CHEE-CHEE

Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: September 25, 1928, Majestic Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 32

Better Be Good To Me:

1. Remember These, Ava Records AS-26 (Betty Comden with Richard Lewine, piano, George Duvivier, bass, and Mundell Lowe, drums) [reissued as Betty Comden Sings Songs From Treasure Girl/Chee-Chee, CD/DDJAY 8032]


Dear, Oh Dear:

1. Remember These, Ava Records AS-26 (Betty Comden with Richard Lewine, piano, George Duvivier, bass, and Mundell Lowe, drums) [reissued as Betty Comden Sings Songs From Treasure Girl/Chee-Chee, CD/DDJAY 8032]


I Must Love You [same music as "Send For Me" from SIMPLE SIMON]:

1. 78/Diva 2751 (Robert Wood with the Musical Comedy Orchestra)
2. Remember These, Ava Records AS-26 (Betty Comden with Richard Lewine, piano, George Duvivier, bass, and Mundell Lowe, drums) [reissued as Betty Comden Sings Songs From Treasure Girl/Chee-Chee, CD/DDJAY 8032]
3. The Charming Miss Edie Adams, RKO Records ULP 135 (Edie Adams) [reissued as CD/Varese Sarabande 5797]
4. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. 1, Painted Smiles PS-1341 (Charlotte Rae and Danny Meehan with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]
5. My Funny Valentine, Frederica Von Stade Sings Rodgers And Hart, CD/Angel CDC-54071 (Frederica Von Stade with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)

For recordings of "Send for Me," see:

1. 78/Columbia 2132 D (Fred Rich and his orchestra with vocal refrain)
2. 78/Victor 22353 (Frank Luther with The High Hatters) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1930-1936, CD/Box Office ENBO-CD2 #9/94]
3. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. 1, Painted Smiles PS-1341 (Charlotte Rae and Danny Meehan with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]


Moon Of My Delight:

1. 78/Diva 2751 (Robert Wood with the Musical Comedy Orchestra)
2. Remember These, Ava Records AS-26 (Betty Comden with Richard Lewine, piano, George Duvivier, bass, and Mundell Lowe, drums) [reissued as Betty Comden Sings Songs From Treasure Girl/Chee-Chee, CD/DDJAY 8032]
3. Mary Martin Sings, Richard Rodgers Plays, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1539 (Mary Martin with Richard Rodgers, piano, and orchestra conducted by John Lesko) [reissued as CD/RCA 60558-2-RG]
4. My Funny Valentine, Frederica Von Stade Sings Rodgers And Hart, CD/Angel CDC-54071 (Frederica Von Stade with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
5. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126 (Blossom Dearie)


Singing A Love Song [same music as "I Still Believe In You" from SIMPLE SIMON]:

1. Remember These, Ava Records AS-26 (Betty Comden with Richard Lewine, piano, George Duvivier, bass, and Mundell Lowe, drums) [reissued as Betty Comden Sings Songs From Treasure Girl/Chee-Chee, CD/DDJAY 8032]
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. 1, Painted Smiles PS-1341 (Charlotte Rae and Danny Meehan with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]


For recordings of "I Still Believe In You," see:

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. 1, Painted Smiles PS-1341 (Charlotte Rae and Danny Meehan with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]
2. Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart, Atlantic (S) SD 2-610 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan, drums) [reissued as CD/Atlantic 81320]
3. The Sweetest Sounds, CD/DRG 91462 (KT Sullivan with Larry Woodard)
4. Country Impressions, CD/Revere 943 (Emil Pandolfi, piano)


Other Songs:

Await Your Love (Concubine's Song)
Bonze Entrance (incidental music)
Chee Chee's Second Entrance (no lyric survives)
Chinese Dance (instr.)
Farewell, O Life (Finale Act II)
Finale Act I (no lyric survives)
Her Hair Is Black As Licorice (Food Solo)
Holy Of Holies (Prayer)
I Am A Prince
I Bow A Glad Good Day (Tavern Opening)
I Grovel To The Earth (Chee-Chee's First Entrance)
I Grovel To Your Cloth (Chee-Chee's Third Entrance)
I Wake At Morning
I'll Never Share You (If You Were My Concubine)
In A Great Big Way
Joy Is Mine (possibly dropped prior to opening)
Just A Little Thing
Khonghouse Song
Living Buddha (Impassive Buddha)
Monastary Opening (no lyric survives)
The Most Majestic Of Domestic Officials (Entrance Of The Grand Eunuchs)
Oh, Gala Day, Red-Letter Day (Palace Opening)
Owl Song (Song Of The Owl)
Sleep, Weary Head
The Tartar Song
Thank You In Advance [same music as Moon Of My Delight]
Untitled Trio (lost or never written)
We Are The Horrors Of Deadliest Woe (Chorus Of Torments)
We're Men Of Brains (Eunuch's Chorus)
You Are Both Agreed (Finaletto, Scene 1)