STARLIGHT ROOF

Composer: George Melachrino
Lyricist: Matt Brooks; Eric Maschwitz

Opened: October 23, 1947, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown

Note: A complete song list is not available at this time.

Hold It Joe:

1. 78/Columbia DB2401 (Pat Kirkwood with the Starlight Roof Orchestra conducted by Guy Daines) [reissued on Miss Show Business, CD/Blue Silver 001]


I'll Think It Over:

1. 78/Columbia DB2400 (Pat Kirkwood and Vic Oliver with the Starlight Roof Orchestra conducted by Guy Daines) [reissued on Miss Show Business, CD/Blue Silver 001]


Make Mine Allegro:

1. 78/Columbia DB2400 (Pat Kirkwood with the Starlight Roof Orchestra conducted by Guy Daines) [reissued on Miss Show Business, CD/Blue Silver 001]


Polonaise from "Mignon" (M/L: Thomas):

1. 78/Columbia DB-2401 (Julie Andrews introduced by Vic Oliver) [reissued on Once Upon A Time, CD/Sepia 1103]


So Little Time:

1. 78/Columbia DB2400 (Pat Kirkwood with the Starlight Roof Orchestra conducted by Guy Daines) [reissued on Miss Show Business, CD/Blue Silver 001]


South America, Take It Away (M/L: Harold Rome) (originally used in CALL ME MISTER):

1. Call Me Mister, 78/Decca DA 466 (Betty Garrett with orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel) [reissued as CD/Decca Broadway B0000831-02]
2. 78/Decca 23569 (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with orchestra conducted by Vic Shoen) [reissued on Bing Crosby's Gold Records, CD/MCA 11719]
3. 78/Musicraft 381 (Mel Torme and His Mel-Tones with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra) [reissued on There's No One But You, CD/Discovery 70060]
4. 78/Columbia 37051 (Buddy Clark with Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra) [reissued on 16 Most Requested Songs, CD/Columbia/Legacy CK-48976]
5. 78/Majestic 7202 (Rosemary Calvin with George Paxton and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Path PA 2423 (Alain Romans, piano, Et Ses Rythmes with Jerry Mengo, bass, and Roger Grasset, guitar)
7. 78/Polydor 560.024 (Jane Morgan with Bernard Hilda and His Orchestra) [reissued on Champs-Elysses Club, CD/Marianne Melodie]
8. A Touch Of Rome, 10"/Heritage LP-H-0053 (Harold Rome, piano and voice) [reissued on CD/DRG 5249]
9. And Then I Wrote…, Coral (M) CRL 57082 (Harold Rome, piano and voice)
10. Follies Fantastique, Philips(S) STO 777 (unkown performer)
11. Heath Vs. Ros: Swing Vs. Latin, London SP-44038 (Ted Heath and His Orchestra and Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra) [reissued as CD/ Dutton Vocalion 4123]
12. Reminesce With Ros, London Phase 4 SP-44222 (Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra) [reissued as Ros Remembers, CD/Vocalion 4310]
13. Chiquita Banana: Edmundo Ros And His Rumba Band Vol. 4/1946-1947, CD/Harlequin Records 105]
14. Miss Show Business, CD/Blue Silver 001 (Pat Kirkwood)
15. In The Mood, CD/Music Digital 6456 (Joe Loss)
16. Tango Bolero: Tango Mambo Samba And More, CD/Into U (Juann Llossas)
17. Xavier Cugat With Jose Luis Monero: 1946-1948, CD/Harlequin Records 170 (Jose Montero with the Xavier Cugat Orchestra)
18. Live From The Statler-Hilton & Roseland Hotels 1950s, CD/Harlequin Records 154 (Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra)
19. Ein Phanomen Wird 80, CD/Koch Records 330118 (Horst Winter)
20. Essential Collection, CD/Castle Pulse 379 (Geraldo and His Orchestra)
21. The Complete AFRS Benny Goodman Shows, Vol. 3, CD/Sounds of Yester Year DSOY 831 (Benny Goodman Orchestra, Trio and Sextet)
22. Sounds Of The Circus, Vol. 24: Circus Marches, CD/Sounds of the Circus 224 (South Shore Concert Band)
23. American Dream Duets, CD/Publicdom 61252 (unknown performers)
24. Non-Stop Evergreens, CD/Pickwick 404020 (James Last)
25. Chansons: Les Annees Decca 1945-1948, CD/Chansophone 701822 (unknown performer)
26. 50 Ans De Chansons Inoubliables, CD/Rym (Los Camagueyanos)
27. The Hits, CD/BR Music 408 (Rod McKuen)
Radio transcriptions performed by Patti Dugan and The Jumpin' Jacks, Phil Spitalny All-Girl Orchestra, and the Les Brown Orchestra are also known to exist.


Starlight Roof Waltz:

1. 78/HMV B-9610 (The Melachrino Orchestra conducted by George Melachrino) [reissued on The Golden Light Age Of Light Music: War And Peace - Light Music Of The 1940s, CD/Guild 5171]


Violins In The Night:

1. 78/Columbia DB2400 (Chorus with the Starlight Roof Orchestra conducted by Guy Daines) (with "Introduction") [reissued on Miss Show Business, CD/Blue Silver 001]


Wild West End:

1. 78/Columbia DB2401 (Chorus with the Starlight Roof Orchestra conducted by Guy Daines) [reissued on Miss Show Business, CD/Blue Silver 001]