RODGERS AND HART 1926



Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: September 1976, All Souls Unitarian Church, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown


Atlantic Blues (originally used in LIDO LADY; same music as "Blue Ocean Blues" in PRESENT ARMS):

1. 78/Columbia 4226 (Phyllis Dare with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl 9105]
2. It's Smooth, It's Smart. It's Rodgers, It's Hart!, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MES-7069 (Travis Hudson) [reissued as The Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Audiophile ACD-57]
3. My Funny Valentine: Frederica Von Stade Sings Rodgers And Hart, CD/EMI CDC 7 54071 2 (Frederica Von Stade with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
4. Present Arms, CD/Bygone Records BG-0003 (James Anest)


The Blue Room (originally used in THE GIRL FRIEND):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this Rodgers and Hart standard.


The Girl Friend (originally used in THE GIRL FRIEND):

1. Click here for recordings of "The Girl Friend"


Good Fellow Mine (originally used in THE GIRL FRIEND):

1. The Girl Friend, That's Entertainment 1148 (Boys and Girls Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Martin Yates)
2. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (unknown performer)


Here In My Arms (originally used in DEAREST ENEMY; subsequently used in LIDO LADY):

1. 78/Columbia 4226 (Phyllis Dare and Jack Hulbert with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sidney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl 9105]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 274 (Emile Petti and His Savoy-Plaza Orchestra)
3. 78/Music Box 1 (Lee Wiley with Joe Bushkin's Orchestra)
4. 78/Gramophone B 5169 (The Sylvians)
5. 78/London B 12012 (Louis Levy and His Concert Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age Of Light Music: Great Light Orchestras Salute Richard Rodgers, CD/Guild Light Music GLCD 5123]
6. 78/Decca 27128 (Don Cherry with orchestra conducted by Dave Terry) [also 45/Decca 9-27128; reissued on Thinking Of You, CD/Sepia 1104]
7. 78/Perfect 14574 (Vocal Chorus with the Consolidated Club Orchestra conducted by Johnny Morris)
8. 78/Decca 24034 (Basil Fomeen and His Orchestra with vocal chorus)
9. 78/Gala 1 (Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky's Orchestra) [reissued on Manhattan Nights: The Complete Golden Years Studio Sessions, CD/Definitive Records DRCD11157]
10. 78/Brunswick 10214 (Mario Chamlee)
11. 78/Brunswick 2995 (Carl Fenton's Orchestra with Vocal Chorus)
12. 78/Trend 51 (Ruth Oley with the Jerry Fielding Orchestra) [reissued on Faintly Reminiscent, CD/Jasmine 647]
13. 78/Victor 19868 (Jack Shilkret's Orchestra)
14. 78/Victor 45-0017 (Marie Greene and chorus with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra) [also found on Milton Berle Sings Rodgers And Hart Songs, 10"/RCA Victor P170; reissued on A Collector's Rodgers & Hart, CD/Box Office ENBO-CD #21/99]
15. 78/Vocalion 15162 (Tuxedo Orchestra with vocal chorus)
16. 78/Parlophone A-3108 (Sidney Burchall) [reissued on Dearest Enemy, Bayview RNBW008 (bonus track); The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
17. 78/Victor 35766 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085; Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (bonus track)]
18. Piano Moods, 10"/Columbia C-6152 (Joe Buskin, piano) [reissued on Piano Moods/After Hours, CD/Collectables 7402]
19. Tea For Two, 10"/Columbia C-6149 (Doris Day and Chorus with orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl) [also 45/Columbia B 215; reissued on Tea For Two/Lullaby Of Broadway, CD/Collectables 6690]
20. The Rodgers And Hart Song Book, Verve (S) MGVS-6009 (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) [reissued on The Rodgers And Hart Songbook Volume 2, CD/Verve 821 580-2]
21. Julius Monk Simply Plays! (And/Or Vice Versa), Off Beat (M) OB-400 (Julius Monk)
22. Dearest Enemy, Beginners Productions BRP-1 (John Diedrich and Michelle Summers with musical direction by Freddy Williams) [reissued as CD/Bayview RNBW008]
23. Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling with orchestra conducted by Charles Sandford)
24. Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (Anne Jeffreys with orchestra conducted by Charles Sandford) (reprise)
25. Dearest Enemy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 042 (Helen Ford & Douglas Danbury) (bonus track)
26. The Broadway Musicals Of 1925, CD/Bayview RNBW024 (Howard McGillin with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
27. That's Light Musical Entertainment, CD/Guild Light Music 5158 (unknown performer)
28. Complete Anthology, CD/Universal/MCA 168 (The Mamas and The Papas)
29. Group Harmony & Jump: The Legendary Dig Masters, Vol. 5, CD/Ace 759 (Little Julian Herrera)
30. Imagination, CD/Audiophile ACD-79 (Dick Haymes with the Carmen Dragon Orchestra)
31. It's Magic, CD/Bear Family 15609 (Doris Day and Chorus with orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl) (previously unissued take)
Radio transcriptions performed by Bob Hannon with the Allen Roth Orchestra, the Norman Cloutier Orchestra, the Master Singers, and Ruth Astor and the Fireside Quartet are also known to exist.


If I Were You (originally used in BETSY; also used in LADY LUCK and SHE'S MY BABY):

1. 1. 78/Columbia 4342 (Phyllis Monkman and Leslie Henson with Three Pianos, H.B. Hedley, J. Clarke, and G. Myddleton) [reissued on The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110] 2. 78/HMV C-1346 (Light Opera Company)
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-140 (Dorothy Loudon with Arthur Siegel, piano, John Loehrke, bass, and Jeremy Harris, percussion)
3. Andrea Marcovicci Sings Rodgers & Hart, CD/Andreasong (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham, piano, and Kevin Axt, bass)
4. My Funny Valentine: Frederica Von Stade Sings Rodgers And Hart, CD/EMI CDC 7 54071 2 (Frederica Von Stade, Rosemary Ashe, Lynda Richardson, and Peta Bartlett with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)


Keys To Heaven (originally used in THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1926)):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-140 (David Loud's Men - Robert DuSold, James Moore, Bobby Smith, and David A. Wood with Arthur Siegel, piano, John Loehrke, bass, and Jeremy Harris, percussion)


A Little Birdie Told Me So (originally used in PEGGY ANN):

1. 78/Victor 20493 (Johnny Marvin with Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra) [also 78/HMV B5292; reissued on The Song Is…Rodgers & Hart, ASV AJA 5041]
2. 78/Columbia 9266 (Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) (as "Country Mouse") [also 78/Regal G8982]
3. 78/Columbia 9267 (Columbia Light Opera Company) (with "Country Mouse" lyrics)
4. 78/Music Box 3 (Lee Wiley with Joe Bushkin's Orchestra) [also 78/Gala 3; reissued on Lee Wiley Sings The Songs Of Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart And Harold Arlen, CD/Audiophile ACD-10]
5. Richard Rodgers: Command Performance, CD/Harbinger HCD2501 (Richard Rodgers, piano roll)
6. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (unknown performer)
7. Andrea Marcovicci Sings Rodgers & Hart, CD/Andreasong (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham, piano, and Kevin Axt, bass)
8. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Nancy Anderson with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


A Little Souvenir (originally used in THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1926)):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126 (Elaine Stritch)


Morning Is Midnight (cut from LIDO LADY; later cut from SHE'S MY BABY and added to the 1964 revival of I MARRIED AN ANGEL):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited, Recording Industries Corp 3001 (Dorothy Loudon with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]


Mountain Greenery (originally used in THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1926)):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this Rodgers and Hart standard.


My Heart Stood Still (originally used in A CONNECTICUT YANKEE):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126 (Lynn Redgrave)


Queen Elizabeth (originally used in THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1926)):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126 (Lynn Redgrave)


Sing (originally used in BETSY; same music as "First We Throw Moe Out"; later used in LADY LUCK and LADY FINGERS):

1. 78/Columbia 4340 (Laddie Cliff with Three Pianos, H.B. Hedley, J. Clarke, and G. Myddleton) [reissued on The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. 78/Brunswick 3431 (Park Lane Orchestra with vocal chorus)
3. 78/HMV C-1346 (Light Opera Company) (two renditions)
4. It's Smooth, It's Smart. It's Rodgers, It's Hart!, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MES-7069 (Ronny Whyte and Travis Hudson) [reissued as The Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Audiophile ACD-57]


Sleepyhead (cut from THE GIRL FRIEND; also subsequently cut from THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1926)):

1. Mary Martin Sings, Richard Rodgers Plays, RCA (M) LPM-1539 (Mary Martin with Richard Rodgers, piano, and orchestra conducted by John Lesko) [reissued as CD/RCA Victor 60558-2-RG]
2. The Girl Friend, That's Entertainment 1148 (Barbara King with orchestra conducted by Martin Yates) [reissued as CD/TER ORBIS MUS C N68]
3. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. II, Crewe (S) CR-1343 (Gloria DeHaven with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-139]
4. This Funny World, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5584 (Mary Cleere Haran with musical direction by Richard Rodney Bennett)


This Funny World (originally used in THE GIRL FRIEND):

1. Julie Wilson At Brothers & Sisters Volume 2, Arden (S) B&S 2 (Julie Wilson with William Roy at the piano)
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited, Spruce (S) 101 (Dorothy Loudon with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-116]
3. The Rodgers And Hart Album, RCA (S) ARL1-4123 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano) [reissued as CD/RCA RCD1-5858]
4. Meehan's In, Mercury (M) MG 21043 (Danny Meehan)
5. Life Is Beautiful, Improv 7112 (Tony Bennett with the Torri Zito Trio) [reissued as CD/Concord Jazz 2195]
6. Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart, Improv 7120 (Tony Bennett & The Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet) [reissued on Tony Bennett Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-2243-2]
7. Tony Bennett Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-2243-2 (Tony Bennett & The Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet) (alternate take 3)
8. She Dances Overhead, RCA 89831(Matt Dennis with Harry Geller and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/BMG BVCJ-7463]
9. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Bill Daugherty with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
10. Out On Broadway, CD/Original Cast OC2015 (Eddie Webb with Scott Miller, piano)
11. All Hart: Songs of Lorenz Hart, CD/Sin-Drome/After 9 SD 8947 (Eric Comstock)
12. This Funny World, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5584 (Mary Cleere Haran with musical direction by Richard Rodney Bennett)
13. You'd Better Love Me, CD/Audiophile ACD-121 (Marlene Ver Planck with the Loonis McGlohon Trio)
14. Lucky To Be Me, CD/Landmark 1524 (Wesla Whitfield with Mike Greensill, piano, and Dean Reilly, bass)
15. One True Heart, CD/Northeastern 5002 (Didi Stewart)
16. Taking It To Hart: The Songs Of Rodgers & Hart, CD/Ronnie Scott's Jazz 40 (Ian Shaw)
17. The Beginning 1975, CD/Challenge 73233 (Susannah McCorkle with Keith Ingham, piano)
18. The Waiting Game, CD/Linn 5018 (Claire Martin)
19. My Favorite Things, CD/DRG CDMRS-712 (Monica Lewis)
20. Vintage Grillo, CD/HockeyJazz 21244 (Jerry Grillo)
21. Greatest Voices & Unforgettable Evergreens, CD/Disky Communications 998242 (unidentified performer)


A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square (originally used in LIDO LADY; later used as "A Little House In Soho" in SHE'S MY BABY):

