HAPPY NEW YEAR
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: April 27, 1980, Morosco Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 17
After You, Who? (originally used in GAY DIVORCE; subsequently used in UNSUNG COLE and added to the 1975 Maine revival of YOU NEVER KNOW):
1. 78/Columbia DB-1215;
78/Columbia FB-1255 (Fred Astaire with the Ted Lewis orchestra)
[reissued on Original Cast! The Thirties, CD/Metropolitan Opera
MET 802CD; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM
0111]
2. 78/Brunswick 6445 (Lee Sherwood with Eddie Duchin and His
Central Park Casino Orchestra) [reissued on Best Of The Big
Bands, CD/Columbia CK-46150]
3. Meyer Davis Plays Cole Porter, Monmouth Evergreen (S)
MES/6813 (Meyer Davis with orchestra conducted by Emery Davis)
4. Walden, Earth (S) ELPS 1001 (Lois Walden)
5. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic 1213 (Mabel Mercer
with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass)
[reissued as CD/Rhino R2 71690]
6. Cole Porter Songs, Walden (M) 301 (Bob Shaver with David
Baker and John Morris, pianos) [reissued on Songs By Cole Porter
And Rodgers & Hart, CD/Harbinger HCD 1703]
7. New Conversations-Monologue, Dialogue, Trialogue, Warner
Bros. M5 3177 (Bill Evans, piano) [reissued as CD/Warner Bros.
3177]
8. Merrill At Midnight, Emarcy 36107 (Helen Merrill with
orchestra conducted by Hal Mooney) [reissued as CD/Verve]
9. Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter, Capitol (M) T-1173 (Jeri
Southern with orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on
Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter/Jeri Southern At The Crescendo,
CD/EMI 856057]
10. The Melody Of Broadway, AEI (M) 1154 (Emil Petti and his
Savoy-Plaza Orchestra)
11. A Sure Thing, Angel (S) SZ-37723 (Richard Rodney Bennett,
keyboards; Barry Tuckwell, horn; and orchestra conducted by Neil
Richardson) [reissued on That Certain Feeling, CD/Classics For
Pleasure 3523462]
12. Two Little Babes In The Wood: Rarities By Cole Porter,
CAS/Trapezium Recordings (Marsha Hunter and Brian Kent with
Steven Blier, piano)
13. Dream Dancing, CD/Pablo 2310814 (Ella Fitzgerald with
orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle)
14. Kiri Sings Porter, CD/Angel 55050 (Kiri Te Kanawa with the
New World Philharmonic conducted by Peter Matz)
15. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL
5208 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
16. John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter, CD/First Night CASTCD 91
(John Barrowman with the Pro Arte Orchestra of London conducted
by Stewart Mackintosh)
17. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Tia Riebling with music direction by Ron Abel)
18. Cole Porter Centennial Gala Concert, CD/Teldec 9031-75277-2
(Lorna Dallas with The Cole Porter Orchestra conducted by Donald
Pippin, Jae Alexander, and Larry Blank)
19. Louis Lebeau Remembers Cole Porter, Not Stephen Sondheim
(But Sings Their Songs Anyway), CD/Original Cast OC-2101 (Robert
Clary with the John Rodby Trio)
20. Then Along Came Bill: A Tribute To Bill Evans, CD/DRG 91402
(Sylvia Syms with the Mike Renzi Trio)
21. Broadway Baby, CD/DRG CDSL-5203 (Dorothy Loudon with Buddy
Barnes, piano; Ron Delseni, electronic keyboards; John Chiodini,
guitar, David Finck, ab, and Jimmie Young, drums)
22. Why Shouldn't I?, CD/Cambria 1124 (Carol Merrill)
23. Song Of Yesterday For Today, CD/Romeo 7230 (Martha Bennett
Oneppo)
24. Bewitched/You Do Something, CD/Dutton 4297 (Victor Silvester
and His Silver Strings)
25. It's Always You, CD/Harlemwood (Lainie Cooke)
26. Love Is Here To Stay, CD/Blue Note 5603412 (Sandy Stewart
with Bill Charlap, piano)
27. Remembering Mabel Mercer Vol. 2, CD/Audiophile 326 (Joyce
Breach with the Keith Ingham Trio)
28. Piano Solos, Vol. 2, CD/Jump 1221 (Larry Eanet, piano)
29. Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 39, CD/Concord 4653 (Kenny
Drew, Jr., piano)
30. The Last Roundup, Vol. 5: The Decca Years, CD/Vocalion 6115
(Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
31. Being Myself, CD/Blue Note 34286 (Lena Horne)
32. This Is Always, CD/Baldwin Street Music 210 (Maureen
Kennedy)
33. CloseUp, CD/Celeste 6147 (Bobbe Norris)
34. Don't You Know I Care?, CD/Audiophile 276 (Polly Podewell
with Ross Tompkins, piano, Dave Carpenter, bass, and Jake Hanna,
drums)
35. Most Of Ev'ry Day, CD/Audiophile 217 (Steve Ross, piano and
voice)
36. In My Mind's Eye, CD/X! posed (Frank Russo and Max Murray)
(unverified)
37. George Shearing And Barry Tuckwell Play The Music Of Cole
Porter, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-42010 (George Shearing, piano, and
Barry Tuckwell, French horn)
38. The Very Best Of Danny Williams, CD/EMI Gold 359372 (Danny
Williams)
39. Love Locked Out, CD/Max Jazz 501 (Patti Wicks, piano and
voice, with Keter Betts, bass, and Joe La Barbera, drums)
40. Stars Of The '30s: Cole Porter, CD/Pro Arte 548 (Don Bestor
Orchestra)
