SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
Composer: Gene De
Paul; Joel Hirschorn
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer; Joel Hirschorn; Al Kasha
Opened: July 8, 1982, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.; July 5,
1985, Old Vic, London
Performances: 5 (N.Y.C.); ? (London)
Note: Only recordings of songs not found on the original London cast album are noted below.
Challenge
Dance:
1. Song From Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/JAY CDJAY 1436
(National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martin Yates)
June Bride (M: Gene De Paul; L: Johnny Mercer) (originally
used in the film version; cut prior to New York):
1. Seven Brides For Seven
Brothers, MGM (M) E 244 (Virginia Gibson & Girls with the
MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Adolph Deutsch) [reissued as
CD/Rhino 71966]
2. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Music For Pleasure MFP 1122
(Lorraine Smith, Janette Gail, Venetia Fernandez, and Betty
Winsett with orchestra conducted by Geoff Love)
3. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Rhino 71966 (Virginia
Gibson, Barbara Ames, Betty Allan, Betty Noyes, Marie Vernon,
Norma Zimmer, and Jane Powell with the MGM Studio Orchestra
conducted by Adolph Deutsch) (reprise)
4. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Pickwick 4209 (Female
Chorus with the West End Orchestra conducted by Matthew Freeman)
5. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Tanit TMCD012 (Spanish
cast with musical direction by Amed Torrecilla)
6. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/EMI 7243 4 98531 2 6
(Tosca, with orchestra conducted by Giovanni Maria Lori)
7. Louisiana Hayride Comedy, CD/Music Mill 70021 (Ferlin Husky)
(unverified)
Queen Of The May (M: Gene De Paul; L:
Johnny Mercer) (written for the film but not used; also not
used in stage version):
1. Seven Brides For Seven
Brothers, CD/Rhino 71966 (Stanley Donen and Saul Chaplin) (demo)
Social Dance (M: Gene De Paul):
1. Seven Brides For Seven
Brothers, CD/Rhino 71966 (MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by
Adolph Deutsch) (as "Barn Dance")
2. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Music For Pleasure MFP 1122
(Company with orchestra conducted by Geoff Love) (as "Hoedown")
3. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Pickwick 4209 (Chorus
with West End Orchestra conducted by Matthew Freeman) (as
"Hoedown")
When You're In Love (M: Gene De Paul;
L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in the film version; cut
prior to New York):
1. 45/Capitol F2918 (Les
Baxter with his Chorus and Orchestra)
2. 45/Mercury 70468-X45 (Tommy Prisco with Hugo Peretti and His
Orchestra)
3. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, MGM (M) E 244 (Howard Keel
and Jane Powell with the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by
Adolph Deutsch) [reissued as CD/Rhino 71966]
4. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Music For Pleasure MFP 1122
(Mary Millar and Tony Adams with orchestra conducted by Geoff
Love)
5. Look To Your Heart, RCA Victor (S) LSP-4052 (Perry Como and
the Ray Charles singers with orchestra conducted by Nick Perito)
6. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Rhino 71966 (Jane Powell
with the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Adolph Deutsch)
7. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Rhino 71966 (Howard Keel
with the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Adolph Deutsch)
8. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Rhino 71966 (Stanley
Donen and Saul Chaplin) (demo)
9. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Pickwick 4209 (Edmund
Hockridge with West End Orchestra conducted by Matthew Freeman)
10. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/Tanit TMCD012 (Spanish
cast with musical direction by Amed Torrecilla)
11. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/EMI 7243 4 98531 2 6
(Tosca with orchestra conducted by Giovanni Maria Lori)
12. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/EMI 7243 4 98531 2 6
(Tosca, Manuel Frattini, and The Brothers with orchestra
conducted by Giovanni Maria Lori)
13. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, CD/EMI 7243 4 98531 2 6
(Tosca and Raffaele Paganini with orchestra conducted by
Giovanni Maria Lori)
14. Live In Concert, CD/BBC/Pickwick PWKS 860 (Howard Keel with
musical direction by Richard Holmes)
Unrecorded Material:
Drat 'Em (M: Gene De
Paul; L: Johnny Mercer) (lyric missing; written for the film but
not used; also not used in stage version)
Get A Wife (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn) (cut)
I Married Seven Brothers (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn) (cut)
I'm Jumpin In (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn) (cut)
If I Was A Different Man (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn) (cut)
It's Up To Us (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn) (cut)
Shotgun Wedding (M: Gene De Paul; L: Johnny Mercer) (lyric
missing; written for the film but not used; also not used in
stage version)
Some Place Of My Own (M: Gene De Paul; L: Johnny Mercer)
(written for the film but not used; also not used in stage
version)
Spring Dance (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn)
Star Songs (M: Gene De Paul; L: Johnny Mercer) (written for the
film but not used; also not used in stage version)
They'll Come A Day (M: Gene De Paul; L: Johnny Mercer) (written
for the film but not used; also not used in stage version)
When They Grow Up (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn) (cut)
Women's Work (M/L: Al Kasha; Joel Hirschorn) (cut)
You Take After Your Mother (M: Gene De Paul; L: Johnny Mercer)
(written for the film but not used; also not used in stage
version)