EVER YOURS
(aka "Yours, Ever Yours" and "Once Upon A Time")



Composer: Cole Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter

Opened: Unproduced (written circa 1933-1934)


Auf Wiederseh'n (same music as "The Old-Fashioned Waltz" from HITCHY-KOO OF 1922; originally written for STAR DUST):

1. Unmined Cole: Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC 2387 (Paulina Stark with Judy Brown, piano)


Coffee (added to the 1997 42nd Street Moon revival of SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS):

1. Something For The Boys, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR 42001 (Lesley Hamilton and Steven Patterson with music direction by Michael Horsley)
2. Cole Porter Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121 (Ann Hampton Callaway with Arthur Siegel, duo-paiano; Faun Stacy, bass; Matt "Chips" Patuto, drums)


Gypsy Song (aka "Gipsy Song" and "Beware, Gypsy, Beware") (music later reused for "Adios, Argentina" in ADIOS, ARGENTINA; verse reused for "Spring Love Is In The Air" in ROSALIE):

1. Unmined Cole: Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC 2387 (Paulina Stark with Judy Brown, piano)
2. Broadway Melody Of 1940, CD/Rhino Handmade RHM2 7601 (Ilona Massey & Co. with the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Herbert Stothart) (bonus track) (as "Spring Love Is In The Air")


It All Seems So Long Ago:

1. Unmined Cole: Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC 2387 (Paulina Stark with Judy Brown, piano)


Once Upon A Time (subsequently used in HAPPY NEW YEAR and in the 1998 Broadway production of HIGH SOCIETY):

1. Happy New Year Demo, Private LP (M) (unknown instrumental performance)
2. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf, CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
3. Unmined Cole: Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC 2387(Paulina Stark with Judy Brown, piano)
4. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (Melissa Errico with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani) (new lyrics by Susan Birkenhead)
5. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (Daniel McDonald with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani) (new lyrics by Susan Birkenhead)


When Love Comes Your Way (cut from NYMPH ERRANT; later used in JUBILEE):

1. 78/Victor 36175 (Ramona Davis, Ken Darby, and Bambi Linn with Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra) [reissued on From This Moment On: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Smithsonian RD 047 AA-22481]
2. 78/Decca 570 (Kay Weber with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Brunswick 7522 (Jimmy Farrell with Johnny Green and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 25134 (Bud Lynn with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 187 (Berman and Baum, pianos)
6. Cole, Columbia (M) KS 31456 (Cole Porter, piano and voice) [reissued on Cole Sings Porter, CD/Koch International Classics 3-7171-2H1]
7. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic 1213 (Mabel Mercer with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass) [reissued as CD/Rhino R2 71690]
8. Cole Porter Sung By Hubbell Pierce Played by William Roy, CD/Audiophile ACD-110 (William Roy, piano, with John Loehrke, bass)
9. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Julie Wilson)
10. You Can't Put Ketchup On The Moon: Broadway Flops & Roadkills 1925-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9201 (Douglas Sills and Joyce E. Greene with musical direction by David Holcenberg)
11. It's De-Lovely!: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Pierian 0026 (Adam Carroll, piano)


When We Waltz Down The Aisle (later revised as "Waltz Down The Aisle" for but cut from ANYTHING GOES and JUBILEE):

1. 78/Victor 25133 (Don Reid with Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra) (as "Waltz Down The Aisle") [reissued on Let's Misbehave": A Cole Porter Collection 1927-1940, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8.120533]
2. Love And Marriage, Decca (M) DL-8787 (The Ray Charles Singers) (as "Waltz Down The Aisle")
3. Anything Goes, CD/EMI CDC 7 49848 1/2/4 (Simon Green and Frederica Von Stade with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn) (as "Waltz Down The Aisle")


Yours (considered for use in JUBILEE):

1. The Complete RCA Recordings, Vol. 1, CD/RCA International 78911 (Tito Puente)
2. Unmined Cole: Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC 2387 (Paulina Stark with Judy Brown, piano) (entitled "I'm Yours" combining "Yours" with "I'm Yours" from YOU NEVER KNOW)


Unrecorded Material:

Ballet Music (inst.) (same music as "Fox Trot")
Fox Trot (same music as "Ballet Music"; no lyrics survive)
Ilsa's Song (lost)
It's Probably Just As Well
Lead Me On (no lyrics survive)
The Night Of The Ball
The Polka Mazurka (inst.) (no music survives)
Success (no song survives)
Technique (no lyric survives)
Thank You (no song survives)