41. The Last Waltz, CD/Milestone 4430 (Bill Evans, piano, with
Marc Johnson, bass, and Joe La Barbera, drums)
42. Livin' In A Great Big Way, CD/Swing Out 104 (Banu Gibson
with John Sheridan and David Boeddinghaus, pianos)
43. Why Not Now?, CD/Jackie Gibson (Jackie Gibson)
44. Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5647 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by
Patrick Scott Brady)
45. What Is Love?, CD/Cabaret 5022 (Andre Marcovicci with music
direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
46. Mabel Mercer, CD/Harbinger 2001 (Mabel Mercer)
47. Late Night At The Café Carlyle, CD/Telarc 83311 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Robert
Scott, drums)
48. Keep Tempo, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6028 (George Scott Wood and
His Orchestra)
49. I Won't Dance: Fred & Cole, CD/Ligeti 1001 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice, with Brian Cassier, bass)
50. Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter, CD/Chrysalis
F2-21799 (Jodi Watley with music conducted by John Mitchell J)
51. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT
Sullivan And Mark Nadler)
52. You’re The Top, CD/A Records AL 73019 (Willem Nijholt with
musical direction by Dolf De Vries)
At Long Last Love (originally used in
YOU NEVER KNOW; added to the 1974 college production of OUT
OF THIS WORLD):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Bless The Bride (cut; L: Burt
Shevelove?):
1. Demo, Private LP (M)
(unknown instrumental performance)
Easy To Love (originally used in the
film BORN TO DANCE):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Every Time We Say Goodbye (inst.)
(originally used in SEVEN LIVELY ARTS):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Find Me A Primitive Man (cut;
originally used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN and subsequently
used in THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN
THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L 296 (Lee Wiley with Bunny Berigan's Music) [reissued on Lee
Wiley Sings The Songs Of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole
Porter, CD/Audiophile ACD-1; also on From This Moment On: The
Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Smithsonian RD 047 AA-22481]
2. 78/Brunswick 4666 (Libby Holman with the Colonial Club
Orchestra)
3. Cole Porter Vol. III, Painted Smiles PS-1370 (Elaine Stritch
and Les Boys) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
4. Wild-Wyler-Wildest, Jubilee (S) SDJLP 1100 (Gretchen Wyler
with music direction by Shepard Coleman) [reissued as
CD/Gretchen Wyler]
5. Cybill Does It To Cole Porter, Paramount (S) PAS 1018 (Cybill
Shepherd with orchestra conducted by Artie Butler)
6. The Girl I Left Home For, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1152 (Gwen
Verdon with Joe Reisman and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/BMG
BVCJ-7474]
7. At Long Last Love, RCA (S) ABL2-0967 (Madeline Kahn with
music direction by Lionel Newman) [reissued as CD/Varese
Sarabande 302 067 342 8]
8. Two Little Babes In The Wood: Rarities By Cole Porter,
CAS/Trapezium Recordings (Marsha Hunter and Brian Kent with
Steven Blier, piano)
9. Jacqueline Kramer Sings Cole Porter, CAS/Titan (Jacqueline
Kramer)
10. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World Records 80417-2 (Kim
Criswell with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans
Haile)
11. The Broadway Musicals Of 1929, CD/Bayview RNBW038 (Emily
Skinner with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
12. Confidentially, Cole, CD/No label 2460-INR261 (Sean Hayden)
13. Classic Cole, Columbia (S) M-34533 (Jan DeGaetani with Leo
Smit, piano) [reissued as CD/Sony Music Special Products A
34533]
14. What A Swell Party This Is!: Songs By Cole Porter, CD/Viva
Cabaret 19981 03182 (Liz Keever with Richard Bower, piano)
15. The Secret Life Of A W.A.S.P., CD/Original Cast 9211
(Cynthia Crane)
16. Let My Song Fill Your Heart, CD/Original Cast (Leslie
Giammanco)
17. C'est Magnifique: Paris In Song, CD/KCH 1 (Julia Broxholm,
Deanna Relyea, and Jerry DePuit)
18. Swellegant Elegance: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Unknown
label (Seattle Men's Chorus)
19. Re: Porter, CD/Ponca Jazz 2024 (Maijken)
20. Wie Man Mit Jazz Die Herzen Der Frauen Gewinnt, CD/Kein
& Aber 48572 (Joseph von Westphalen)
21. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Angela Richards)
22. Personals, CD/Turtle Creek Chorale TCC 1190 (Mark Hawkins)
23. The Lady WIth A Torch …Still Burning, CD/Ghostlight (Patti
LuPone with orchestra conducted by Chris Fenwick)
24. Mad About The Boy, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP 0911
(Jamie Laverdiere)
Girls (inst.) (originally used in
MEXICAN HAYRIDE):
1. Mexican Hayride,
10"/Decca DL 5232 (June Havoc with orchestra conducted by Harry
Sosnik) [reissued as CD/Decca 000312502]
2. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, (S) OS 2810 (Harold Lang) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
3. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Porter, CD/ESE Music
ESED 106 (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Ethel Merman, and The
Swingle Singers with the New World Philharmonic Orchestra)
4. 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)
Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye (cut;
originally written for but not used in the film BORN TO
DANCE, cut from RED, HOT AND BLUE!, and subsequently used in
O MISTRESS MINE and interpolated into some productions of
ANYTHING GOES):
1. 78/HMV DA-1539 (Yvonne
Printemps and Pierre Fresnay with orchestra conducted by Carroll
Gibbons) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III,
CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
2. 78/Victor 36190 (Alan Holt, Rae Giersdorf, and the Victor
Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Cole
Porter 1924-1944, JJA (M) 19732]
3. 78/Gramophone B.D. 5143 (Bert Yarlett with Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)
4. Classic Cole, Columbia (S) M-34533 (Jan DeGaetani with Leo
Smit, piano) [reissued as CD/Sony Music Special Products A
34533]
5. Andre Kostelanetz Plays Cole Porter, Columbia (S) KG 31491
(Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with orchestra conducted by Andre
Kostelanetz)
6. R.S.V.P. The Cole Porters, Respond no number (Jack and Sally
Jenkins with the Mac Frampton Orchestra)
7. How's Your Romance?: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter,
CD/Andreasong AND01 (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham,
piano, Jim Dijulio, bass, John Chiudini, guitar, Paul Kriebach,
drums, Bob Sheppard, sax, and Ames Beals, harmonica)
8. Easy To Love: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Concord Jazz
CCD-4696 (Susannah McCorkle with music direction by Allen
Farnham)
9. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002 (Joan
Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
10. Anything Goes, CD/First Night CASTCD90 (Mary Stockley with
orchestra conducted by Gareth Valentine)
11. Anything Goes, CD/First Night OCRCD 6038 (Ashleigh Sendin
with orchestra directed by John Owen Edwards)
12. Anything Goes, CD/RCA Victor 7769-2-RC (Kathleen
Mahony-Bennett with orchestra directed by Edward Strauss)
13. Anything Goes, CD/TER CDTEH 6011 (Katrina Murphy with the
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
14. Dial & Oatts Play Cole Porter, CD/DMP CD-495 (Garry
Dial, piano & Dick Oatts, saxophone)
15. Piano Solos, Vol. 1, CD/Jump 1220 (Larry Eanet, piano)
16. Do It Again, CD/Audiophile 175 (Barbara Lea)
17. Porter On My Mind, CD/Composers 585 (Francis Thorne, piano
and voice, with Jack Six, bass)
18. Nobody Else But Me, CD/Landmark 1551 (Wesla Whitfield with
the Mike Greensill Quintet)
19. Easy To Love: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Swallowtail 8007
(David Wilson)
20. Anything Goes, CD/Ghostlight 8-4452
(Laura Osnes with orchestra conducted by James Lowe)
I Am Loved (originally used in OUT OF
THIS WORLD and also used in
the London production of ALADDIN):
1. 78/Capitol 1289 (Gordon
MacRae with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra) [also 45/Capitol
F1289; reissued on Never Till Now, CD/Jasmine Records 453]
2. 78/Victor 20-3977 (Vaughn Monroe and the Moonmaids with
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra) [also 45/RCA Victor 47-3977]
3. 78/Columbia 39079 (Frank Sinatra with orchestra conducted by
Axel Stordahl) [also 7"/ Columbia 1-936; reissued on Love Songs,
CD/Columbia/Legacy 61056]
4. 78/Columbia 39057 (Doris Day with orchestra conducted by
Frank Comstock) [also 7"/ Columbia 1-912; reissued on Doris Day
Sings Broadway Hits, CD/Blue Moon 7012]
5. 45/Decca 9-27281 (Evelyn Knight with chorus and orchestra)
[reissued on The Lass With The Delicate Air, CD/Dutton Vocalion
3032]
6. Out Of This World, Columbia (M) ML 4390 (Priscilla Gillette
with orchestra conducted by Pembroke Davenport)
7. Out Of This World, CD/DRG 94764 (Marin Mazzie with the Coffee
Club Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
8. Judy In Love, Capitol (S) ST-1036 (Judy Garland with the
Nelson Riddle Orchestra) [reissued on Judy/Judy In Love, CD/EMI
5330862]
9. Aladdin, Columbia SCX3296 (Doretta Morrow with The Bill Shepherd
Singers and orchestra conducted by Bobby Howell) [reissued as
Aladdin/Cinderella, CD/Sepia 1162]
10. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL
5208 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
11. Put A Handle On It, CD/I Am 74022 (Minneapolis Gospel Sound)
12. Songs Of Love, CD/MCA MVCJ19229 (Sylvia Syms)
13. Sinatra Sings Cole Porter, CD/Columbia/Legacy CK 61058
(Frank Sinatra)
14. The Complete Standard Transcriptions, CD/Soundies 4115
(Tommy Dorsey)
15. Love Songs: Rare Recordings From The Judy Garland Show,
CD/Savoy Jazz 17716 (Judy Garland)
A radio transcription performed by Monica Lewis with the Mack
Stewart Quartet is also known to exist.
