KAYE BALLARD: WORKING 42ND STREET AT LAST

KAYE BALLARD: WORKING 42ND STREET AT LAST

Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: May 16, 1988, Kaufman Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 29

Note: The show also contained an unspecified "Lady Lyricists" medley. Several such medleys performed by Kaye Ballard can be found on the album The Ladies Who Wrote The Lyrics, Painted Smiles (S) PS 1334 [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-143].

After Forty It's Patch Patch Patch (M: Cy Coleman; L: Carolyn Leigh) (written for the unproduced ELEANOR):

1. The Ladies Who Wrote The Lyrics, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-143 (Kaye Ballard with Arthur Siegel, piano, and Steve Mallardi, bass)
2. Another Final Farewell Appearance, CD/Unknown label 52733 (Kaye Ballard with music conducted by Barry Kleinbort)

Burger Beguine (M/L: Leslie Eberhard; David Levy):

1. Then & Again, CD/Original Cast 9365 (Kaye Ballard)

Don't Ask A Lady (M: Cy Coleman; L: Carolyn Leigh) (added to the 1982 revival of LITTLE ME):

1. Julie Wilson Sings The Cy Coleman Songbook, CD/DRG 5252 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
2. Julie Wilson Live From The Russian Tea Room, CD/Cabaret 5015-2 (Julie Wilson with Mark Hummel, piano)
3. The Ladies Who Wrote The Lyrics, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-143 (Kaye Ballard with Arthur Siegel, piano)

I Gotta Make My Own Music (M: Arthur Siegel; L: Charlotte Kent) (originally used in CURTAIN GOING UP):

1. Live At The Ballroom, CD/Original Cast 9526 Arthur Siegel, piano and voice)
2. Arthur Siegel Sings Arthur Siegel, CD/Original Cast OC-9214 (Arthur Siegel, piano and voice)

I Hate Spring (M: Martha Caples; L: Nancy Hamilton) (originally used in ONE FOR THE MONEY):

1. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-250 (Beatrice Lillie with Will Irwin, piano) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1939, CD/Encore ENCDNO1/2; The Unique! The Incomparable! CD/Pearl 7051]
2. Contemporary Broadway Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) 1381 (Katherine Hepburn with Arthur Siegel at the piano) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-131]

I Just Kissed My Nose Goodnight (M/L: Kaye Ballard; Mary McCarty; Buddy Pepper):

1. Kaye Ballard Swings!, United Artists (M) UAL 3043 (Kaye Ballard)

Is That All There Is? (M: Mike Stoller; L: Jerry Lieber):

I have not attempted to compile recordings of this song beyond original cast performances.
1. Then & Again, CD/Original Cast 9365 (Kaye Ballard)

Lizzie Borden (M/L: Michael Brown) (originally used in CURTAIN GOING UP and NEW FACES OF 1952):

1. Michael Brown Sings His Own Songs, 10"/Trio EB-2535 (Michael Brown with the Norman Paris Trio)
2. Alarums & Excursions, Impulse (M) A-24 (Michael Brown with music conducted by Arnold Goland)
3. New Faces Of 1952, RCA Victor 1008 (Joe Lautner, Bill Mullikin, Paul Lynde, Pat Hammerlee & Company with orchestra conducted by Anton Coppola) [reissued as CD/RCA 04441]
4. Odd Songs And A Poem, Dolphin (M) 5 (Cyril Ritchard with Stuart Ross, piano) [reissued on John Murray Anderson's Almanac And Other Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG 19009]
5. Mighty Day On Campus, Kapp (S) KS-3262 (The Chad Mitchell Trio) [also 45/Kapp K-439X; reissued as CD/Folk Era 3262]
6. Mighty Day: The Chad Mitchell Trio Reunion, CD/Folk Era 1422 (The Chad Mitchell Trio)
7. The Ultimate Alma Coogan, CD/EMI 540466 (Alma Coogan)
8. Billy's Your Uncle, CD/Vocalion 4237 (Billy Cotton and His Band)

Love Is A Simple Thing (M: Arthur Siegel; L: June Carroll) (originallyused in NEW FACES OF 1952):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.

My City (M/L: Charles Strouse) (originally used in MAYOR):

1. Mayor, Polydor 823543 (Douglas Bernstein, Marion J. Caffey, Keith Curran, Nancy Giles, Ken Jennings, Ilene Kristen, Kathryn McAteer, and Lenny Wolpe with orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin) [reissued as CD/Harbinger HCD 1805]
2. Mayor, CD/Harbinger HCD 1805 (Charles Strouse) (demo)
3. Then & Again, CD/Original Cast 9365 (Kaye Ballard)

My Son, The Stripper (M/L: Suzanne Buhrer):

1. Hey, Ma!, CD/Original Cast 91408 (Kaye Ballard with music conducted by Robert Billig)

My Yellow Flower (M: Jerome Moross; L: John Latouche) (originally used in BALLET BALLADS):

