CY
WALTER
(September 16, 1915 - August 18, 1968)
Major Engagements:
Le Ruban Bleu, N.Y.C. (1938-1939)
No. 1 Fifth Avenue Bar, N.Y.C.(1939)
Rose Room, Algonquin Supper Club, Algonquin Hotel, N.Y.C. (1939-1940)
Palace Hotel, San Francisco (c. 1939-1940)
The Cloop, N.Y.C. (1941)
La Martinique, N.Y.C. (1941-1942)
Cy Walter's Night Cap, N.Y.C. (1942)
Tony's West Side, N.Y.C. (1943)
Barbary Room, N.Y.C. (?)
La Maze, Hollywood (?)
The Blue Angel, N.Y.C. (?)
Tony's Trouville, N.Y.C. (?)
The Copacabana, N.Y.C. (?)
Fifty-Second Street Club, N.Y.C. (?)
Café Nino, N.Y.C. (?)
Drake Room, Drake Hotel, N.Y.C. (1945-1951)
The Albert, N.Y.C. (1951)
The Little Club, N.Y.C. (1952)
Weylin Room, Weylin Hotel, N.Y.C. (1953)
The Byline Room, N.Y.C. (1956)
Weylin Room, Weylin Hotel, N.Y.C. (1957-1958)
Peacock Room, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N.Y.C. (1958)
Playbill Restaurant, Hotel Manhattan, N.Y.C. (1958)
Drake Room, Drake Hotel, N.Y.C. (1959-1968)
Festival Of Gas Pavilion, New York World's Fair, Flushing, N.Y. (1964)
Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, N.Y.C. (1965)
c. 1938
78/Liberty Music Shop L-234 (Cy Walter and Gil Bowers, pianos)(I Married An Angel/How To Win Friends And Influence People; Spring Is Here/I'll Tell The Man In The Street) [reissued on Two Grands, Four Hands, CD/Rivermont BSW-1152; I Married An Angel, CD/AEI 002]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-235 (Audrey Christie with the Cy Walter-Gil Bowers Orchestra)(At The Roxy Music Hall; How To Win Friends And Influence People)[reissued on I Married An Angel, CD/AEI 002]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-236 (Wynn Murray with the Cy Walter-Gil Bowers Orchestra)(A Twinkle In Your Eye; Did You Ever Get Stung?)[reissued on I Married An Angel, CD/AEI 002]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-237 (Eve Symington with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(My Romance; Spring Is Here) [The former was reissued on Greta Keller And Other Chanteuses, NLM 1989; the latter was reissued on I Married An Angel, CD/AEI 002.]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-240 (Cy Walter and His Orchestra)(From Alpha To Omega/At Long Last Love/For No Rhyme Or Reason; You Never Know/What Shall I Do?/Maria)[reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-246 (Vincent Curran with Cy Walter and His Orchestra)(You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea; Far Away)[The latter was reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1938, JJA (M) 1988-1.]
1939
78/Liberty Music Shop L-253 (Greta Keller with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(Never Again; I Get Along Without You Very Well)[The former was reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1939, CD/Encores ENCDNO1/2; the latter was reissued on Remember Me & Other Intimate Songs, CD/Sepia 1063.]
Note: Recorded March 1939 in N.Y.C.
78/Liberty Music Shop L-254 (Milli Monti with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(Nostalgico; If You Leave Paris)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-262 (Greta Keller with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(Danger In The Dark; Once Upon A Dream)
Note: Recorded July 1939, N.Y.C.
78/Liberty Music Shop L-263 (Elsie Houston with Cy Walter, piano)(Mon Ami; The Cherry Tree) [reissued on Queen Of Brazilian Song, CD/Marston 51011-2]
Note: Recorded July 1939, N.Y.C.
78/Liberty Music Shop L-277 (Greta Keller with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(Am Meer (By The Sea); Der Neugierige (The Question))[reissued on Mein Herz Hab' Ich Gefragt, CD/Bear Family BCD 16037]
Note: Recorded September 1939, N.Y.C.
78/Liberty Music Shop L-278 (Greta Keller with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(Standchen; Die Kraehe) [reissued on Mein Herz Hab' Ich Gefragt, CD/Bear Family BCD 16037]
Note Recorded September 1939, N.Y.C.