It's De-Lovely (inst.) (originally used
in RED, HOT AND BLUE; also used in BLACK VANITIES, THE
FLEET'S LIT UP, COLE, and interpolated into some productions
of ANYTHING GOES):
I have not attempted to
provide discological information for this Porter standard.
Just One Of Those Things (inst.)
(originally used in JUBILEE and added to the film version of
PANAMA HATTIE):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Let's Be Buddies (originally used in PANAMA HATTIE):
1. 78/Decca 23199 (Ethel
Merman and Joan Carroll with orchestra conducted by Harry
Sosnik) [reissued on 12 Songs From Call Me Madam With Selections
From Panama Hattie, CD/Decca Broadway 0881 10521-2]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 308 (Cy Walter, piano)
3. 78/Columbia 35780 (Tony Leonard with Eddy Duchin and His
Orchestra)
4. 78/Decca 3478 (Connie Boswell)
5. 78/Bluebird B 10923 (Larry Neill with Shep Fields & His
New Rippling Rhythm)
6. 78/Okeh 5912 (Buddy Clark with orchestra) [reissued on
Remembering Buddy Clark, CD/Collector's Choice 05062]
7. 78/Okeh 5937 (Doris Day with Les Brown and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Complete Doris Day with Les Brown,
CD/Collectors' Choice Music 29]
8. 78/Victor 26797 (Joan Whitney with Leo Reisman and His
Orchestra) [reissued on While The Music Plays On: The Girls Of
The Big Bands, CD/Flare SPEC 1030]
9. 78/Victor 27231 (Bea Wain with orchestra) [reissued on You
Can Depend on Me: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1, CD/Baldwin
Street Music 311]
10. 78/Decca F-7910 (Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen with Jay
Wilbur and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter
- Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
11. C'mon Let's Dance!, 10"/RCA Victor LPM 3047 (Freddy Martin
Orchestra)
12. A Gala Tribute To Joshua Logan, Friends Of The Theatre And
Music Collection Of The Museum Of The City Of New York AC,
(Ethel Merman with music direction by Colin Romoff)
13. Together On Broadway, Friends of the Theatre & Music
Collection AG-77 (Ethel Merman)
14. The Great Garland Duets, Paragon 1001 (Ethel Merman and Judy
Garland with orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsay) [reissued on
You're Sensational: Cole Porter In The '20s, '40s, & '50s,
CD/Koch A-33714]
15. Merman In Vegas, Reprise (S) 6062 (Ethel Merman) [reissued
as CD/Collectables 6193]
16. Anything Goes/Panama Hattie, Larynx 567 (Ethel Merman and
Karin Wolfe with orchestra conducted by Buster Davis) [reissued
as CAS/Sandy Hook CSH-2043]
17. Let's Be Buddies, Jacqueline Records (S) JR 0116 (Pinky
Winters with Lou Levy and Monty Budwig)
18. Cole Porter In Hollywood, 1929-1956, (Ann Sothern and
Virginia O'Brien with orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll)
[reissued on Blood And Sand/Panama Hattie/At War With The Army,
CD/Great Movie Themes CD 60047; Ann Southern/Dorothy Lamour,
CD/Sepia 1127]
19. Overtones, Concord Jazz CJ-194 (Al Cohn) [reissued as
CD/Concord Jazz 4194]
20. Mermania!, Vol. 2, CD/Harbinger 1806 (Ethel Merman)
21. Cole Porter: An All-Star Tribute, CD/VAI Audio VAIA 1239
(Ethel Merman, John Raitt, Gretchen Wyler, Martha Wright,
Chorus, and Peter Nero with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conducted by Donald Voorhees)
22. You're The Top: A Testimonial, CD/Viper's Nest VN-180 (Ethel
Merman with Roger Edens, piano)
23. Ethel Merman's Broadway, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5665 (Rita
McKenzie)
24. A Tribute To Cole Porter, CD/Music For Pleasure EMI CDM 7
96151 2 (Harry Roy and His Orchestra)
25. Cole Porter Sung By Hubbell Pierce Played by William Roy,
CD/Audiophile ACD-110 (Hubbell Pierce with William Roy, piano,
Howard Collins, guitar, Paul Germano, bass, and Jim Fitzsimon,
drums)
26. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Porter, CD/ESE Music
ESED 106 (Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme with the New World
Philharmonic Orchestra)
27. Confidentially, Cole, CD/No label 2460-INR261 (Sean Hayden)
28. It's De-Lovely!: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Pierian 0026
(N. Sherry, piano)
29. Let's Be Buddies, CD/Arbors 19127 (George Masso and Dan
Barrett)
30. The Organ, Dance Band And Me, CD/Sunflower 2128 (Billy
Thornburn's Organ Dance Band)
31. Dance Bands Of The 40's: A Dream World Is Waiting, CD/EMI
Gold 5933812 (unknown performer)
32. Panama Hattie, CD/CBC Audio BC2-266/2003E-DC (Karen Wood and
Tracy Thomas with Paul Sportelli, piano)
33. Love, Linda, CD/150 Music 150M11 (Stevie Holland with Landon Knoblock, piano, Peter
Brendler, bass, and Jeff Davis, drums)
Let's Do It (inst.) (originally used in
