COPACABANA REVUE (6/2/43)

Composers: Robert Wright; George Forrest
Lyricists: Robert Wright; George Forrest

Opened: June 2, 1943, Copacabana nightclub, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown

Note: A complete song list for this revue is not available at this time. Only "I'm Going Moroccan For Jimmy" is known to be specifically from this particular production. One or more of the remaining songs listed below may have appeared in the version that opened on March 10, 1943.

Chapultapec:

1. A Bag Of Popcorn And A Dream, CD/Original Cast OC-8801 (Lucie Arnaz with musical direction by Fred Barton)


Fall In Manhattan:

1. A Bag Of Popcorn And A Dream, CD/Original Cast OC-8801 (The Concessionaires with musical direction by Fred Barton)


I'm Going Moroccan For Jimmy (music subsequently used for "Rahadlakum" in KISMET):

1. A Bag Of Popcorn And A Dream, CD/Original Cast OC-8801 (Joan Barber with musical direction by Fred Barton) (as "I'm Going Moroccan For Johnny")

For recordings of "Rahadlakum," see:

1. Kismet, Columbia (M) ML 4850 (Alfred Drake, Joan Diener, Lucy Andonian, and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Louis Adrian)
2. Kismet, MGM (M) E 3281 [reissued as CD/Turner Classic Movies 8 54536 2 5 (Dolores Gray, Howard Keel, Betty Wand with the M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn)]
3. Kismet, Columbia CL 550 (Percy Faith and His Orchestra) [reissued on Kismet/Music From Hollywood, CD/Collectables 6473]
4. Kismet, World Record Club LM 7023 (Diane Landor, Grahame Laver, Hazel Holt, and Girls with orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn)
5. Kismet, Decca (S) PFS 4035 (Regina Resnik and Robert Merrill with orchestra conducted by Mantovani) [reissued as CD/London 452 488-2]
6. Kismet, RCA Victor (S) LSO 1112 (Alfred Drake, Anne Jeffreys, Anita Alpert, and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Franz Allers) [reissued as CD/RCA Victor 68040-2]
7. Timbuktu, April-Blackwood (S) SS-33782-01 (Eartha Kitt)
8. Indio National Date Festival Pagent Souvenir Album 1983, S-10278 (John Easton Stuart and Kathy Westmoreland)
9. Kismet, CD/Turner Classic Movies 8 54536 2 5 (M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn) (as "Diwan Dances, Part One")
10. Kismet, CD/JAY CDJAY2 2352 (Rosemary Ashe, Ambrosian Chorus, Judy Kaye, and Donald Maxwell with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
11. Kismet, CD/JAY CDJAY2 2352 (Judy Kaye, Donald Maxwell, Rosemary Ashe, and David Rendall with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards) (as "Rahadlakum Dance")
12. Kismet, CD/Sony Broadway SK 46438 (Julia Migenes, Samuel Ramey, Gale Limansky, and Harem Girls with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)


I've Got A Date With New York:

1. A Bag Of Popcorn And A Dream, CD/Original Cast OC-8801 (Karen Murphy with musical direction by Fred Barton)


In The Shadow Of Sugarloaf Mountain:

1. A Bag Of Popcorn And A Dream, CD/Original Cast OC-8801 (Joan Barber and Geoffrey Holder with musical direction by Fred Barton)