TURNABOUT! REVUES

TURNABOUT! REVUES

Composer: Forman Brown
Lyricist: Forman Brown

Opened: July 1941, Turnabout Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Performances: 4535

Note: Recordings by performers other than Elsa Lanchester or other Turnabout! revue cast members likely involve music or arrangements that differ from the ones employed by Forman Brown in this revue.

At The Drive In:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Frances Osborne with Forman Brown, piano)

Catalogue Woman:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano)
2. Songs For A Smoke Filled Room, Hi Fi Records (M) R-405 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, CD/Legacy 363 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]
3. Elsa Lanchester--Herself, Verve (S) V6-15024 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson and Don Dollardhide, pianos, censored by Charles Laughton)

Claribel The Great:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Bill Buck and Harry Burnett with Forman Brown, piano)

The Doge's Dilemma:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Frances Osborne and Forman Brown with Forman Brown, piano)

Faith, Hope And Charity:

1. Songs For A Shuttered Parlor, Hi Fi Records (M) R-406 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, CD/Legacy 363 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]
2. Elsa Lanchester--Herself, Verve (S) V6-15024 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson and Don Dollardhide, pianos, censored by Charles Laughton)

Fiji Fanny:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Ensemble with Forman Brown, piano)

The Husband's Clock:

1. Songs For A Shuttered Parlor, Hi Fi Records (M) R-406 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano)

I'm Glad To See Your Back:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Elsa Lancaster with Ray Henderson, piano)
2. Songs For A Smoke Filled Room, Hi Fi Records (M) R-405 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, Everest/Tradition (S) TR-2065 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]

If You Peek In My Gazebo:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Dorothy Neumann with Forman Brown, piano)

It May Be Life:

1. Songs For A Shuttered Parlor, Hi Fi Records (M) R-406 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano)

The Janitor's Boy:

1. Songs For A Shuttered Parlor, Hi Fi Records (M) R-406 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, CD/Legacy 363 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]
2. Leave Your Sleep, CD/Nonesuch 522304 (Natalie Merchant)

The Last Show:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Harry Burnett with Forman Brown, piano)

Linda And Her Londonberry Air:

1. Songs For A Smoke Filled Room, Hi Fi Records (M) R-405 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, CD/Legacy 363 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]
2. Elsa Lanchester--Herself, Verve (S) V6-15024 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson and Don Dollardhide, pianos, censored by Charles Laughton)

March Of Rhyme:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Forman Brown, piano and voice)

Mein Hertz:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Forman Brown, piano and voice)

Melinda Maime:

1. Songs For A Shuttered Parlor, Hi Fi Records (M) R-406 (Elsa Lachester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings More Bawdy Cockney Songs Volume 2, Everest/Tradition TR-2091 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]

Mrs. Badger-Butts:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Forman Brown, piano and voice)

My New York Slip:

1. 78/Columbia 4125 (Elsa Lanchester with Harold Scott, piano)
2. Songs For A Smoke Filled Room, Hi Fi Records (M) R-405 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, CD/Legacy 363 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]

Rat Catcher's Daughter:

1. Ballads Of Many Lands, 10"/Decca DL5268 (Marais & Miranda)
2. Songs For A Smoke Filled Room, Hi Fi Records (M) R-405 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, CD/Legacy 363 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]
3. Gaslight Tales, CD/Last Call 3088762 (Paul Roland) The Music Of Dickens And His Time, CD/Beautiful Jo 9 (The Seven Dials Band)

The Ruined Maid:

1. Songs For A Shuttered Parlor, Hi Fi Records (M) R-406 (Elsa Lanchester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings Bawdy Cockney Songs, CD/Legacy 363 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]
2. Dance At The Phoenix, CD/Beautiful Jo 28 (Mellstock Band) A Little Bit Of Dorset, CD/ASV 3001 (The Yetties)

She Was Poor But She Was Honest:

1. 78/Old Ned ON 6 (unknown performer)
2. Songs For A Shuttered Parlor, Hi Fi Records (M) R-406 (Elsa Lachester with Ray Henderson, piano) [reissued on Elsa Lanchester Sings More Bawdy Cockney Songs Volume 2, Everest/Tradition TR-2091 (without commentary by Charles Laughton)]
3. Late Joys, Decca (S) SKL 4628 (Stella Moray) [reissued as CD/Must Close Saturday Records 3026]
4. Original Soho Skiffle Group, CD/ Bear Family BCD 15954 (Original Soho Skiffle Group)
5. The Most Outrageous Rugby Songs, CD/Air (The Second Eleven)
6. Sinful Rugby Songs, CD/Hallmark (The Shower Room Squad)
7. Canada Folksongs 1951-1957, CD/Frémeaux & Associés 5191 (Peter Weldon and Derek Lamb)
8. 10,000 Years Ago, CD/Bear Family 15954 (The Vipers Skiffle Group)
9. Almost A Gentleman, CD/Topic Records 780 (Billy Bennett)

Turnabout!:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (The Ensemble with Forman Brown, piano)

Victory Garden:

1. Turnabout, Pelican (S) LP 142 (Dorothy Neumann with Forman Brown, piano)

When A Lady Has A Piazza: