OKLAHOMA!



Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricists: Oscar Hammerstein

Opened: March 31, 1943, St. James Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 2248

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.


All Er Nuthin' Ballet (film version):

1. Oklahoma!, CD/Angel 7243 5 27350 2 0 (20th Century-Fox Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton)


Boys And Girls Like You And Me (cut; also cut from the film of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944); unused in TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME (1949); music used as underscoring in CINDERELLA (1965); later used in STATE FAIR (1996):

1. Meet Me In St. Louis, 78/Decca album 380 (Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra) [ Decca 8498; reissued on Judy Garland: The Complete Decca Original Cast Recordings, CD/MCA 11491; also found on The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection, CD/MCA 10775]
2. Meet Me in St. Louis, CD/Turner 8 36021 2 (Judy Garland with the M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll) (outtake)
3. Just Before Dawn, World Pacific WPM-409 (Pat Healy with music conducted by Fred Katz) [reissued as CD/Japanese Import 9434]
4. Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964, CD/Warner Bros. 78285 (Frank Sinatra with orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl)
5. "Holiday" for Lovers, CD/VSOP 114 (Johnny Holiday)
6. Boys And Girls Like You And Me, CD/Bayview RNBW007 (Sally Mayes with music directed by Dick Gallagher)
7. Bustin' Out All Over, CD/Seattle Men's Chorus (Seattle Men's Chorus directed by Dennnis Coleman with Evan Stults, principal accompanist)
8. State Fair, CD/DRG 94765 (John Davidson and Kathryn Crosby with orchestra conducted by Kay Cameron)
9. Assepoester, CD/E Media (Dutch cast with music directed by Marc-Peter van Dijk) (unverified)
10. Cinderella, CD/Broadway Asia 88697369062 (Jefferson Slinkard and Janna Cardia with orchestra conducted by Gerard Salonga)
11. A Grand Night For Singing, CD/Gay Men's Chorus Of Los Angeles GMCLA06 (Gay Men's Chorus Of Los Angeles directed by Jon Bailey)
12. A Very Personal Tribute to Oklahoma, Original Cast (S) OC-8129 (Celeste Holm with the Northwood Symphonette conducted by Don Th. Jaeger)


Dance:

1. Oklahoma/Carousel Suites, RCA Victor LM-1884 (Morton Gould and His Orchestra)


Entr'acte (film version):

1. Oklahoma!, CD/Angel 7243 5 27350 2 0 (20th Century-Fox Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton)


Entrance Of Ensemble:

1. Oklahoma!, Columbia (M) ML-4598 (Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel) [reissued as CD/Sony Broadway SK 53326]


Farmer Dance:

1. Oklahoma/Carousel Suites, RCA Victor LM-1884 (Morton Gould and His Orchestra)
2. Oklahoma!, CD/Angel 7243 5 27350 2 0 (20th Century-Fox Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Jay Blackton) (film version as "The Farmer And The Cowman Ballet")


Kansas City Ballet (film version):

1. Oklahoma!, CD/Angel 7243 5 27350 2 0 (20th Century-Fox Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton)


Laurey's Entrance:

1. Oklahoma!, RCA CBL1-3572 (Christine Andreas with orchestra directed by Jay Blackton) [reissued as CD/RCD1-3572]


Laurey Makes Up Her Mind Ballet (inst.):

1. An Evening With Rodgers And Hammerstein, MMG Records D-MMG-114 (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel)
2. Oklahoma!, CD/First Night CAST CD69 (orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
3. Oklahoma!, CD/Angel 7243 5 27350 2 0 (20th Century-Fox Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton) (film version as "Out Of My Dreams Ballet")


Many A New Day Ballet (film version):

1. Oklahoma!, CD/Angel 7243 5 27350 2 0 (20th Century-Fox Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton)


People Will Say We're In Love (reprise):

1. Oklahoma!, Columbia (M) ML-4598 (Nelson Eddy and Virginia Haskins with orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel) [reissued as CD/Sony Broadway SK 53326]
2. Oklahoma!, CD/First Night CAST CD69 (Hugh Jackman and Josefina Gabrielle with orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
3. Oklahoma!, CD/Angel 7243 5 27350 2 0 (Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones with the 20th Century-Fox Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton)


When Ah Go Out Walkin' With Mah Baby (dropped before rehearsals; later used in STATE FAIR (1996):

1. State Fair, CD/DRG 94765 (John Davidson and Kathryn Crosby with orchestra conducted by Kay Cameron)
2. Lost In Boston III, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5563 (Liz Larsen and Harry Groener with muscal direction by Tom Fay)


Unrecorded Numbers:

Someone Will Teach You (unused; no music known to exist)
We Will Be Together (unused; later considered for use in the film STATE FAIR (1945)
Why, Oh Why (unused; no music known to exist)
You Are A Girl (unused; no music known to exist)