SIGH NO MORE
Composer: Noel
Coward
Lyricist: Noel Coward
Opened: August 28, 1945, Piccadilly Theatre, London
Performances: 213
Du Maurier :
1. 78/Decca F-8561 (Joyce
Grenfell with Mantovani and His Orchestra) [reissued on Joyce
Grenfell Requests The Pleasure Of Your Company, CD/Sepia 1046]
I Wonder What Happened To Him?
(subsequently used in NOEL COWARD'S SWEET POTATO and OH
COWARD!):
1. 78/HMV B-9433 (Noel
Coward with piano accompaniment by Carroll Gibbons) [reissued on
The Master's Voice, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
2. Noel Coward In New York, Columbia ML 5163 (Noel Coward with
orchestra direction and piano accompaniment by Peter Matz)
[reissued as CD/DRG 19038]
3. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (Jonathan Cecil, John
Moffatt, and Derek Waring with orchestra conducted by John
Burrows) [reissued as CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72394 2]
4. Sail Away and Other Coward Rarities, CD/Harbinger HCD 1701
(Noel Coward with Norman Hackforth, piano)
5. Noel/Cole "Let's Do It!", CD/Silva Screen SONGCD 910 (David
Kernan and Peter Greenwell with Jason Carr and Paul Bateman,
pianos, Steve McManus, bass, and Richard Cole, drums)
6. Mad Dogs And Englishmen, CD/Lmsys 3 (Courtney Kenny)
7. I Wonder What Happened To Him, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8.120721
(Noel Coward with Norman Hackforth, piano)
Matelot (subsequently used in NOEL
COWARD'S SWEET POTATO and COWARDY CUSTARD):
1. 78/HMV B-9434 (Noel
Coward with the Piccadilly Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Mantovani) [reissued on The Master's Voice, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919
2]
2. 78/Decca F8562 (Graham Payn with Mantovani and His Orchestra)
[reissued on After The Ball, CD/Sepia 1043]
3. 78/HMV C-3636 (Grahm Payn with orchestra conducted by Harry
Acres)
4. Noel Coward Favorites, 10"/MGM (M) E195 (Paul Britten and His
Orchestra)
5. Noel Coward At Las Vegas, Columbia (M) ML-5063 (Noel Coward
with Peter Matz, piano, and Carlton Davis and His Orchestra)
[reissued as CD/DRG 19037]
6. Bobby Short Is Mad About Noel Coward, Atlantic (S) SD 2-607
(Bobby Short with William Roy, piano) [reissued as
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6769]
7. Julie Andrews Sings, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1681 (Julie Andrews)
[reissued as CD/BMG 35025]
8. Johnny One Time, Decca D-75111 (Brenda Lee)
9. The King's Singers Sing Flanders & Swann And Noel Coward,
EMI (S) EMC 3196 (The King's Singers) [reissued on CAS/Moss
Music Group CMG-1120]
10. A Talent To Amuse, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3048
(Mark Wynter with music directed by Grant Hossack)
11. Mad Dogs And Englishmen, CD/Lmsys 3 (Courtney Kenny)
12. Noel Coward Songs: A Room With A View, CD/Newport Classic
NPD 85647 (Richard Conrad with William Merrill, piano)
13. Noel Coward: A Portrait, CD/Aquarius AQCD543 (Peter Pringle)
14. The Words And Music Of Noel Coward, CD/EMI 5 20727 2 (Cleo
Laine)
15. Noel/Cole "Let's Do It!", CD/Silva Screen SONGCD 910 (David
Kernan with Jason Carr and Paul Bateman, pianos, Steve McManus,
bass, and Richard Cole, drums)
16. Liedjes 3 & 4, CD/Universal (Wim Sonneveld)
17. The North Beach Sound, CD/Boynton Productions (Ned Boynton)
18. The Renegades Cantaitalia, CD/Duck Recordings (The
Renegades) (unverified)
19. Electro from Melfi, Vol. 1, CD/Buena Suerte (Davide
Logrippo) (unverified)
20. De Bleu Sombre Et D'Or, CD/Idéal Bal (Idéal Bal)
(unverified)
21. My Lagan Love, CD/Si-Wan Records SRMC5017 (Flibbertigibbet)
(unverified)
22. Acadie: Patrie Sans Frontiere, CD/Wagram Records 3051572
(unknown performer) (unverified)
23. Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward, CD/Ghostlight 12904
(Christine Ebersole with Lawrence Yurman, piano)
24. Gay Love, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP ES0804 (Timothy
Britten Parker with musical direction by Richard Danley)
Never Again (same music as "Headless
Dance" in NOEL COWARD'S SWEET POTATO):
1. 78/HMV B-9435 (Noel
Coward with the Picadilly Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Mantovani) [reissued on The Master's Voice, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919
