MICHAEL TODD'S PEEP SHOW
Composer:
Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: June 28, 1950,
Winter Garden Theatre , N.Y.C.
Performances: 278
Blue Night (M/L: Bhumibol, pseudeonym for the King Of Thailand, B. Chakraband, and N. Tong Yai):
1. Falling Rain, CAS/EMI 95 ONPA (Hucky Eichelmann) (as "Blue Day")
Brand New Rainbow In The Sky (M: Sammy Stept; L: Dan
Shapiro) (not in program):
A radio transcription by the Page
Cavanaugh Trio is known to exist.
Falling
Rain-Dream Of You (not in program) (M/L: Bhumibol, the King Of Thailand, B.
Chakraband, and N. Tong Yai):
1. Falling Rain, CAS/EMI 95 ONPA (Hucky Eichelmann)
Francie (M: Jule Styne; L: Bob Hilliard):
1. 78/Decca 27063 (Ray Bolger
with chorus and orchestra directed by Sy Oliver)
2. 78/RCA Victor 20-3826
(The Honeydreamers with the Larry Green Orchestra conducted by Larry
Green)
3. The Unknown Theatre Songs Of Jule Styne, Blue Pear BP 1011
(unknown vocalist)
Radio transcriptions performed by Ronnie Deauville with
the Ray Anthony Orchestra and by Art Lund with orchestra conducted by Leroy
Holmes are also known to exist.
Love At
Sundown (M/L: Bhumibol, the King Of Thailand, B. Chakraband, and N. Tong
Yai):
1. Falling Rain, CAS/EMI 95 ONPA (Hucky Eichelmann)
(I've Got A) Pocketful Of Dreams (M/L: Harold Rome)
(originally used in PRETTY PENNY):
1. Rome-Antics, Heritage (M)
H-0063 (Harold Rome, piano and vocals, with Milt Hinton and Al Hall, bass,
Allan Hanlon, guitar, and Herb Harris, drums and vibraphone) [reissued on A
Touch Of Rome, CD/DRG 5249]
2. Great Girl Singers, CD/Hindsight 414 (Helen
O'Connell)
Seems Like Yesterday (not in program) (M: Sammy Stept;
L: Dan Shapiro):
1. 78/Mercury 5433 (Eddy Howard,
vocal, with orchestra conducted by Eddy Howard)
Stay With The Happy People (M: Jule Styne; L: Bob
Hilliard):
1. 78/Coral 60169 (Georgia Gibbs
with Max Kaminsky's Dixielanders) [reissued on Red Hot, CD/Sepia 1016]
2.
78/ Decca 24977 (Hoagy Carmichael and Cass Daley with Matty Matlock's All
Stars) [reissued on Ole Buttermilk Sky, CD/MCA Special Products 37241]
3.
78/Capitol F934 (Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and his orchestra) [reissued
on My Ideal, CD/Jasmine 174]
4. 78/Victor 20-3749 (Don Cornell and the Ray
Charles Quintet with orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter) [also 45/RCA
Victor 47-3749; reissued on Through The Years, CD/Jasmine 436]
5. Bright and
Shiny, Columbia CL 1614 (Doris Day with orchestra conducted by Neal Hefti)
[reissued on CD/Columbia 0922]
6. The World We Knew, Decca 74925 (Bert
Kaempfert Orchestra conducted by Bert Kaempfert) [reissued on CD/Taragon
1052]
7; Mike Todd's Broadway, Everest (M) SDBR-1011 (Jack Saunders
Orchestra [Robert Farnon and His Orchestra]) [reissued on The Golden Age Of
Light Music: More Strings In Stereo!, CD/Guild Light Music GLCD 5159]
8. In
The Mood: Early 1950's Radio Transcriptions, CD/Magic 97 (Ray Anthony and his
Orchestra)
9. Swingin' with Bing! Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances,
CD/Shout! Factory 31507 (Bing Crosby)
10. My Happiness, CD/Parrot 002 (Ella
Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby)
Radio transcriptions performed by the Johnny
Guarnieri Quintet and by Don Cornell with the Henri Rene Orchestra are also
known to exist.
Violins From Nowhere (M:
Sammy Fain; L: Herb Magidson):
1. 78/Columbia 1536 (Toni
Arden)
2. 45/RCA Victor 47-3806 (Vaughn Monroe, vocal refrain, with Vaughn
Monroe and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Vaughn Monroe Collection, CD/Flare
218]
3. 7"/Columbia 1-619 (Percy Faith and his orchestra and chorus)
4.
Mike Todd's Broadway, Everest (M) SDBR-1011 (Jack Saunders Orchestra)
Unrecorded Material:
Ballet Burlesque
The Castle
Walk (dance)
Cocktails At Five (parody sketch of "The Cocktail
Party")
Dentist (sketch added during the run)
Desire (M/L: Raymond
Scott)
Finale
Friendly Neighbors (sketch by Billy K. Wells)
Gimme The
Shimmy (M/L: Harold Rome)
Got What It Takes (M: Sammy Stept; L: Dan
Shapiro)
I Hate A Parade (M/L: Harold Rome)
Love Nest (sketch; cut during
the run)
Lower Eight (sketch added during the run)
Midway (sketch; cut
during the run)
Minnie (sketch)
The Model Hasn't Changed (M/L: Harold
Rome)
The Shades Of Night (scene)
The Shimmy (sketch)
Song Without
Words (not in program) (M/L: Bhumibol, the King Of Thailand, B. Chakraband, and
N. Tong Yai)
Street Scene (scene)
You've Never Been Loved (M: Sammy
Stept; L: Dan Shapiro)