SILK STOCKINGS
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: February 24, 1955, Imperial Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 477
Note: Only material not
found on the original Broadway cast album or the film sountrack
is noted below.
Give Me The Land (unused):
1. Unpublished Cole Porter
Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1358 (Edward Earle and Entire
Company) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
If Ever We Get Out Of Jail (unused;
same music as "As On Through The Seasons We Sail"):
For recordings of "As On
Through The Seasons We Sail" see:
1. Silk Stockings, RCA Victor LOC 1016 (Don Ameche and Hildegard
Neff with orchestra conducted by Herbert Greene) [reissued as
CD/RCA Victor 1102-2-RG]
2. Broadway '55, Decca (M) DL 8099 (Fred Waring and the
Pennsylvanians) [also 45/Decca 9-29332]
Let's Make It A Night (unused):
1. Lost In Boston,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5475 (Lynnette Perry and Jonathan
Freeman with musical direction by James Stenborg)
The Perfume Of Love (unused):
1. Discovery, RCA Victor
(S) LSC-2986 (Larry Adler, harmonica, and Morton Gould and his
Orchestra)
There's A Hollywood That's Good (cut):
1. Love, Linda, CD/150 Music 150M11 (Stevie Holland with
Landon Knoblock, piano, Peter Brendler, bass, and Jeff
Davis, drums)
Under The Dress (unused):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Ann Hampton Callaway)
Unrecorded Material:
Art (cut)
Bebe Of Gay Paree (unused; music does not survive)
I'm The Queen Thamar (aka "I'm The Queen That Goes Too Far")
(unfinished; no music survives)
Keep Your Chin Up (unfinished; no music survives)
What A Ball (unused; based on song sketch titled "Play The
Boston")
Why Should I Trust You? (unused)