LIDO LADY
Composer: Richard
Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart
Opened: December 1, 1926, Gaiety Theatre, London
Performances: 259
Atlantic Blues (same music as "Blue Ocean Blues" in PRESENT ARMS):
1. 78/Columbia 4226
(Phyllis Dare with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Sydney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl
9105]
2. It's Smooth, It's Smart. It's Rodgers, It's Hart!,
Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MES-7069 (Travis Hudson) [reissued as The
Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Audiophile ACD-57]
3. My Funny Valentine: Frederica Von Stade Sings Rodgers And
Hart, CD/EMI CDC 7 54071 2 (Frederica Von Stade with the London
Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
4. Present Arms, CD/Bygone Records BG-0003 (James Anest)
But Not Today (M: Con Conrad; L: Jean
Boyer; Vincent Scott):
1. 78/Columbia 4228 (Jack
Hulbert with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney
Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl 9105]
2. 78/HMV C-2868 (Jack Hulbert)
Cheri-Beri (aka "Ciribiribin") (M: A.
Pestalozza; L: Rudolf Thaler):
1. I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Italian standard.
Ever-Ready Freddie (cut):
1. Rodgers And Hart
Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (unknown performer)
Here In My Arms (originally used in
DEAREST ENEMY):
1. 78/Columbia 4226
(Phyllis Dare and Jack Hulbert with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra
conducted by Sidney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show Boat/Lido
Lady, CD/Pearl 9105]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 274 (Emile Petti and His Savoy-Plaza
Orchestra)
3. 78/Music Box 1 (Lee Wiley with Joe Bushkin's Orchestra)
4. 78/Gramophone B 5169 (The Sylvians)
5. 78/London B 12012 (Louis Levy and His Concert Orchestra)
[reissued on The Golden Age Of Light Music: Great Light
Orchestras Salute Richard Rodgers, CD/Guild Light Music GLCD
5123]
6. 78/Decca 27128 (Don Cherry with orchestra conducted by Dave
Terry) [also 45/Decca 9-27128; reissued on Thinking Of You,
CD/Sepia 1104]
7. 78/Perfect 14574 (Vocal Chorus with the Consolidated Club
Orchestra conducted by Johnny Morris)
8. 78/Decca 24034 (Basil Fomeen and His Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
9. 78/Gala 1 (Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky's Orchestra) [reissued
on Manhattan Nights: The Complete Golden Years Studio Sessions,
CD/Definitive Records DRCD11157]
10. 78/Brunswick 10214 (Mario Chamlee)
11. 78/Brunswick 2995 (Carl Fenton's Orchestra with Vocal
Chorus)
12. 78/Trend 51 (Ruth Oley with the Jerry Fielding Orchestra)
[reissued on Faintly Reminiscent, CD/Jasmine 647]
13. 78/Victor 19868 (Jack Shilkret's Orchestra)
14. 78/Victor 45-0017 (Marie Greene and chorus with Lehman Engel
and His Orchestra) [also found on Milton Berle Sings Rodgers And
Hart Songs, 10"/RCA Victor P170; reissued on A Collector's
Rodgers & Hart, CD/Box Office ENBO-CD #21/99]
15. 78/Vocalion 15162 (Tuxedo Orchestra with vocal chorus)
16. 78/Parlophone A-3108 (Sidney Burchall) [reissued on Dearest
Enemy, Bayview RNBW008 (bonus track); The Ultimate Rodgers &
Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
17. 78/Victor 35766 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085;
Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (bonus track)]
18. Piano Moods, 10"/Columbia C-6152 (Joe Buskin, piano)
[reissued on Piano Moods/After Hours, CD/Collectables 7402]
19. Tea For Two, 10"/Columbia C-6149 (Doris Day and Chorus with
orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl) [also 45/Columbia B 215;
reissued on Tea For Two/Lullaby Of Broadway, CD/Collectables
6690]
20. The Rodgers And Hart Song Book, Verve (S) MGVS-6009 (Ella
Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) [reissued
on The Rodgers And Hart Songbook Volume 2, CD/Verve 821 580-2]
21. Julius Monk Simply Plays! (And/Or Vice Versa), Off Beat (M)
OB-400 (Julius Monk)
22. Dearest Enemy, Beginners Productions BRP-1 (John Diedrich
and Michelle Summers with musical direction by Freddy Williams)
[reissued as CD/Bayview RNBW008]
23. Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (Anne Jeffreys and Robert
Sterling with orchestra conducted by Charles Sandford)
24. Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (Anne Jeffreys with
orchestra conducted by Charles Sandford) (reprise)
25. Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (Helen Ford & Douglas
Danbury) (bonus track)
26. The Broadway Musicals Of 1925, CD/Bayview RNBW024 (Howard
McGillin with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
27. That's Light Musical Entertainment, CD/Guild Light Music
5158 (unknown performer)
28. Complete Anthology, CD/Universal/MCA 168 (The Mamas and The
Papas)
29. Group Harmony & Jump: The Legendary Dig Masters, Vol. 5,
CD/Ace 759 (Little Julian Herrera)
30. Imagination, CD/Audiophile ACD-79 (Dick Haymes with the
Carmen Dragon Orchestra)
31. It's Magic, CD/Bear Family 15609 (Doris Day and Chorus with
orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl) (previously unissued take)
Radio transcriptions performed by Bob Hannon with the Allen Roth
Orchestra, the Norman Cloutier Orchestra, the Master Singers,
and Ruth Astor and the Fireside Quartet are also known to exist.
