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)