LET'S FACE IT!
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: October 29, 1941, Imperial Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 547
Ace In The Hole:
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
album L-344 (Mary Jane Walsh with orchestra conducted by Max
Meth) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III,
CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-345 (William Scotty's Cotillion Room
Orchestra) [reissued on Kiss Me Kate, CD/Naxos 8.12078]
3. 78/Decca 23242 (Hildegarde with orchestra directed by Harry
Sosnik) [reissued on Songs From The Shows, CD/Dutton Vocalion
6078]
4. Only The Beginning, Columbia (S) CS 9552 (Joel Grey with
orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued on The Great
American Composers: Cole Porter Vol. II, CD/Columbia House 2C2
8307]
5. Cole Porter In Hollywood, 1929-1956, JJA (M) 19767 (Vivian
Blaine) [reissued on Musical Ladies & The Music of Cole
Porter, CD/Encore's Box Office ENBO-CD #6/92]
6. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic 1213 (Mabel Mercer
with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass)
[reissued as CD/Rhino R2 71690]
7. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, Verve (M)
MGV-4001/2 (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy
Bregman) [reissued on The Cole Porter Songbook Volume Two,
CD/Verve 821 990-2]
8. Live It Up!, Columbia (S) CS-8511 (Johnny Mathis with Nelson
Riddle and His Orchestra) [reissued on I'll Buy You A Star/Live
It Up!, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 2016]
9. Saloon Singer, Audiophile (S) AP 171/172 (Hugh Shannon, piano
and vocals, David Braynard, bass, and Jim Fitzsimon, drums)
[reissued as CD/Audiophile ACD-171]
10. An Evening At Goldie's, Mercury (M) MG 20544 (Goldie Hawkins
and Wayne Sanders)
11. Live Performance!, Decca (S) DL 74100 (Roberta Sherwood with
orchestra directed by Matty Malneck) (unverified)
12. Sing Me A Swing Song, Atlantic (M) 1285 (Bobby Short with
orchestra conducted by Phil Moore) [reissued on Speaking Of
Love/Sing Me A Swing Song, CD/Collectables 6843]
13. Jacqueline Kramer Sings Cole Porter, CAS/Titan (Jacqueline
Kramer)
14. Dream Dancing: The Songs of Cole Porter & Richard
Rodgers, CD/Deborah Kraus (Deborah Kraus and John Gilbert)
15. Now 3, CD/Jazzology 335 (Kenny Ball)
16. Remembering Mabel Mercer, Vol. 2, CD/Audiophile ACD-326
(Joyce Breach)
17. Everything I Love, CD/DRG 91438 (Barbara Carroll)
18. Down By The Riverside, CD/Universal Special Products
MCAD-20758 (The Dukes Of Dixieland)
19. Sandy Graham, CD/Muse 5425 (Sandy Graham)
20. Do It Again, CD/Audiophile 175 (Barbara Lea)
21. Some Other Time: Marcovicci Sings Mabel Marcer, CD/Cabaret
5024 (Andrea Marcovicci)
22. Cole After Midnight, CD/Sony 69781 (Marcus Roberts Trio)
Ev'rything I Love:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
Farming:
1. 78/Columbia Album 91
(Danny Kaye with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green)
[also 78/Columbia 36583; 45/Columbia 5-1865; reissued on
Original Cast! The Forties: Part One, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET
803CD; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop album L-343 (Mary Jane Walsh with
orchestra conducted by Max Meth) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole
Porter - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
3. 78/Decca 23244 (Hildegarde with orchestra directed by Harry
Sosnik)
4. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-345 (William Scotty's Cotillion Room
Orchestra) [reissued on Kiss Me Kate, CD/Naxos 8.12078]
5. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Kaye Ballard, Harold
Lang, William Hickey, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel with
orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-124]
6. Leave It To Me, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR42002 (Bill
Fahmer, G. Scott Kaufman, Lisa Peers, Matthew Hutchens, and
