DURANTE



Composer: Jimmy Durante
Lyricist: Jimmy Durante

Opened: August 12, 1989
Performances: Closed out of town


A Razz A Ma Tazz (M/L: David Coleman; Irving Taylor):

1. 78/M-G-M 30238 (Jimmy Durante with the Roy Bargy Orchestra)
2. 78/Coral 60234 (Georgia Gibbs with orchestra)
3. 78/Mercury 5427 (Kay Brown with the Station House Jazz Band)
4. 78/Capitol 1027 (Margaret Whiting with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol)


Bill Bailey (M/L: Unknown):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard unless performed by Jimmy Durante.
1. One Of Those Songs, Warner Bros. 1655 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued on Hello, Young Lovers/One Of Those Songs, CD/Collectables 7683]
2. Jimmy Durante Sings Comedy Classics, CD/EMI (Jimmy Durante)
3. Song And Dance: The Musical Stars Of Hollywood, CD/Memoir 581 (Jimmy Durante)
4. Radio Stars Of America, CD/ASV/Living Era 5591 (Jimmy Durante)


Did You Ever Get The Feeling (aka Did You Ever Have The Feeling That You Wanted To Stay) (originally used in the film TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR):

1. Two Girls And A Sailor, CD/Great Movie Themes 60023 (Jimmy Durante)


Don't Lose Your Sense Of Humor:

1. September Song, Warner Bros. 1506 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued as CD/Collectors' Choice Music 197]


Goodnight, Goodnight (M/L: Jackie Barnet; Jimmy Durante):

1. The Magic Of The Toaduffs, CO/ED Records (S) R.J.T. 101 (Roy and Jackie Toaduff)


Grandpa's Spells (M/L: Fred Morton):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this song.


I Can Do Without Broadway (But Can Broadway Do Without Me?) (originally used in SHOW GIRL):

1. 78/Columbia 1860 D (Clayton, Jackson & Durante) [also 78/Columbia DB 153; 7"/Columbia 4-PE 3; reissued on The Great Stars of Vaudeville, CD/Sony Music Special Products A 01509]
2. Club Durant, Decca (M) DL-9049 (Jimmy Durante with Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson with orchestra directed by Roy Bargy) [also Those Wonderful Thirties, Decca (M) DEA 7-2]
3. Show Biz: From Vaude To Video, RCA Victor (M) LOC-1011 (Jimmy Durante)
4. Here It Is! : Sincerely Yours, Jim, Don, Bill & Dick, CAS/Ster-Art Recording SY001 (Jim Bush, Don Derr, Dick Carptenter, and Bill Ilsey, Barbershop Quartet)
5. Jimmy Durante: The Ultimate Collection, CD/Prism PLATCD 430 (Jimmy Durante with Eddie Cantor and Arthur Treacher)
6. Durante: Patron Of The Arts, CD/Viper's Nest VN-151 (Jimmy Durante)


I'll Do The Strutaway (M/L: Harry Donnelly; Jimmy Durante; L: Irving Caesar) (originally used in the films START CHEERING and ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU):

1. 78/MGM 30015 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued on The Great Schnozzle, CD/ASV/Living Era 5271]
2. Radio Stars Of America, CD/ASV/Living Era 5591 (Jimmy Durante)


Inka Dinka Doo (M/L: Jimmy Durante; Ben Ryan) (originally used in the films Palooka and TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this song unless performed by Jimmy Durante.
1. 78/Brunswick 6774 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued on The Best Of Broadway: The '30s, CD/Rhino R2-7182]
2. 78/Decca 23351 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued on Inka Dinka Doo, CD/MCA MCAD-20338]
3. Jimmy Durante At The Piano, Decca 8884 (Jimmy Durante)
4. That's Entertainment!, CD/Rhino R2-72182 (Jimmy Durante with the Harry James Orchestra)
5. The Sunny Side Of The Street, CD/Razor & Tie 7930182959-2 (John Lithgow and Wayne Knight)


Jimmy The Well-Dressed Man (originally used in SHOW GIRL):

1. 78/Decca 23568 (Jimmy Durante with Eddie Jackson and Orchestra directed by Roy Bargy) [also Jimmy Durante, 78/Decca album 442; reissued on Inka Dinka Doo, CD/MCA MCAD-20338]
2. Club Durant, Decca (M) DL-9049 (Jimmy Durante with Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson with orchestra directed by Roy Bargy) [also Those Wonderful Thirties, Decca (M) DEA 7-2]
3. Show Biz: From Vaude To Video, RCA Victor (M) LOC-1011 (Jimmy Durante)
4. Jimmy Durante: The Ultimate Collection, CD/Prism PLATCD 430 (Jimmy Durante with Bing Crosby) (as "Crosby The Well-Dressed Man")


One Room Home:

1. September Song, Warner Bros. 1506 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued as CD/Collectors' Choice Music 197]


Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (M: Albert Von Tilzer; L: Junie McCree) (originally used in MADAME SHERRY):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this song.


September Song (M: Kurt Weill; L: Maxwell Anderson) (originally used in KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard unless performed by Jimmy Durante.
1. September Song, Warner Bros. 1506 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued as CD/Collectors' Choice Music 197]


Whispering (M/L: Richard Coburn; Vincent Rose; John Schonberger):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this song.


Who Will Be With You When I'm Far Away (M/L: William H. Farrell) (originally used in SHOW GIRL):

1. 78/Decca 23567 (Jimmy Durante with orchestra conducted by Roy Bargy) [also 78/Decca album 442; reissued on Inka Dinka Doo, CD/MCA MCAD-20338]
2. Club Durante, Decca 9049 (Jimmy Durante and Ethel Barrymore)
3. Here It Is! : Sincerely Yours, Jim, Don, Bill & Dick, CAS/Ster-Art Recording SY001 (Jim Bush, Don Derr, Dick Carptenter, and Bill Ilsey, Barbershop Quartet)
4. Radio Stars Of America, CD/ASV/Living Era 5591 (Jimmy Durante)


Unrecorded Material:

Courtship Ballet (inst.) (M: David Krane)
Hello, Hello, Hello (M: David Krane; L: John Aylesworth; Frank Peppiatt)
I Love Ya, I Love Ya, I Love Ya (M/L: Jack Barnett; Jules Buffano; Jimmy Durante)
People Would Laugh (M: Grant Sturiale; L: Lonny Price)
We're The Men (M/L:Unknown)
What A Day What Do I Have To Say (M/L: Jerry Powell)