1. 78/Columbia 4227 (Cicely Courtneidge and Harold French with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl 9105]
2. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (unknown performer) (as "A Little Flat Near Soho")
3. A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square, CD/Dutton 6139 (Percival Mackey and His Band)


A Tree In The Park (originally used in PEGGY ANN):

1. 78/Columbia 4540 (Dorothy Dickson with the Gilt Edged Four) [reissued on The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. 78/HMV C-1399 (Light Opera Company with George Baker, Bessie Jones, et al.) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
3. 78/Columbia 9266 (Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [also 78/Regal G8982]
4. 78/Columbia 9267 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
5. 78/Columbia 857 D (Tom Stacks with Harry Reser's Syncopators)
6. 78/Perfect 14767 (Irwin Abrams and His Orchestra)
7. 78/Banner 1930 (The Joy Boys with Fred Rich's Dance Orchestra)
8. 78/Brunswick 3432 (Frank Black and His Orchestra)
9. 78/Brunswick 111 (Helen Morgan with Leslie Hutchinson at the piano) [reissued on The Hits Of Rodgers & Hart, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9794]
10. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. II, Crewe CR 1343 (Blossom Dearie and Charles Rydell with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-139]
11. Great Songs From Hit Shows, Mercury (M) MGP-2-100 (Sarah Vaughan with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney) [reissued as CD/Verve 314 526 464-2]
12. Rodgers And Hart, Walden (M) 304 (Bob Shaver with the John Morris Trio) [reissued on Songs By Cole Porter And Rodgers & Hart, CD/Harbinger HCD 1703]
13. It's Smooth, It's Smart. It's Rodgers, It's Hart!, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MES-7069 (Ronny Whyte and Travis Hudson) [reissued as The Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Audiophile ACD-57]
14. This Funny World, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5584 (Mary Cleere Haran with musical direction by Richard Rodney Bennett)
15. Crazy Rhythm, CD/Fynsworth Alley 062160 (Mary Cleere Haran with musical direction by Richard Rodney Bennett)
16. The Rodgers And Hart CD, CD/RCA RCD1-5858 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
17. New York, New York! A Broadway Extravaganza, CD/ProArte CDD 594 (New York City Gay Men's Chorus with orchestra conducted by Gary Miller)
18. Richard Rodgers: Command Performance, CD/Harbinger HCD2501 (Richard Rodgers, piano roll) (two renditions)
19. Songs Of New York, CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502 (Kim Criswell and Cris Groenendaal with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)


Try Again Tomorrow (originally used in LIDO LADY; also used in SHE'S MY BABY):

1. 78/Columbia 4228 (Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes) [reissued on Sunny/Show Boat/Lido Lady, CD/Pearl 9105; The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-140 (Susan Stroman with Robert Marks, piano, John Loehrke, bass, and Jeremy Harris, percussion)


What's The Use Of Talking? (originally used in THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1926); subsequently added to the London production of THE GIRL FRIEND):

1. 78/Victor 20089 (Fran Frey, Bob Borger, and Larry Murphy with George Olsen and His Music) [also 78/Gramophone B 5313]
2. 78/HMV C1399 (Light Opera Company with George Baker, Derek Oldham et al.) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
3. 78/HMV C1409 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Carroll Gibbons) [reissued on The Boy Friend, CD/Sepia 1042 (bonus track)]
4. 78/Brunswick 109 (Fred Elizalde, piano solo)
5. 78/Columbia 9267 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
6. The Girl Friend, That's Entertainment 1148 (Mark Barratt, Catherine Francoise, and Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Martin Yates) [reissued as CD/TER ORBIS MUS C N68]
7. It's Smooth, It's Smart. It's Rodgers, It's Hart!, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MES-7069 (Ronny Whyte and Travis Hudson) [reissued as The Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Audiophile ACD-57]
8. Richard Rodgers: Command Performance, CD/Harbinger HCD2501 (Richard Rodgers, piano roll)
9. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (unknown performer)