1940
78/Liberty Music Shop L-286 (Cy Walter, piano)(All The Things You Are/Heaven In My Arms; All In Fun/In The Heart Of The Dark/That Lucky Fellow)[reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-287 (Adelaide Moffett with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(All The Things You Are; In The Heart Of The Dark)[reissued on Greta Keller And Other Chanteuses, NLM 1989]
Note: Recorded January 1940, N.Y.C.
78/Liberty Music Shop L-288 (Adelaide Moffett with the Cy Walter Orchestra)(It Was Written In The Stars; Do I Love You)
Note: Recorded January 1940, N.Y.C.
78/Liberty Music Shop L-289 (Cy Walter, piano)(I've Got My Eyes On You/Between You And Me; I Happen To Be In Love/I Concentrate On You)[reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-293 (Cy Walter, piano)(Nothing But You/From Another World; Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon/It Never Entered My Mind)[reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
Note: Recorded March 1940, N.Y.C.
Songs By Greta Keller, 78/Liberty Music Shop album (Greta Keller with the Cy Walter Orchestra), containing
78/Liberty Music Shop L-298 (Who's To Blame?; I Thought Of Going Somewhere)[The former was reissued on Greta Keller And Other Chanteuses, NLM 1989.]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-299 (Der Leiermann; (Lieber Freund) Man Greift Nicht Nach Den Sternen)[reissued on Mein Herz Hab' Ich Gefragt, CD/Bear Family BCD 16037]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-300 (Liar; J'Attendrai)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-301 (If I Love Again; Time For Me To Put My Heart Away)[reissued on Greta Keller And Other Chanteuses, NLM 1989.]
78/Liberty Music Shop L-308 (Cy Walter, piano)(My Mother Would Love You/Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please; Let's Be Buddies/Who Would Have Dreamed?/Fresh As A Daisy) [reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
c. 1941
Piano Stylings Of Cy Walter, 10"/Liberty Music Shop LMS-1007 (Cy Walter, piano)[reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32], containing the contents of the following 78 r.p.m. recordings issued separately:
78/Liberty Music Shop L-302 (Begin The Beguine; Just One Of Those Things/I Get A Kick Out Of You)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-321 (Cy Walter, piano)(Bewitched/I Could Write A Book/Plant You Now, Dig You Later; My Ship/This Is New/Jenny)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-335 (Body And Soul; Dancing In The Dark)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-336 (Blue Room; I Can't Get Started)
Note: "Begin The Beguine," "Just One Of Those Things," and "I Get A Kick Out Of You" were recorded in April 1940 in N.Y.C.
Jean Cavall, 78/Liberty Music Shop album (Jean Cavall with the Cy Walter Orchestra), containing:
78/Liberty Music Shop L-340 (Tus Sais; C'es Un Mauvais Garcon)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-341 (Doucement; Pourquoi)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-342 (Quand L'Amour Meurt; Plaisir D'Amour)
Note: Recorded September 1941 in N.Y.C.
1942
Mabel Mercer Sings, Cy Walter Plays. . . Selection From George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess, 78/Liberty Music Shop album L-360/362 (Mabel Mercer with Cy Walter, piano, unless otherwise noted)[reissued on Cabin In The Sky/Porgy And Bess/Carib Song, CD/AEI-CD 017], containing:
78/Liberty Music Shop L-360 (I Loves You Porgy; I Got Plenty Of Nuttin' (piano solo))
78/Liberty Music Shop L-361 (My Man's Gone Now; Bess You Is My Woman Now (piano solo)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-362 (Summertime; There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (piano solo))
78/Liberty Music Shop L-363 (Cy Walter, piano)(Ev'rything I've Got Belongs To You/Nobody's Heart; Careless Rhapsody/Jupiter Forbid)[reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
1940's
By Request: Cy Walter, 78/Request Records album SW 107-112 (Cy Walter, piano)
Tracks: Falling In Love With Love; The Way You Look Tonight; It's Only A Paper Moon; ‘S Wonderful; Easy To Love; Lover
Note: All but the last two songs were reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32.