Caroline Altman with music direction by Dave Dobrusky) (bonus
track)
7. Stage Door Canteen, CD/DRG DRG-CD-94799 (Anderson Davis,
Brandon Victor Dixon, Betsy Wolfe, Debra Monk, and Jeffry Denman
with music direction by Andy Einhorn)
8. Travels With My Piano, CD/ BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
9. Live!, CD/Original Cast 5391 (Barry Lloyd)
Get Yourself A Girl (most cut out of
town):
1. Unpublished Cole Porter
Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1358 (Edward Earle and Entire
Company) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
I Hate You, Darling:
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
album L-343 (Mary Jane Walsh with orchestra conducted by Max
Meth) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III,
CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
2. 78/Decca 23244 (Hildegarde with orchestra directed by Harry
Sosnik) [reissued on Kiss Me Kate, CD/Naxos 8.12078]
3. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-345 (William Scotty's Cotillion Room
Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia 36456 (Dick Harding with Claude Thornhill and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Autumn Nocturne, CD/Hep 1060]
5. 78/Okeh 6469 (Buddy Clark) [reissued on Remembering Buddy
Clark, CD/Collector's Choice 05062]
6. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
I've Got Some Unfinished Business With
You:
1. Rare! Hot! & Cole
Porter, Philips (M) PHM 200-169 (Sheila M. Sanders)
2. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122
(Arthur Siegel)
I've Got You Under My Skin (added to
the 1954 television version; originally used in the film
BORN TO DANCE):
1. I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
It Ain't Etiquette (added during the
run; originally used in DU BARRY WAS A LADY):
1. Cole Porter Revisited,
Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002 (Ronny Graham 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, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124 (Bobby Short and
Danny Meehan)
It's De-Lovely (added to the 1954
television version; originally used in RED, HOT AND BLUE!:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Porter standard.
A Lady Needs A Rest:
1. Cole Porter Vol. III,
Painted Smiles (S) PS-1370 (Lynn Redgrave and Girls) [reissued
as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
2. Leave It To Me, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR42002 (Lesley
Hamilton, Lisa Peers, and Stephanie Rhoads with music direction
by Dave Dobrusky) (bonus track)
Let's Face It:
1. Cole Porter In
Hollywood, 1929-1956, JJA (M) 19767 (Bob Hope and Chorus)
Let's Not Talk About Love:
1. 78/Columbia 36583
(Danny Kaye with orchestra conducted by Johnny Green) [also
78/Columbia C 6195; 45/Columbia B 1650-1; 45/Columbia 5-1864;
reissued on From This Moment On: The Songs Of Cole Porter,
CD/Smithsonian RD 047 AA-22481; You're Sensational: Cole Porter
In The '20s, '40s, & '50s, CD/Koch A-33714]
2. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1371
(Dolores Gray) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
3. The New Vivienne Della Chiesa, 20th Century Fox (M) TFM 3173
(Vivienne Della Chiesa)
4. Cole Porter In Hollywood, 1929-1956, JJA (M) 19767 (Betty
Hutton) [reissued on The Blonde Bombshell in Hollywood,
CD/Jasmine 1392]
5. Two Little Babes In The Wood: Rarities By Cole Porter,
CAS/Trapezium Recordings (Marsha Hunter and Brian Kent with
Steven Blier, piano)
6. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Porter, CD/ESE Music
ESED 106 (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Ethel Merman, and The
Swingle Singers with the New World Philharmonic Orchestra)
7. Cole Porter Sung By Hubbell Pierce Played by William Roy,
CD/Audiophile ACD-110 (Hubbell Pierce with William Roy, piano,
Howard Collins, guitar, Paul Germano, bass, and Jim Fitzsimon,
drums)
8. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Kirby Tepper with music direction by Ron Abel)
9. What A Swell Party This Is!: Songs By Cole Porter, CD/Viva
Cabaret 19981 03182 (Liz Keever with Richard Bower, piano)
10. You Never Know, CD/Fynsworth Alley 062108 (David Garrison
with orchestra conducted by Steve Orich)
11. Love Songs And Other Nervous Breakdowns, CD/Love Kiss (Lugo)
(unverified)
12. Marcovicci Sings Movies, CD/DRG 91405 (Andrea Marcovicci)
13. Café Manhattan Unreleased, CD/No label 83707 83252 (Karen
Kuykendall and Sterling Price-McKinney)
A Little Rumba Numba:
1. 78/Decca 23243
(Hildegarde with orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik) [reissued
on Kiss Me Kate, CD/Naxos 8.12078]
2. 78/Decca 23698 (Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians with Glee
Club) [also found on Cole Porter Songs, 45/Decca 9-30; 45/Decca
9-23699; reissued on Music Of Cole Porter, CDr/Fred Waring's
America Music Educators Reference Recording Series #3]
Make A Date With A Great Psychoanalyst
(not used):
1. Cole Porter Vol. III,
Painted Smiles (S) PS-1370 (Helen Gallagher) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
2. Unmined Cole: Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC
2387 (Paulina Stark with Judy Brown, piano)
Melody In Four F (M/L: Sylvia Fine; Max
Liebman) (dropped during the run):
1. Cole Porter's Let's
Face It, Smithsonian Collection R016 (Danny Kaye with chorus and
orchestra) [reissued on The Maladjusted Jester: On Screen and
Radio, CD/Jasmine 148]
Pets (dropped during rehearsals):
1. Unpublished Cole Porter
Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1358 (Alice Playten and Entire
Company) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
2. Out On A Whim, CD/LML Music LML-CD 129 (Cindy Benson with
musical direction by John Boswell)
Revenge (dropped during rehearsals):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Arthur Siegel)
Rub Your Lamp:
1. Confidentially, Cole,
CD/No label 2460-INR261 (Sean Hayden)
What Are Little Husbands Made Of?
(dropped during rehearsals):
1. Cole Porter Vol. III,
Painted Smiles (S) PS-1370 (Lynn Redgrave) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
You Irritate Me So:
1. 78/Decca 23243
(Hildegarde with orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik) [reissued
on From This Moment On: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Smithsonian
RD 047 AA-22481]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-345 (William Scotty's Cotillion Room
Orchestra) [reissued on Kiss Me Kate, CD/Naxos 8.12078]
3. Cole Porter In Hollywood, 1929-1956, JJA (M) 19767 (Gene
Nelson)
4. Cole Porter Songs, Walden (M) 301 (Louise Carlyle and Bob
Shaver with David Baker and John Morris, pianos) [reissued on
Songs By Cole Porter And Rodgers & Hart, CD/Harbinger HCD
1703]
5. I Hate Men, RCA Camden (S) CAS-561 (Nancy Walker with Sid
Bass and his Orchestra)
6. The Happiness Of Joe Mooney, Columbia 2345 (Joe Mooney)
[reissued on The Happiness Of Joe Mooney/The Greatness Of Joe
Mooney, CD/Koch International 7886]
7. The Voice Of Audrey Morris, CD/Bethlehem BCP-6010 (Audrey
Morris) [reissued as CD/EMI 62070]
8. It All Belongs To You: Unsung Cole Porter, CD/LML Music LML
CD-215 (Justin Hayford, piano and voice, with Jim Cox, bass,
Phil Gratteau, drums, and Jennet Ingle, oboe)
9. Cole Porter: An All-Star Tribute, CD/VAI Audio VAIA 1239
(Ethel Merman, John Raitt, Gretchen Wyler, Martha Wright,
Chorus, and Peter Nero with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conducted by Donald Voorhees)
10. High Society, CD/Playback PBHS CD1 (Tracey Childs and
Michael Howe with musical direction by Dannie Bourne) (as "I
Irritate You So")
Unrecorded Material:
Baby Games
Cuttin' The Persian Rug
A Fairy Tale (M/L: Sylvia Fine; Max Liebman) (dropped during the
run)
Jerry, My Soldier Boy
Milk, Milk, Milk
Up To His Old Tricks Again (unused; no music survives)
You Can't Beat My Bill (unused; no music survives)