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)