HIT THE DECK!
Composer: Vincent
Youmans
Lyricists: Clifford Grey; Leo Robin
Opened: April 25, 1927, Belasco Theatre,
N.Y.C.; November 3, 1927, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Performances: 352 (N.Y.C.); 277 (London)
Note: Only recordings of
material not found on the CD soundtrack reissue, Hit The Deck,
CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 76668, is noted below.
An Armful Of You (cut):
1. Orchids In The
Moonlight: Songs Of Vincent Youmans, CD/Arabesque Z6670 (Joan
Morris and Robert White with William Bolcom, piano)
2. Hit The Deck, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 76668 (M-G-M Studio
Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll)
3. Hit The Deck, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 76668 (M-G-M Studio
Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll) (reprise)
Fancy Me Just Meeting You (L: Bert Lee;
R.P. Weston) (added for the London production; subsequently
added to the London production of THE NEW MOON):
1. 78/Columbia 4652 (Ivy
Tresmand and Stanley Holloway with the London Hippodrome
Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge) [reissued on The Boy
Friend, CD/Sepia 1042 (bonus track)]
Finale (Act 2):
1. Hit The Deck, 45EP/His
Master’s Voice GES 5757 (Millicent Martin, Kevin Scott, The
Williams Singers, and Tony Osborne and his Orchestra)
2. Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 2 (1927), JJA (M)
19803 (Stanley Holloway, Ivy Tresmand & Chorus with the
London Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge)
Harbor Of My Heart (added after
opening):
1. 78/Columbia 9284
(London Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge)
2. Excerpts From Hit The Deck And Jerome Kern’s The Cat And The
Fiddle, Epic (M) LN 3569 (Doreen Hume, Denis Quilley and the
Mike Sammes Singers with orchestra under the direction of Johnny
Gregory)
3. Hit The Deck, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 76668 (M-G-M Studio
Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll)
Nothing Could Be Sweeter (added after
opening; same music as “Why Oh Why”):
1. 78/Columbia 9284
(London Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge)
2. 78/Victor 20837 (The Virginians)
Opening Act II:
1. 78/Columbia 9285 (The
Barry Twins, The Prince Sisters, and Chorus with the London
Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge) [reissued on
No, No, Nanette/Hit The Deck, World Records (MK) SH176]
2. 78/Columbia 9284 (London Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by
Joseph Tunbridge)
Overture:
1. Music Of Broadway: The
Twenties Volume 2 (1927), JJA (M) 19803 (Stanley Holloway, Ivy
Tresmand & Chorus with the London Hippodrome Orchestra
conducted by Joseph Tunbridge)
Shore Leave:
1. 78/Columbia 9284
(London Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge)
[reissued on No, No, Nanette/Hit The Deck, World Records (MK)
SH176]
What’s A Kiss Among Friends?
(originally used in TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE as part of
“We’re Off To See India”; also used as “I Love You” in
WILDFLOWERS and “Wedding Bells Ring On” in GREAT DAY!):
For recordings of “I Love
You,” see
78/Columbia 9079 (London Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Set To
Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
78/Liberty Music Shop L 273 (Emile Petti and His Savoy-Plaza
Orchestra)
Unrecorded Material: