RED, HOT AND BLUE!
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: October 29, 1936, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 181
Bertie And Gertie (unused; dropped during rehearsals):
1. Unpublished Cole Porter
Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1358 (Alice Playten and Edward
Earle) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
Down In the Depths (On The 90th Floor)
(subsequently used in THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE
WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER, COLE, and
UNSUNG COLE):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Down In The
Depths"
It's De-Lovely (also in BLACK VANITIES,
THE FLEET'S LIT UP, COLE, and interpolated into some
productions of ANYTHING GOES):
I have not attempted to
provide discological information for this well-known Porter
standard.
Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye (cut;
originally written for but not used in BORN TO DANCE;
subsequently used in O MISTRESS MINE, UNSUNG COLE, HAPPY
NEW YEAR, and interpolated into some productions of
ANYTHING GOES):
1. 78/HMV DA-1539 (Yvonne
Printemps and Pierre Fresnay with orchestra conducted by Carroll
Gibbons) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III,
CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
2. 78/Victor 36190 (Alan Holt, Rae Giersdorf, and the Victor
Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Cole
Porter 1924-1944, JJA (M) 19732]
3. 78/Gramophone B.D. 5143 (Bert Yarlett with Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)
4. Classic Cole, Columbia (S) M-34533 (Jan DeGaetani with Leo
Smit, piano) [reissued as CD/Sony Music Special Products A
34533]
5. Andre Kostelanetz Plays Cole Porter, Columbia (S) KG 31491
(Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with orchestra conducted by Andre
Kostelanetz)
6. R.S.V.P. The Cole Porters, Respond no number (Jack and Sally
Jenkins with the Mac Frampton Orchestra)
7. How's Your Romance?: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter,
CD/Andreasong AND01 (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham,
piano, Jim Dijulio, bass, John Chiudini, guitar, Paul Kriebach,
drums, Bob Sheppard, sax, and Ames Beals, harmonica)
8. Easy To Love: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Concord Jazz
CCD-4696 (Susannah McCorkle with music direction by Allen
Farnham)
9. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002 (Joan
Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
10. Anything Goes, CD/First Night CASTCD90 (Mary Stockley with
orchestra conducted by Gareth Valentine)
11. Anything Goes, CD/First Night OCRCD 6038 (Ashleigh Sendin
with orchestra directed by John Owen Edwards)
12. Anything Goes, CD/RCA Victor 7769-2-RC (Kathleen
Mahony-Bennett with orchestra directed by Edward Strauss)
13. Anything Goes, CD/TER CDTEH 6011 (Katrina Murphy with the
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
14. Dial & Oatts Play Cole Porter, CD/DMP CD-495 (Garry
Dial, piano & Dick Oatts, saxophone)
15. Piano Solos, Vol. 1, CD/Jump 1220 (Larry Eanet, piano)
16. Do It Again, CD/Audiophile 175 (Barbara Lea)
17. Porter On My Mind, CD/Composers 585 (Francis Thorne, piano
and voice, with Jack Six, bass)
18. Nobody Else But Me, CD/Landmark 1551 (Wesla Whitfield with
the Mike Greensill Quintet)
19. Easy To Love: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Swallowtail 8007
(David Wilson)
20. Anything Goes, CD/Ghostlight 8-4452
(Laura Osnes with orchestra conducted by James Lowe)
A Little Skipper From Heaven Above:
1. Cole Porter Revisited,
Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002 (Ronny Graham with
musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-121]
Ours (subsequently used in UNSUNG COLE
and HAPPY NEW YEAR):
1. 78/Victor 36190 (Alan
Holt, Rae Giersdorf, and the Victor Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Cole Porter 1924-1944,
JJA (M) 19732]
2. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic 1213 (Mabel Mercer
with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass)
[reissued as CD/Rhino R2 71690]
3. Lena Like Latin, Charter (S) CLS-106 (Lena Horne)
4. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1371
(Blossom Dearie and Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-117]
5. How's Your Romance?: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter,
CD/Andreasong AND01 (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham,
piano, Jared Egan, bass, Rex Benincasa, drums)
6. Love, Linda, CD/150 Music 150M11
(Stevie Holland with Landon Knoblock, piano, Peter Brendler,
