JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON'S ALMANAC
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: December 10, 1953, Imperial Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 227
Acorn In The Meadow (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross):
1. 45/RCA (M) 47-5722
(Harry Belafonte with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra)
[reissued on Matilda, Matilda: Original Recordings 1949-1954,
CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120799]
Anema E Core (aka "With All My Heart
And Soul") (M: Salve d'Esposito; L: Harry Akst and Mann
Curtis) (added during the run):
1. 78/Victor 20-5675
(Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus)
[also 45/RCA (M) 47-5675; reissued on All-Time Greatest Hits
Vol. 1, CD/RCA 9592-2-R]
2. 78/Victor 20-4269 (Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His
Orchestra) [also 45/Victor 47-4269; reissued on A Legendary
Performer, RCA 51752-2; The Man Who Invented Casual, CD/Avid
740]
3. 78/Victor 10-3804 (Ezio Pinza with orchestra conducted by
Peter King) [also 45/Victor 49-3804; reissued on An Enchanted
Evening With Ezio Pinza, CD/Living Era 5618]
4. 45/R. I. Corp. S 138 (Jimmy Roselli with orchestra conducted
by Ralph Burns) [reissued on The Best Of Neopolitan Songs,
CD/M&R 1000)
5. 45/Victor 51-7068 (Xiomara Alfaro with Ernesto Duarte and His
Orchestra)
6. 45/MGM X1582 (Joni James with orchestra conducted by David
Terry)
7. You're Mine, You, Capitol (S) ST-1996 (George Chakiris with
orchestra conducted by Bob Bain)
8. Angela Mia, Columbia (S) CS-8046 (Vic Damone with the Glenn
Osser Orchestra)
9. Warm And Willing, Capitol (S) ST 1379 (Anna Maria
Alberghetti, with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle)
[reissued as CD/Toshiba EMI 9641]
10. With All My Heart And Soul, RCA Victor (S) LSP-3693 (Dottie
West)
11. Best Of All, CD/Sepia 1015 (Steve Conway)
12. Music, You & Me, CD/Editions Moraleda 9417 (Ala
Voronkova, violin, and Lluis Munoz, piano, and Albert Moraleda,
contrabanjo)
A radio transcription performed by Bob London and the Brownlee
Sisters with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is also known to exist.
N.B. I have not attempted to compile discological information
for versions of this song sung in Italian (or, if in Italian,
that do not acknowledge the English title of the song).
Chinese Monologue (aka "American Town")
(monologue by Orson Bean and Phil Green):
1. Orson Bean At The Hungry i, Fantasy F-1905 (Orson Bean)
The Earth And The Sky (M/L: John Rox):
1. Unidentified Demo (M)
Acetate
European Express (aka "Orient
Express," "Tea And Ceylon," and "Travel") (sketch by
Orford St. John) (originally used in SWINGING THE GATE;
also used in IT'S ABOUT TIME):
1. 45/Coral 57017
(Hermione Gingold and Billy De Wolfe) [also found on Laugh Of
The Party, Coral (M) CRL-57017; reissued on John Murray
Anderson's Almanac And Other Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG
19009]
Fini (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry
Ross):
1. 45/Columbia (M) 4-40127
(Lu Ann Simms with Percy Faith And His Orchestra)
2. 45/Decca 9-28917 (Marion Caruso with male chorus and
Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis)
3. Here's Eydie Gorme, Vocalion (M) VL 3708 (Eydie Gorme with
the Neil Hefti Orchestra and Chorus) [also Eydie Gorme's
Delight, Coral (M) CRL-57109; reissued on Sincerely Yours,
CD/Jasmine 450]
Hold 'Em, Joe (M/L: Harry Belafonte):
1. The Best Of Belafonte,
45/RCA Victor 47-0322 (Harry Belafonte with Hugo Winterhalter
and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Very Best Of Harry
Belafonte, CD/RCA 68097]
2. Calypso In Brass, RCA (S) LSP-3658 (Harry Belafonte)
How To Make A Paper Eucalyptus Tree
(monologue by Orson Bean) (added during the run):
