TOP BANANA BURLESQUE

Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: 1981 (tour)
Performances: Unknown

Baby (M: Steve Allen; L: Johnny Mercer):

1. Steve Allen's Songs, Dot unknown number (Denise Jannah)


The Candy Butcher (sketch) (also used in THE BEST OF BURLESQUE, THIS WAS BURLESQUE, and SUGAR BABIES):

1. The Best Of Burlesque, MGM (S) SE-3644 (Emmett Rose)
2. This Was Burlesque, Roulette (S) SR-25185 (unknown cast member)
3. Sugar Babies, International Book & Record IBR 9012 (Sid Stone with David Campbell & Jonathan Aronson) [reissued on CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5453]


Come Rain Or Come Shine (M: Harold Arlen; L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in ST. LOUIS WOMAN):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.


Courtroom Sketch (added to the run of THIS WAS BURLESQUE and also used in HERE IT IS, BURLESQUE) :

1. An Evening With Gypsy Rose Lee, AEI (S) 1131 Gypsy Rose Lee and Comics)


The Girl Friend Of The Whirling Dervish (M: Harry Warren; L: Al Dubin; Johnny Mercer) (originally used in the film GARDEN OF THE MOON):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.


Goody Goody (M/L: Johnny Mercer; Matt Malneck):

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I'm Old Fashioned (M: Jerome Kern; L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in the film YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER):

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Jeepers Creepers (M: Harry Warren; L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in the film GOING PLACES):

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Laura (M: David Raksin; L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in the film LAURA):

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Satin Doll (M: Duke Ellington; Billy Strayhorn; L: Johnny Mercer):

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Too Marvelous For Words (M: Richard A. Whiting; L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in the film READY, WILLING AND ABLE):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.


Top Banana (M/L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in TOP BANANA):

1. Top Banana, Capitol S 308 (Joey Faye and Phil Silvers with orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings) [reissued as CD/Angel ZDM 0777 7 64772 2 0]
2. Jack Kane Salutes The Comics, Dot (M) DLP 3143 (Jack Kane and his Orchestra)
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1951, CD/Bayview RNBW021 (Chip Zien with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (M: Harry Warren; L: Johnny Mercer) (originally used in the film HARD TO GET):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard.


Other Material:

Meet Me 'Round The Corner (sketch)
Strip Bar
Sketch