2]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 253 (Greta Keller accompanied by Cy
Walter's Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1939,
CD/Encore ENCDNO1/2]
3. 78/Brunswick 8316 (Larry Cotton with Horace Heidt and His
Musical Knights)
4. 78/Victor 26148 (Jack Leonard with Tommy Dorsey and His
Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Tommy Dorsey And His
Orchestra 1938-1939, CD/Classics 1197]
5. Noel Coward Revisited, Painted Smiles PS-1355 (Laurence
Harvey with music direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-110]
6. Mad About The Man: Carmen McRae Sings Noel Coward, Decca
DL-8662 (Carmen McRae with orchestra directed by Jack Pleis)
[reissued as CD/Universal MVCJ-19202]
7. The Broadway Musicals Of 1939, CD/Bayview RNBW025 (Marie
Danvers with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
8. Barbara Lea And Keith Ingham Are Mad About The Boy: The Songs
Of Noel Coward, CD/Challenge CHR 70073 (Barbara Lea with Keith
Ingham, piano, and rhythm accompaniment)
9. Bobby Short Is Mad About Noel Coward, Atlantic (S) SD 2-607
(Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and
Richard Sheridan, drums) [reissued as CD/Collectables
COL-CD-6769]
10. The Noel Coward Songbook, CD/EMI Classics 5 57374 2 (Ian
Bostridge with Jeffrey Tate, piano)
11. Noel Coward Songs: A Room With A View, CD/Newport Classic
NPD 85647 (Richard Conrad with William Merrill, piano)
12. Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward, CD/Ghostlight 12904
(Christine Ebersole with Lawrence Yurman, piano)
Nina:
1. 78/HMV B-9434 (Noel
Coward with the Piccadilly Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Mantovani) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward,
CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
2. 78/Decca DU 40062 (Greta Keller with Gerard Van Krevelen and
His Orchestra) [reissued on Mine Alone, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6037]
3. World Weary: The Songs Of Noel Coward, 10"/Heritage (M)
H-0054 (Harry Noble with Stuart Ross at the piano) [reissued on
Noel Coward And Harry Noble Sing Coward, CD/Must Close Saturday
Records MCSR 3030]
4. Noel Coward At Las Vegas, Columbia (M) ML-5063 (Noel Coward
with Peter Matz, piano, and Carlton Davis and His Orchestra)
[reissued as CD/DRG 19037]
5. Bobby Short Is Mad About Noel Coward, Atlantic (S) SD 2-607
(Bobby Short with William Roy, piano) [reissued as
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6769]
6. The King's Singers Sing Flanders & Swann And Noel Coward,
EMI (S) EMC 3196 (The King's Singers) [reissued as CAS/Moss
Music Group CMG-1120]
7. Regards To Broadway, Centerline (S) CPI 8002 (Judith Dow with
orchestra conducted by Bradley Bloom)
8. Let Me See You Smile, Erase (S) EO697 (Courtney Kenny)
9. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (John Moffat) [reissued as
CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72394 2]
10. Noel Coward On The Air, CD/Flapper PAST CD 7840 (Noel
Coward)
11. Noel Coward: A Portrait, CD/Aquarius AQCD543 (Peter Pringle)
12. Barbara Lea And Keith Ingham Are Mad About The Boy: The
Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Challenge CHR 70073 (Barbara Lea with
Keith Ingham, piano, and rhythm accompaniment)
13. The Words And Music Of Noel Coward, CD/EMI 5 20727 2 (Dickie
Henderson)
14. I Wonder What Happened To Him, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8.120721
(Noel Coward with Norman Hackforth, piano)
15. Craig Jessup Sings Noel Coward, CD/No label 20-06074 (Craig
Jessup with Barry Lloyd, piano)
16. Noel & Cole: Together With Music, CD/Oakton ORCD1001
(Valerie Anastasio with Tim Harbold, piano, and Benjamin Sears
and Braford Conner, percussion)
17. Noel Coward and Ivor Novello: Glamorous Nights, CD/Reader's
Digest 245-0007 (Michael Law, piano)
18. Noel/Cole "Let's Do It!," CD/Silva Screen SONGCD 910 (David
Kernan with Jason Carr and Paul Bateman, pianos, Steve McManus,
bass, and Richard Cole, drums)
19. A Talent To Amuse, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3048
(Cyril Ritchard with music directed by Grant Hossack)
20. Together With Music, CD/DRG CDXP1103 (Noel Coward with
