SWEET BYE AND BYE



Composer: Vernon Duke
Lyricist: Ogden Nash

Opened: October 10, 1946 at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven and closed November 5, 1946 at the Erlanger Theatre in Philadelphia


As You Were Saying:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Danny Burstein, Philip Chaffin, and Yes Men with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Born Too Late (subsequently used in THE LITTLEST REVUE with new music):

1. The Littlest Revue, Epic LN-3275 (Tommy Morton with music conducted by Will Irwin) [reissued on CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-112]
2. Nashville New York, That's Entertainment Records (S) TER 1001 (Bryan Murray with orchestra directed by David Wykes)
3. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Philip Chaffin with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
4. Dawn Upshaw Sings Vernon Duke, CD/Nonesuch 79531-2 (Dawn Upshaw with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
5. The Cove, CD/Sunnyside 1028 (Meredith d'Ambrosio)
6. Sketches Of Broadway, CD/Telarc 83597 (Janis Siegel)


Diana:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Marin Mazzie with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Diana Says Goodbye (scene):

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Marin Mazzie, Philip Chaffin, and Company with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Eskimo Bacchante:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Joel Hatch with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Executives Anonymous:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Alan M-L Wager, Todd A. Horman, and Steven Stein-Grainger with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Factory Ballet:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Ham That I Am:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Danny Burstein with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


I Says To Him:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 Sara Jean Ford, Michele Ragusa, and Marin Mazzie with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


It's Good:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Jim Stanek and Philip Chaffin with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Knife's Recitative

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Graham Rowat with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Just Like A Man (later used in TWO'S COMPANY with new lyrics):

1. Rare Wine, Vanguard VRS-9003 (Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and his Orchestra)
2. Wet Toe In A Hot Socket!, London (M) SP 6002 (Phyllis Diller and the Three Flames with Murray Grand at the piano)
3. Nashville New York, That's Entertainment Records (S) TER 1001 (Leueen Willoughby with orchestra directed by David Wykes)
4. Two's Company, RCA Victor (M) LOC-1009 (Bette Davis with music direction by Milton Rosenstock) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1047]
5. Back On Broadway, Roulette R-42002 (Pearl Bailey) [reissued on The Very Best Of Pearl Bailey, CD/EMI Gold 8749392]
6. My Old Flame, Vik (M) X-1095 (Julie Wilson with orchestra conducted by Russ Case or Marty Gold) [reissued as CD/BMG 38157]
7. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Marin Mazzie with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
8. Vernon Duke Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-138 (Joan Rivers)
9. Lynn Rogers At The School Of Arts Café, CD/Larrikin LRF 352 CD (Lynn Rogers with Erris Venske, piano)
A radio transcription exists with Margaret Whiting. A private tape of nightclub performance by Dolores Gray also is known to exist.


Let's Be Young:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Telly Leung, Marin Mazzie, Michele Ragusa, Sara Jean Ford, and Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


My Broker Told Me So:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Graham Rowat, Alan M-L Wager, Todd A. Horman, and Steven Stein-Grainger with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Old Fashioned Tune:

Radio transcriptions performed by Al Shelleday and the Al Kavelin Orchestra and by The Music of Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier (unverified) are known to exist.


Our Parents Forgot To Get Married:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Telly Leung, Marin Mazzie, Michele Ragusa, Sara Jean Ford, and Ensemble with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Prologue:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (John Cullum with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Round About (later used in TWO'S COMPANY without its verse and interlude):

