GREEK TO YOU



Composer: Cole Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter

Opened: Unproduced (circa 1937-1938)


Greek To You (added to the 1973 Off-Broadway revival of YOU NEVER KNOW):

1. You Never Know, Blue Pear BP 1015 (Barbara Norris and Dan Held with musical direction by Walter Geismar)


Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love (unused; later used in LEAVE IT TO ME, THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER, and COLE):

1. 78/Columbia 36310 (Mary Martin with Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 8282; 78/Brunswick 500.762; 78/Parlophone F 1619; reissued on From This Moment On: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Smithsonian RD 047 AA-22481]
2. 78/Victor 26100 (Bea Wain and Chorus with Larry Clinton and His Orchestra)
3. 78/HMV BD-785 (Pat Kirkwood with Jack Hylton and Some Of His Boys) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
4. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Kaye Ballard, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel with orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
5. Dorothy Loudon At The Blue Angel, Coral (M) CRL 757265 (Dorothy Loudon with the Norman Paris Trio) [reissued on Dorothy Loudon At The Blue Angel And Other Rarities, CD/Stage Door STAGE 2320]
6. I Hate Men, RCA Camden (S) CAS-561 (Nancy Walker with Sid Bass and His Orchestra)
7. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Julia McKenzie, Elizabeth Power, and Angela Richards with orchestra conducted by John Burrows)
8. Rare! Hot! & Cole Porter, Philips (M) PHM 200-169 (Sheila M. Sanders)
9. At Long Last Love, RCA (S) ABL2-0967 (Eileen Brennan, Cybill Shepherd, and Madeline Kahn with music direction by Lionel Newman)
10. Make The Man Love Me, Seeco CELP 440 (Joyce Carr with orchestra conducted by Ellis Larkins) [reissued on Joyce Carr, CD/Audiophile 148]
11. Julie Wilson At The St. Regis, Vik X-1118 (Julie Wilson with the Marshall Grant Trio) [reissued as CD/BMG Japan 38190]
12. Julie Wilson At Brothers & Sisters, Arden (S) B&S 1 (Julie Wilson with William Roy at the piano)
13. Classic Cole, Columbia (S) M-34533 (Jan DeGaetani with Leo Smit, piano) [reissued as CD/Sony Music Special Products A 34533]
14. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5208 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
15. Hildegard Knef Singt Cole Porter, CD/Telefunken 0927-45404-2 (Hildegard Knef with orchestra conducted by Hans Hammerschmid)
16. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826 (Deborah Nishimura, Jennifer Acquino, Denise Iketami, Diana Iketani, and Addie Yungmee with music direction by Ron Abel)
17. High Society, CD/EMI CDP 7 46777 2 (Female Chorus with orchestra directed by David Mellor)
18. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT Sullivan And Mark Nadler)
19. Feel That Rhythm, CD/Tuxedo (Cats & Jammers)
20. The Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. 2: Night And Day, CD/Polygram 511070 (Betty Carter)
21. My Shining Hour, CD/Leora 39221 (Mary Connelly with Greg Dyes, piano, Artie More, bass, and Kevin Smith, drums)
22. Street Of Dreams, CD/Gazell 2005 (Nancy Harrow with Bob Brookmeyer)
23. Why Shouldn't I?, CD/Orn Productions (Elaine Miles with Loyal McAvoy)
24. Wodka Cola, CD/Bayer BR 150 002 CD (Anke Hartwig and Chorus with orchestra directed by Dieter Glawischnig)
25. Leave It To Me!, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR42002 (Darlene Popovic, Illana Zauderer, Amy Lyn McDonald, Lisa Peers, and Lanie Hansen with music direction by Dave Dobrusky)


Wild Wedding Bells (aka "I Can't Hear Those Wedding Bells Any More"; "Do I Hear Wedding Bells?") (considered for use in LEAVE IT TO ME):

1. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS 1371 (Dolores Gray and Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]


Unrecorded Songs:

It Never Entered My Head (no music survives)
Melos, That Smiling Isle