PRIMROSE

PRIMROSE

Composer: George Gershwin
Lyricist: Desmond Carter

Opened: September 11, 1924, Winter Garden Theatre, London
Performances: 255

Note: A recording of a concert production held at the Library of Congress and conducted by John McGlinn is known to exist.

Ballet Music:

1. 78/Columbia 9005 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. Gershwin: Remembrance And Discovery, CD/Centaur CRC 2271 (Richard Glazier, piano)

(I'll Have A House In) Berkeley Square And Kew:

1. 78/Columbia 9004 (Margery Hicklin and Claude Hulbert with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)

Boy Wanted (L: Desmond Carter; Ira Gershwin) (revised version of song used in A DANGEROUS MAID):

1. 78/Columbia 9002 (Heather Thatcher and Chorus with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113; I Got Rhythm: The Music Of George Gershwin, CD/Smithsonian RD 107-1/2/3/4]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
4. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook, Verve MG V-4026 (Ella Fitzgeral with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) [reissued as CD/Verve 825 024-2]
5. Ira Gershwin Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1353 (Margaret Whiting and Mary McCarty with musical direction by Dick Hyman) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-135]
6. American Rhapsody: George Gershwin To The World, CD/Jessisaraly Music JSD-0001 (KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
7. Kiri Sings Gershwin, CD/EMI CDC-7 47454 2 (Kiri Te Kanawa with the New Princess Theater Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
8. Gershwin, CD/Metronome 1060 (Michael Finnissy)
9. My One And Only, CD/Altantic 7 80110-2 (Twiggy with orchestra conducted by Jack Lee)
10. Making Beautiful Music Together, CD/Audiophile ACD-268 (Sanda King with Richard Rodney Bennett, piano, and Greg Cohen, bass)

The Countryside (This Is The Life For A Man):

1. 78/Columbia 9007 (Percy Heming with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)

Four Little Sirens (L: Ira Gershwin) (revised version of "The Sirens" used in A DANGEROUS MAID):

1. 78/Columbia 9003 (Heather Thatcher and Chorus with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) (as "I'll Make Hay While The Moon Shines) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]

Isn't It Terrible What They Did To Mary Queen Of Scots?:

1. 78/Columbia 9002 (Leslie Henson and Claude Hulbert with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) (as "Mary, Queen Of Scots") [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. Sweet And Low-Down: Songs By George Gershwin, CD/Oakton ORCD0004 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano and voice) (as "Isn't It Horrible What They Did To Mary Queen Of Scots")
3. Sweet And Low-Down: Songs By George Gershwin, CD/Oakton ORCD0004 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano and voice) (as "Isn't It Horrible What They Did To Mary Queen Of Scots") (encore)

Isn't It Wonderful (L: Desmond Carter; Ira Gershwin):

1. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
2. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
3. The Gospel Truth, Pacific Jazz 69 (Les McCann)
4. He Loves And She Loves: Gershwin Songs & Duets, CD/Koch International 7028 (Judy Kaye and William Sharp with Steven Blier, piano)

The Mophams (subsequently interpolated into 1960 revival of OH, KAY! as "The Pophams" with a rewritten lyric by P.G. Wodehouse):

1. 78/Columbia 9003 (Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher, and Thomas Weguelen with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. Oh, Kay!, 20th Century Fox (S) SFX 4003 (Cast with music conducted by Dorothy Freitag) (as "The Pophams") [reissued on Leave It To Jane/Oh, Kay!, CD/DRG 15017]

Naughty Baby (L: Desmond Carter; Ira Gershwin):

1. 78/Columbia 9004 (Margery Hicklin and Chorus with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
4. Crazy For You, CD/Angel CDC 7 54618-2 (Michele Pawk, John Hillner, and Boys)
5. Crazy For You, CD/RCA Victor 09026-61993-2 (Amanda Prior and Shaun Scott)
6. Crazy For You, CD/Pony Canyon PCCH-00068 (Japanese cast)
7. Crazy For You, CD/tfn Lava 2008012 (cast with orchestra conducted by Heiko Lippmann)
8. Crazy For You, CD/Universal Stage Music 986 903-0 (Jacquelie Aronson, Frank Beurskens, Daan Wijnands, William Spaaij, Tomasj Vets, and Andre de Jong with orchestra conducted by Rene Op den Camp)
9. George Gershwin Songs, CD/Primula (A.A.V.V.)
10. Naughty Baby, CD/Novus 3022-2-N11 (Adam Makowicz)
11. Naughty Baby: Maureen McGovern Sings Gershwin, CD/CBS Masterworks 44995 (Maureen McGovern with music conducted by Jeffrey B. Harris)
12. Crazy For You, CD/Stratford Festival (Robin Hutton and Shane Carty with musical direction by Shelley Hanson)

Overture:

1. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. Gershwin/Porter Overture & Film Music/Kern Overture & Film Music, CD/EMI 5 68589 2 (The New Princess Theater Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)

Some Far-Away Someone (L: B.G. DeSylva; Ira Gershwin) (same music as "At Half-Past Seven" from NIFTIES OF 1923):

1. 78/Columbia 9005 (Percy Heming and Margery Hicklin with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
4. Vic Damone Sings Romantic Favorites, CD/Sepia Records 1021 (Vic Damone) (as "At Half Past Seven")
5. What Is Love?, CD/DRG 91401 (Andrea Marcovicci with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach) (as "Faraway Someone")

That New-Fangled Mother Of Mine:

1. 78/Columbia 9001 (Leslie Henson with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
4. We Like A Gershwin Tune, CD/Audiophile ACD-54 (Ronny Whyte and Travis Hudson with Ronny Whyte, piano, Alan Cary, banjo, Lisle Atkinson, bass, and Al Harewood, drums)

'Till I Meet Someone Like You:

1. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
2. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)

Wait A Bit, Susie (L: Desmond Carter; Ira Gershwin) (same music as "Beautiful Gypsy" cute from ROSALIE):

1. 78/Columbia 9007 (Percy Heming with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)

When Toby Is Out Of Town:

Beau Brummel
Can We Do Anything? (L: Desmond Carter; Ira Gershwin)
It Is The Fourteenth Of July
Leaving Town While We May
The Live Wire (cut)
Pep! Zip! And Punch! (cut)
Roses Of France