OH, KAY!
Composer: George
Gershwin
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin
Opened: November 8, 1926, Imperial Theatre, N.Y.C.;
September 21, 1927, His Majesty's Theatre, London, England
Performances: 256 (N.Y.C.); 214 (London)
Note: Only recordings of numbers not found on the 1994 studio cast album are noted below.
Ask Me Again (written for but not used in GIRL CRAZY; interpolated into the 1990 revival of OH, KAY!):
1. Nice Work If You Can
Get It: Songs By The Gershwins, CD/Atlantic 82833-2 (Michael
Feinstein, piano and voice, with orchestra conducted by Rob
Fisher)
2. Ask Me Again, CD/LML Music 7 (Charles Cermele)
3. Mostly Mercer, CD/Painted Smiles 103 (Rosemary Clooney) [also
CD/Harbinger HDC1807]
4. Don't Fence Me In, CD/D'Arcy (D'Arcy)
5. The Lost Gershwin, CD/Specific Jazz 011 (Victoria Hart)
6. Ask Me Again, CD/Midder Music 008 (Nancy La Mott)
7. The Memory Of All That: A Celebration Of Gershwin,
CD/Kopaesthetics 104 (Spider Saloff)
8. By George!, CD/After 9 TWCD-2023 (Patrick A'Hearn with
musical direction by Lee Musiker)
9. Somebody Come And Play, CD/Big Elbows Productions 00665 78342
(Jan Peters with the Tom LaMark Orchestra)
Home (L: P.G. Wodehouse) (same music as
"Don't Ask"; interpolated with new Wodehouse lyrics into the
1960 revival):
1. Oh, Kay!, 20th Fox (S)
SFX-4003 (David Daniels with music direction by Dorothea
Freitag) [reissued on Leave It To Jane/Oh, Kay!, CD/DRG 15017]
The Pophams (L: P.G. Wodehouse)
(originally used in PRIMROSE and interpolated with new
Wodehouse lyrics into the 1960 revival):
1. Oh, Kay!, 20th Fox (S)
SFX-4003 (Murray Matheson with music direction by Dorothea
Freitag) [reissued on Leave It To Jane/Oh, Kay!, CD/DRG 15017]
2. Blessed, CD/Challenge 5036 (Madeline Bell)
The Twenties Are Here To Stay (L:
P.G. Wodehouse) (originally used in PRIMROSE; interpolated
with new Wodehouse lyrics into the 1960 revival):
1. Oh, Kay!, 20th Fox (S)
SFX-4003 (Murray Matheson and Bernie West with music direction
by Dorothea Freitag) [reissued on Leave It To Jane/Oh, Kay!,
CD/DRG 15017]
2. Man Of The Century, CD/RCA 63579 (Ian Whitcomb)
You'd Still Be There (L: P.G.
Wodehouse) (same music as "Dear Little Girl"; interpolated
with new Wodehouse lyrics into the 1960 revival):
1. Oh, Kay!, 20th Fox (S)
SFX-4003 (Danny Daniels with music direction by Dorothea
Freitag) [reissued on Leave It To Jane/Oh, Kay!, CD/DRG 15017]
Unrecorded Material:
Bring On The Ding Dong
Dell (cut; revised as "Ring-A-Ding-A-Ding-Dong Dell in STRIKE UP
THE BAND (1930))
Guess Who (not used; same music as "Don't Ask")
Show Me The Town (cut during rehearsals; later used in ROSALIE
with a different verse)
Stepping With Baby (cut during rehearsals; no music survives)
What's The Use? (cut during rehearsals; no music survives)