FOLLOW THE GIRLS
Composer: Philip
Charig
Lyricist: Milton Pascal and Dan Shapiro
Opened: April 8, 1944, Century Theatre, N.Y.C.; October
25, 1945, His Majesty's Theatre, London
Performances: 882 (N.Y.C.); 572 (London)
At
The Spotlight Canteen:
1. Follow The Girls,
E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the University of
Wisconsin cast)
Follow The Girls:
1. Follow The Girls,
E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the University of
Wisconsin cast)
2. Everybody Else Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles 146 (The
Populaires)
I Wanna Get Married:
1. 78/Dec 23382 (Gertrude
Niesen with orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik) [reissued on
Front Row Center: The Broadway Gold Box, 1935-1988, CD/MCA
11353; I Wanna Get Married, CD/Vintage Jazz Band VJB 1957-2]
2. 78/V Disc 403 (Nancy Norman with Sammy Kaye and his
Orchestra)
3. 78/ Dec(E) F-8587 (Evelyn Dall with orchestra conducted by
Phil Green) [reissued on London Shows - The War Years, London
(M) RECDL 820 118-1]
4. 78/Guild 104 (The Boyd Raeburn Orchestra) [reissued on
Experiments In Big Band Jazz 1945, CD/Musicraft MVSCD-75]
5. 78/Hit 7125 (Lilyann Carol with orchestra conducted by Louis
Prima)
6. 78/Varsity 169 (Lilyann Carol with orchestra conducted by
Louis Prima)
7. The Chronological Louis Prima and His Orchestra 1944-1945,
CD/Classics 1273 (Lilyann Carol with Louis Prima and his
Orchestra)
8. Follow The Girls, E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the
University of Wisconsin cast)
9. Censored, Jubilee (M) 1028 (Martha Wright with the Joe
Harnell Trio)
10. Broadway Ditties, 45EP/Capitol EBF-517 (Dorothy Shay with
orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on Here's Dorothy
Shay, CD/Sepia 1078]
11. Pearl Bailey Sings For Adults Only, Roulette (S) SR-25016
(Pearl Bailey with orchestra conducted by Don Redman) [reissued
on For Adults Only/More Songs For Adults Only, CD/Capitol
5970572]
12. Quality Times, CD/Original Cast 9855 (Margaret Harris)
13. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Alix Korey
with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
I'm Gonna Hang My Hat (On A Tree That
Grows In Brooklyn):
1. 78/V Disc 306 (Patsy
Kelly and Barry Wood with Al Goodman and his Orchestra)
2. Follow The Girls, E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the
University of Wisconsin cast)
3. Manhattan Serenades, CD/Jass Records J-CD-641 (Eileen Barton
with orch. cond. by Axel Stordahl)
John Paul Jones:
1. Follow The Girls,
E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the University of
Wisconsin cast)
Thanks For A Lousy Evening:
1. Follow The Girls,
E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the University of
Wisconsin cast)
Twelve O'Clock And All Is Well:
1. 78/Dec 23382 (Gertrude
Niesen with orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik) [reissued on
Front Row Center: The Broadway Gold Box, 1935-1988, CD/MCA
11353; I Wanna Get Married, CD/Vintage Jazz Band VJB 1957-2]
2. XII O'Clock, Dolphin (M) 5 (Greta Keller with the Norman
Paris Trio)
Where You Are:
1. 78/Hit 7089 (Betty
Bradley with orchestra conducted by Bob Chester)
2. Follow The Girls, E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the
University of Wisconsin cast)
A radio transcription performed by Frank Parker and Andre
Kostelanetz and his orchestra is known to exist.
You Don't Dance:
1. Follow The Girls,
E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the University of
Wisconsin cast)
You're Perf:
1. Follow The Girls,
E4KP-3096/3097 (1952 Haresfoot Club of the University of
Wisconsin cast)
Other Songs:
Out For No Good
Strip Flips Hip (cut after opening)
Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow