THE GERSHWIN YEARS (1971)
Composer: George
Gershwin
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin
Opened: November 14,
1971, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, N.Y.C.
Performances:
1
Note: Only recordings of songs by original cast members are noted below.
But Not For Me (originally used in GIRL CRAZY):
1. Girl Crazy, 45EP/RCA Victor
LPM-3156 (Lisa Kirk with orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock) [reissued on
Lisa Kirk Sings At The Plaza, CD/Sepia 1128]
2. Hello, Ginger!, Citel 2201
(Ginger Rogers with orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall)
3. Miss Ginger
Rogers, EMI ODN-1002 (Ginger Rogers) [reissued as CD/EMI 823174]
4. Bobby
Short Is K-Ra-Zy For Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and
voice, with rhythm accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
5.
Mermania!, Vol. 1, CD/Original Cast 1711 (Ethel Merman)
6. The Complete
Yale Music Archives, CD/Musical Heritage Society (Benny Goodman)
7. The
Complete Trios, CD/ Blue Note 21225B (Benny Goodman)
Embraceable You (originally used in GIRL
CRAZY):
1. The Complete Yale Music
Archives, CD/Musical Heritage Society (Benny Goodman) (two renditions)
2. A
Musical Autobiography, Decca DX-153 (Ethel Merman) [reissued on The Very Best,
CD/Pearls 30361-00032]
3. Her Greatest!, Reprise 6032 (Ethel Merman with
orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on American Legends: Ethel Merman,
CD/LaserLight 12741]
4. Hello, Ginger!, Citel 2201 (Ginger Rogers with
orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall)
5. Miss Ginger Rogers, EMI ODN-1002
(Ginger Rogers) [reissued as CD/EMI 823174]
6. Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with rhythm
accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
Fascinating Rhythm (originally used in LADY, BE
GOOD!):
1. On Stage With Benny Goodman
And His Sextet, CD/Universal 9192 (Benny Goodman and His Sextet)
Feeling
Sentimental (cut from SHOW GIRL):
1. Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with rhythm
accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
A Foggy Day (originally used in the film A DAMSEL IN
DISTRESS):
1. Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with rhythm
accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
2. Gershwin Rarities,
CD/Harbinger HCD 1603 (Louise Carlyle with the John Morris Trio)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (cut from FUNNY FACE
and used in ROSALIE):
1. Gershwin Rarities,
CD/Harbinger HCD 1603 (Louise Carlyle and Warren Galjour with the John Morris
Trio)
2. The Chronological Benny Goodman And His Orchestra 1941-1942,
CD/Classics 1303 (Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
3. The
Different Version, Vol. 3, CD/Phontastic 8823 (Benny Goodman)
I Got Rhythm (originally used in GIRL
CRAZY):
1. Songs She Has Made Famous,
78/Decca album 681 (Ethel Merman with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton)
[reissued on The Ethel Merman Collection, CD/Razor & Tie RE-2144]
2.
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show, 10"/Decca DL 7027 (Ethel Merman with orchestra
conducted by Jay Blackton)
3. A Musical Autobiography, Decca DX-153 (Ethel
Merman with the Buddy Cole Quartet [reissued on The Very Best, CD/Pearls
30361-00032]
4. Her Greatest!, Reprise 6032 (Ethel Merman with orchestra
conducted by Billy May)
5. Merman In Vegas, Reprise 6062 (Ethel Merman with
orchestra conducted by Russ Black) [reissued as CD/Collectables Records 6193]
6. Merman Sings Merman, London XPS-901 (Ethel Merman with orchestra
conducted by Stanley Black) [reissued on Merman Sings Merman/Ethel's Ridin'
High, CD/Decca 4756150]
7. Together On Broadway, Friends Of The Theatre
& Music Collection AG-77 (Ethel Merman with orchestra conducted by John
Lesko)
8. The Ethel Merman Disco Album, A&M (S) SP-4775 (Ethel Merman
with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/Varese Sarabande
062170]
9. Ethel Merman At Carnegie Hall, Unnamed label 11112 (Ethel Merman
with Eric Knight, piano)
10. Mermania!, Vol. 2, CD/Harbinger HCD-1806
(Ethel Merman)
11. Cole Porter: An All-Star Tribute, CD/Video Artist
International 1239 (Ethel Merman)
12. Benny In Brussels, CD/Jazz Plaza
Music 8807 (Benny Goodman)
13. The Complete AFRS Benny Goodman Shows, Vol.
2, CD/Sounds of Yester Year 828 (Benny Goodman)
14. Live At Carnegie Hall
(1938), CD/Columbia 40244 (Benny Goodman)
15. The V-Disc Recordings,
CD/Collectors' Choice Music 3592 (Benny Goodman)
16. Small Groups: Class Of
'39, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 392 (Benny Goodman)
17. Live Swing
Sessions 1943-1949, CD/Storyville 2092 (Benny Goodman)
18. Santiago 1961,
CD/Tcob (Benny Goodman)
I Loves You Porgy
(originally used in PORGY AND BESS):
1. Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano, with Beverly Peer, bass,
and Richard Sheridan, drums) (part of medley) [reissued as CD/Atlantic
608-2]
Innocent Ingenue Baby (M: George
Gershwin; William Daly; L: Brian Hooker) (originally used in OUR NELL and
revised for use in THE RAINBOW):
1. Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with rhythm
accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
(Oh,) Lady Be Good (originally used in LADY, BE
GOOD!):
1. Ron Husmann, Capitol (S)
ST-1624 (Ron Husmann with orchestra conducted by Arnold Goland)
2. On Stage
With Benny Goodman And His Sextet, CD/Universal 9192 (Benny Goodman and His
Sextet)
3. Benny In Brussels, CD/Jazz Plaza Music 8807 (Benny Goodman)
4. The Complete Yale Music Archives, CD/Musical Heritage Society (Benny
Goodman) (two renditions)
5. Live At Carnegie Hall: 40th Anniversary
Concert, CD/Dutton Vocalion 4355 (Benny Goodman)
6. The V-Disc Recordings,
CD/Collectors' Choice Music 3592 (Benny Goodman)
7. Small Groups: Class Of
'39, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 392 (Benny Goodman)
8. The Complete Camel
Caravan Shows [1938 09 20-1938 09 28], CD/Jazz Hour 1025 (Benny Goodman)
9.
The Chronological Benny Goodman And His Orchestra 1936, CD/Classics 817 (Benny
Goodman and His Orchestra)
10. Bangkok 1956, CD/TCB Records 4304 (Benny
Goodman)
11. Live In 1937, CD/Viper's Nest Gold 1009 (Benny Goodman Trio
& Quartet)
12. The Complete Small Combinations, Vols. 1-2 (1935-1937),
CD/RCA 66542 (Benny Goodman)
13. Trio Quartet Quintet/Together Again,
CD/Collectables 2801 (Benny Goodman)
14. Berlin 1980, CD/TCB Records 43022
(Benny Goodman)
15. The Chronological Benny Goodman And His Orchestra 1946,
CD/Classics 1375 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (originally used in the film
SHALL WE DANCE):
1. Hello, Ginger!, Citel 2201
(Ginger Rogers with orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall)
2. Miss Ginger
Rogers, EMI ODN-1002 (Ginger Rogers) [reissued as CD/EMI 823174]
3. The
Gershwins In Hollywood 1929-1956, JJA Records 19762 (Ginger Rogers)
4.