1948
Cy Walter. . . At The Drake Room Piano, 78/Apollo album A-15 (Cy Walter, piano)[also 10"/Apollo LAP 100] containing
78/Apollo 1134 (Crazy Rhythm; Someone To Watch Over Me)[the former was reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
78/Apollo 1135 (The Waltz In Swing Time; The Song Is You)[the former was reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
78/Apollo 1136 (Embraceable You; Liza)[reissued on The Park Avenue Tatum, CD/Shellwood SWCD32]
QRS Piano Roll 9439 (Cy Walter, piano)(Tea For Two)
QRS Piano Roll 9454 (Cy Walter, piano)(Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone))
1949
QRS Piano Roll 9462 (Cy Walter, piano)(The Blue Room)
78/Mercury 5278 (Helen Carroll and The Carolers with Cy Walter and Stan Freeman, pianos)(In The Spring Of The Year; While We're Young)
1950
Maggy Fisher's Piano Playhouse, 10"/MGM (M) E-514 (Cy Walter and Stan Freeman, pianos)
Tracks: Falling In Love With Love; Orchids In The Moonlight; Soft Lights And Sweet Music (with Joe Bushkin); Lady Be Good; Younger Than Springtime; The Most Beautiful Girl In The World; Indiana (with Joe Bushkin)
Note: The contents of this album were also released as 78/MGM 30233; 78/MGM 30234; 78/MGM 30235; 78/MGM 30236. "Soft Lights And Sweet Music" and "Indiana" were reissued on The Chronological Joe Bushkin 1947-1950, CD/Classics 1459.
1951
Piano Moods: Cy Walter, 10"/Columbia (M) 6161 (Cy Walter, piano, with Bob Haggart, bass; and John Blowers, drums)
Tracks: That Old Black Magic; This Nearly Was Mine; So In Love; You Are Never Away; Happy Talk; You'll Never Walk Alone; Let's Begin; I Dream Too Much; Cheek To Cheek
Note: "You'll Never Walk Alone" was reissued on Piano Music For Two, Columbia (M) CL 602. "This Nearly Was Mine" and "I Dream Too Much" were reissued on Piano Music For Parties, Columbia (M) CL 603.
1952
Holiday For Keys, 10"/Columbia (M) 6202 (Cy Walter, piano)
Tracks: Nice Work If You Can Get It; Music For Twilight; Sometimes I'm Happy; While We're Young; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Alone Together; Mrs. Malaprop; Isn't It Romantic?
Songs By Mabel Mercer, Vol. 2, 10"/Atlantic ALS-403 (Mabel Mercer with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, pianos) [reissued on The Art Of Mabel Mercer, CD/Collectables 6838]
Tracks: Some Fine Day; From This Moment On; Let Me Love You; Trouble Man; By Myself; Over The Weekend; Goodbye John; Sneeden's Landing (Did You Ever Cross Over To Sneeden's); Would You Believe It
Note: Recorded on May 29 and June 1, 1952 in N.Y.C. The recording sessions for this album included a recording of "It Happens All Over The World" which was eventually issued in 1959 on The Art Of Mabel Mercer, Atlantic 2-602 [reissued as CD/Collectables 6838], and a recording of "Experiment" that remains unissued.
Lee Wiley Sings Vincent Youmans, 10"/Columbia CL 6215 (Lee Wiley with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, pianos)[reissued on Night In Manhattan/Sings Vincent Youmans/Sings Irving Berlin, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 204]
Tracks: Tea For Two; Sometimes I'm Happy; Time On My Hands; Rise ‘N' Shine; More Than You Know; Should I Be Sweet?; Keepin' Myself For You; Why, Oh Why?
Lee Wiley Sings Irving Berlin, 10"/Columbia CL 6216 (Lee Wiley with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, pianos)[reissued on Night In Manhattan/Sings Vincent Youmans/Sings Irving Berlin, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 204]
Tracks: How Deep Is The Ocean; Some Sunny Day; I Got Lost In His Arms; Heat Wave; Soft Lights And Sweet Music; Fools Fall In Love; How Many Times; Supper Time
1953
Greta Keller Sings Kurt Weill, 10"/Atlantic ALS 405 (Greta Keller with Cy Walter, piano, and rhythm accompaniment)
Tracks: I'm A Stranger Here Myself; One Touch Of Venus; My Ship; Green-Up Time; This Is New; That's Him; Medley From Die Dreigroschenopera (Moritat Vom Mackie Messer; Hochzeitslied; Seerauberjenny; Barbara-Song; Moritat Vom Mackie Messer reprise); Stay Well
Note: "Foolish Heart" was also recorded during this session but remains unreleased. The first five number were reissued on Remember Me & Other Intimate Songs, CD/Sepia 1063. The Die Dreigroschenopera medley, along with "This Is New" and "My Ship" were also reissued on The Ertegun's New York: New York Cabaret Music, CD/Atlantic 7 81817-2.
1955
Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic (M) 1213 (Mabel Mercer with Stan Freeman, piano, Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass)[reissued as CD/Rhino 71690 (with bonus tracks)]
Tracks: It's De-Lovely; After You; Where, Oh Where?; Use Your Imagination; Ace In The Hole; It's All Right With Me; So In Love; I'm Ashamed That Women Are So Simple; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; Experiment; Ours; Looking At You; When Love Comes Your Way
Note: Recorded on November 7, 1954 in N.Y.C.
Manhattan, 10"/Epic LG 1001 (Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, pianos)
Tracks: Autumn In New York; Stompin' At The Savoy; There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York; Chinatown, My Chinatown; Manhattan; Penthouse Serenade; Down In The Depths; Give It Back To The Indians
1956
Rodgers Revisited: Cy Walter Plays Richard Rodgers Compositions, Atlantic (M) 1236 (Cy Walter, piano) [reissued as CD/Collectables 6915]
Tracks: Slaughter On 10th Avenue; Getting To Know You; Lover; This Can't Be Love; Susie Is A Good Thing; Soliloquy; March Of The Siamese Children; Wait Till You See Her; Sing For Your Supper; I Have Dreamed; Hello Young Lovers; The Gentleman Is A Dope; Carousel Waltzes
Note: Recorded April 15, 1956, N.Y.C. Unissued takes of March Of The Siamese Children, Soliloquy; Carousel Waltzes, Slaughter On 10th Avenue, Wait Till You See Her, and The Gentleman Is A Dope were recorded on January 11, 1956.
1957
Funny Face/Of Thee I Sing: Cy Walter Plays Gershwin Classics,
Atlantic (M) 8016 (Cy Walter, piano)
Tracks: Love Is Sweeping The Country; Because, Because; Hello, Good Morning; Who Cares?; I Got Rhythm; Mine; Of Thee I Sing; Let's Kiss And Make Up; What Am I Gonna Do?; Clap Yo' Hands; He Loves And She Loves; ‘S Wonderful; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Funny Face
Note: Recorded March 26, March 29, April 3, June 27, June 30, July 25, and August 9, 1957, N.Y.C. An unissued track of "My One And Only" was recorded on June 27, 1957. "Who Cares?" and "Of Thee I Sing" were reissued on The Ertegun's New York: New York Cabaret Music, CD/Atlantic 7 81817-2.
Oh, Kay!, Columbia (M) CL 1050 (studio cast with orchestra and chorus conducted by Lehman Engel and with Cy Walter and Bernie Leighton, pianos)[reissued as CD/Sony 60703]
Tracks: Overture; The Woman's Touch; Don't Ask; Dear Little Girl; Maybe; Clap Yo' Hands; Do, Do, Do; Bride And Groom; Someone To Watch Over Me; Fidgety Feet; Heaven On Earth; Oh, Kay!; Finale
1959
Cy Walter At Peacock
Alley, RCA (M) LPM-1866 (Cy Walter Trio)
Tracks: Crazy Rhythm; Blues In The Night; Body And Soul; Begin The Beguine; April In Paris; Music For Twilight; Love For Sale; It's Only A Paper Moon; You Are Too Beautiful; What Can You Say In A Love Song; You Go To My Head; So Are You; I Get A Kick Out Of You; Say So; Where Have You Been?; Anything Goes; All Through The Night; Just One Of Those Things
Note: Recorded June 2, 3, and 6, 1958 in N.Y.C. It is unclear if this album was ever released on the RCA label. All tracks except "What Can You Say In A Love Song" and "You Go To My Head" were issued in a different order on A Dry Martini, Westminster (M) WP-6120. "April In Paris" and "You Are Too Beautiful" are also found on Musical Moods Of The Mona Lisa, ABC Paramount ABCS-448. "Just One Of Those Things" is also found on A Lover's Concerto, 8Track/RCA Special Products DPS1-0027.
