 30, 1957 at the Cass Theatre in
Detroit, Michigan, and closed on October 26, 1957 at the Hanna
Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. A revised version opened at the
Picadilly Theatre in London on October 12, 1959 and closed after
16 performances.
Anatomy:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
Be-Deviled (unused; added to THE LOVE
DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
Bleed And Purge:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
The Carefree Heart:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. 45EP/Columbia 45-DB 4356 (Orchestra conducted by Michael
Collins)
3. 45/Columbia 45-DB 4360 (Gracie Fields with the Rita Williams
Singers and accompaniment directed by Geoff Love) [reissued on
Gracie Fields, CD/Music For Pleasure; Gracie Fields, CD/EMI)
4. 45/Decca 9-30467 (Chorus and orchestra conducted by Jack
Pleis)
5. 45/Vik 4X-0303 (Chorus and orchestra conducted by Marty Gold)
Formula, Formulae, Formulorum:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
His Father's Son (unused):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
I Am Your Man:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
I Would Love You Still:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. 45/Columbia 45-DB 4354 (Victor Silvestri and his Ballroom
Orchestra)
3. 45EP/Columbia 45-DB 4356 (Orchestra conducted by Michael
Collins)
4. 45/Coral 9-61896 (Johnny Desmond with orchestra conducted by
George Cates)
5. 45/Decca 9-30466 (The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts with
chorus with orchestra conducted by Jack Pleis)
6. 45/His Master's Voice 45-POP 652 (Joe Loss and his Orchestra)
7. 45/His Master's Voice 45-POP 662 (Roberto Cardinali with the
Rita Williams Singers and Geoff Love and his Orchestra)
8. 45/London 45-1774 (Vera Lynn with orchestra conducted by Glen
Somers)
Loose in The Foot, Light In The Heart
(unused; added to THE LOVE DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. 45EP/Columbia 45-DB 4354 (Orchestra conducted by Michael
Collins)
Odds And Ends (unused; added to THE
LOVE DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
Other Than That (unused; added to THE LOVE DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
Promised (unused; added to THE LOVE
DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. 45EP/Columbia 45-DB 4356 (Orchestra conducted by Michael
Collins)
Rich Man, Poor Man:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. 45EP/Columbia 45-DB 4356 (Orchestra conducted by Michael
Collins)
3. 45/Coral 9-61896 (Johnny Desmond with orchestra conducted by
George Cates)
4. 45/Decca 30468(Carmen McRae with orchestra conducted by Jack
Pleis)
5. 1956 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5, Pt.
1: January - July, CD/Acrobat 7002 (Jimmy Young) (unverified;
credited at Allmusic.com to Wright & Forrest, but
questionable give the recording date)
She's Appealing, She's Alluring, She's
Dumb:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
Sunflower Seed (unused; added to THE
LOVE DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
'Toinette (unused; same music as
"Amsterdam" cut from KEAN):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. Anasatasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837 (Douglas
Holmes and Marcia Lewis with Mark Hummel, piano) ("Amsterdam")
Unpromised (unused; added to THE LOVE
DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
Who Is? You Are! (unused; added to THE
LOVE DOCTOR):
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest) (2 renditions)
2. 45/Columbia 45-DB 4339 (Dennis Lotis and the Rita Williams
Singers) [reissued on Lost West End Vintage 2, CD/Stage Door
STAGE 9056]
3. 45EP/Columbia 45-DB 4356 (Orchestra conducted by Michael
Collins)
4. 45/Decca 9-30463 (Sylvia Syms with chorus with orchestra
conducted by Jack Pleis)
Would I Were:
1. Composer Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. 45/Coral 9-61898 (Teresa Brewer with chorus and orchestra
conducted by Dick Jacobs)
3. 45/Decca 9-30464 (Pat Kirby with chorus and orchestra
conducted by Jack Pleis)
4. 45/His Master's Voice 45-POP 652 (Joe Loss and his Orchestra)
Other Songs:
Aristotle
At The Bottom Of It - Love!
Bane Of My Life
Be-Angeled (unused; added to THE LOVE DOCTOR)
Madam Is Mad (unused)
Moliere
Seventh Daughter (added to THE LOVE DOCTOR)
To Cook My Gander's Goose
To The Clinic
Woman Talk (added to THE LOVE DOCTOR)