THE NEW YORKERS
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: December 8, 1930, Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 168
But
He Never Says He Loves Me (cut; considered for use in STAR
DUST; subsequently used in revised form in NYMPH ERRANT as
"The Physician")
For recordings of "The Physician," see:
1. 78/Victor 24859 (Cole
Porter, piano and voice) [reissued on Cole Porter 1924-1944, JJA
(M) 19732; Let's Misbehave": A Cole Porter Collection 1927-1940,
CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8.120533]
2. 78/Victor 25224; 78/HMV B-8029 (Gertrude Lawrence with Ray
Noble and The New Mayfair Orchestra) [reissued on From This
Moment On: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Smithsonian RD 047
AA-22481]
3. 78/HMV C-2835 (Gertrude Lawrence) [reissued on Top Of The
Bill, CD/Flapper(E) PAST-CD-9753]
4. Songs I Taught My Mother, 10"/Vanguard VRS-9004 (Charlotte
Rae with John Strauss and his Baroque Bearcats) [reissued as
CD/PS Classics PS-644]
5. Pearl Bailey Sings For Adults Only, Roulette (S) SR-25016
(Pearl Bailey with orchestra conducted by Don Redman) [reissued
as For Adults Only/More Songs For Adults Only, CD/Capitol
5970572]
6. Star!, 20th Century-Fox (S) DTCS-5102 (Julie Andrews with
orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton) [reissued as CD/Fox
11009-2]
7. If They Could See Me Now!: A Night Of 100 Stars, That's
Entertainment Records (S) TERX 1087 (Faith Brook with musical
direction by William Blezard)
8. Blossom Dearie, Soubrette Sings Broadway Song Hits, Verve (S)
MGV6 -2133 (Blossom Dearie with orchestra conducted by Russell
Garcia) [reissued as CD/Verve 000268702]
9. Noel/Cole: "Let's Do It!", CD/Silva Screen SONGCD 910 (Louise
Gold with Paul Bateman, pianos)
10. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
11. Delovely: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/La Brava LB0070
(Janet Seidel, piano and voice, with David Seidel, bass, and
Chuck Morgan, guitar)
12. It's De-Lovely!: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Pierian 0026
(Frank Milne, piano)
13. Britten's Blues & Cabaret Songs, CD/Unicorn-Kanchana
DKP(CD)9138 (Jill Gomez with Martin Jones, piano)
14. Evil Under The Sun, CD/DRG 12615 (orchestra conducted by
John Lanchberry)
15. Noel & Cole: Together With Music, CD/Oakton ORCD1001
(Valerie Anastascio with Tim Harbold, piano)
16. Nymph Errant, CD/Angel CDC-54079-2 (Liza Kirk with orchestra
conducted by Donald Pippin and David Firman)
17. Starlight and Sweet Dreams, CD/Centaur 2623 (Nancy Armstrong
with Daniel Stepner, violin, and Laura Geppesen, viola da gamba)
18. You'd Be Surprised!, CD/Globe 6045 (Barbara Kennedy with
Peter Lockwood, piano)
19. Hubert Gregg Says "Thanks For The Memory," CD/Pavilion 7024
(Hubert Gregg)
20. Paradise Wobble, CD/Coeur De Jeanette 2 (Janet Klein and Her
Parlor Boys)
21. Broadway: Love & Laughter, CD/Eroica Classical 70342
(Eileen Mager with Ellen Brown, piano)
22. London Pride: Songs from the London Stage, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5715 (Twiggy with musical direction by Todd
Ellison)
23. On The Edge, CD/LML Music LML CD-265 (Winston Gieseke with
musical direction by Dan Belzer)
Dancing Dominoes (M: Fred Waring)
(specialty added during the run?):
1. 78/Victor 22268 (Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians)
The Extra Man (unused; apparently written for but not used
in WAKE UP AND DREAM; also unused in 9:15 REVUE):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1371 (Arthur Siegel) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
The Great Indoors (subsequently used in
COLE and UNSUNG COLE):
1. Censored, Jubilee (M)
1028 (Martha Wright with the Joe Harnell Trio)
2. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Angela Richards with orchestra
conducted by John Burrows)
3. True Blue Hugh, CD/Audiophile 140 (Hugh Shannon with music
supervised by Dick Phipps)
4. Live At The Algonquin, CD/Stolen Moments SMCD 1939 (Steve
Ross, piano and voice)
5. More Songs For Adults Only, Roulette Records SR-25101 (Pearl
Bailey) [reissued on CD/EMI Gold 5970572]