PARIS and subsequently used in THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE
ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Let's Fly Away (inst.) (originally used
in THE NEW YORKERS and subsequently used in THE DECLINE AND
FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE
PORTER):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-151 (Bob George and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-296 (Lee Wiley with Bunny Berigan's
Music) [reissued on Lee Wiley Sings The Songs Of George &
Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter, CD/Audiophile ACD-1]
3. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued as Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
4. Bobby Short Is Mad About Noel Coward, Atlantic (S) SD 2-607
(Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and
Richard Sheridan, drums) (Noel Coward version) [reissued as
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6769]
5. Cuttin' Capers, CBS CL-1278 (Doris Day with orchestra
conducted by Frank DeVol) [reissued on Cuttin' Capers/Bright And
Shiny, CD/Collectables 6860]
6. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124 (Kaye Ballard,
Harold Lang, William Hickey, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel)
7. Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter, Capitol (M) T-1173 (Jeri
Southern with orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on
Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter/Jeri Southern At The Crescendo,
CD/EMI 856057]
8. Cole Porter Sung By Hubbell Pierce Played by William Roy,
CD/Audiophile ACD-110 (William Roy, piano, with John Loehrke,
bass)
9. Let's Do It, CD/LDI 1 (Keith Smith with the Manhattan Club
All Stars directed by Mike Pyne)
10. I Have Dreamed, CD/Chase Music CMD 8035 {David Silverman,
piano and voice, with Paul Gormley, bass, and Paul Kreibich,
drums)
11. Swing Is Here Again, CD/Lake 80 (Kevin Smith and Vic
Dickenson with the Hefty Jazz All Stars)
12. Big Band Classics: The Crooners in the Beginning, CD/Rhino
Flashback 75465 (Anson Weeks and His Orchestra)
Let's Make It A Night (cut from SILK
STOCKINGS):
1. Lost In Boston,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5475 (Lynnette Perry and Jonathan
Freeman with musical direction by James Stenborg)
Make It Another Old-Fashioned Please
(inst.) (originally used in PANAMA HATTIE):
1. 78/Decca 23199 (Ethel
Merman with orchestra conducted by Harry Sosnik) [reissued on 12
Songs From Call Me Madam With Selections From Panama Hattie,
CD/Decca Broadway 0881 10521-2]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 308 (Cy Walter, piano)
3. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 309 (Joan Edwards, piano and voice)
[reissued on Musical Ladies & The Music of Cole Porter,
CD/Encore's Box Office ENBO-CD #6/92]
4. 78/Bluebird B 10940 (Mary Ann Mercer with Mitchell Ayres
& His Fashions-In-Music)
5. 78/Victor 27231 (Bea Wain with orchestra)[reissued on You Can
Depend on Me: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1, CD/Baldwin Street
Music 311]
6. 78/Victor 27200 (Sara Horn with Leo Reisman and His
Orchestra)
7. 78/Columbia 35789 (Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)
8. Cole Porter (Music & Lyrics), JJA (M) 19745 (Ethel Merman
with orchestra conducted by Gene Salzer) (live) [reissued on
You're Sensational: Cole Porter In The '20s, '40s, & '50s,
CD/Koch A-33714]
9. A Musical Autobiography, Decca (M) DX 153 (Ethel Merman with
the Buddy Cole Quartet)
10. Merman In Vegas, Reprise (S) 6062 (Ethel Merman) [reissued
as CD/Collectables 6193]
11. Anything Goes/Panama Hattie, Larynx 567 (Ethel Merman with
orchestra conducted by Buster Davis) [reissued on You're The
Top, CD/ProArte CDD-473]
12. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Carmen Alvarez with
orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-124]
13. Saloon Singer, Audiophile (S) AP 171/172 (Hugh Shannon,
piano and vocals, David Braynard, bass, and Jim Fitzsimon,
drums) [reissued as CD/Audiophile ACD-171]
14. Rare! Hot! & Cole Porter, Philips (M) PHM 200-169
(Sheila M. Sanders)
15. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Angel Richards with orchestra
conducted by John Burrows)
16. Cole Porter In Hollywood, 1929-1956, JJA (M) 19767 (Ann
Sothern with orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll)
17. Sophisticated Lady (S) Liberty ST-7203 (Julie London)
[reissued on Sophisticated Lady/For The Night People, CD/EMI
94992]
18. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Porter, CD/ESE Music
ESED 106 (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Ethel Merman, and The
