MY DEAR PUBLIC

Composer: Gerald Marks
Lyricists: Irving Caesar; Sam Lerner

Opened: September 9, 1943, 46th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 44

Note: This revue also contained a ballet based on George Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1.

Baroness Bazooka (M/L: Betty Comden; Adolph Green; Judy Holliday; Alvin Hammer; John Frank) (cut; part of THE REVUERS repertorire):

1. A Party With Comden And Green, Capitol (S) SWAO-1197 (Betty Comden and Adolph Green) [reissued as CD/Angel 764773]
2. A Party With Comden And Green, Stet (S) S2L-5177 (Betty Comden and Adolph Green) [reissued as CD/DRG 5177]


Comes The Revolution (sketch):

1. Willie Howard: A Gala Record Revue, 78/Gala 1002 A (Willie Howard)


French Taught In A Hurry (sketch; previously used in SALLY, GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS OF 1936, and PRIORITIES OF 1942):

1. Willie Howard: A Gala Record Revue, 78/Gala 1000 (Willie Howard)
2. 78/Jubilee 3507 (Willie Howard and Al Kelly)


I Love To Sing The Words (While We're Dancing) (M: Gerald Marks; L: Irving Caesar; Sam Lerner):

1. 78/Bluebird B 10457 (Miriam Shaw with Les Brown and His Orchestra)


Love Is Such A Cheat (M: Irma Hollander; Gerald Marks; L: Irving Caesar):

1. 78/Decca 27760 (The Andrews Sisters with orchestra directed by Vic Shoen) [reissued on Accentuate The Positive, CD/Flare 237]
2. 78/Victor 26305 (Clyde Burke with Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye)
3. 78/Banner B 2590 (Seymour Rechtzeit with the Herbert Gant Ensemble)
4. 78/Victor 20-3540 (Merv Griffin and The Martin Men with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra)
5. And Then I Wrote, Coral (S) CRL 57083 (Irving Caesar with piano accompaniment)
6. One For My Baby, Columbia (M) CL-2548 (Franklie Laine) [reissued on One For My Baby/Mr. Rhythm, CD/Collectables 6058]
7. The Capitol Rarities (1949-1952), CD/DRG 91509 (Mel Torme)


Unrecorded Material:

Breakfast With Hazel (cut)
Buy A Song
Feet On The Sidewalk (Head In The Sky) (M: Gerald Marks; L: Sam Lerner)
Honeymoon Of Pancho Pincus (cut)
If You Want A Deal With Russia
Last Will And Testament
Laugh It Off (L: Lothar Metzl; Werner Michel) (cut)
Little Gamins
Lulu
May All Our Children Have Rhythm
My Dear Public
My Spies Tell Me (You Love Nobody But Me) (M: Gerald Marks; L: Irving Caesar; Sam Lerner)
Now That I'm Free (M/L: Irving Caesar; Irma Hollander; Sammy Lerner)
Our Private Love Song (M: Sammy Lerner; L: Irving Caesar)
Pipes Of Pan Americana (M: Gerald Marks; L: Irving Caesar)
Rain On The Sea (M: Gerald Marks; L: Irving Caesar; Sam Lerner)
Rhumba Jake
There's Ain't No Color Line Around The Rainbow (aka "Color Line") (M: Gerald Marks; L: Irving Caesar; Sam Lerner)
This Is Our Private Love Song (M: Gerald Marks; L: Irving Caesar; Sammy Lerner) (ASCAP/Library Of Congress Only)
Variety (cut)
We Had A Show (M/L: Betty Comden; Adolph Green; Judy Holliday; Alvin Hammer; John Frank) (cut; part of THE REVUERS repertoire)