1. Vernon Duke Plays Vernon Duke, 10"/Atlantic (M) ALS 407 (Dorothy Richards with Vernon Duke, piano) [reissued on Two's Company, CD/Sepia 1047]
2. Nashville New York, That's Entertainment Records (S) TER 1001 (Leueen Willoughby and Christopher Benjamin, with Robert Cushman, Bryan Muray, and orchestra directed by David Wykes);
3. Two's Company, RCA Victor (M) LOC-1009 (Ellen Hanley with music direction by Milton Rosenstock) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1047]
4. Second Town Hall Concert, Atlantic (S) SD2-605 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Mabel Mercer And Bobby Short At Town Hall/Second Town Hall Concert, CD/Collectables 6839]
5. Chez Wahlburg Part One, Daffodil (S) BMD 109 (Blossom Dearie) [reissued on I’m Hip, CD/Sony 4891232]
6. Andre Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke, Contemporary/OJC-1769 (Andre Previn, piano) [reissued as CD/Contemporary/OJC 1769]
7. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Philip Chaffin with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
8. Sandra King In A Concert Of Vernon Duke, CD/Audiophile ACD-197 (Sandra King with accompaniment by Pat Smythe and Tommy Cecil)
9. Dawn Upshaw Sings Vernon Duke, CD/Nonesuch 79531-2 (Dawn Upshaw with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
10. Round About, CD/Music & Arts 807 (Christine Correa with Ran Blake, piano)
11. Legacy, CD/Significant Other 951 (Michael Callen)
12. All Through The Night, CD/Criss Cross 1153 (Bill Charlap with rhythm accompaniment)
13. Chris Connor/He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, CD/Collectables 6239 (Chris Connor with orchestra conducted by Ralph Burns)
14. Heart And Soul, CD/Nand 424 (Nancy Dussault with music conducted by Ron Abel)
15. Sing My Heart, CD/DRG 5217 (Lena Horne)
16. Twilight World, CD/Brownstone 9604 (Sherri Roberts with music direction by Harvie Swartz)
17. Vernon Duke Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-138 (Anthony Perkins and Tammy Grimes)
18. Round About, CD/Fancy Faire 59 (Audrey Morris)
19. Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet 20th Anniversary Set, CD/Mosaic 159 (Phil Woods Quartet?)
20. One For Junior, CD/Muse MCD-5489 (Sheila Jordan and Mark Murphy)


Scientists Scene (scene):

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Fred Applegate, Georgia Engel, Edward Hibbert, Nicholas Wuehrmann, Philip Chaffin, and Krista John Astarita with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


The Sea-Gull And The Ea-Gull (not in program):

1. Songs I Taught My Mother, 10"/Vanguard VRS-9004 (Charlotte Rae with John Strauss and his Baroque Bearcats) [reissued as CD/PS Classics PS-644]
2. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Heidi Blickenstaff and Philip Chaffin with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
3. Dawn Upshaw Sings Vernon Duke, CD/Nonesuch 79531-2 (Dawn Upshaw with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
4. Forgotten Songs From Broadway And Hollywood, CDr/74117 220027 (David Jenness with Bob Vigoda, piano, and Bert Dalton, piano and trio)


Solomon At Futurosy (scene):

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Rebecca Luker, Danny Burstein, and Philip Chaffin with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Sweet Bye And Bye:

1. Nashville New York, That's Entertainment Records (S) TER 1001 (Robert Cushman with orchestra directed by David Wykes)
2. Songs By Bobby Short, Atlantic 1214 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Larry Bunker, drums, and Rolly Bundock, bass) [reissued on CD/Collectables 6520]
3. Second Town Hall Concert, Atlantic (S) SD2-605 (Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Mabel Mercer And Bobby Short At Town Hall/Second Town Hall Concert, CD/Collectables 6839]
4. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Company with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
5. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Full Company with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern) (reprise)


Too Enchanting:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Philip Chaffin and Marin Mazzie with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Utility Polka:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Where Is Bundy?

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Rebecca Luker, Danny Burstein, and Company with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Yes, Yes:

1. Sweet Bye And Bye, CD/PS Classics PS-1198 (Yes Men and Danny Burstein with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Unrecorded Material:

Breakfast In Bed (not in program)
Crispy And Crunchy
Good Deed For Today
Hymn (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Singing Commercial (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Texas, Brooklyn and Love
We Love Us