HANG ON TO THE GOOD TIMES
Composer: Nancy
Ford
Lyricist: Gretchen Cryer
Opened: January 22, 1985,
Manhattan Theatre Club, N.Y.C.
Performances: 40
Big Bill Murphy (L: Gretchen Cryer; Nancy Ford):
1. You Know My Music, RCA (S)
APL1-2146 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
Blackberry Wine (M: Gretchen Cryer):
1. Cryer & Ford, RCA (S)
APL1-1235 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
Changing (originally used in SHELTER):
1. Shelter, Columbia (Marcia Rodd
with orchestra conducted by Kirk Nurock) (unreleased)
2. Cryer & Ford,
RCA (S) APL1-1235 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
3. Shelter, CD/Original
Cast OC 9785 (Ellen Foley)
Dear Tom (originally used in I'M GETTING MY ACT
TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD):
1. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, Columbia (S) X-14885 (Gretchen Cryer with the
Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-2133]
2. I'm
Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, That's Entertainment Records
TER 1006 (Diane Langton with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/JAY
CDJAY 1308]
3. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, CBS
Sony 27AH 1194 (Izumi Yukimura)
4. I Morgen Er Jeg Pa Vej, Wilhelm Hansen
LPWH 112 (Danish cast with orchestra conducted by Fini Høstrup)
5.
Det Är Ju Min Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810 (Lill-Babs)
6. Ich Steig'
Aus Und Mach 'Ne Eigene Show, CD/R.A.S.H. CD Nr. 7771 (Anja Kruse)
Do Watcha Gotta Do (To Make Yourself
Happy) (M: Gretchen Cryer):
1. Cryer & Ford, RCA (S)
APL1-1235 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
2. Natural High, CD/God Tribe
Records (Brother Rock) (unverified)
Goin'
Home With My Children (originally used in SHELTER but cut in subsequent
productions):
1. Shelter, Columbia (Marcia
Rodd with orchestra conducted by Kirk Nurock) (unreleased)
2. Shelter,
CD/Original Cast OC 9785 (Gretchen Cryer & Nancy Ford)
Hang On To The Good Times:
1. Cryer & Ford, RCA (S)
APL1-1235 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
Happy Birthday (originally used in I'M GETTING MY ACT
TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD):
1. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, Columbia (S) X-14885 (Gretchen Cryer with Jeol
Fabiani, Margot Rose, Betty Aberlin, Don Scardino, and the Liberated Man's
Band) [reissued as CD/Fysworth Alley FA-2133]
2. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, That's Entertainment Records TER 1006 (Diane Langton
with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY 1308]
3. I'm
Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, CBS Sony 27AH 1194 (Izumi
Yukimura)
4. I Morgen Er Jeg Pa Vej, Wilhelm Hansen LPWH 112 (Danish cast
with orchestra conducted by Fini Høstrup)
5. Det Är Ju Min
Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810 (Lill-Babs)
In A Simple Way I Love You (originally used in I'M GETTING
MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD):
1. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, Columbia (S) X-14885 (Don Scardino with the
Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/Fysworth Alley FA-2133]
2. I'm Getting
My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, That's Entertainment Records TER
1006 (Diane Langton with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY
1308]
3. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, That's
Entertainment Records TER 1006 (Ben Cross with the Liberated Man's Band)
[reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY 1308]
4. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It
On The Road, CBS Sony 27AH 1194 (Izumi Yukimura)
5. I Morgen Er Jeg Pa Vej,
Wilhelm Hansen LPWH 112 (Danish cast with orchestra conducted by Fini
Høstrup)
6. Det Är Ju Min Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810
(Göran Rydh)
7. Det Är Ju Min Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810
(Lill-Babs)
8. I'm Glad There Is You, CD/Original Cast 5355 (Sammy
Goldstein)
9. Family Portrait, CD/Folk Era Records 1416 (Glenn & Holly
Yarbrough)
10. Honeymoon Suite, CD/Nichols Wright 992 (Danny Wright)
11.