1. Orson Bean At The Hungry i, Fantasy F-1905 (Orson Bean)
I Dare To Dream (M: Michael Grace and Carl Tucker; L: Sammy
Gallup):
1. Unidentified Demo (M)
Acetate
Marine Corps (sketch by Jonathan
Winters) (added during the run):
1. The Wonderful World Of
Jonathan Winters, Verve 15009 (Jonathan Winters)
Mark Twain (M/L: Harry Belafonte)
(dropped during the run):
1. 45/Victor 547-0404
(Harry Belafonte with Millard Thomas) [also 45/RCA album
EPB-1022; Mark Twain & Other Folk Favorites, RCA (S)
LSP-1022; reissued on Matilda, Matilda: Original Recordings
1949-1954, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120799]
Merry Little Minuet (M/L: Sheldon
Harnick) (dropped during the run; cut from TWO'S COMPANY;
also used in JOYRIDE):
1. An Evening With Sheldon
Harnick, Laureate (S) LL-603 (Sheldon Harnick) [reissued as
CD/DRG 5174]
2. Songs I Taught My Mother, Vanguard (M) VRS-9004 (Charlotte
Rae with John Strauss and his Baroque Bearcats) [reissued as
CD/PS Classics PS-644]
3. Contemporary Broadway Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) 1381
(Katherine Hepburn with Arthur Siegel, piano) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-131]
4. From The "Hungry i", Capitol (M) T1107 (The Kingston Trio)
[reissued on The Kingston Trio/From The "Hungry i",
CD/Collectors' Choice Music CCM-02232]
5. Live At Newport, CD/Vanguard 77009 (The Kingston Trio)
6. An Evening With The Kingston Trio, CD/Folk Era FE2064 (The
Kingston Trio)
7. Live At The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, CD/Collectors'
Choice Music CCM-08532 (The Kingston Trio)
8. Twice Upon A Time, CD/Collectors' Choice Music CCM-08812 (The
Kingston Trio)
9. Both Sides Of The Kingston Trio, Vol. 1, CD/Silverwolf 1020
(The Kingston Trio)
My Love Is A Wanderer (M/L: Bart
Howard) (cut after opening):
1. 45/Kapp AS-908 (Jo
March with orchestra conducted by Frank Hunter)
2. Love Songs For Late Evening, Columbia (M) ML-4722 (Portia
Nelson with the Norman Paris Trio) [reissued as CD/DRG 91451]
3. Very Glad To Be Unhappy, Sir (M) LP-L421 (Bill Shelburne)
5. Regards To Broadway, Centerline (S) CPI 8002 (Judith Dow with
orchestra conducted by Bradley Bloom)
6. Love Makes The World Go 'Round, Kapp (M) KL-1250 (Jane Morgan
with orchestra directed by Jack Elliott)
7. Arbiter Of Elegance, Purist 1 (Charles DeForest)
8. Rare Wine, Vanguard VRS-9003 (Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye
and his Orchestra)
9. I Enjoy Being A Girl, Warner Bros. (S) 1541 (Barbara McNair
with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael) [reissued as
CD/Collectables 7737]
10. The Singing Reed, Original Jazz Classics 3-212 ) (Susan Reed
with Bill Evans) [reissued as CD/Original Jazz Classics
OJCCD-1777-2]
11. Child Of Clay, A&M P-1430 (Jimmie F. Rodgers) [reissued
as Child Of Clay/Windmills Of Your Mind, CD/Collectors' Choice
Music 419]
12. Bart!: The Songs Of Bart Howard, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-114
(KT Sullivan and William Roy with William Roy, piano)
13. Welcome to My World, CD/Orchard 802237 (Andy Anselmo)
14. Remembering Mabel Mercer Vol. 2, CD/Audiophile ASD-326
(Joyce Breach with the Keith Ingham Trio)
15. It Had To Be You: The Complete Early Singles, CD/Jasmine 457
(Petula Clark)
16. Sisters, CD/Sepia 1070 (Betty Clooney with the Richard
Maltby Orchestra)
17. Soft Lights & Sweet Music, CD/Orchard 6072 (Betty
Johnson and Lydia Gray with Tony Monte, piano, and Bill Conway,
bass)
18. Say It With Music, CD/Original Cast 9980 (Marilyn Lovell
with Peter Matz, piano)
19. Sue Raney Vol. II, CD/Studio West 108 (Sue Raney)
20. Most Of Ev'ry Day, CD/Audiophile ASD-217 (Steve Ross, piano
and voice)
21. Where Have You Been, CD/DRG CDSL-5202 (Elisabeth Welch with
Murray Grand, piano, and Bucky Calabrese, bass)
The Riviera (M: Cy Coleman; L: Joseph McCarthy, Jr.)
