NEW FACES (1940)

Composer: Jack Strachey
Lyricists: Tommy Connor; Manning Sherwin

Opened: April 11, 1940, Comedy Theatre, London
Performances: 257

Note: A complete song list is not available at this time.

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (M: Arthur Young; L: William Shakespeare):

1. 78/HMV BD-5592 (Al Bowlly and the Henderson Twins with Ken "Snakehips" Johnson and His West Indian Orchestra) [reissued on The Very Thought Of You, CD/EMI CDP7943412]
2. Palesteena, CD/Naxos Jazz 8120681 (Bob Crosby's Bob Cats)


It Was A Lover And His Lass (M: Arthur Young; L: William Shakespeare):

1. 78/HMV BD-5592 (Al Bowlly and the Henderson Twins with Ken "Snakehips" Johnson and His West Indian Orchestra) [reissued on The Very Thought Of You, CD/EMI CDP7943412]
2. 78/Decca 2662 (Marion Main with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats) [reissued on Palesteena, CD/Naxos Jazz 8120681]


A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (M: Manning Sherwin; L: Eric Maschwitz):

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


Room 504 (M: George Posford; L: Eric Maschwitz):

1. 78/Columbia FB2756 (Binne Hale with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Wartime: 140 Original Hits, CD/EMI 9060912]
2. 78/Decca F 7709 (Adelaide Hall with instrumental accopaniment) [reissued on A Centenary Celebration, CD/Avid 720]
3. 78/Gramophone BD 913 (Leslie A. Hutchinson, piano and voice)
4. Songs From The Vera Lynn Show, CD/Sepia Records 1143 (Vera Lynn with Eric Robinson & His Orchestra)
5. Vera Lynn Remembers The Songs That Won World War 2, CD/EMI 829232 (Vera Lynn)6
7. The Decca Years, Volume 5: Lullaby Of Broadway, CD/Vocalion 6072 (Ambrose)
8. Platinum Series, CD/Red Sauce (Geraldo & His Orchestra)
9. Goodnight Sweetheart, CD/Disky Communications 905405 (Unknown performer)
0. Songs To Remember: Charlie Kunz Plays The Songs, CD/Hallmark (Charlie Kunz)
10. Great Songs From Great Britain, CD/Jump Records 1226 (Keith Ingham, piano; Bob Reitmeier, clarinet; and John Von Ohlen, drums)
11. Lovely Weekend, CD/Empress Music 849 (Dorothy Carless)