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