The Hot Patata (M/L: Jimmy Durante):
1. 78/Columbia 36732;
78/Brunswick 6774 (Jimmy Durante) [reissued on The Music Of
Broadway: 1930-1936, CD/Box Office ENBO-CD2 #9/94; Cocktail
Hour: Jimmy Durante, CD/Columbia River 218028]
I Happen To Like New York (added after
opening and subsequently used in THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE
ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER, COLE,
and UNSUNG COLE):
1. I Love New York,
10"/Riverside (M) 8001 (Pat Northrop with Tony Burrello, piano)
2. The Garland Touch, Capitol (S) SW-1710 (Judy Garland with
chorus and studio orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramour)
[reissued on You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch
DMK2-1020];
3. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Harold Lang with
orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-124]
4. New York State Of Mind, Monmouth Evergreen (S) MES/7088
(Ronny Whyte with Jack Six, bass)
5. Live At The Café Carlyle, Atlantic (S) SD3-609 (Bobby Short,
piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan,
drums) [reissued as CD/Collectables 771]
6. That Certain Feeling, Decca (M) DL 8762 (Felicia Sanders with
orchestra conducted by Irving Joseph) [reissued on I Wish You
Love & That Certain Feeling, CD/Sepia 1175]
7. Mixed Emotions, HIFI Record R402 (Dorothy Carless)
8. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Kenneth Nelson with orchestra
conducted by John Burrows)
9. R.S.V.P. The Cole Porters, Respond no number (Jack and Sally
Jenkins with the Mac Frampton Orchestra)
10. John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter, CD/First Night CASTCD 91
(John Barrowman with the Pro Arte Orchestra of London conducted
by Stewart Mackintosh)
11. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
12. Close: Steve Ross & Cole Porter, CD/Stolen Moments
1016/7 (Steve Ross, piano and voice)
13. Cole Porter Centennial Gala Concert, CD/Teldec 9031-75277-2
(John Barrowman with The Cole Porter Orchestra conducted by
Donald Pippin, Jae Alexander, and Larry Blank)
14. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Joely Fisher with music direction by Ron Abel)
15. Evil Under The Sun, CD/DRG 12615 (part of main titles,
conducted by John Lanchberry)
16. Broadway Romances Manhattan, CD/Rock-It Science 3543 (Bryan
Batt with musical supervision by Lynn Pinto)
17. I Happen To Like New York/Valente On T.V., CD/Dutton
Vocalion 4193 (Caterina Valente with the John Keating Orchestra)
18. Songs Of New York, CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502
(Steve Ross with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
19. Noel/Cole: "Let's Do It!", CD/Silva Screen SONGCD 910 (Liz
Robertson, and Louise Gold with Jason Carr and Paul Bateman,
pianos)
20. New York In Words And Music, CD/Blue Moon 3501 (Ralph Burns
Orchestra)
21. Don't Fence Me In, CD/D'Arcy (D'Arcy)
22. Now And Then, CD/Sony Classical 81427 (Maria Friedman)
23. Have A Ball!, CD/Traumton (Die Geschwister Pfister)
24. Porter On My Mind, CD/Composers 585 (Francis Thorne, piano
and voice, with Jack Six, bass)
25. Liza Minnelli At Carnegie Hall, CD/Telarc 85502 (Liza
Minnelli with orchestra directed by Bill Lavorgna)
26. The Broadway Musicals Of 1930, CD/Original Cast OC 6241
(Mary Testa with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band direction by
Ross Patterson)
27. You’re The Top, CD/A Records AL 73019 (Martine Grunwald;
Rolinha Kross; Gerrie van der Klei; Willem Nijholt, Bram Bart,
Robert Frank Freeman, Perry Dossett, and Jeroen van Delft with
musical direction by Dolf De Vries)
28. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Anne Wood)
29. Travels With My Piano, CD/BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
30. Noel And Cole, CD/PS Classics PS-1313 (Philip Chaffin and
Company with musical direction by David Loud)
31. Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1967, CD/JSP4247 (Judy Garland with
orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey)
I'm Getting Myself Ready For You
(subsequently used in UNSUNG COLE and in the 1998 Broadway
Production of HIGH SOCIETY):