I Want A Man (cut; subsequently
used in AMERICA'S SWEETHEART
and originally used with different
lyric in WINKLE TOWN):
1. Censored: Martha Wright Sings, Jubilee (M) 1028 (Martha
Wright with the Joe Harnell Trio)
2. Pearl Bailey Sings For Adults Only, Roulette (S) SR-25016
(Pearl Bailey with orchestra conducted by Louis Bellson)
[reissued on For Adults Only/More Songs For Adults Only,
CD/Capitol 5970572]
2. You Can't Put Ketchup On The Moon, CD/Rialto SLRR-9201
(Diana Canova with musical direction by David Holcenberg)
It All Depends On You (M: Ray Henderson; L: Lew Brown; B.G.
DeSylva) (originally written for or added to BIG BOY and
also used in GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS (1926)):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this DeSylva, Brown, and
Henderson standard.
Morning Is Midnight (cut); later cut
from SHE'S MY BABY and added to the 1964 revival of I
MARRIED AN ANGEL):
1. Rodgers And Hart
Revisited, Recording Industries Corp 3001 (Dorothy Loudon with
musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-116]
A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square (later
used as "A Little House In Soho" in SHE'S MY BABY):
1. 78/Columbia 4227
(Cicely Courtneidge and Harold French with the Gaiety Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show
Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl 9105]
2. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (unknown
performer) (as "A Little Flat Near Soho")
3. A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square, CD/Dutton 6139 (Percival Mackey
and His Band)
Try Again Tomorrow (also used in SHE'S
MY BABY):
1. 78/Columbia 4228
(Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with the Gaiety Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show
Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl 9105; The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart
Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-140
(Susan Stroman with Robert Marks, piano, John Loehrke, bass, and
Jeremy Harris, percussion)
What's The Use? (same music as "Where's
That Little Girl (With The Little Green Hat)?" in THE FIFTH
AVENUE FOLLIES (1926)):
1. Andrea Marcovicci Sings
Rodgers & Hart, CD/Andreasong (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly
Markham, piano, and Kevin Axt, bass)
2. Hollywood Party, CD/Bayview RNBW009 (Freddy Williams with Tom
Gilhooly, piano)
3. All Hart: Songs of Lorenz Hart, CD/Sin-Drome/After 9 SD 8947
(Eric Comstock, piano and voice with accompaniment)
4. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-140
(Arthur Siegel with Arthur Siegel, piano, John Loehrke, bass,
and Jeremy Harris, percussion) (as "Where's That Little Girl
(With The LIttle Green Hat)?")
Unrecorded Numbers:
The Beauty Of Another Day
(no music survives)
Camera Shoot (cut; later used in SHE'S MY BABY)
A Cup Of Tea (aka "Lido Lady, Opening")
The Dancer
Do You Really Mean To Go? (aka "Finale, Act II)
Exercise (cut)
Good Old Harry (aka "Finale, Act I) (includes a few measures of
"Morning Is Midnight")
I Must Be Going (lyric missing)
Lido Lady
My Heart Is Sheba Bound
Two To Eleven (unused or cut)
You're On The Lido Now