Swingle Singers with the New World Philharmonic Orchestra)
19. You're The Top: A Testimonial, CD/Viper's Nest VN-180 (Ethel
Merman with Roger Edens, piano)
20. Cole Porter Centennial Gala Concert, CD/Teldec 9031-75277-2
(Marti Stevens with The Cole Porter Orchestra conducted by
Donald Pippin, Jae Alexander, and Larry Blank)
21. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Mary Jo Catlett with music direction by Ron Abel)
22. The Lady With The Torch... Still Burning, CD/Sh-K-Boom
(Patti Lupone with orchestra conducted by Chris Fenwick)
23. Porter On My Mind, CD/Composers 585 (Francis Thorne)
24. Everything The Traffic Will Allow, CD/Lunch Money (Klea
Blackhurst)
25. That's Entertainment! The Ultimate Anthology Of M-G-M
Musicals, CD/Rhino 73192 (Ann Southern with orchestra conducted
by Georgie Stoll) (outtake)
26. Panama Hattie, CD/CBC Audio BC2-266/2003E-DC (Karen Wood
with Paul Sportelli, piano)
27. Noel And Cole, CD/PS Classics PS-1313 (Elizabeth Sthanley
with musical direction by David Loud)
My Lover Loves Me (cut; L: Burt
Shevelove?):
1. Demo, Private LP (M)
(unknown instrumental performance)
Night And Day (originally used in GAY
DIVORCE):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Once Upon A Time (originally written
for the unproduced ONCE UPON A TIME and subsequently used
in the 1998 Broadway production of HIGH SOCIETY):
1. Demo, Private LP (M)
(unknown instrumental performance)
2. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
3. Unmined Cole: Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC
2387(Paulina Stark with Judy Brown, piano)
4. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (Melissa Errico with orchestra
conducted by Paul Gemignani) (new lyrics by Susan Birkenhead)
5. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (Daniel McDonald with orchestra
conducted by Paul Gemignani) (new lyrics by Susan Birkenhead)
Ours (originally used in RED, HOT AND BLUE and subsequently
used in UNSUNG COLE):
1. 78/Victor 36190 (Alan
Holt, Rae Giersdorf, and the Victor Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Cole Porter 1924-1944,
JJA (M) 19732]
2. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic 1213 (Mabel Mercer
with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass)
[reissued as CD/Rhino R2 71690]
3. Lena Like Latin, Charter (S) CLS-106 (Lena Horne)
4. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1371
(Blossom Dearie and Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-117]
5. How's Your Romance?: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter,
CD/Andreasong AND01 (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham,
piano, Jared Egan, bass, Rex Benincasa, drums)
6. Love, Linda,
CD/150 Music 150M11 (Stevie Holland with Landon Knoblock, piano,
Peter Brendler, bass, and Jeff Davis, drums)
7. Café Manhattan Unreleased, CD/No label 83707 83252 (Karen
Kuykendall and Sterling Price-McKinney)
Red, Hot And Blue (originally used in
RED, HOT AND BLUE; subsequently used in THE DECLINE AND
FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE
PORTER and UNSUNG COLE):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-207 (Ethel Merman with Fairchild and Carroll Orchestra)
[reissued on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot And Blue!, CD/AEI
AEI-CD 001; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume II, CD/Pearl GEM
0115; Star Spangled Rhythm, CD/Smithsonian RD 111; Original
Cast! The Thirties, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 802CD]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-203 (Edgar Fairchild and Adam
Carroll, duo pianos) [reissued on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot
And Blue!, CD/AEI AEI-CD 001]
3. Cole Porter Revisited, Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002
(Kaye Ballard, Bobby Short, and Bibi Osterwald with musical
direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-121]
4. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS-2810 (Kaye Ballard with
Harold Lang, William Hickey, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
5. Noel & Cole: Together With Music, CD/Oakton ORCD1001
(Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
6. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Anne Wood)
Ridin' High (originally used in RED,
HOT AND BLUE; also used in THE HULBERT FOLLIES, the 1954
television version of PANAMA HATTIE, THE DECLINE AND FALL OF
THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER,
the 1991 revival of YOU NEVER KNOW, and the 1998 Broadway
production of HIGH SOCIETY):
I have not attempted to
provide discological information for this Porter standard.
Take Me Back To Manhattan (inst.)
