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)