musical direction by Tutti Camarata)
The Parting Of The Ways (cut):
1. Lost Broadway And
More, CDr/Original Cast (William Zeffiro and Lynne Wilson with
William Zeffiro, piano)
Sigh No More:
1. 78/Decca F-8562 (Graham
Payn with Mantovani and His Orchestra) [reissued on After The
Ball, CD/Sepia 1043]
2. 78/HMV C-3636 (Grahm Payn with orchestra conducted by Harry
Acres)
3. 78/HMV B-9433 (Noel Coward with the Piccadilly Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Mantovani) [reissued on The Master's
Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
4. Noel Coward In New York, Columbia ML 5163 (Noel Coward with
orchestra direction and piano accompaniment by Peter Matz)
[reissued as CD/DRG 19038]
5. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (Anna Sharkey) [reissued as
CD/Masterworks Broadway 88883 72394 2]
6. The Shearing Piano, Capitol T909 (George Shearing, piano)
[reissued as CD/Blue Note 31574]
7. If Love Were All: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Canzona CANZ
CD2 (Dominic Alldis, piano and voice, with rhythm accompaniment)
8. I Wonder What Happened To Him, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8.120721
(Noel Coward with Norman Hackforth, piano)
9. Noel Coward Songs: A Room With A View, CD/Newport Classic NPD
85647 (Richard Conrad with William Merrill, piano)
10. Moments Like This, Elektra (S) 60002 (Bobby Short, piano and
voice, with orchestra conducted by Dick Hazard) [reissued on On
The East Side/Moments Like This, CD/Collectables COL-CD-7655]
11. Barbara Lea And Keith Ingham Are Mad About The Boy: The
Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Challenge CHR 70073 (Barbara Lea with
Keith Ingham, piano, and rhythm accompaniment)
12. Femme…Femmes!, CD/ Plaza Major 17268 (Helene Delavault)
That Is The End Of The News
(subsequently used in COWARDY CUSTARD):
1. 78/Decca F8561 (Joyce
Grenfell with Mantovani and His Orchestra) [reissued on Noel
Coward: Centenary Celebration, CD/Prism PLATCD 118; also found
on Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure Of Your Company,
CD/Sepia 1046]
2. Noel Coward Revisited, MGM SE-4430 (Hermione Gingold and
Nancy Andrews with music direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-110]
3. If They Could See Me Now!: A Night Of 100 Stars, That's
Entertainment Records (S) TERX 1087 (Angela Douglas and David
Kernan with musical direction by Matthew Freeman)
4. A Talent To Amuse, CDr/No label 5 026107 042069 (James Hay
with Anne Clements, piano)
5. A Talent To Amuse, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3048
(Avril Angers, Hy Hazell, Stella Moray, and June Whitfield with
music directed by Grant Hossack)
6. A Talent To Amuse, CD/Silva Treasury SILVAD 3009 (Peter
Greenwell)
7. Cowards In The Wings, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR
3053 (Adrian Wright with Annette Jude, piano)
8. An Evening With Sheridan Morley & Michael Law,
CD/Piccadilly Dance Orchestra PICCD 101 (Michael Law, piano and
voice)
Three Theatrical Dames (considered for
but not used in show; originally written for HOI POLLOI):
1. Night Of 100 Stars, World Records
R40 (Peter Ustinov, Laurence Harvey, and Paul Scofield)
2. A Changing World, CD/Reynolds
Ensemble REYNOLDSCD02 (Simon Green with David Shrubsole,
piano)
Wait A Bit, Joe:
1. 78/HMV B-9435 (Noel
Coward with the Piccadilly Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Mantovani) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel Coward,
CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
2. Noel Coward In New York, Columbia ML 5163 (Noel Coward with
orchestra direction and piano accompaniment by Peter Matz)
[reissued as CD/DRG 19038]
3. Bobby Short Is Mad About Noel Coward, Atlantic (S) SD 2-607
(Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and
Richard Sheridan, drums) [reissued as CD/Collectables
COL-CD-6769]
4. A Changing World, CD/Reynolds
Ensemble REYNOLDSCD02 (Simon Green with David Shrubsole, piano)
Unrecorded Material:
The Burchells Of Battersea
Rise (cut)
Japanese Spies (cut)
The Merry Wives Of Windsor (cut)
Mother And Daughter (cut)
Sunday Afternoons (considered for but not used in show;
originally written for HOI POLLOI)
Waltzing (unused)
Willy (cut)