Where's That Rainbow? (originally used in PEGGY ANN):

1. 78/Columbia 4540 (Dorothy Dickson with the Gilt Edged Four) [reissued on The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. 78/HMV C-1399 (Light Opera Company with George Baker, Bessie Jones, et al.) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
3. 78/Columbia 9266 (Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice) [also 78/Regal G8982]
4. 78/Columbia 9267 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
5. 78/HMV B5292 (Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Song Is…Rodgers & Hart, ASV AJA 5041]
6. 78/Columbia 4620 (Singing Sophomores with piano)
7. 78/Columbia 857 D (Harry Reser's Syncopators)
8. 78/Brunswick 3432 (Frank Black and His Orchestra)
9. 78/M-G-M 30173 (Ann Southern with the M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton) [also 45/MGM K30173; reissued on Essential Hollywood and Broadway Musicals, CD/Disky 99653]
10. 78/Victor 20455 (Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice with George Olsen and His Music) [reissued on Beyond The Blue Horizon, CD/ASV/Living Era 5388]
11. Rodgers And Hart 1927-1942, JJA (M) 19734 (Helen Morgan with Leslie Hutchinson at the piano)
12. Julius Monk Simply Plays! (And/Or Vice Versa), Off Beat (M) OB-400 (Julius Monk)
13. Richard Rodgers, Embassy (S) EMB 31019 (unknown singer)
14. The Rodgers And Hart Album, RCA ARL1-4123 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano) [reissued as The Rodgers And Hart CD, CD/RCA RCD1-5858]
15. Trigger Happy!, Riverside RP 12-225 (Trigger Alpert)
16. It's All Over But The Swingin', Decca D-8641 (Sammy Davis, Jr. with orchestra directed by Mort Stevens) [reissued on It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing, CD/Universal/Decca 9150]
17. Games That Lovers Play, RCA Victor SP-3726 (Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra) [reissued on Games That Lovers Play/People Like You, CD/Collectables 2833]
18. East Coast Sounds, Jazzland 11 (Zoot ms, tenor saxo, Al Cohn, baritone sax, Tony Scott, clarinet, Joe Wilder, trumpet, and Urbie Green, trombone) [reissued as CD/Original Jazz Classics 1012]
19. My Name Is Barbra, Two..., Columbia CS-9209 (Barbra Streisand) [reissued as CD/Columbia CK-9209]
20. Richard Rodgers: Command Performance, CD/Harbinger HCD2501 (Richard Rodgers, piano roll)
21. KT Sullivan Sings The Sweetest Sounds Of Richard Rodgers, CD/DRG 91462 (KT Sullivan with musical direction by Larry Woodard)
22. Heart To Heart, CD/K.O. 1 (Betty Buckley with musical direction by Kenny Warner)
23. The Charleston Days, CD/Pearl Flapper 9706 (Edythe Baker)
24. The Columbia Album Of Richard Rodgers, CD/Sony Music Special Products AK 47867/8 (Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra)
25. Taking A Chance On Love, CD/Kritzerland (Milla Ilieva)
26. With A Song In Their Hearts, CD/Avid 538 (unknown performer)
27. Nobody Else But Me, Atlantic SD-1574 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with music conducted by Phil Moore) [reissued as CD/Atlantic/WEA 82710]
28. Nice Work, CD/Landmark 1544 (Wesla Whitfield with the Mike Greensill Trio)
A radio transcription performed by the Allen Roth Orchestra is also known to exist.


Why Do I? (originally used in THE GIRL FRIEND):

1. The Girl Friend, That's Entertainment 1148 (Jill Pert and John Gower with orchestra conducted by Martin Yates) [reissued as CD/TER ORBIS MUS C N68]
2. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. III, Painted Smiles PS 1366 (Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-106]
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Bill Daugherty and Nancy Anderson with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


Unrecorded Material:

I Want A Man (cut from LIDO LADY)