(cut):
1. Songs By Mabel Mercer
Vol. 3, 10"/Atlantic ALS 408 (Mabel Mercer with Cy Coleman,
piano) [reissued on The Art Of Mabel Mercer, CD/Collectables
6838]
2. The Piano Witchcraft Of Cy Coleman, Capitol (S) ST 1952 (Cy
Coleman, piano, with orchestra conducted by Billy May)
3. Live It Up!, Columbia (S) CS-8511 (Johnny Mathis with Nelson
Riddle and His Orchestra) [reissued on American Songbook Series:
Cy Coleman, CD/Smithsonian RD 048-19]
4. Give Him The Ooh-La-La, Verve V-2081 (Blossom Dearie)
[reissued as CD/Polygram 517067]
5. Look At Me Now!, Hollywood 138 (Dick Haymes) [reissued as
CD/3D 1019]
6. With Love, Columbia (S) 31460 (Tony Bennett) (unverified)
7. Winchester In Apple Blossom Time, Daffodil (S) BMD 104
(Blossom Dearie, piano and voice) [reissued on CD/Mastermix
CHECD 8]
8. Et Tu, Bruce, Daffodil (S) BMD 108 (Blossom Dearie, piano and
voice) [reissued on CD/Daffodil BMD 108CD]
9. We've Got It: The Music Of Cy Coleman, CD/Discovery DSCD-907
(Jackie Cain and Roy Kral)
10. Some Other Time: Marcovicci Sings Mabel Mercer, CD/Cabaret
5024 (Andrea Marcovicci with music direction by Glenn Mehrbach);
The Sea Is All Around Us (M: David
Baker; L: Sheldon Harnick) (cut; later used in SHOESTRING
REVUE):
1. Shoestring Revue,
Offbeat O-4011 (Bill McCutcheon with music conducted by Dorothea
Freitag) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles 129]
Tin Pan Alley (M: Cy Coleman; L: Joseph
McCarthy):
1. The Broadway Musicals
Of 1953, CD/Bayview RNBW026 (Ed Staudenmayer with Scott Siegel
and the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
2. Julie Wilson Sings The Cy Coleman Songbook, CD/DRG 5252
(Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
When Am I Going To Meet Your Mother?
(M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross):
1. Odd Songs And A Poem,
10"/Dolphin 1 (Cyril Ritchard and Elaine Dunn with Stuart Ross,
piano) [reissued on John Murray Anderson's Almanac And Other
Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG 19009]
Which Witch? (M: Charles Zwar; L: Alan
Melville) (originally used in SKY HIGH):
1. Melvillainy, Decca (M)
LK 4394 (Alan Melville with orchestra conducted by Eric Rogers)
[reissued on Marigold/Melvillainy, CD/Must Close Saturday
Records MCSR 3052]
2. La Gingold, Dolphin 7 (Hermione Gingold with Buster Davis,
piano) [reissued on John Murray Anderson's Almanac And Other
Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG 19009]
3. Live At The Café De Paris, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9010 (Hermione
Gingold with Clarry Ashton, piano)
4. The Shakespeare Revue, CD/TER CDTEM2 1237 (Susie Blake)
You're So Much A Part Of Me (M/L:
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross):
1. 78/Victor 20-5437
(Betty and Jane Kean) [also 45/RCA (M) 47-5437]
2. 45/Victor 47-7804 (Jim Edward Brown and The Browns) [reissued
on The Three Bells, CD/Bear Family BCD 15665]
3. Odd Songs And A Poem, 10"/Dolphin 1 (Cyril Ritchard and
Elaine Dunn with Stuart Ross, piano) [reissued on John Murray
Anderson's Almanac And Other Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG
19009]
4. The Broadway Musicals Of 1953, CD/Bayview RNBW026 (Debbie
Gravitte and Scott Coulter with the Ross Patterson Little Big
Band)
A radio transcription performed by Peter Lind Hayes and Mary
Healy with the Sy Oliver Orchestra is also known to exist.