1. 78/Bruswick 6006 (Emil
Coleman and His Orchestra with vocal chorus) [reissued on You're
The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch DMK2-1020]
2. 78/Victor 20660 (Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys) [reissued
on Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys: 1925-1935, CD/Classics
783]
3. Cole Porter Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121 (Arthur
Siegel and Sandy Stewart with Arthur Siegel, duo-piano; Faun
Stacy, bass; Matt "Chips" Patuto, drums)
4. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (John McMartin and Randy Graff
with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
5. Ready For You, CD/Coeur De Jeanette 6 (Janet Klein and Her
Parlor Boys)
I've Got You On My Mind (unused;
considered for use in STAR DUST; subsequently used in GAY
DIVORCE and THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN
THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER):
1. 78/Victor 24193 (Fred
Astaire with the Leo Reisman and His Orchestra) [also
78/Gramophone B 6398; 78/HMV B6398; 78/HMV BD5761; reissued on
Fred Astaire Rarities, CD/RCA 2337-2-R; The Ultimate Cole Porter
- Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0111]
2. 78/Brunswick 01623 (Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra) [reissued
on You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch DMK2-1020]
3. Cole Porter Songs, Walden (M) 301 (Bob Shaver with David
Baker and John Morris, pianos) [reissued on Songs By Cole Porter
And Rodgers & Hart, CD/Harbinger HCD 1703]
4. Rare! Hot! & Cole Porter, Philips (M) PHM 200-169 (Sheila
M. Sanders)
5. 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]
6. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124 (Harold Lang)
7. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Kelly Lester
and Scott Harlan with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
8. Porter On My Mind, CD/Composers 585 (Francis Thorne, piano
and voice, with Jack Six, bass)
9. Three Evenings With Fred Astaire, CD/Sepia 1168 (Fred
Astaire) (alternate unissued take)
Let's Fly Away (subsequently used in
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE
EYES OF COLE PORTER):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-151 (Bob George and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-296 (Lee Wiley with Bunny Berigan's
Music) [reissued on Lee Wiley Sings The Songs Of George &
Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter, CD/Audiophile ACD-1]
3. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued as Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
4. Bobby Short Is Mad About Noel Coward, Atlantic (S) SD 2-607
(Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and
Richard Sheridan, drums) (Noel Coward version) [reissued as
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6769]
5. Cuttin' Capers, CBS CL-1278 (Doris Day with orchestra
conducted by Frank DeVol) [reissued on Cuttin' Capers/Bright And
Shiny, CD/Collectables 6860]
6. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124 (Kaye Ballard,
Harold Lang, William Hickey, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel)
7. Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter, Capitol (M) T-1173 (Jeri
Southern with orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on
Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter/Jeri Southern At The Crescendo,
CD/EMI 856057]
8. Cole Porter Sung By Hubbell Pierce Played by William Roy,
CD/Audiophile ACD-110 (William Roy, piano, with John Loehrke,
bass)
9. Let's Do It, CD/LDI 1 (Keith Smith with the Manhattan Club
All Stars directed by Mike Pyne)
10. I Have Dreamed, CD/Chase Music CMD 8035 {David Silverman,
piano and voice, with Paul Gormley, bass, and Paul Kreibich,
drums)
11. Swing Is Here Again, CD/Lake 80 (Kevin Smith and Vic
Dickenson with the Hefty Jazz All Stars)
12. Big Band Classics: The Crooners in the Beginning, CD/Rhino
Flashback 75465 (Anson Weeks and His Orchestra)
Love For Sale (subsequently used in
UNSUNG COLE):
I have not attempted to
provide discological information for this Porter standard.
