FINIAN'S RAINBOW

Composer: Burton Lane
Lyricist: E.Y. Harburg

Opened: January 10, 1947, 46th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 725

Note: Only numbers not found on the 2000 CD reissue of the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.

Don't Pass Me By (unused):

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy SK 89208 (Yip Harburg with Burton Lane, piano) (bonus track)


Entr'acte (Look To The Rainbow) (film version):

1. Finian's Rainbow, Warner Bros. (S) BS 2550 (Petula Clark and the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf) [reissued as CD/Rhino Hand Made RHM2 7852]


Fiddle Faddle:

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (David Staller and Malcolm Gets with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)


Exit Music (film):

1. Finian's Rainbow, Warner Bros. (S) BS 2550 (Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ray Heindorf) [reissued as CD/Rhino Hand Made RHM2 7852]


Finale (How Are Things In Glocca Morra):

1. Finian's Rainbow, Warner Bros. (S) BS 2550 (Petula Clark, Don Francks, Tommy Steele, Barbara Hancock, and Chorus with the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ray Heindorf) [reissued as CD/Rhino Hand Made RHM2 7852]
2. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (Max Von Essen, Melissa Errico, and Company with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)
3. Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964, CD/Warner Bros. 78285 (Frank Sinatra with orchestra conducted by Lynn Murray)


How Are Things In Glocca Morra (reprise):

1. Finian's Rainbow, Reprise (S) FS-2015 (Clark Dennis with orchestra conducted by Morris Stoloff) [reissued as CD/Reprise 2-47775]
2. Finian's Rainbow, CD/RCA Victor 1057-2-RG (Jeannie Carson and Chorus) (previously unreleased)


Intro To Necessity:

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (David Staller, Terri White, Eric Jackson, and Chorus with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)


Look To The Rainbow (reprise) ("Finian's Farewell"):

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (Jonathan Freeman with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)


Look To The Rainbow (reprise) ("The Wedding"):

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (Max Von Essen, Melissa Errico, and Chorus with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)


Old Devil Moon (reprise):

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (Max Von Essen and Melissa Errico with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)
2. Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964, CD/Warner Bros. 78285 (Frank Sinatra with orchestra conducted by Lynn Murray)


Rain Dance Ballet (film):

1. Finian's Rainbow, Warner Bros. (S) BS 2550 (Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ray Heindorf) [reissued as CD/Rhino Hand Made RHM2 7852]


Something Sort Of Grandish (reprise):

1. Finian's Rainbow, RCA (S) LSO-1057 (Howard Morris with orchestra directed by Max Meth) [reissued as CD/RCA Victor 1057-2-RG]
2. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (Malcolm Gets with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)


When The Idle Poor Becomes The Idle Rich (reprise):

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (Jonathan Freeman and Chorus with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)


Woody's Entrance:

1. Finian's Rainbow, CD/Ghostlight Records 4402-2 (Chorus with Mark Hartman and Mark Janas, pianos)


Unrecorded Number:

Dance Of The Golden Crock