HERE'S LOVE

Composer: Meredith Willson
Lyricist: Meredith Willson

Opened: October 3, 1963, Shubert Theatre, NYC
Performances: 338

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.

Dear Mr. Santa Claus (aka "If Santa Claus Were Crazy") (cut):

1. Acetate Demo (unidentified singer)
2. Commercial Demo, 10"/Frank Music Co. TV-89633-1 (unidentified singer)
3. Here's Love, London (S) PS 330 (Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra)
4. Here's Love, Argo (M) LP-728 (Hank Jones, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Elvin Jones, drums) [reissued as CD/Universal/Polygram 9010]
5. A Very Theta Christmas, CD/Theta Media Group (Deedee O'Malley) (unverified)
6. Christmas On Broadway, CD/Arabesque AR Too Y2004 (Steven Kimbrough with music supervision by Jack Lee)


Fa La La, Fa, Fa La La (cut):

1. Acetate Demo (unidentified singer)


Love Come Take Me Again (vocal version) (cut; reinstated for the subsequent tour):

1. Acetate Demo (unidentified singer)
2. Commercial Demo, 10"/Frank Music Co. TV-89633-1 (unidentified singer)
3. 45/Frank Music Corp. Columbus 5-3600 (likely the same recording as immediately above)
4. 45/Columbia 4-42879 (Sylvia Syms with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued on The Columbia Years, CD/Collectables 7584]
5. Here's Love, Columbia (S) CS 8899 (The Merrill Staton Voices)
6. The Remarkable J's With Jamie, Columbia (S) CS 8949 (The J's With Jamie)
7. Better To Have Loved, CD/Songkeepers 86851-9866-2 (Ida Zecco with music conducted by Dick Lowell)


Mirror In The Toy-Toy (unused):

1. Acetate Demo (unidentified singer)


We Live On The Park (cut) :

1. Acetate Demo (unidentified singer)


You Don't Have To Prove It If You Sing It (cut):

1. Acetate Demo (unidentified singer)


Unrecorded Songs:

Macy's Parade (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Nothin' In Common
The Plastic Alligator