SHANGRI-LA
Composer: Harry
Warren
Lyricists: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (with additional
lyrics by Sheldon Harnick)
Opened: June 13, 1956, Winter Garden
Theatre, NYC
Performances: 21
Father Perrault Ballet (aka "The Story Of Shangri-La") (M: Genevieve Pilot):
1. Ballet On Broadway, RCA
LPM-1865 (Wyatt Cooper, narrator, with Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lehman
Engel) (unreleased) [reissued on Painted Smiles (M) 1354; Ballet On Broadway
& Nantucket, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-149]
Finale:
1. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The
Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Chorus)
I'm
Just A Little Bit Confused:
1. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The
Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Alice Ghostley)
Listen To The Sound Of My Love
(unused):
1. Broadway Melodies, Kapp (M)
KL-1033 (Buddy Greco and his Quartet)
Lost
Horizon:
1. 45/MGM K12233 (Ocie Smith with
orchestra and chorus conducted by Joe Lipman)
2. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley,
The Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Chorus)
3. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The
Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Chorus) (reprise)
4. The Flower Of The Musical
World, Coral (M) CL 57064 (Ray Bloch and his Chorus and Orchestra) [also
45/Coral 9-61635]
5. Where, Oh Where: Rare Songs Of The American Theater,
CD/Premier PRCD 1001 (Judy Kaye with Peter Howard, piano)
Love Is What I Never Knew:
1. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley,
The Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Richard Basehart and Marisa
Pavan)
Man In The Dark (L: James Hilton,
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee) (unused;added to the television
version):
1. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The
Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Richard Basehart)
Men Are Only Boys Grown Tall (L: James Hilton, Jerome
Lawrence and Robert E. Lee) (cut; added to the television
version):
1. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The
Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Helen Gallagher)
Om Mani Padme Hum:
1. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The
Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Chorus)
Second
Time In Love:
1. 45/Capitol F3412 (Margaret
Whiting with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) [reissued on HelloYoung
Lovers, CD/Dutton Vocalion 4214; My Ideal, CD/Jasmine 174]
2.
Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Helen Gallagher and
Gene Nelson)
Shangri-La:
1. 45/MGM K12220 (Charlie
Applewhite with orchestra conducted by LeRoy Holmes)
2. 45/RCA Victor
47-6487 (The Voices Of Walter Schumann)
3. 45/RCA Victor 47-6552 (June Valli
with Neal Hefti and his Orchestra) [reissued on Body & Soul, CD/Jasmine
658]
4. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Richard
Basehart)
5. Broadway Melodies, Kapp (M) KL-1033 (Buddy Greco and his
Quartet)
6. The Flower Of The Musical World, Coral (M) CL 57064 (Ray Bloch
and his Chorus and Orchestra)
7. Lost Broadway And More, CDr/Original Cast
(William Zeffiro, piano and voice)
8. The Lighter Side Of Julian Patrick And
Friends, CD/Take Two TT2002 (Julian Patrick and Entire Company with orchestra
conducted by Bill McKenna)
Walk Sweet:
1. 78/Decca 29969 (Sylvia Syms
with orchestra directed by Jack Pleis) [also 45/Decca 9-29969]
2.
Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Marisa Pavan)
The World Outside:
1. Shangri-La/Shinbone Alley, The
Sound Of Broadway (M) 300/1 (Richard Basehart and Marisa
Pavan)
Unrecorded
Numbers:
The Beetle Race
Chant Of The
Dead Pilot (added to television version)
Dance Of Moderate Chastity
(dance)
Dance of Time (dance employing music of "Every Time You Danced With
Me")
Dance of Welcome (dance)
En Route To The High Lama (added to the
television version)
Entr'acte Every Night (cut)
Every Time You Danced
With Me
In The Hollow Of His Hand (cut; added to the 1960 television
version)
It's Fun To Be In London (unused)
Long Ago (unused)
The Man I
Never Met (L: James Hilton, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee)
Moderation
(cut)
No Night To Fear (L: James Hilton, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee)
(unused)
Nothing Much To Do (unused)
Overture
Remember Him (L: James
Hilton, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee)
(unused)
Requiem
Somewhere
Talkin' With Your Feet
We've Decided To
Stay
What Do You Do (L: James Hilton, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee)
(cut)
What Every Old Girl Should Know
When We Are Born Again
(unused)