My Louisa (unused; originally written
for but not used in WAKE UP AND DREAM; considered for but
not used in NYMPH ERRANT):
1. Nymph Errant, CD/Angel
CDC-54079-2 (Larry Kert with orchestra conducted by Donald
Pippin and David Firman)
Say It With Gin (aka "Opening Chorus To
Bootleg Scene") (subsequently used in the 1998 Broadway
production of HIGH SOCIETY):
1. High Society, CD/DRG
19011 (John McMartin with orchestra conducted by Paul
Gemingnani)
Take Me Back To Manhattan (subsequently used in COLE and
UNSUNG COLE):
1. Anything Goes, Epic (S)
FLS-15100 (Eileen Rodgers and Girls with orchestra directed by
Julian Stein) [reissued as CD/Epic EK 15100]
2. Regards To Broadway, Centerline (S) CPI 8002 (Judith Dow with
orchestra conducted by Bradley Bloom)
3. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Lucy Fenwick, Julia McKenzie,
Elizabeth Power, Ray Cornell, Bill Kerr, and Rod McLennan with
orchestra conducted by John Burrows)
4. Liza Minnelli At Carnegie Hall, CD/Telarc 85502 (Liza
Minnelli with orchestra conducted by Bill LaVorgna)
5. Close: Steve Ross & Cole Porter, CD/Stolen Moments 1016/7
(Steve Ross, piano and voice)
6. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Joely Fisher with music direction by Ron Abel)
7. Hey, Mr. Producer!: The Musical World Of Cameron Mackintosh,
CD/First Night ENCORECD4 (Marion Montgomery)
8. Songs Of New York, CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502 (Judy
Kaye with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
9. Champagne Sometimes…A Night Out With Chris Barrett, CD/Chris
Barrett (Chris Barrett)
10. Songs Of New York, CD/Telarc 83346 (Bobby Short, piano and
voice, Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, Jackie Williams, drums, Frank
Tate, bass, Warren Vache, cornet, and Chuck Wilson, reeds)
11. The Broadway Musicals Of 1930, CD/Original Cast OC 6241
(Deven May with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band direction by
Ross Patterson)
12. Travels With My Piano, CD/BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
13. Total Faith, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD00613 (Faith Prince
with music direction by Alex Rybeck)
14. Total Faith, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD00613 (Faith Prince
with music direction by Alex Rybeck) (parody version
entitled "Take Me Back To The Eighties")
15. Teach Me Tonight, CD/Cabaret5-101 (Amy Treitel)
Where Have You Been?:
1. 78/Victor 22598 (The
Three Girl Friends (The Three Waring Girls) & Waring's
Pennsylvanians) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1930-1936,
CD/Box Office ENBO-CD2 #9/94; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume
I, CD/Pearl GEM 0111]
2. 78/Columbia 2376 D (Ted Wallace and His Campus Boys)
3. 78/Majestic 1018 (Bud Freeman and his Orchestra) [reissued on
Bud Freeman: 1945-1946, CD/Classics 942]
4. 78/Brunswick 6006 (Emil Coleman and His Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
5. I Get A Kick Out Of Porter, Capitol (S) ST 1030 (Joe Bushkin,
piano and orchestra)
6. Billy's Best, Mercury MG-20333 (Billy Eckstine) [reissued as
CD/Mercury 526440]
7. To You, RCA Victor (M) LPM 1313 (Teddi King with orchestra
conducted by George Siravo) [reissued on You're The Top: Cole
Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch DMK2-1020]
