TOP BANANA

Composer: Johnny Mercer
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer

Opened: November 1, 1951, Winter Garden Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 350

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.

Be My Guest (added during the run):

1. 45/Capitol 1836 (Gordon MacRae with the Starlighters) [reissued on Stranger In Paradise, CD/Dutton Vocalion 3035]


Unrecorded Material:

Bifocal Fred (not used)
Cuckoo (not used)
Everybody Is Your Partner In New York (not used)
Girl Of All Nations (aka "Were Those The Days?") (not used)
Hail To MacCracken's
Have You Written Any Good Books Lately? (not used)
Havin' A Ball (not used)
I Know Your Kiss By Heart (not used)
Senorita Diaz (not used)
Top Banana Ballet (aka Burlesque Show Sequence)
What A Revoltin' Development This Is (not used)