FLOWER DRUM SONG
Composer: Richard
Rodgers
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II
Opened: December
1, 1958, St. James Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 600
Note: Only numbers omitted from the original Broadway cast album are noted below.
At
The Golden Pearl (included in the 2002 Broadway revival):
1. Flower Drum Song, CD/DRG 12996
(orchestra directed by David Chase)
Dream
Ballet:
1. Flower Drum Song, Decca (S)
DL-79098 (orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman) [reissued as CD/Decca Broadway
440 064 531-2]
The Most Filial Son (included in the 2002 Broadway
revival):
1. Flower Drum Song, CD/DRG 12996
(orchestra directed by David Chase)
My Best
Love (cut during tryouts; reinstated in the 2002 Broadway revival):
1. Publisher's Demo (Jack
Carroll) [reissued on Broadway First Take Vol. 2, CD/Slider Stage SMS
703]
2. Flower Drum Song, CD/DRG 12996 (Alvin Ing with orchestra directed by
David Chase)
3. Flower Drum Song, Best (M) 528 (Frank Lerner, James
Phillips, Artie Cimoli, Sam Wong, and Lee Chambers, although the specific
singer on this particular track is not identified)
4. Discovery, RCA Victor
(S) LSC-2986 (Larry Adler, harmonica, with Morton Gould and His
Orchestra)
5. Oscar Hammerstein Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1365
(Alfred Drake) [reissued on CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-136]
6. Lost In Boston
III, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5563 (Dennis Kelley with musical direction by Tom
Fay)
The Next Time It Happens (added to
2001 Los Angeles revival but cut prior to 2002 Broadway revival; originally
used in PIPE DREAM and STATE FAIR (1996)):
1. Pipe Dream, RCA Victor (M)
LOC-1023 (Judy Tyler and William Johnson with orchestra directed by Salvatore
Dell'Isola) [reissued as CD/RCA Victor 09026-61481-2]
2. 78/Victor 20-6323
(The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra and Chorus) [45/RCA
Victor (M) 47-6323; reissued on Sweet & Swing, RCA Camden (M) CAL 571;
reissued on Together, CD/Jasmine 434]
3. 45EP/RCA Camden CAE 307 (Guy Lupar
and his Orchestra) [reissued on 12 Hits From The Most Happy Fella/My Fair
Lady/Pipe Dream, RCA Camden (M) CAL-319]
4. 45/Decca 9-29777 (Bing Crosby
with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and orchestra directed by Buddy Cole) [reissued
on Good & Rare, Vol. 2, CD/Sepia 1091]
5. The Rodgers & Hammerstein
Collection, CD/MCA 10775 (Carmen McRae)
6. State Fair, CD/DRG 9465 (Andrea
McArdle with orchestra directed by Kay Cameron)
7. A Broadway Love Story,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5956 (Christiane Noll with orchestra conducted by Todd
Ellison)
Unrecorded
Song:
My Arms Are Not Being Used (not
used; no music known to exist; percursor to "Love, Look Away")
You Be The
Rock (aka "Jazz Bit")