PICK A NUMBER XV



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: October 14, 1965, PLaza 9-, NYC
Performances: Unknown


Love, Here I Am (M/L: Walter Marks) (originally used in FOUR BELOW STRIKES BACK):

1. Four Below Strikes Back, Offbeat (M) O-4017 (Nancy Dussault with Robert Colston and Paul Trueblood, pianos)


McNamara's Band (M: Shamus O'Connor; L: Howard Liebling):

1. The Whiffenpoof Game, No label, no number (William A. Knowlton)
Note: No attempt has been made to list recording of the original Shamus O'Connor tune with lyrics by John J. Stamford. It is also not clear that the Whiffenpoof recording in fact employs the Liebling lyrics.


New York Is A Summer Festival (M: Harvey Schmidt; L: Tom Jones) (part of "Seasonal Sonata" in DEMI-DOZEN; also used in NEW YORK SCRAPBOOK and PORTFOLIO REVUE):

1. Demi-Dozen, Offbeat (M) O-4015 (Jane Connell, Jack Fletcher, Jean Arnold, Ceil Cabot, George Hall, and Gerry Matthews with Stan Keen and Gordon Connell, plural pianos) [reissued on CD/Kritzerland KR 20033-2]


Societies Magnificat: An Oratorio (M/L: Clark Gesner) (subsequently used in FOUR IN HAND as "The Great Society"):

1. 45/Nola Recording Studios acetate (Dennis Allen, Lee Beery, Bill Hinnant, John Keatts, Liz Sheridan, Elizabeth Wilson) (differs slightly from the PLaza 9- recording)
2. 45/Plaza 9 PL9 (Dennis Allen, Lee Beery, Bill Hinnant, John Keatts, Liz Sheridan, Elizabeth Wilson with Robert Colston and Frederick Silver at the Piano and Harpsichord)


Unrecorded Material:

Almost A Love Song (M/L: Clark Gesner)
Coney Island (M: Fred Silver; L: Nelson Garringer)
The Good Old Days (M: Bill Weeden; L: David Finkle)
Happiness Is A Bird (M/L: Claibe Richardson)
On The Weekend (M: Stanley Lebowsky; L: Fred Tobias)
Pick A Number XV (M: Stanley Lebowsky; L: William F. Brown)
The Plaza's Going Native (M: Stanley Lebowsky; L: Fred Tobias)
Pop Song (M/L: Lesley Davison)
The Saga Of Killer Joe (M: Fred Silver; L: Nelson Garringer)
Signs Of The Season (M/L: June Reizner)