THE RIVER

Composer: David Shire
Lyricist: Richard Matlby, Jr.

Written: 1961 (unproduced)

It's Never That Easy (aka It Isn't That Easy):

1. Closer Than Ever, CD/RCA Victor 60399-2-RG (Lynne Wintersteller with music direction by Patrick Scott Brady)
2. Closer Than Ever, CD/Bergen Records CTE 9603 (Doris Baaten) ("Niets Zo Simpel")
3. The Song Remembers When, CD/Dress Circle LIMB 01 (Deborah Boily with Mark Dorrel, piano, and music direction by Jerome Kaslin)
4. Second City Divas: Women of Chicago Theater Vol. 2, CD/Original Cast 6025 (Roberta Duchak with music direction by Tom Murray)
5. Stage 2: The Human Heart, CD/Dink 1997 (Charlie Owens with music direction by Robert Lee)
6. Diana DiMarzio, CD/No label 800718 (Diana DiMarzio)
7. True Colors, CD/Dress Circle LH5 (Lisa Hull) (song is not individually listed, but is paired with Linzi Hateley's rendition of "I've Been Here Before" on Hately's album)
8. Souvenirs, CD/Bill Daugherty TBR 106 (Bill Dougherty and Rebecca Luker with Doyle Newmyer, piano/synthesizer, Arthur Fiacco, cello, and Boots Maleson, bass)
9. Little Stories, CD/Dianne Pilkington (Dianne Pilkington and Nicole Faraday with Christopher Hamilton, piano)
10. Closer Than Ever, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1427 (Christiane Noll with musical direction by Andrew Gerle)


Song Of Me:

1. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/RCA Victor 2360-2-RG (Margery Cohen with music direction by Robert W. Preston)
2. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/JAY CDJAY 1254 (Clare Burt with music direction by Caroline Humphris)
3. Starting Here, Starting Now, EMI (S) EMCJ (L) 11539 (Andre Hattingh with music supervised by Bill Fairley)
4. Det Er Her, Det Er Nu, Eminent (S) ELP 5003 (Hanne Uldal and the Og Svend Skippers Trio) ("Far og mor")
5. Common Grounds, CD/Tagline 000129 (Tom Grounds with music direction by Ricky Pope)


Travel:

1. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/RCA Victor 2360-2-RG (Loni Akerman, Margery Cohen, and George Lee Andrews with music direction by Robert W. Preston)
2. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/JAY CDJAY 1254 (Clare Burt, Michael Cantwell, and Samantha Shaw with music direction by Caroline Humphris)
3. Starting Here, Starting Now, EMI (S) EMCJ (L) 11539 (Richard Loring, Denise Freeman, and Andre Hattingh with music supervised by Bill Fairley)
4. Det Er Her, Det Er Nu, Eminent (S) ELP 5003 (Hanne Uldal, Kurt Ravn, Pia Rosenbaum, and the Og Svend Skippers Trio) ("Rejse")
5. The New Normal, CD/No label, no number Travel (Heidi Biever, Peter Flynn, Keith Spencer, Ann Van Cleave, Sally Wilfert, Madeline Biever, Marshall Biever, Anna Rockower)
6. Let's Get Away From It All, CD/No label (Karen Luschar)
7. Taking Flight, CD/No label MSB5536 8110USA (Hilary Ann Feldman with musical direction by Beckie Menzie)
8. We Can Be Kind, CD/Imagination WEC1 (The Cruising For Crusaid Compny with musical direction by Torquil Munroe)
9. An Evening With Jennifer Roberts, CD/No label 88295 76341 (Jennifer Roberts with musical direction by Tedd Firth)


Other Songs:

The titles of other songs, if any, written for this show are not known at this time.