HUNDREDS OF HATS
Composer: Marvin
Hamlisch
Lyricist: Howard Ashman
Opened: June 13, 1995,
WPA Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 21
Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kasim (written for but not used in the film ALADDIN):
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS
Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Alan Menken with Alan Menken, piano) [also
found on The Music Behind The Magic, CD/Disney 60014]
Cheese Nips (from GOD BLESS YOU, MR.
ROSEWATER):
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman with Alan Menken, piano)
Daughter Of God:
1. The Alan Menken Album,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5741 (Debbie Shapiro Gravitte with musical direction by
David Lawrence)
2. Songs You Might Have Missed, CD/Original Cast 9632 (Alix
Korey with David Friedman, piano)
Disneyland (M: Marvin Hamlisch) (from
SMILE):
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard
Ashman with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French
Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson)
3. Unsung Musicals, CD/Varese Sarabande
VSD-5462 (Jodi Benson with musical direction by Tom Fay)
4. New Faces Of
1999, No label CD990382 (Adriene Daigneault with Jerry DePuit, piano)
5.
Something That I Wanted You To Know, CD/Tagline 000129 (Tom Grounds with music
direction by Ricky Pope)
6. So Far It's Wonderful, CD/Original Cast 32
(Sammy Goldstein)
7. Faith, Trust And Pixie Dust, CD/PS Classics 862 (Kerry
Butler with musical direction by Michael Kosarin)
A
Firestorm Consuming Indianapolis (from GOD BLESS YOU, MR.
ROSEWATER):
1. Composers' Demo (Howard Ashman and Alan Menken)
Growin' Boy (originally written for BABE):
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS
Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman with Alan Menken, piano)
2. The Alan Menken
Album, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5741 (Debbie Shapiro Gravitte with musical
direction by David Lawrence)
3. Emily Skinner, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-6210
(Emily Skinner with orchestra conducted by Todd Ellison)
4. Red Hot From The
Attic Door, CD/Unknown label (Jaimie Roberts)
Hero (originally written for
BABE):
1. Unsung Musicals III, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5769 (Debbie Gravitte with music conducted by Lanny
Meyers)
High Adventure (written for but not
used in the film ALADDIN):
1. The Music Behind The Magic,
CD/Walt Disney 60014-7 (Howard Ashman and Alan Menken with Alan Menken, piano)
[also found on Aladdin, CD/Walt Disney 861163 (bonus track)]
How Quick They Forget (written for but not used in the
film ALADDIN):
1. The Music Behind The Magic,
CD/Walt Disney 60014-7 (Howard Ashman and Alan Menken with Alan Menken,
piano)
Hundreds Of Hats (aka "The Straw
Boater Rag") (M: Jonathan Sheffer; L: Howard Ashman) (originally used in
DIAMONDS):
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS
Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Jonathan Sheffer with Jonathan Sheffer,
piano) (as "The Straw Boater Rag")
2. Unsung Musicals III, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5769 (Jason Workman with music conducted by Lanny Meyers)
In Our Hands (M: Marvin Hamlisch) (from
SMILE):
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard
Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlish, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased
Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia
Riebling, et al.)
3. Unsung Musicals, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5462 (Lynnette
Perry with Julie Anne Aho, Lisa Mayer, Christa Fuller, and Lisa Beth Carroll
with musical direction by Tom Fay)
A
Little Dental Music (written for but not used in LITTLE SHOP OF
HORRORS):
1. Little Shop Of Horrors, CD/DRG
12998 (Alan Menken, piano and voice) (bonus demo track)
2. Lost In Boston
IV, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5768 (Eydie Alyson, Reece Holland, Jani Neuman, and
David Romano with music conducted by Brad Ellis)
Maria's Song (portion of "Young And American" from
SMILE):
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS
Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlish,
piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson,
Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)
3. Unsung Musicals III,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5769 (Diana Canova with music conducted by Lanny
Meyers)
Proud Of Your Boy (written for but
not used in the film ALADDIN):
1. The Music Behind The Magic,
CD/Walt Disney 60014-7 (Alan Menken, piano and voice) [also found on Aladdin,
CD/Walt Disney 861163 (bonus track)]
2. Reflections From Broadway, CD/JAY
CDJAY1333 (John Barrowman)
3. Hayden Tee, CD/AAV Regency 62372 3725 (Hayden
Tee with musical direction by Nigel Ubrihien)
4. What More Can I Say?, CD/No
label (Robb Williams with Tom Shaw, piano)
5. Disneymania 3, CD/Walt Disney
861248 (Clay Aiken)
6. Disney's Karaoke Series: Aladdin, CD/Walt Disney
861184 (instrumental and vocal versions)
The Rhode Island Tango (L: Howard Ashman with some revisions
by Dennis Green) (from GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER):
1. Composers' Demo (Alan Menken, piano and voice)
Sheridan Square:
1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS
Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman with Alan Menken, piano)
Since You
Came To This Town (L: Dennis Green with some revisions by Howard Ashman) (from
GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER):
1. Composers' Demo (Howard Ashman and Alan Menken)
Thank God For
The Volunteer Fire Brigade (L: Dennis Green with some revisions by Howard
Ashman) (from GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER):
1. Composers' Demo (Alan Menken)
2. Composers' Demo (Alan
Menken) (reprise)
Thirty Miles
From The Banks Of The Ohio (from GOD BLESS YOU, MR.
ROSEWATER):
1. Composers' Demo (Howard Ashman and Alan Menken)
We'll Have
Tomorrow (written for but not used in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS):
1. Little Shop Of Horrors, CD/DRG
12998 (Howard Ashman and Alan Menken with Alan Menken, piano) (bonus demo
track)
2. The Alan Menken Album, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5741 (Debbie
Shapiro Gravitte with musical direction by David Lawrence)
Unrecorded Material:
Aria For A Cow
Daughter Of
Prospero
Day In The Life Of A Fat Kid In Philly
A Magician's Work
Song
For A Hunter College Graduate (M: Jonathan Sheffer) (originally used in
DIAMONDS)
Your Day Begins Tonight
*Other Material:
Belle (from the film BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST)
Kiss The Girl (from the film THE LITTLE MERMAID)
Les Poissons
(from the film THE LITTLE MERMAID)
Part Of Your World (from the film THE
LITTLE MERMAID)
Poor Unfortunate Souls (from the film THE LITTLE
MERMAID)
Skid Row Downtown (from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS)
Somewhere That's
Green (from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS)
Suddenly Seymour (from LITTLE SHOP OF
HORRORS)
*No attempt has been made to provide discological information
for songs found on the original cast albums or soundtracks for the enumerated
musicals.