STRIKE ME PINK

Composer: Ray Henderson
Lyricist: Lew Brown

Opened: March 4, 1933, Majestic Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 122

Note: An earlier version of this musical was called FORWARD MARCH.

Home To Harlem:

1. 78/Brunswick 20120 (Anson Weeks & His Orchestra)


I Hate To Think That You'll Grow Old, Baby:

1. 78/ Victor 24277 (Ramona and Her Grand Piano) [reissued on Ramona And Her Grand Piano, CD/The Old Masters 116]
2. 78/Brunswick 20120 (Art Wilson with Anson Weeks & His Orchestra)


If I Feel This Way Tomorrow (Then It's Love) (not used):

1. 78/Decca 3566 (Carol Bruce with Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Decca 3582 (Henry Wells with Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy) [reissued on The Chronological Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy 1940-1942, CD/Classics 681]


It's Great To Be Alive (originally used in HOT-CHA!):

1. 78/Brunswick 20120 (Harriet Lee with Anson Weeks & His Orchestra)
2. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited Volume II, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-145 (Margaret Whiting)


Let's Call It A Day:

1. 78/Romeo 2055 (Elmer Feldkamp with Bob Causer and His Cornellians) [also 78/Banner 32742; 78/Melotone M 12671; 78/Oriole 2682 A]
2. 78/Decca F. 3723 (Ambrose with the massed bands of Jack Hylton, Roy Fox, and Lew Stone) (unverified)
3. 78/4 in 1 69 (George Dosher, bass)
4. 78/Victor 24170 (Frank Munn with Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra) [reissued on Three O'Clock In The Morning, CD/Flare VIX 9005]
5. 78/Brunswick 20120 (Art Wilson with Anson Weeks & His Orchestra)
6. All Aglow Again, Capitol (S) ST-1366 (Peggy Lee) [reissued as CD/Collectors' Choice Music CCM 921]
7. Best Of The Big Bands: Claude Thornhill, CD/Columbia CK-46152 (Claude Thornhill)
8. The Complete Young Lee Wiley (1931-37), CD/Unknown label (Lee Wiley with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra) (four takes)
9. Broadcasts And Rarities, CD/Jass Records 15 (Lee Wiley)
10. Art Deco: The Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich, CD/Columbia/Legacy CK-53209 (Marlene Dietrich)
11. Sophisticated Ladies, CD/Universal Import 001534702 (Charlie Haden Quartet West)
12. The Best Things In Life Are Free: The Songs Of Ray Henderson, CD/ASV/Living Era 5207 (Hutch with Harry Roy and His Orchestra)
13. Say It With Music, CD/ASV/Living Era 5487 (Jack Payne)
14. Manhattan Nights: The Complete Golden Years Studio Sessions, CD/Definitive Records DRCD11157 (Lee Wiley with orchestra conducted by Victor Young)
15. Just Imagine: The Music Of DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, CD/Stomp Off CD 1285 (Keith Ingham & Marty Grosz and Their Hot Cosmopolites)
16. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited Volume II, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-145 (Mary Cleere Haran)
17. The Broadway Musicals Of 1933, CD/Bayview RNBW017 (Mark Coffin with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
A radio transcription performed by The Master Singers is also known to exist.


Ooh, I'm Thinking:

1. 78/Brunswick 20120 (Anson Weeks & His Orchestra)
2. The Broadway Musicals Of 1933, CD/Bayview RNBW017 (Mary Testa, Mary Bond Davis, and Anne Runolfsson with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


Restless:

1. Music Maestro Please, tartone (M) ST-210 (Eddie Stone with Isham Jones and His Orchestra)


Strike Me Pink:

1. 78/Victor 24170 (Frank Luther with Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra) [reissued on The Big Broadcast: Jazz And Popular Music 1920's And 1930's, Vol. 3, CD Rivermont 1145]
2. 78/Brunswick 20120 (Art Wilson with Anson Weeks & His Orchestra)
3. Singing Sweethearts On The Air, Star-Tone (M) ST-209 (Kay Thompson)
4. Queen Of Swing Vocals And Her Rhythm Singers 1933-37, CD/Baldwin Street Music 313 (Kay Thompson)
5. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited Volume I, Painted Smile PS 1351 (Sandy Stewart and Arthur Siegel with Arthur Siegel, piano) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-144]
6. The Broadway Musicals Of 1933, CD/Bayview RNBW017 (The Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
A radio transcription performed by the Norman Cloutier Orchestra is also known to exist.


Unrecorded Material:

Finale
Forward March (cut)
Hollywood, Park Avenue And Broadway
Love And Rhythm
An Old Hollywood Custom
Old Mother Nature (cut)
On Any Street
Steins (cut)
Theatre Marquis (cut)
Torch Songs (cut)