TWO ON THE AISLE

Composer: Jule Styne
Lyricists: Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Opened: July 19, 1951, Mark Hellinger Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 279

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

Highlights From The World Of Sports (aka "Baseball Sketch") (sketch by Betty Comden and Adolph Green):

1. Bert Lahr On Stage, Screen And Radio, JJA (M) 19765 (Bert Lahr with Paul Lynde)


So Far, So Good (cut; same music as "Give Me A Song With A Beautiful Melody" from the film IT'S A GREAT FEELING):

1. 78/Capitol 1586 (Peggy Lee with orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on The Lost '40s & '50s Capitol Masters, CD/Collectors' Choice Music CCM-09172]
2. 78/Capitol 57-672 (Jack Carson and The Crew Chiefs with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra) ("Give Me A Song With A Beautiful Melody")
3. The Unknown Theatre Songs Of Jule Styne, Blue Pear BP 1011 (unknown singer)
4. Beautiful Ballads, CD/Sony Special Products 71882 (Sarah Vaughn) ("Give Me A Song With A Beautiful Melody") [also found on The Great American Composers: Jule Styne, CD/Columbia House 2C2 8151]
5. The Golden Years of Helen Forrest : I Had the Craziest Dream, CD/Jasbox 10 (Helen Forrest) ("Give Me A Song With A Beautiful Melody")
6. Lost Broadway And Moore Volume 5: Comden/Green/Styne, CD/Original Cast (Michael Lavine and Elizabeth Loyacano with Michael Lavine, piano)
Radio transcriptions of "Give Me A Song With A Beautiful Melody" performed by Louise Carlyle and The Music Of Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier and by Ray Dorey with the Larry Green Orchestra are also known to exist.


Unrecorded Material:

Space Brigade (sketch by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
The Guide Book (sketch by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
Here's What You Said (sketch by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
Schneider's Miracle (sketch by Nat Hiken and William Friedberg)
Didy Dolls (sketch by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
Triangle (sketch by Betty Comden and Adolph Green with music)
Dog Show (dance)