(originally used in THE NEW YORKERS; subsequently used in
COLE and UNSUNG COLE):
1. Anything Goes, Epic
(S) FLS-15100 (Eileen Rodgers and Girls with orchestra directed
by Julian Stein) [reissued as CD/Epic EK 15100]
2. Regards To Broadway, Centerline (S) CPI 8002 (Judith Dow with
orchestra conducted by Bradley Bloom)
3. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Lucy Fenwick, Julia McKenzie,
Elizabeth Power, Ray Cornell, Bill Kerr, and Rod McLennan with
orchestra conducted by John Burrows)
4. Liza Minnelli At Carnegie Hall, CD/Telarc 85502 (Liza
Minnelli with orchestra conducted by Bill LaVorgna)
5. Close: Steve Ross & Cole Porter, CD/Stolen Moments 1016/7
(Steve Ross, piano and voice)
6. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Joely Fisher with music direction by Ron Abel)
7. Hey, Mr. Producer!: The Musical World Of Cameron Mackintosh,
CD/First Night ENCORECD4 (Marion Montgomery)
8. Songs Of New York, CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502 (Judy
Kaye with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
9. Champagne Sometimes…A Night Out With Chris Barrett, CD/Chris
Barrett (Chris Barrett)
10. Songs Of New York, CD/Telarc 83346 (Bobby Short, piano and
voice, Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, Jackie Williams, drums, Frank
Tate, bass, Warren Vache, cornet, and Chuck Wilson, reeds)
11. The Broadway Musicals Of 1930, CD/Original Cast OC 6241
(Deven May with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band direction by
Ross Patterson)
12. Total Faith, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD00613 (Faith Prince
with music direction by Alex Rybeck)
13. Total Faith, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD00613 (Faith Prince
with music direction by Alex Rybeck) (parody version
entitled "Take Me Back To The Eighties")
They Couldn't Compare To You (inst.)
(originally used in OUT OF THIS WORLD):
1. Out Of This World,
Columbia (M) ML 4390 (William Redfield with orchestra conducted
by Pembroke Davenport)
2. Out Of This World, CD/DRG 94764 (Peter Scolari with the
Coffee Club Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
3. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT
Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
4. Close: Steve Ross & Cole Porter, CD/Stolen Moments 1016
(Steve Ross)
5. American Cabaret Songs, 1950-2000, CD/Lmsys (Courtney Kenny)
To Hell With Everybody But Us (cut;
written for but not used in OUT OF THIS WORLD):
1. Demo, Private LP (M)
(unknown instrumental performance)
What Is This Thing Called Love (inst.)
(originally used in WAKE UP AND DREAM):
I have not attempted to compile discological
information for this Porter standard.
Where Have You Been? (inst.) (originally used in THE NEW YORKERS):
1. 78/Victor 22598 (The
Three Girl Friends (The Three Waring Girls) & Waring's
Pennsylvanians) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1930-1936,
CD/Box Office ENBO-CD2 #9/94; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume
I, CD/Pearl GEM 0111]
2. 78/Columbia 2376 D (Ted Wallace and His Campus Boys)
3. 78/Majestic 1018 (Bud Freeman and his Orchestra) [reissued on
Bud Freeman: 1945-1946, CD/Classics 942]
4. 78/Brunswick 6006 (Emil Coleman and His Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
5. I Get A Kick Out Of Porter, Capitol (S) ST 1030 (Joe Bushkin,
piano and orchestra)
6. Billy's Best, Mercury MG-20333 (Billy Eckstine) [reissued as
CD/Mercury 526440]
7. To You, RCA Victor (M) LPM 1313 (Teddi King with orchestra
conducted by George Siravo) [reissued on You're The Top: Cole
Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch DMK2-1020]
8. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
9. Cole Porter Songs, Walden (M) 301 (Louise Carlyle with David
Baker and John Morris, pianos) [reissued on Songs By Cole Porter
And Rodgers & Hart, CD/Harbinger HCD 1703]
10. Trouble Is A Man, Columbia (S) CS-8041 (Judy Holliday with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser) [reissued as CD/DRG 91467]
11. Barbara Lea, Prestige PRLP-7065 (Barbara Lea with the Johnny
Windhurst Quintet) [reissued as CD/Original Jazz Classics
OJCCD-1713-2]
12. Star Eyes, CD/Muse 5488 (Lorez Alexandria with Houston
Person, tenor sax, Bruce Forman, guitar, Stan Hope, piano, Peter
Weiss, bass, and Michael Carvin, drums)
13. Written In The Stars, CD/Blue Note 27291 (Bill Charlap Trio)
14. Eyes For You, CD/M-Swing 026 (George Evans with Reg
Schwager, guitar, Mark Eisenman, piano, Neil Swainson, bass,
Jerry Fuller, drums, and Denny Christianson, trumpet)
15. We're In The Money, CD/Sackville 3315 (The Keith Ingham
Manhattan Swingtet)
16. Mine Alone, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6037 (Greta Keller)
17. What Is Love?, CD/Cabaret 5022 (Andre Marcovicci with music
direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
18. The Sound Of My Voice, CD/Gianni Marinucci (Gianni
Marinucci) (unverified)
19. Why Shouldn't I?, CD/Cambria 1124 (Carol Merrill)
20. Portrait of a Norwegian Jazz Artist: Bjarne Nerem, CD/Gemini
Records 9508 (Bjarne Nerem)
21. New York Swing: Cole Porter, CD/Delta 608 (John Bunch,
piano, Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, Jay Leonhart, bass, and Joe
Cocuzzo, drums)
22. More Than Satisfied, CD/Vintage Music Productions 181 (Nat
Shilkret and The All Star Orchestra)
23. Rain Sometime, CD/Paradigm 101 (Pinky Winters with Richard
Rodney Bennett, piano)
24. Where Have You Been?, CD/DRG CDSL-5202 (Elisabeth Welch with
Murray Grand, piano, and Bucky Calabrese, bass)
You Do Something To Me (originally
used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN and added to the 1976
revival of PANAMA HATTIE):
I have not attempted to compile discological information for this Porter standard.
