FOOLS FOR SCANDAL

Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: April 16, 1938

How Can You Forget? (dropped before the film was released; later used in the Broadway production of THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG):

1. 78/Decca 1732 (Bob Crosby, vocal, with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra) [reissued on How Can You Forget? Vol. 6, CD/Halycon 125]
2. 78/Bluebird B 7456 (Ernie Straub with "Styled the Blue Barron Way")
3. 78/Brunswick 8089 (Terry Allan with Red Norvo and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Red Norvo And His Orchestra 1937-1938, CD/Classics 1157]
4. 78/Victor 25799 (Edythe Wright with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1937-1938, CD/Classics 1078]
5. 45/B G Records 45-1 (Helen Ward with the Benny Goodman Quartet)
6. 45/Decca 9-30764 (The Four Aces with orchestra conducted by Jack Pleis) [also found on Hits From Broadway, Decca (M) DL 8855]
7. 45/Columbia 4-41285 (Frank De Vol and his Orchestra)
8. Sing Me a Swing Song, Atlantic 1285 (Bobby Short with music conducted by Phil Mooore) [reissued on Speaking of Love/Sing Me a Swing Song, CD/Collectables 6843]
9. Live At The Paradise Restaurant, CD/Magic 42 (The Glen Miller Orchestra) [also found on The Complete Sustaining Broadcasts, Vol. 3: On the Sentimental Side, CD/Jazz Band 2180]
10. All Hart: Songs of Lorenz Hart, CD/Sindrome 8947 (Eric Comstock)


Just A Simple Melody (unused except as background instrumental):

1. 78/Decca 1496 A (The Andrews Sisters) [reissued on Says My Heart, CD/Past Perfect 78123]
2. 78/Decca 1521 (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) [reissued on Stomping At The Savoy: Strictly Jive, CD/Proper 1487]
3. 78/Brunswick 02536 (Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Early Years - Part 1, CD/Verve 618]
4. 78/Bluebird B 7431 (Jimmy Livingston and his Orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 25750 (Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 1937-1938, CD/Classics 1078]
6. 45/Columbia 4-42671 (Patti Page with orchestra conducted by Robert Mersey) [reissued on 16 Most Requested Songs, CD/Columbia/Legacy CK-44401]

There's A Boy In Harlem (later used in THIS WAS PARIS):

1. 78/Decca 1732 Nappy Lamare with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra) [reissued on How Can You Forget? Vol. 6, CD/Halycon 125]
2. 78/Bluebird B 7456 (Charles Fisher with "Styled the Blue Barron Way")
3. 78/Brunswick 8089 (Mildred Bailey with Red Norvo and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey, CD/Mosaic 204; also found on The Chronological Red Norvo And His Orchestra 1937-1938, CD/Classics 1157]
4. 78/Victor 25799 (Edythe Wright with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra 1937-1938, CD/Classics 1078]
5. Rodgers And Hart In Hollywood, Volume Two (1934-1943) (Jeni LeGon with orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)


Food For Scandal:

1. Rodgers And Hart In Hollywood, Volume Two (1934-1943) (Carole Lombard and Fernand Gravet with orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)


Unrecorded Songs:

Let's Sing A Song About Nothing (unused)
Love Knows Best (dropped before film was released; music used as background instrumental)
Once I Was Young (unused except as background instrumental)
Wedding March (background instrumental)