Hits From The Great Astaire-Rogers Films, RCA Camden (M) CAL-533 (Cy Walter, piano)
Tracks: I Won't Dance; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; They All Laughed; Let's Face The Music And Dance; Let's Call The Whole Thing Off; The Way You Look Tonight; A Fine Romance; Yesterdays; Isn't This A Lovely Day; The Touch Of Your Hand; Change Partners; They Can't Take That Away From Me
Note: "They All Laughed" was reissued on A Lover's Concerto, RCA PRS-418.
1966
Cy Walter At The Drake, MGM (S) SE-4398 (Cy Walter, piano, with Bob Haggart, bass, and Cliff Leeman, drums)
Tracks: It's Delovely; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; I'll Take Romance; Mrs. Malaprop; Daffne's Waltz; All The Things You Are; Moon River; My Favorite Things; What's A Bossa Nova?; My Geisha; Sweet Lorraine; My Man's Gone Now; When A Man Has Done You Wrong
Note: "Sweet Lorraine" was reissued on All-Star Piano Moods, CD/Reader's Digest Music 107.
c. 1960s
Jefferson Electric Company Proudly Presents The Famed Piano Stylings Of Cy Walter, Columbia private label unknown number (Cy Walter, piano, with John Frigo, bass, and Rick Frigo, drums)
Tracks: Autumn In New York; Stars Fell On Alabama; Michigan/Kalamazoo; I Left My Heart In San Francisco; Moonlight In Vermont; Chicago; Saint Louis Blues; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans; Georgia On My Mind; Yellow Rose Of Texas/Don't Fence Me In; Tennessee Waltz/Beautiful Ohio; Manhattan
1976
13 Jazz Piano Classics, Columbia House IP 6499 (Cy Walter with
orchestra arranged by Ralph Burns)
Track: This Is My Day
2002
Legendary Performers - Mabel Mercer: Previously Unreleased Live Performances, CD/Harbinger HCD-2001 (Mabel Mercer with Cy Walter, piano, except as noted)
Tracks: The Family Is Home; Some Fine Day (with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, pianos); Once Upon A Time (with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, pianos)
Note: Recorded live during the 1960s.
2008
Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far. . . , CD/Broadway Masterworks 82796-94255-2 (Cy Walter and Stan Freeman, piano)
Track: I Must Be Dreaming
Note: Originally performed on the Piano Playhouse radio show in 1948.
Radio Transcriptions:
Light Up And
Listen, Transcription Disc (c. December 9, 1939)(Cy Walter,
piano)
Light Up And Listen, Transcription Disc (c. December 10, 1939)(Cy Walter, piano)
NBC Thesaurus 1046 (Cy Walter, piano)
Tracks: It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; I'll Be Around; I'll Never Tire Of You; Anywhere; It's So Peaceful In The Country
NBC Thesaurus 1051 (Cy Walter, piano)
Tracks: Second Concerto In C Minor; Serenade; Close Your Eyes; With A Twist Of The Wrist; Love And I
"Keynotes By Carmichael," Voice Of The Army Program 501, March 25, 1950, FS-ABC-AR-399 (Hoagy Carmichael with Cy Walter)
Piano Playhouse, American Broadcasting Company (September 13, 1947)
Piano Playhouse 6, Armed Forces Radio Service (c. June 1949)
Piano Playhouse 7, Armed Forces Radio Service (c. June 1949)
Piano Playhouse 8, Armed Forces Radio Service (c. July 1949)
Piano Playhouse 66, Armed Forces Radio Service
Piano Playhouse 68, Armed Forces Radio Service
Piano Playhouse 72, Armed Forces Radio Service
Piano Playhouse 73, Armed Forces Radio Service
Piano Playhouse 75, Armed Forces Radio Service
Piano Playhouse, American Broadcasting Company (November 19,
1950)