ONCE UPON A SONG
Composer: Anthony
Newley
Lyricist: Anthony Newley
Opened: February 3, 1992, Kings Head Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown
Note: Except
as noted, no attempt has been made to compile discological
information for anything other than original cast member
performances.
Ain't It Funny:
1. Ain’t It Funny, MGM
MN-5096 (Anthony Newley) [reissued on Pure Imagination/Isn’t It
Funny, CD/Edsel DIAB 8059]
Are We Having Any Fun Yet? (written for
the 1985 Houston Theatre Under The Stars revival of
CHAPLIN):
1. The Last Song, CD/Stage
Door STAGE 9031 (Anthony Newley and Julia McKenzie with musical
direction by Matt Freeman)
Family Fugue (L: Anthony Newley;
Leslie Bricusse) (written for the Broadway production of
STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF!):
1. Stop The World - I Want
To Get Off!, London (S) AMS 88001 (Anthony Newley, Anna Quayle,
Jennifer Baker, Susan Baker, and Chorus with orchestra conducted
by Milton Rosenstock) [reissued as CD/Decca Broadway 422 820
261-2]
The Good Old Bad Old Days (L: Leslie
Bricusse) (written for THE GOOD OLD BAD OLD DAYS):
1. The Good Old Bad Old
Days, EMI EMA 751 (Anthony Newley and Paul Bacon with orchestra
conducted by Robert Mandell) [reissued on CD/Kritzerland KR
20019-9]
2. The Good Old Bad Old Days, EMI EMA 751 (Company with
orchestra conducted by Robert Mandell) [reissued on
CD/Kritzerland KR 20019-9]
3. It’s A Funny Old World Demo (Anthony Newley and unidentified
others)
4. Ain’t It Funny, MGM MN-5096 (Anthony Newley) [reissued on
Pure Imagination/Isn’t It Funny, CD/Edsel DIAB 8059]
Happiness Pie (written for the movie
QUILP):
1. Quilp, Reader’s Digest
CHAP-12574 (Anthony Newley)
2. Newley Discovered, CD/Stage Door
STAGE 9022 (Anthony Newley)
It's a Musical World (L: Leslie
Bricusse) (written for THE GOOD OLD BAD OLD DAYS):
1. The Good Old Bad Old
Days, EMI EMA 751 (Anthony Newley with orchestra conducted by
Robert Mandell) [reissued on CD/Kritzerland KR 20019-9]
2. It’s A Funny Old World Demo (Anthony Newley and unidentified
others)
3. Ain’t It Funny, MGM MN-5096 (Anthony Newley) [reissued on
Pure Imagination/Isn’t It Funny, CD/Edsel DIAB 8059]
Learning to Love You Again:
1. The Singer And His
Songs, United Artists 718 (Anthony Newley)
Life Is a Woman (L: Leslie Bricusse)
(used in the 1978 revival of STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET
OFF):
1. Stop The World - I Want
To Get Off, Warner Bros. (S) HS 3214 (Sammy Davis, Jr. with
orchestra conducted by George Rhodes and Ian Fraser) (not
original cast) [reissued on Yes, I Can!: The Sammy Davis Jr.
Story, CD/Rhino 75972]
2. Greatest Hits Live, CD/Curb 77687 (Sammy Davis, Jr.) (not
original cast)
Lunch with a Friend:
1. The Singer And His
Songs, United Artists 718 (Anthony Newley)
Man Who Makes You Laugh:
1. The Singer And His
Songs, United Artists 718 (Anthony Newley)
The Last Song, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9031 (Anthony Newley)
Me Without You:
1. Ain’t It Funny, MGM
MN-5096 (Anthony Newley) [reissued on Pure Imagination/Isn’t It
Funny, CD/Edsel DIAB 8059]
2. The Last Song, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9031 (Anthony Newley with
musical direction by Matt Freeman)
Music of the Universe:
1. The Last Song, CD/Stage
Door STAGE 9031 (Anthony Newley and Marti Webb with musical
direction by Matt Freeman)
(There’s) No Such Thing As Love (L: Ian
Fraser):
1. 45/Decca F11636
(Anthony Newley) [reissued on The Decca Years 1959-1964,
CD/Decca 4669182]
2. Pure Imagination, MGM (S) SE 4781 (Anthony Newley) [reissued
on Pure Imagination/Isn’t It Funny, CD/Edsel DIAB 8059]
3. The Last Song, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9031 (Anthony Newley with
musical direction by Matt Freeman)
Oh! What a Son of a Bitch I Am (L:
Herbert Kretzmer) (written for CAN HEIRONYMUS MERKIN EVER
FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS?):
1. Can Heironymus Merkin
Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness?, Kapp (S)
KRS-5509 (Anthony Newley, Ron Rubin & Stubby Kaye with
orchestra
2. Newley Discovered, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9022 (Anthony Newley)
Teach the Children:
1. The Singer And His
Songs, United Artists 718 (Anthony Newley)
What Did You Do in the Great War,
Daddy?:
1. Ain’t It Funny, MGM
MN-5096 (Anthony Newley) [reissued on Pure
Imagination/Isn’t It Funny, CD/Edsel DIAB 8059]
Where Would You Be (Without Me)? (L: Leslie Bricusse)
(written for THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE
CROWD):
1. The Roar Of The
Greasepaint, The Smell Of The Crowd, RCA Victor (S) LSO 1109
(Anthony Newley and Cyril Ritchard with orchestra conducted by
Herbert Grossman) [reissued on CD/RCA 60351-2-RG]
2. Who Can I Turn To And Other Songs From The Roar Of The
Greasepaint, RCA Victor (S) LSP-3347 (Anthony Newley with
orchestra conducted by Peter Knight)
Unrecorded Material:
An Average Wife
Family Hymn (L: Stanley Ralph Ross; Anthony Newley) (possibly a
rewritten version of "Sydney's
Hymn" originally written for CHAPLIN)
Growing Up (L: Leslie Bricusse)
If (Only) You Were Here (L: Stanley
Ralph Ross; Anthony Newley) (written
for CHAPLIN)
Middle Aged Rock 'N' Roll Star
Once Upon a Song
Paddy Riley, The One Man Band (L: Stanley Ralph Ross)
Something's Missing
What Do Women Want?