George And Ira Gershwin In Hollywood, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 72732 (Fred
Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and the RKO Radio Studio Orchestra conducted by
Nathaniel Shilkret)
Love Walked In (originally used in film THE GOLDWYN
FOLLIES):
1. Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with rhythm
accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
The Man I Love (originally written for but cut from LADY, BE
GOOD; cut from ROSALIE; used in STRIKE UP THE BAND
(1927)):
1. Benny In Brussels, CD/Jazz
Plaza Music 8807 (Benny Goodman)
2. The Complete AFRS Benny Goodman Shows,
Vol. 2, CD/Sounds of Yester Year 828 (Benny Goodman)
3. The Complete Yale
Music Archives, CD/Musical Heritage Society (Benny Goodman)
4. Live At
Carnegie Hall (1938), CD/Columbia 40244 (Benny Goodman)
5. Small Groups:
Class Of '39, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 392 (Benny Goodman)
6. Santiago
1961, CD/Tcob (Benny Goodman)
7. The Complete Small Combinations, Vols. 1-2
(1935-1937), CD/RCA 66542 (Benny Goodman)
8. Trio Quartet Quintet/Together
Again, CD/Collectables 2801 (Benny Goodman)
Rhapsody In Blue:
1. Toscanini + Goodman =
Gershwin!, CD/Vintage Jazz Classics 1034 (Benny Goodman with Arturo Toscanini)
2. Benny Goodman On Radio, CD/ Enterprise RY60 (Benny Goodman)
'S Wonderful (originally used in FUNNY
FACE):
1. Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with rhythm
accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
2. The Complete Small
Combinations, Vol. 3-4 (1937-1939), CD/RCA 975423 (Benny Goodman)
THE SHOCKING MISS PILGRIM
Medley:
1. The Chronological Benny
Goodman And His Orchestra 1946, CD/Classics 1375 (Benny Goodman and His
Orchestra) ("For You, For Me, Forever More")
Somebody Loves Me (L: B.G.
DeSylva; Ballard MacDonald) (originally used in GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS OF
1924):
1. On Stage With Benny Goodman
And His Sextet, CD/Universal 9192 (Benny Goodman and His Sextet)
2. Benny
In Brussels, CD/Jazz Plaza Music 8807 (Benny Goodman)
3. The Complete Yale
Music Archives, CD/Musical Heritage Society (Benny Goodman) (two renditions)
4. Trio Quartet Quintet/Together Again, CD/Collectables 2801 (Benny
Goodman)
Someone To Watch Over Me
(originally used in OH, KAY!):
1. Ethel's Ridin' High, Decca
4324 (Ethel Merman with the London Festival Orchestra and Chorus conducted by
Stanley Black) [reissued on Merman Sings Merman/Ethel's Ridin' High, CD/Decca
4756150]
2. The Complete Yale Music Archives, CD/Musical Heritage Society
(Benny Goodman)
3. Live At Carnegie Hall: 40th Anniversary Concert,
CD/Dutton Vocalion 4355 (Benny Goodman)
Soon (originally used in STRIKE
UP THE BAND (1930)):
1. On Stage With Benny Goodman
And His Sextet, CD/Universal 9192 (Benny Goodman and His Sextet)
2. The
Complete Yale Music Archives, CD/Musical Heritage Society (Benny Goodman)
That Certain Feeling (originally used in
TIP-TOES):
1. Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with rhythm
accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin'
Soon For New York (originally used in PORGY AND
BESS):
1. Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For
Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano, with Beverly Peer, bass,
and Richard Sheridan, drums) (part of medley) [reissued as CD/Atlantic
608-2]
They Can't Take That Away From Me
(originally used in the film SHALL WE DANCE):
1. Hello, Ginger!, Citel 2201
(Ginger Rogers with orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall)
2. Miss Ginger
Rogers, EMI ODN-1002 (Ginger Rogers) [reissued as CD/EMI 823174]
3. The
Gershwins In Hollywood 1929-1956, JJA Records 19762 (Ginger Rogers)
4.
Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608 (Bobby Short, piano
and voice, with rhythm accompaniment) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 608-2]
5. Puttin' On The Ritz, CD/Telarc CD-80366 (Bobby Short, piano and voice,
with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel)
Other Material:
Blah, Blah, Blah (scheduled but
not done) (originally used in the film DELICIOUS)
Funny Face (originally
used in FUNNY FACE)
Gershwin At Piano (film clip)
He Loves And She Loves
(originally used in FUNNY FACE)
I Got Plenty O' Nuthin' (originally used in
PORGY AND BESS)
Life Of A Rose (L: B.G. DeSylva) (originally used in GEORGE
WHITE'S SCANDALS OF 1923)
Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha
Orchestral
selections
Slap That Bass (originally used in the film SHALL WE
DANCE)
Strike Up The Band (originally used in STRIKE UP THE BAND)
Walking
The Dog (inst.) (originally used in the film SHALL WE DANCE)