bass, and Jeff Davis, drums)
7. Café Manhattan Unreleased, CD/No label 83707 83252 (Karen
Kuykendall and Sterling Price-McKinney)
The Ozarks Are Callin' Me Home (added
during the run):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-210 (Ramona Davies) [reissued on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot
And Blue!, CD/AEI AEI-CD 001]
Red, Hot And Blue (subsequently used in
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE
EYES OF COLE PORTER, UNSUNG COLE, and HAPPY NEW YEAR):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-207 (Ethel Merman with Fairchild and Carroll Orchestra)
[reissued on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot And Blue!, CD/AEI
AEI-CD 001; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume II, CD/Pearl GEM
0115; Star Spangled Rhythm, CD/Smithsonian RD 111; Original
Cast! The Thirties, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 802CD]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-203 (Edgar Fairchild and Adam
Carroll, duo pianos) [reissued on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot
And Blue!, CD/AEI AEI-CD 001]
3. Cole Porter Revisited, Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002
(Kaye Ballard, Bobby Short, and Bibi Osterwald with musical
direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-121]
4. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS-2810 (Kaye Ballard with
Harold Lang, William Hickey, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
5. Noel & Cole: Together With Music, CD/Oakton ORCD1001
(Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
6. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Anne Wood)
Ridin' High (also used in THE HULBERT
FOLLIES, THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN
THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER, HAPPY NEW YEAR, the 1991
revival of YOU NEVER KNOW, and in the 1998 Broadway
production of HIGH SOCIETY):
I have not attempted to
provide discological information for this well-known Porter
standard.
Who But You? (unused; also dropped from
BORN TO DANCE):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Sandy Stewart)
You're A Bad Influence On Me (dropped
during the run):
1. Cole Porter Revisited,
Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002 (David Allen with musical
direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-121]
2. Rare! Hot! & Cole Porter, Philips (M) PHM 200-169 (Sheila
M. Sanders)
3. Jimmy Rowles Trio On Tour, SIR 000002 (Jimmy Rowles Trio)
4. Something Cool, CD/Choice 71025 (Carol Sloane)
5. Sweet And Slow, CD/Audiophile ACD-260 (Barbara Lea with The
Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band)
You've Got Something:
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-203 (Edgar Fairchild and Adam Carroll, duo pianos) [reissued
on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot And Blue!, CD/AEI AEI-CD 001]
2. 78/Victor 36190 (Alan Holt, Rae Giersdorf, and the Victor
Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Cole
Porter 1924-1944, JJA (M) 19732]
3. 78/Victor 25432 (Jerry Cooper with Eddie Duchin and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Eddy Duchin And His Central Park Casino
Orchestra 1932-1937, CD/Diamond Cut 309]
4. 78/Telefunken A 2199 (Teddy Stauffer and His Original
Teddies) [reissued on Swing, Teddy, Swing!, CD/Bob's 0000006]
5. 78/Bluebird B 6642 (Tempo King, vocal with Tempo King and his
Kings of Tempo and Queenie Ada Rubin, piano)
6. 78/Brunswick 7753 (Larry Stewart with Leo Reisman and His
Orchestra)
7. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122
(Julie Wilson)
8. It's De-Lovely!: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Pierian 0026
(Frank Milne, piano)9. A Tribute To Bob Hope:
‘Thanks For The Memory, CD/Audiophile ACD-313 (Ronny Whyte,
piano and voice, with Boots Maleson, bass, and Taro Okamoto,
drums)
Radio transcriptions performed by Andre Kostelanetz's Orchestra
and Chorus, Joyce Taylor with the David Carroll Orchestra, and a
boys trio with orchestra conducted by George Bassman are known
to exist.
Unrecorded Numbers:
At Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe
In Cheyenne
Carry On
Entr'acte
Finale
Five Hundred Million
Hymn To Hymen
It's A Great Life
Lonely Star (unused; no music survives)
Perennial Dubutantes
Specialty Dance (for the Hartmans)
That's The News I'm Waiting To Hear (unused; possibly considered
for BORN TO DANCE)
We're About To Start Big Rehearsin'
What A Great Pair We'll Be
When Your Troubles Have Started (cut; subsequently used in HAPPY
NEW YEAR)
Where? (unused; no music survives)