HELLZAPOPPIN (1976)
Composers: Hank Beebe, Cy
Coleman, and Jule Styne
Lyricists: Bill Heyer and Carolyn
Leigh
Opened: November 22, 1976 at Morris Mechanic Theatre in
Baltimore; closed January 22, 1977 at the Colonial Theatre in Boston
(Just) Because We're Kids (M: Frederick Hollaender; L: Theodor Geizel) (not in program; originally used in THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T):
1. The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T,
GSF 1007 (Tommy Rettig) [reissued as CD/El Records ACMEM 126CD]
2. The Saint
And The Sinner, Offbeat (M) OJ-3004 (Isobel Robins and Henry Morgan with the
Mickey Leonard Quartet)
3. The Singing Reed, Fantasy 3212 (Susan Reed)
[reissued as CD/Original Jazz Classics 1777]
4. Let There Be Love, Concord
Jazz CJ-206 (Dee Bell, Eddie Duran, and Stan Getz)
5. All About Carol,
Capitol *** (Carol Simpson) [reissued as CD/Jasmine Records 309]
6. Profile
Of A Jazz Musician, Columbia *** (Paul Horn) [reissued on The Sound Of Paul
Horn/Profile Of A Jazz Musican, CD/Collectables Records 7531]
7. Special
Edition, CD/Black Sun 15003 (Paul Horn)
8. The Playground, CD/Sony 69549
(Tony Bennett)
9. Pure Imagination, CD/Elektra 61046-2 (Michael Feinstein,
piano and voice)
10. The Song Is You, CD/Fresh Sound 5035 (Betty
Bennett)
11. Sweet, CD/Universal 9047 (Swe Evans)
12. Confirmation,
CD/UCCJ-9038 (Sheila Jordan)
13. Big Five Chord, CD/Lundbom 1721 (John
Lundbom)
Bouncin' Back for More (M: Cy
Coleman; L: Carolyn Leigh) (written for but not used in WILDCAT):
1. Witchcraft: The Songs of
Carolyn Leigh, CD/Harbinger HCD1702 (Sara Zahn with musical direction by
Christopher Denny)
Hellzapoppin (M: Jule Styne: L: Carolyn
Leigh):
1. Demo (uncredited vocalist) [also found on The Unknown
Theatre Songs Of Jule Styne, Blue Pear BP 1011]
One To A
Customer (C: Jule Styne; L: Carolyn Leigh):
1. Demo (uncredited vocalist)
(first version) [also found on The Unknown Theatre Songs Of Jule Styne, Blue
Pear BP 1011]
2. Demo (uncredited vocalist (second version)
3. The Songs
Of Jule Styne, CD/Warner/Chappell 1/2 (Frank Sinatra) [also found on The
Complete Reprise Studio Recordings, CD/Warner Bros. 47045]
4. Live From Las
Vegas, CD/Capitol 60145 (Frank Sinatra with music conducted by Bill Miller)
The Typewriter (C: Leroy
Anderson):
1. 78/Victor 20-5505 (Ralph
Flanagan and his Orchestra)
2. 45/Decca (M) 28881 (Leroy Anderson and his
Pops Concert Orchestra) [reissued on The Leroy Anderson Collection, CD/MCA
99815] (actual recording used in the show)
3. 7"/Vanguard (S) FS-40 (Utah
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel)
4. Hooked On
Instrumentals, CAS/K-Tel International RYD 6205 (K-Tel NU 3274)
5. Leroy
Anderson: Orchestral Favorites, CD/Naxos 559125 (Richard Hayman and his
Orchestra)
6. Frederick Fennell Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson,
CD/Mercury 432013 (Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra conducted by Frederick
Fennell)
7. Leroy Anderson: Greatest Hits, CD/BMG Classics 61237 (Boston
Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler)
8. Happy Radio Days, CD/Elektra
21809 (Michel Legrand conducting the London Studio Orchestra)
9. The Happy
Electropop Music Machine, CD/Oglio 89138 (Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana
Countryman)
10. Dance Of The Comedians, CD/Acoustics 056 (Simon Mayer and
the Mandolinquents)
11. Blue Tango: Symphonic Pops By Leroy Anderson,
CD/Laserlight 15248 (Cologne Radio Orchestra conducted by Pinchas
Steinberg)
12. Classics For Kids, CD/Laserlight 14388 (Typewriter
Ventriculus)
13. With Strings Attached, CD/Bvhaast 0203 (Willem Breuker
Kollektie)
14. Von Mozart Bis Monroe, CD/Monopol (Brass Band Berlin)
15.
Sternstunden der Unterhaltungs, CD/Amos 5967 (German Symphonic Pops
Orchestra)
16. The Music Of Leroy Anderson, CD/Spy Records 1001 (Catherine
Wilson and Robert Conway, pianos)
What Did
You Do? (C: Jule Styne; L: Carolyn Leigh) (not in program) (cut prior to
closing):
1. Demo (uncredited
vocalist)
Unrecorded
Songs:
Back To Him/Her (C: Hank Beebe;
L: Bill Heyer)
Dance Sequence
Dare To Do (C: Hank Beebe; L: Bill Heyer)
(cut prior to closing)
Eighth Avenue (C: Jule Styne; L: Carolyn Leigh) (cut
prior to closing)
Entr'acte
Finale
Hello Mom (C: Hank Beebe; L: Bill
Heyer)
A Husband, A Love, A Wife (C: Hank Beebe; L: Bill Heyer)
A Hymn To
Her (C: Hank Beebe; L: Bill Heyer)
I'm All Yours (C: Jule Styne; L: Carolyn
Leigh) (ASCAP/LOC only)
Let's Put A Man On The Sun (C: Hank Beebe; L: Bill
Heyer) (cut prior to closing)
Make Way For A Star (C: Jule Styne; L: Carolyn
Leigh) (ASCAP/LOC only)
A Miracle Happened (C: Hank Beebe; L: Bill Heyer)
(cut prior to closing)
My Jug (aka "The Jug Song") (not in program) (C/L:
Brandon Maggart) (previously used in FREE FALL)
Once I've Got My Cane (C:
Hank Beebe; L: Bill Heyer)
Overture
That Chaplin Man (C: Jule Styne; L:
Carolyn Leigh) (ASCAP/LOC only)
Top That If You Can (C: Jule Styne; L:
Carolyn Leigh) (ASCAP/LOC only)