HEADS UP!



Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: November 11, 1929, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.; May 1, 1930, Palace Theatre, London
Performances: 144 (N.Y.C.); 20 (London)

Note: This show was titled ME FOR YOU out of town.


As Though You Were There (cut):

1. 78/Gala 4 (Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky and His Orchestra) [also 78/Music Box 4; reissued on Lee Wiley Sings The Songs Of Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart And Harold Arlen, CD/Audiophile ACD-10]
2. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (Kevin Early, Anne Edler, Ben Johns, Lisa Rogers, and/or Danielle Vernengo)


The Color Of Her Eyes (cut; also cut from SPRING IS HERE and subsequently used in EVER GREEN):

1. Selections From Ever Green, CD/Bygone Records BG-1002 (Danielle Vernengo and Mark Perkins with music directed by James Stiepan)
2. Selections From Ever Green, CD/3C CCC-CD 001 (Amber Davidson and Mark Perkins with music directed by James Stiepan)


I Can Do Wonders With You (cut; added to SIMPLE SIMON):

1. 78/Victor 22185 (Scrappy Lambert with the Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1930-1936, CD/Box Office ENBO-CD2 #9/94]
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Volume IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1367 (Anthony Perkins and Blossom Dearie) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]


If I Knew You Better (M: Victor Schertzinger; L: Don Hartman) (written for the film version):

1. 78/Victor 22520 (Helen Kane) [reissued on The Boop-Boop-A-Doop Girl, CD/CDS Records RPCD-323]
2. 78/Brunswick 4940 (Chester Gaylord with Jacques Renard and His Orchestra)


It Must Be Heaven:

1. 78/Columbia CB-66 (Debroy Somers Orchestra)
2. Rodgers & Hart Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1367 (Johnny Desmond) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]


Knees:

1. Rodgers & Hart Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1367 (Ken Parks, Jerry Wyatt, John Sloman, Danny Fortas, Jamie Rocco, Bob Riker, Lennie Del Duca, Robert Polenz, Nancy Grennan, Patti Wyss, Marina MacNeal, and Susan Haska) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]


Me For You:

1. 78/Columbia DB-117 (Billy Mayerl, piano)
2. Rodgers & Hart Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1367 (Ken Parks, Jerry Wyatt, John Sloman, Danny Fortas, Jamie Rocco, Bob Riker, Lennie Del Duca, Robert Polenz, Nancy Grennan, Patti Wyss, Marina MacNeal, and Susan Haska) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]
3. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (Kevin Early, Anne Edler, Ben Johns, Lisa Rogers, and/or Danielle Vernengo)


My Man Is On The Make:

1. 78/Victor 22475 (Helen Kane with orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Hits Of Rodgers & Hart, CD/Flapper PAST-CD9794]
2. 78/Victor 22185 (Belle Mann with Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra) [also 78/HMV B5822]
3. 78/Columbia DB-117 (Billy Mayerl, piano)
4. 78/Brunswick 4554 (Colonial Club Orchestra with vocal chorus)
5. 78/Columbia 2067 D (The Knickerbockers)
6. 78/Perfect 15256 (The Radio Imps with Sam Lanin and His Troubadours)
7. Rodgers & Hart In Hollywood Volume 1 1929-1935, JJA (M) 19766 (Helen Kane)
8. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (Kevin Early, Anne Edler, Ben Johns, Lisa Rogers, and/or Danielle Vernengo)


Readin' Ritin' Rhythm (M: Victor Schertzinger; L: Don Hartman) (written for the film version):

1. 78/Victor 22520 (Helen Kane with Leonard Joy and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Boop-Boop-A-Doop Girl, CD/CDS Records RPCD-323]
2. 78/Brunswick 4940 (Jacques Renard and His Orchestra with vocal chorus)
3. 78/Columbia 2389 D (Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra with vocal refrain) [also 78/Oriole 6-07-10; reissued on The Complete Clyde McCoy On Columbia: Sugar Blues, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 152]
4. Three Of A Kind, Fanett 146 (Helen Kane)


A Ship Without A Sail:

1. Click here for recordings of "A Ship Without A Sail".


Sky City (cut):

1. Rodgers & Hart Revisited Volume III, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1366 (Ken Parks, Jerry Wyatt, John Sloman, Danny Fortas, Jamie Rocco, Bob Riker, Lennie Del Duca, and Robert Polenz) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-106]


Why Do You Suppose? (same music as "How Was I To Know?" from SHE'S MY BABY):

1. 78/Columbia 2067 D (The Knickerbockers)
2. 78/Perfect 15256 (The Radio Imps with Sam Lanin and His Troubadours)
3. 78/Brunswick 4554 (Colonial Club Orchestra with vocal chorus)
4. 78/Victor 22204 (Franklyn Baur with Nat Shilkret and His Orchestra)
5. 78/HMV B5822 (Harold Lambert, Belle Mann, and Franklyn Baur with Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra)
6. 78/Parlophone R665 (Stuart Ross and Joe Sargent with piano accompaniment) [reissued on The Song Is… Rodgers & Hart, ASV AJA5041]
7. 78/Columbia DB-117 (Billy Mayerl, piano)
8. Rodgers And Hart Revisited, Spruce (S) 101 (Charlotte Rae and Dorothy Loudon with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]
9. Now In Vogue, Storyville STLP-903 (Teddi King) [reissued as CD/Import 71284]
10. The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart, Trend T 1501 (The Dave Pell Octet) [reissued as CD/Fresh Sounds 60505]
11. The Columbia House Bands: Ben Selvin, Vol. 2, CD/The Old Masters 117 (Ben Selvin Orchestra)

For recordings of "How Was I To Know," see
1. 78/Brunswick 7809 (Eddie DeLange with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra)
2. 78/Crown 113 (The Rhythm Rascals) (unverified)
3. The Columbia Album of Richard Rodgers, Columbia CR 39 (Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Sony Music Special Products AK 47866]
4. Rodgers And Hart Revisited, Spruce (S) 101 (Charlotte Rae and Dorothy Loudon with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]
5. A Hundred Million Miracles, CD/Arbors 19279 (Daryl Sherman)


Unrecorded Material:

Bootlegger's Chanty (We're An English Ship) (cut; lyrics missing)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Finaletto Scene 1 (cut; lyrics missing)
Harlem On The Sand (cut; lyrics missing)
Have You Been True To Me? (cut prior to opening of ME FOR YOU; lyrics missing)
Heads Up (M: Vernon Duke; L: E.Y. Harbug) (written for but not used in the film version)
I May Fall In Love Again (M: Vernon Duke; L: E.Y. Harburg) (written for but not used in the film version)
It's A Man's World (cut; lyrics missing)
Jazz Reception (Kindly Nullify Your Fears) (cut)
The Lass Who Loved A Sailor (lyric lost)
Mind Your P's And Q's (cut; lyrics missing)
Mother Grows Younger (aka "Daughter Grows Older" in the London production)
Now Go To Your Cabin (Finale Act I) (cut; lyrics missing)
Ongsay And Anceday
Play Boy
Sweetheart, You Make Me Laugh (cut)
They Sing! They Dance! They Speak! (cut prior to opening of ME FOR YOU)
The Three Bears (cut prior to the opening of ME FOR YOU; lyrics missing)
Until Today I Had No Tomorrow (M: Vernon Duke; L: E.Y. Harburg) (written for but not used in the film version)
You've Got To Surrender