8. 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]
9. Cole Porter Songs, Walden (M) 301 (Louise Carlyle with David
Baker and John Morris, pianos) [reissued on Songs By Cole Porter
And Rodgers & Hart, CD/Harbinger HCD 1703]
10. Trouble Is A Man, Columbia (S) CS-8041 (Judy Holliday with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser) [reissued as CD/DRG 91467]
11. Barbara Lea, Prestige PRLP-7065 (Barbara Lea with the Johnny
Windhurst Quintet) [reissued as CD/Original Jazz Classics
OJCCD-1713-2]
12. Star Eyes, CD/Muse 5488 (Lorez Alexandria with Houston
Person, tenor sax, Bruce Forman, guitar, Stan Hope, piano, Peter
Weiss, bass, and Michael Carvin, drums)
13. Written In The Stars, CD/Blue Note 27291 (Bill Charlap Trio)
14. Eyes For You, CD/M-Swing 026 (George Evans with Reg
Schwager, guitar, Mark Eisenman, piano, Neil Swainson, bass,
Jerry Fuller, drums, and Denny Christianson, trumpet)
15. We're In The Money, CD/Sackville 3315 (The Keith Ingham
Manhattan Swingtet)
16. Mine Alone, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6037 (Greta Keller)
17. What Is Love?, CD/Cabaret 5022 (Andre Marcovicci with music
direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
18. The Sound Of My Voice, CD/Gianni Marinucci (Gianni
Marinucci) (unverified)
19. Why Shouldn't I?, CD/Cambria 1124 (Carol Merrill)
20. Portrait of a Norwegian Jazz Artist: Bjarne Nerem, CD/Gemini
Records 9508 (Bjarne Nerem)
21. New York Swing: Cole Porter, CD/Delta 608 (John Bunch,
piano, Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, Jay Leonhart, bass, and Joe
Cocuzzo, drums)
22. More Than Satisfied, CD/Vintage Music Productions 181 (Nat
Shilkret and The All Star Orchestra)
23. Rain Sometime, CD/Paradigm 101 (Pinky Winters with Richard
Rodney Bennett, piano)
24. Where Have You Been?, CD/DRG CDSL-5202 (Elizabeth Welch with
Murray Grand, piano, and Bucky Calabrese, bass)
You're Too Far Away (unused;
subsequently cut from NYMPH ERRANT):
1. 78/Brunswick 7399
(Muzzy Marcellino with Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra)
2. Castle In The Sky, Parachute 2001 (David Castle) (unverified)
3. Cole Porter Vol. III, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1370 (Dolores
Gray) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
4. Nymph Errant, CD/Angel CDC-54079-2 (Larry Kert with orchestra
conducted by Donald Pippin and David Firman)
Unrecorded Songs:
Data! (M/L: Jimmy Durante)
Drinking Song (M: Fred Waring; L: Charles Henderson)
The Flit Drill (M: Fred Waring; L: Charles Henderson)
Go Into Your Dance
I'm Haunted By You (unused; exists as musical sketch without
lyrics)
I've Got To be Psychoanalyzed By You (unused; exists as musical
sketch without lyrics)
It Only Happens In Dreams (unused; no music survives)
Just One Of Those Things (cut; unrelated to song in JUBILEE)
Mona And Her Kiddies (cut) (no material survives?)
Money! (M/L: Jimmy Durante)
The Poor Rich (aka "Help The Poor Rich" and "Please Help The
Poor Rich") (cut)
Sheikin Fool (M/L: Jimmy Durante)
Sing Sing For Sing Sing (aka "Sing Sing")
Venice
We've Been Spending The Summers With Our Families (aka "Opening,
Scene 1") (cut)
Where Can One Powder One's Nose? (aka "Opening Reuben's Scene")
(unused)
Wood! (M/L: Jimmy Durante)
Why Talk About Sex? (lost)
You've Got To Be Hard-Boiled (unused, exist as a music fragment)