A Broadway Celebration, CD/#484-099-058F (Dan Gettinger)
12. It's Oh So
Issy, CD/Dress Circle IVR-CD-1 (Issy Van Randwyck with Martin Lowe, piano)
Last Day On The Job:
1. You Know My Music, RCA (S)
APL1-2146 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
Lonely Lady (M: Gretchen Cryer)
(originally used in I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE
ROAD):
1. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, Columbia (S) X-14885 (Gretchen Cryer with the
Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/Fysworth Alley FA-2133]
2. I'm Getting
My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, That's Entertainment Records TER
1006 (Diane Langton with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY
1308]
3. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, CBS Sony
27AH 1194 (Izumi Yukimura)
4. I Morgen Er Jeg Pa Vej, Wilhelm Hansen LPWH
112 (Danish cast with orchestra conducted by Fini Høstrup)
5. Det
Är Ju Min Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810 (Lill-Babs)
Mary Margaret's House In The Country (originally used in
SHELTER):
1. Shelter, Columbia (Marcia Rodd
and Tony Wells with orchestra conducted by Kirk Nurock) (unreleased)
2.
Shelter, CD/Original Cast OC 9785 (Ellen Foley)
Old Friend (originally used in I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER
AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD):
1. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, Columbia (S) X-14885 (Gretchen Cryer with the
Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/Fysworth Alley FA-2133]
2. I'm Getting
My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, That's Entertainment Records TER
1006 (Diane Langton with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY
1308]
3. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, CBS Sony
27AH 1194 (Izumi Yukimura)
4. I Morgen Er Jeg Pa Vej, Wilhelm Hansen LPWH
112 (Danish cast with orchestra conducted by Fini Høstrup)
5.
Somebody's Girl, CAS/TER VIP ZC VIR 83004 (Liz Robertson with orchestra
conducted by Chris Walker) [reissued on After Hours On Broadway, CD/Showtime
46]
6. Det Är Ju Min Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810 (Lill-Babs)
7.
Ich Steig' Aus Und Mach 'Ne Eigene Show, CD/R.A.S.H. CD Nr. 7771 (Anja
Kruse)
8. If I Sing: The Songwriters Album, CD/PS Classics PS-645(Gretchen
Cryer, voice, and Nancy Ford, piano, with rhythm accompaniment)
9. It's Oh
So Issy, CD/Dress Circle IVR-CD-1 (Issy Van Randwyck with Martin Lowe,
piano)
10. Rebecca Wheatley, CD/SB Music SB2401 (Rebecca Wheatley with Jim
Nixon, piano)
11. Love Lives On, CD/Virgin 2-91647 (New York City Gay Men's
Chorus with music direction by Gary Miller)
12. Stage 2: The Human Heart,
CD/Dink 1997 (Sean Ray with Francis Cruz, Ralph Pena, and Charlie Owens with
music direction by Robert Lee)
13. Live At The Algonquin, CD/Original Cast
9669 (Steve Ross, piano and voice)
14. About Now, CD/Original Cast 23224
(Roger Schmeizer)
15. My First CD At Last, CD/Russell Brauer 8443 (Rusell
Brauer)
16. With One Look, CD/Sterling 1007 (Betty Buckley with musical
direction by Kenny Warner)
17. Stars And The Moon: Betty Buckley Live At The
Donmar, CD/Concord Jazz (Betty Buckley)
18. The London Concert, CD/SRI 1010
(Betty Buckley with the The BBC Concert Orchestra and The BBC Big Band
conducted by Michael Reed)
19. A World Of Possibilities, CD/No label LAVW1
(Leo Andrew)
20. Lost In The Stars, CD/MU Jam 34610 (Tianna Hall with the
Mexico City Jazz Trio)
21. Live At The Algonquin, CD/Asylum 60743-2 (Michael
Feinstein, piano and voice)
22. The Power Of Two, CD/Harbinger Records 32504
(Michael Feinstein with musical direction by John Oddo)
23. Earlene Davis,
