THE
DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD
AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: March 30, 1965, Square East Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 273
Note: Only recordings of numbers not found on the expanded CD reissue of the original cast album are noted below.
But In The Morning, No (originally used in DU BARRY WAS A LADY and BLACK VANITIES):
1. 78/Royale 1800 (Frank
Baker with Charles Baum and His St. Regis Hotel Orchestra)
[reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1939, CD/Encore ENCDNO1/2]
2. 78/Decca F-7951 (Bud Flanagan and Frances Day with Jay Wilbur
and His Serenaders) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter -
Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
3. 78/Columbia DB2021 (Debroy Somers Band)
4. Cole Porter Revisited, Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002
(Ronny Graham and Kaye Ballard with musical direction by Norman
Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121]
5. Cybill Does It To Cole Porter, Paramount (S) PAS 1018 (Cybill
Shepherd with orchestra conducted by Artie Butler) (five
versions)
6. At Long Last Love, RCA (S) ABL2-0967 (Eileen Brennan, John
Hillerman, Burt Reynolds, and Cybill Shepherd with music
direction by Lionel Newman) [reissued as CD/Varese Sarabande 302
067 342 8]
7. At Long Last Love, RCA (S) ABL2-0967 (Eileen Brennan and John
Hillerman with music direction by Lionel Newman) [reissued
as CD/Varese Sarabande 302 067 342 8]
8. Du Barry Was A Lady, CD/Rhino RHM2 7851 (M-G-M Studio
Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton)
9. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5208
(Julie Wilson and William Roy with William Roy, piano)
10. High Society, CD/Playback PBHS CD1 (Roland Curram and Kerris
Peeling with musical direction by Dannie Bourne)
11. George Shearing And Barry Tuckwell Play The Music Of Cole
Porter, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-42010 (George Shearing, piano, and
Barry Tuckwell, French horn)
Come On In (originally used in DU BARRY
WAS A LADY):
1. Cole Porter Revisited,
Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002 (Ronny Graham, Kaye
Ballard, and Bibi Osterwald with musical direction by Norman
Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121]
Find Me A Primitive Man (originally
used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN and cut from HAPPY NEW
YEAR):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop L
296 (Lee Wiley with Bunny Berigan's Music) [reissued on Lee
Wiley Sings The Songs Of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole
Porter, CD/Audiophile ACD-1; also on From This Moment On: The
Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Smithsonian RD 047 AA-22481]
2. 78/Brunswick 4666 (Libby Holman with the Colonial Club
Orchestra)
3. Cole Porter Vol. III, Painted Smiles PS 1370 (Elaine Stritch
and Les Boys) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
4. Wild-Wyler-Wildest, Jubilee (S) SDJLP 1100 (Gretchen Wyler
with music direction by Shepard Coleman) [reissued as
CD/Gretchen Wyler]
5. Cybill Does It To Cole Porter, Paramount (S) PAS 1018 (Cybill
Shepherd with orchestra conducted by Artie Butler)
6. The Girl I Left Home For, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1152 (Gwen
Verdon with Joe Reisman and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/BMG
BVCJ-7474]
7. At Long Last Love, RCA (S) ABL2-0967 (Madeline Kahn with
music direction by Lionel Newman) [reissued as CD/Varese
Sarabande 302 067 342 8]
8. Two Little Babes In The Wood: Rarities By Cole Porter,
CAS/Trapezium Recordings (Marsha Hunter and Brian Kent with
Steven Blier, piano)
9. Jacqueline Kramer Sings Cole Porter, CAS/Titan (Jacqueline
Kramer)
10. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World Records 80417-2 (Kim
Criswell with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans
Haile)
11. The Broadway Musicals Of 1929, CD/Bayview RNBW038 (Emily
Skinner with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
12. Confidentially, Cole, CD/No label 2460-INR261 (Sean Hayden)
13. Classic Cole, Columbia (S) M-34533 (Jan DeGaetani with Leo
Smit, piano) [reissued as CD/Sony Music Special Products A
34533]
14. What A Swell Party This Is!: Songs By Cole Porter, CD/Viva
Cabaret 19981 03182 (Liz Keever with Richard Bower, piano)
15. The Secret Life Of A W.A.S.P., CD/Original Cast 9211
(Cynthia Crane)
16. Let My Song Fill Your Heart, CD/Original Cast (Leslie
Giammanco)
17. C'est Magnifique: Paris In Song, CD/KCH 1 (Julia Broxholm,
Deanna Relyea, and Jerry DePuit)
18. Swellegant Elegance: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Unknown
label (Seattle Men's Chorus)
19. Re: Porter, CD/Ponca Jazz 2024 (Maijken)
20. Wie Man Mit Jazz Die Herzen Der Frauen Gewinnt, CD/Kein
& Aber 48572 (Joseph von Westphalen)
21. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Angela Richards)
22. Personals, CD/Turtle Creek Chorale TCC 1190 (Mark Hawkins)
23. The Lady WIth A Torch …Still Burning, CD/Ghostlight (Patti
LuPone with orchestra conducted by Chris Fenwick)
24. Mad About The Boy, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP 0911
(Jamie Laverdiere)
I Worship You (cut from FIFTY MILLION
FRENCHMEN and intended for use in STAR DUST):
1. 78/Decca 23218
(Hildegarde, piano and voice, with orchestra directed by Harry
Sosnik) [reissued on You're Sensational: Cole Porter In The
'20s, '40s, & '50s, CD/Koch A-33714]
2. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 (Kenneth Nelson with orchestra conducted
by John Burrows)
3. Cole Porter Revisited, Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002
(David Allen with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued
as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121]
4. Domination, CD/Capitol (S) ST-2203 (Cannonball Adderley)
[reissued as CD/Blue Note 4775612]
5. High Society, CD/Playback PBHS CD1 (Rory Campbell and Tracey
Childs with musical direction by Dannie Bourne)
6. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World 80417-2 (Scott Waara
with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans Haile)
Let's Do It (originally used in PARIS):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Wake Up And Dream (originally used in
WAKE UP AND DREAM):
1. 78/HMV B-3016 (George
Metaxa with Orchestra) [reissued on You're Sensational: Cole
Porter In The '20s, '40s, & '50s, CD/Koch A-33714]
2. 78/HMV C-1665 (Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone Volume IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
3. Cole Porter Vol. III, Painted Smile PS 1370 (Nancy Grennan
and Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
4. How's Your Romance?: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter,
CD/Andreasong AND01 (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham,
piano, Jim Dijulio, bass, John Chiudini, guitar, Paul Kriebach,
drums, Bob Sheppard, sax, and Ames Beals, harmonica)
5. Confidentially, Cole, CD/No label 2460-INR261 (Sean Hayden)
(two renditions)
6. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT
Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
7. My House, CD/MJOTH 002 (Mark DeVille Jobson)