THE FIG LEAVES ARE FALLING
Composer: Albert
Hague
Lyricist: Allan Sherman
Opened: January 2, 1969, Broadhurst Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 4
A live performance recordings are known to exist.
All
Of My Laughter:
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (unidentified female singer)
2. 45/RCA Victor 47-9727 (Jane Morgan with orchestra conducted
by Marty Manning)
3. Romantic You, Sentimental Me, CD/Original Cast 9549 (Charles
Tichenor)
4. Still: "Young & Foolish," CD/LML Music LML CD-105 (Renee
Orin with Albert Hague, piano)
5. Our Heart Sings, CD/Jerome Records 4485 (Sandi Durell with
Daryl Kojak, piano, Sean Conly, bass, and Gene Lewin, drums)
6. Swingin’ With Christine Reisner: Beginner’s Luck,
CD/Christine Reisner 84501 19814 (Christine Reisner)
Did I Ever Really Live? (also used in
HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH!):
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (Allan Sherman)
2. 45/Colgems 66-1013 (Rich Little as Humphrey Bogart)
3. 45/Columbia 4-44022 (Steve Lawrence with orchestra conducted
by Joe Guercio)
4. 45/RCA Victor 47-9698 (Nick Palmer with orchestra conducted
by Ray Ellis)
5. Live At The Ice House, Mercury (S) SR 61251 (Pat Paulsen with
orchestra conducted by Denny Vaughan & Rick Lipp)
6. Only Love And Other Songs From The New Broadway Shows ,
Capitol (S) ST 125 (Gordon MacRae with orchestra conducted by
Claus Ogerman)
7. Something Old, New And Blue, Solid State (S) SS 18015 (Joe
Williams with orchestra conducted by Thad Jones)
8. Vivienne, Encore (S) SLP 1001 (Vivienne Della Chiesa)
9. Love Is What Stays, CD/Universal Jazz 1714489 (Mark Murphy
with music conducted by Nan Schwartz)
10. Still: "Young & Foolish," CD/LML Music LML CD-105
(Albert Hague, piano and vocal)
11. Meant To Be, CD/Narada 50774 (Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis,
piano, with Larry Gray, acoustic bass, and Ernie Adams, drums)
12. Swingin’ With Christine Reisner: Beginner’s Luck,
CD/Christine Reisner 84501 19814 (Christine Reisner)
Down The Drain (cut; later used in
HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH!):
1. Togetherness, Warner
Bros. (S) WS 1684 (Allan Sherman with orchestra conducted by
Peter Matz) [reissued on My Son, The Box, CD/Rhino RHM2 7891]
2. My Son, The Box, CD/Rhino RHM2 7891 (Allan Sherman with
orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) (alternate version take 1)
The Fig Leaves Are Falling:
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (unidentified female singer)
2. 45/RCA Victor 47-9693 (Allen Sherman with orchestra conducted
by Claus Ogerman)
For The Rest Of My Life:
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (unidentified female singer)
Juggling (cut):
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (unidentified male singer)
2. 45/RCA Victor 47-9693 (Allen Sherman with orchestra conducted
by Claus Ogerman)
Light One Candle:
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (unidentified male singer)
Like Yours (also used in HELLO MUDDAH,
HELLO FADDUH!):
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (Allan Sherman and unidentified female
singer)
2. Songs Of Albert Hague, CD/No label 84501 66520 (Christine
Reisner)
My Aunt Minnie (cut):
1. Togetherness, Warner
Bros. (S) WS 1684 (Allan Sherman with orchestra conducted by
Peter Matz) [reissued on My Son, The Box, CD/Rhino RHM2 7891]
Signs (cut):
1. Togetherness, Warner
Bros. (S) WS 1684 (Allan Sherman with orchestra conducted by
Peter Matz) [reissued on My Son, The Box, CD/Rhino RHM2 7891]
2. Still: "Young & Foolish," CD/LML Music LML CD-105 (Renee
Orin with Albert Hague, piano)
Today I Saw A Rose:
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (Allan Sherman)
We:
1. Commercial Demo, Sam
Fox Music SFM 6468 BS-381 (unidentified female singer)
2. Albert Hague Sings Selections From "How The Grinch Stole
Christmas," Sine Qua Non 0043-1 (Albert Hague)
3. Still: "Young & Foolish," CD/LML Music LML CD-105 (Albert
Hague and Renee Orin with Albert Hague, piano)
4. Swingin’ With Christine Reisner: Beginner’s Luck,
CD/Christine Reisner 84501 19814 (Christine Reisner)
Other Songs:
All Is Well in Larchmont
For Our Sake
Give Me A Cause
I Like It
Let What Happens Happen (cut)
Lillian, Lillian, Lillian
Not Tonight
*Oh, Boy
Old Fashioned Song
*Allan Sherman self-penned another, unrelated song with this
title which can be found in My Son, The Box, CD/Rhino RHM2 7891
(Allan Sherman).
An on-line discography I found also lists "What Did We Do Wrong?" and "Broken Heart," implying that they were listed in some playbills, but I have been unable to verify the accuracy of such a claim. There is additionally a Sherman & Hague composition called "Turn Back The Clock." While there is no evidence that it was specifically intended for FIG LEAVES, I note these for sake of completeness:
1. Togetherness, Warner
Bros. (S) WS 1684 (Allan Sherman with orchestra conducted by
Peter Matz) [reissued on My Son, The Box, CD/Rhino RHM2 7891]
2. My Son, The Box, CD/Rhino RHM2 7891 (Allan Sherman)
(alternate version takes 1 and 2).
For those who are interested, the Still: Young and Foolish CD
also includes Hague's brief reminiscences about Allan Sherman
and George Abbott.