CD/Earlene Davis (Earlene Davis)
24. Corner Of The Sky, CD/First Night 6043
(Peter Cousens with music conducted by Peter Casey)
25. Only Love: Salena
Jones On Broadway, CD/JAY CDJAY 1330 (Salena Jones)
26. I'll Never Be The
Same, CD/Neoga Records 0103 (Georgette Labreche)
27. Big Strappin' Fag Show:
Cabaret 4 Homos, CD/Ducy Lee Records 900105 (Lee Lucas)
28. The Stonewall
Celebration Concert, CD/EMI Music 829850 (Renato Russo)
29. I've Gotta Get
Back To New York, CD/LML Music 230 (Teri Ralston with musical direction by
Shelly Markham)
30. The Musicals After Dark, CD/Showtime 28 (Stuart
Pedlar)
31. Late Night Piano Bar, CD/Piano Bench (Nathan Temby)
32. The
Words Of Women, CD/Nancy Stearns (Nancy Stearns)
33. Unsuspecting Hearts,
CD/ Varèse Sarabande 6074 (Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley with music
conducted by Todd Ellison)
34. Torch Songs
And Some Not So Tortuous,
CD/Desiree CD 2301 (Geraldine Turner)
35. Sibling Revelry, CD/DRG 91443 (Ann
Hampton Callaway with musical direction by Alex Rybeck)
36. Remembered
Face/Private Places, CD/Origin Records 82387 (Ben Black)
37. Old Friends,
CD/Marks (Marcus Dagan)
Put In A Package
And Sold (originally used in I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE
ROAD):
1. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, Columbia (S) X-14885 (Gretchen Cryer, Margot Rose,
and Betty Aberlin with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/Fysworth Alley
FA-2133]
2. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, That's
Entertainment Records TER 1006 (Diane Langton, Meg Nicol, and Nicky Croydon
with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY 1308]
3. I'm
Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, CBS Sony 27AH 1194 (Izumi
Yukimura)
4. I Morgen Er Jeg Pa Vej, Wilhelm Hansen LPWH 112 (Danish cast
with orchestra conducted by Fini Høstrup)
5. Det Är Ju Min
Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810 (Lill-Babs, Kim Rhedin, and Elisabeth
Sjöström)
6. Ich Steig' Aus Und Mach 'Ne Eigene Show, CD/R.A.S.H.
CD Nr. 7771 (Anja Kruse)
She's My Girl
(originally used in SHELTER):
1. Shelter, Columbia (Terry Kiser
and Tony Wells d with orchestra conducted by Kirk Nurock) (unreleased)
2.
Shelter, CD/Original Cast OC 9785 (Willy Falk)
Strong Woman Number (originally used in I'M GETTING MY ACT
TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD):
1. I'm Getting My Act Together
And Taking It On The Road, Columbia (S) X-14885 (Margot Rose, Gretchen Cryer,
and Betty Aberlin with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/Fysworth Alley
FA-2133]
2. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, That's
Entertainment Records TER 1006 (Megg Nicol, Diane Langton, and Nicky Croydon
with the Liberated Man's Band) [reissued as CD/JAY CDJAY 1308]
3. I'm
Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, CBS Sony 27AH 1194 (Izumi
Yukimura)
4. I Morgen Er Jeg Pa Vej, Wilhelm Hansen LPWH 112 (Danish cast
with orchestra conducted by Fini Høstrup)
5. Det Är Ju Min
Show!, CD/Lollipop LOLCD 1810 (Lill-Babs, Kim Rhedin, and Elisabeth
Sjöström)
6. Ich Steig' Aus Und Mach 'Ne Eigene Show, CD/R.A.S.H.
CD Nr. 7771 (Anja Kruse)
Too Many Women In
My Life (cut from SHELTER; reinstated in the 1997 York Theatre
revival):
1. Shelter, Columbia (Terry Kiser
with orchestra conducted by Kirk Nurock) (unreleased)
2. Shelter,
CD/Original Cast OC 9785 (Willy Falk)
You Can Kill
Love:
1. You Know My Music, RCA (S)
APL1-2146 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
You Can Never Know My
Mind:
1. Cryer & Ford, RCA (S)
APL1-1235 (Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer)
Unrecorded
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