You've Got That Thing (inst.)
(originally used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN; subsequently
used in COLE and in the 1998 Broadway production of HIGH
SOCIETY):
1. 78/Columbia 2088 D (Ted
Lewis and His Band) [reissued on Is Everybody Happy?, CD/Naxos
Jazz 8120770]
2. 78/Columbia 38440 (Victor Silvester and His Ballroom
Orchestra)
3. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-244 (Emile Petti and His Savoy-Plaza
Orchestra) [reissued on The Melody Of Broadway, AEI (M) 1154]
4. 78/Perfect 15260 (Rodman Lewis and the Clicquot Club Eskimos)
5. 78/Brunswick 4666 (Dick Robertson and the Colonial Club
Orchestra)
6. 78/Victor 22244 (Vocalist with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra)
[reissued on 'Let's Misbehave": A Cole Porter Collection
1927-1940, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8.120533]
7. 78/Victor 22294 (Maurice Chevalier with orchestra conducted
by Leonard Joy) [reissued on You're Sensational: Cole Porter In
The '20s, '40s, & '50s, CD/Koch A-33714; From This Moment
On: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Smithsonian RD 047 AA-22481]
8. You Never Know, Blue Pear BP 1015 (Esteban Chalbaud with
musical direction by Walter Geismar)
9. The Vamp Of "The Roaring Twenties," Warner Bros. (S) WS-1419
(Dorothy Provine with Pinky and Her Playboys)
10. San Francisco To Broadway, Earl (S) EH 1900 (Ernie Heckscher
and his Fairmont Orchestra)
11. Meyer Davis Plays Cole Porter, Monmouth Evergreen (S)
MES/6813 (Meyer Davis with orchestra conducted by Emery Davis)
12. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Peter Gale with orchestra conducted
by John Burrows)
13. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
14. Celebrating 30 Years at the Cafe Carlyle, CD/Telarc 83428
(Bobby Short, piano and voice, and His Orchestra)
15. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL
5208 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
16. Confidentially, Cole, CD/No label 2460-INR261 (Sean Hayden)
17. Cole Porter: An All-Star Tribute, CD/VAI Audio VAIA 1239
(Ethel Merman, John Raitt, Gretchen Wyler, Martha Wright,
Chorus, and Peter Nero with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conducted by Donald Voorhees)
18. High Society, CD/Playback PBHS CD1 (Martin Fisher and Monica
Bravo)
19. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World 80417-2 (Jason Graae
with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans Haile)
20. An Evening Of Self-Indulgence: Live At The Cinegrill,
CD/Varese Sarabande 062104 (Jason Graae with Gerald Sternbach,
piano)
21. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT
Sullivan And Mark Nadler)
22. Still Of The Night, CD/Projazz CDJ-606 (John Holmquist and
Dan Estrem, guitars)
23. The Columbia House Bands: Ed Kirkeby Volume One, CD/The Old
Masters 110 (Ed Kirkeby and His Orchestra)
24. Requests, CD/Original Cast 9824 (Michael McAssey)
25. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (John McMartin, Daniel McDonald,
and Company with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani) (as
"She's Got That Thing" with reprise)
26. True Love, CD/Ghostlight 83306 (Daniel McDonald with musical
direction by Michael Hashim)
27. This Is The One…Dig!, CD/Solo Art 119 (Dick Wellstood,
piano)
28. You’re The Top, CD/A Records AL 73019 (Frank Robert Freeman
with musical direction by Dolf De Vries)
29. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Nickolas Grace)
30. A Tribute To Bob Hope: ‘Thanks For
The Memory,’ CD/Audiophile ACD-313 (Ronny Whyte, piano and
voice, with Boots Maleson, bass, and Taro Okamoto, drums)
31. Night And Day, CD/Soundtrack Factory
SFCD33529 (Female Quartet with orchestra directed by Leo F.
Forbsten)
32. Love, Linda,
CD/150 Music 150M11 (Stevie Holland with Landon Knoblock, piano,
Peter Brendler, bass, and Jeff Davis, drums)
Unrecorded Material:
Boy, Oh, Boy (L: Burt
Shevelove)
I'm In Love At Last (cut; L: Burt Shevelove?)
Nervous (cut; L: Burt Shevelove?)
See For Yourself (cut; L: Burt Shevelove?)
When Your Troubles Have Started (cut from RED, HOT AND BLUE)