Unrecorded Material:
Cartoon (sketch by Arthur
Macrae)
The Cello (M: Charles Zwar; L: Leslie Julian Jones) (originally
used in SWEETER AND LOWER and subsequently used in STICKS AND
STONES)
Dinner For One (sketch by Lauri Wylie)
Don Brown's Body (sketch by Jean Kerr)
Elevator (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) (cut)
Finale
Harlequinade (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross)
Harry Mimmo (sketch) (dropped during the run)
Health Talk (sketch by Hermione Gingold (cut; originally used in
SWEETER AND LOWER)
Hope You Come Back (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; dialogue
by Sumner Locke-Elliot)
If Every Month Were June (aka "Ziegfeldiana") (M: Henry
Sullivan; L: John Murray Anderson)
La Loge (aka "Renoir") (M: Charles Zwar; L: Gerald Bryant;
sketch by Herbert Farjeon) (originally used in SWINGING THE GATE
and IT'S ABOUT TIME)
Mammy Songs My Cousin Who? (sketch by Jean Kerr)
The Nightingale And The Rose (adapted from a story by Oscar
Wilde by John Murray Anderson) (originally used in GREENWICH
VILLAGE FOLLIES OF 1922)
Nightingale, Bring Me A Rose (M: Henry Sullivan; L: John Murray
Anderson) (originally used in GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES OF 1922)
Paisan (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) (cut)
Patriotic Songs
La Pistachio (sketch by Billy K. Wells adapted by Sumner
Locke-Elliot)
Queen For A Day (aka "The Coronation") (M/L: Richard Adler and
Jerry Ross)
The Raft Song (M: David Baker; L: Hermione Gingold and Sheldon
Harnick) (cut)
Rhythm Songs Souvenirs (M/L: Norman Hackforth) (cut; originally
used in IT'S ABOUT TIME)
Summer (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) (cut)
Sweet Belinda (M: Richard Addinsell; L: Arthur Macrae) (cut;
later used in SHOESTRING '57 and SHOESTRING REVUE IN FORT WORTH)
Torch Songs
True (M/L: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) (cut)
N.B. The liner notes to the John Murray Anderson's Almanac CD
indicate that "Someone Is Sending Me
Flowers" (M: David Baker; L: Sheldon Harnick) (also used in
SHOESTRING REVUE) was also performed in this
revue, although I have not been able to independently verify
that fact. For recordings of that song, see:
1. La Gingold,
Dolphin 7 (Hermione Gingold with Buster Davis, piano)
[reissued on John Murray Anderson's Almanac And Other
Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG 19009]
2. Shoestring Revue, Offbeat O-4011 (Dody Goodman with music
conducted by Dorothea Freitag) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
129]
3. Et Tu, Bruce, Daffodil (S) BMD 108 (Blossom Dearie, piano
and voice) [reissued on CD/Daffodil BMD 108CD]
4. Blah, Blah, Blah And Other Trifles..., CD/Hyperion 66289
(Sarah Walker with Roger Vignoles, piano)
5. Journeys, CD/Original Cast 10 (Sally Martin)
6. On My Way To You, CD/Oasis (Ruth Wilson Francisco)
7. Living With Pleasure, CD/Must Close Saturday Records
MCSR3001 (Adrian Wright with William Rayner, piano)
8. Me And Phil: Live In Australia, CD/EMI 4797392 (Blossom
Dearie, piano and voice, with Phil Scorgie, bass)
9. Jeanne Little At The School Of Arts Café, CD/Larrikin CD
LRF 368 (Jeanne Little with music direction by Colin Salter)