1. Private Acetate (M) (Betty Abbott, Jerry Duane, Theodore Uppman, and the Buddy Cole Trio)
2. Rare Wine, Vanguard (M) VRS-9003 (Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and his Orchestra)
3. The World In My Arms, Elektra (S) EKS-7179 (Anita Ellis with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) (as "Yellow Flower") [reissued as CD/Collectables 6392]
4. Windflowers: The Songs Of Jerome Moross, CD/PS Classics 102 (Jenny Giering and Philip Chaffin with music direction by Eric Stern)
5. Taking A Chance On Love, CD/Original Cast OC-4444 (Donna English with Jeffrey R. Smith and Davis Harris, pianos)

The Old Soft Shoe (M: Morgan Lewis; L: Nancy Hamilton) (originally used in THREE TO MAKE READY; used as "The Old Gavotte" but cut from PETER PAN (1954); also used in KAYE BALLARD: HERE'S TO THE LADIES and TOMMY TUNE TONITE!):

1. 10"/Odd Songs And A Poem, Dolphin 1 (Cyril Ritchard with Stuart Ross, piano) (as "The Old Gavotte") [reissued on John Murray Anderson's Almanac And Other Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG 19009]
2. The Ladies Who Wrote The Lyrics, Painted Smiles (S) 1334 (Kaye Ballard and Arthur Siegel with Arthur Siegel, piano) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-143]
3. Judy Garland Shows, CD/BCD 101911 (Judy Garland)

Remind Me (M: Jerome Kern; L: Dorothy Fields):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.

A Sondheim Song (M/L: Barry Kleinbort):

1. Big City Rhythm, CD/Harbinger HCD1401 (Eric Michael Gillett)

Tale Of The Oyster (M/L: Cole Porter) (originally used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN and subsequently used in THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER):

1. Cole Porter Revisited, RKI ST 3002 (Kaye Ballard with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121]
2. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Tammy Grimes) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
3. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World Records 80417-2 (Kay McClelland with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans Haile)
4. When I Sing Alone, CD/Audiophile ACD-213 (William Roy, piano and voice, with John Loehrke, bass)
5. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5208 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
6. Live From The Russian Tea Room, CD/Cabaret Records (Julie Wilson)
7. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
8. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
9. C'est Magnifique: Paris In Song, CD/ KCH 1 (Julia Broxholm, Deanna Relyea, and Jerry DePuit)
10. Out And About, CD/Orchard 802794 (Laura Leon & Leslie Pryde)
11. Summertime, CD/Ii Classics 3007 (Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson)
12. Dream Dancing: The Songs Of Cole Porter & Richard Rodgers, CD/Deborah Kraus (Deborah Kraus & John Gilbert)
13. Ten Cents A Dance, CD/Thoroughbred Records (Nancy Anderson)
14. This Is Not Going To Be Pretty: Live At The Bottom Line, CD/Plump Records 5904 (Harvey Fierstein)
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, CD/Sony 68339 (Samuel Ramey with Warren Jones, piano)
16. I Won't Dance, CD/Ligeti 1002 (Steve Ross, piano and voice)
17. Blah Blah Blah And Other Trifles…, CD/Hyperion 66289 (Sarah Walker with Roger Vignoles, piano)

Time You Old Gypsy Man (M: Philip Springer; L: E.Y. Harburg) (subsequently used in A SONG FLOATING):

1. Mostly Mercer, Painted Smiles PS 1331 (Kaye Ballard with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-103]
2. Fancy Meeting You, CD/Pipo Reco PRO-CD-0001 (Phillip Officer)
3. A Song Floating, CD/Original Cast 9513 (David Berk)
4. Yip Harburg: With Humor And Hope, CD/CPW Records 12188 (Nancy Stearns)
5. Somethin' Old, Somethin' New, CD/Prestige Records 300 (Frankie Laine)

When? (M/L: Barry Kleinbort):

1. Hey, Ma!, CD/Original Cast 91408 (Kaye Ballard with music conducted by Robert Billig)
2. Then & Again, CD/Original Cast 9365 (Kaye Ballard)
3. Big City Rhythm, CD/Harbinger HCD1401 (Marcia Lewis)

Wizard Of Oz Medley (M: Harold Arlen; L: E.Y. Harburg) (cut):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for these standards.

You Can Be A New Yorker Too (M/L: Charles Strouse) (originally used in MAYOR):

1. Mayor, Polydor 823543 (Keith Curran and Douglas Bernstein with Marion J. Caffey, Nancy Giles, Ken Jennings, Ilene Kristen, Kathryn McAteer, and Lenny Wolpe and orchestra conducted by Michael Kosarin) [reissued as CD/Harbinger HCD 1805]

Unrecorded Material:

Country Song (M/L: Suzanne Buhrer)
Folk Song (M/L: Gordon Connell)
I Just Found Out (M/L: Fred Silver) (cut)
Irving Berlin Medley (M/L: Irving Berlin)
Paramount, Capitol And The Strand (M/L: Norman Martin)