UNSUNG COLE
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: September 4, 1977, Circle Repertory Theatre,
N.Y.C.
Performances: 78
Abracadabra (originally used in MEXICAN HAYRIDE):
1. Mexican Hayride,
10"/Decca DL 5232 (June Havoc with the Mexican Hayride Male
Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Harry Sosnik) [reissued as
CD/Decca 000312502]
After You, Who? (originally used in GAY
DIVORCE; subsequently added to the 1975 Maine revival of YOU
NEVER KNOW and used in HAPPY NEW YEAR):
1. 78/Columbia DB-1215;
78/Columbia FB-1255 (Fred Astaire with the Ted Lewis orchestra)
[reissued on Original Cast! The Thirties, CD/Metropolitan Opera
MET 802CD; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM
0111]
2. 78/Brunswick 6445 (Lee Sherwood with Eddie Duchin and His
Central Park Casino Orchestra) [reissued on Best Of The Big
Bands, CD/Columbia CK-46150]
3. Meyer Davis Plays Cole Porter, Monmouth Evergreen (S)
MES/6813 (Meyer Davis with orchestra conducted by Emery Davis)
4. Walden, Earth (S) ELPS 1001 (Lois Walden)
5. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic 1213 (Mabel Mercer
with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass)
[reissued as CD/Rhino R2 71690]
6. Cole Porter Songs, Walden (M) 301 (Bob Shaver with David
Baker and John Morris, pianos) [reissued on Songs By Cole Porter
And Rodgers & Hart, CD/Harbinger HCD 1703]
7. New Conversations-Monologue, Dialogue, Trialogue, Warner
Bros. M5 3177 (Bill Evans, piano) [reissued as CD/Warner Bros.
3177]
8. Merrill At Midnight, Emarcy 36107 (Helen Merrill with
orchestra conducted by Hal Mooney) [reissued as CD/Verve]
9. Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter, Capitol (M) T-1173 (Jeri
Southern with orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on
Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter/Jeri Southern At The Crescendo,
CD/EMI 856057]
10. The Melody Of Broadway, AEI (M) 1154 (Emil Petti and his
Savoy-Plaza Orchestra)
11. A Sure Thing, Angel (S) SZ-37723 (Richard Rodney Bennett,
keyboards; Barry Tuckwell, horn; and orchestra conducted by Neil
Richardson) [reissued on That Certain Feeling, CD/Classics For
Pleasure 3523462]
12. Two Little Babes In The Wood: Rarities By Cole Porter,
CAS/Trapezium Recordings (Marsha Hunter and Brian Kent with
Steven Blier, piano)
13. Dream Dancing, CD/Pablo 2310814 (Ella Fitzgerald with
orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle)
14. Kiri Sings Porter, CD/Angel 55050 (Kiri Te Kanawa with the
New World Philharmonic conducted by Peter Matz)
15. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL
5208 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
16. John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter, CD/First Night CASTCD 91
(John Barrowman with the Pro Arte Orchestra of London conducted
by Stewart Mackintosh)
17. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Tia Riebling with music direction by Ron Abel)
18. Cole Porter Centennial Gala Concert, CD/Teldec 9031-75277-2
(Lorna Dallas with The Cole Porter Orchestra conducted by Donald
Pippin, Jae Alexander, and Larry Blank)
19. Louis Lebeau Remembers Cole Porter, Not Stephen Sondheim
(But Sings Their Songs Anyway), CD/Original Cast OC-2101 (Robert
Clary with the John Rodby Trio)
20. Then Along Came Bill: A Tribute To Bill Evans, CD/DRG 91402
(Sylvia Syms with the Mike Renzi Trio)
21. Broadway Baby, CD/DRG CDSL-5203 (Dorothy Loudon with Buddy
Barnes, piano; Ron Delseni, electronic keyboards; John Chiodini,
guitar, David Finck, ab, and Jimmie Young, drums)
22. Why Shouldn't I?, CD/Cambria 1124 (Carol Merrill)
23. Song Of Yesterday For Today, CD/Romeo 7230 (Martha Bennett
Oneppo)
24. Bewitched/You Do Something, CD/Dutton 4297 (Victor Silvester
and His Silver Strings)
25. It's Always You, CD/Harlemwood (Lainie Cooke)
26. Love Is Here To Stay, CD/Blue Note 5603412 (Sandy Stewart
with Bill Charlap, piano)
27. Remembering Mabel Mercer Vol. 2, CD/Audiophile 326 (Joyce
Breach with the Keith Ingham Trio)
28. Piano Solos, Vol. 2, CD/Jump 1221 (Larry Eanet, piano)
29. Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 39, CD/Concord 4653 (Kenny
Drew, Jr., piano)
30. The Last Roundup, Vol. 5: The Decca Years, CD/Vocalion 6115
(Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
31. Being Myself, CD/Blue Note 34286 (Lena Horne)
32. This Is Always, CD/Baldwin Street Music 210 (Maureen
Kennedy)
33. CloseUp, CD/Celeste 6147 (Bobbe Norris)
34. Don't You Know I Care?, CD/Audiophile 276 (Polly Podewell
with Ross Tompkins, piano, Dave Carpenter, bass, and Jake Hanna,
drums)
35. Most Of Ev'ry Day, CD/Audiophile 217 (Steve Ross, piano and
voice)
36. In My Mind's Eye, CD/X! posed (Frank Russo and Max Murray)
(unverified)
37. George Shearing And Barry Tuckwell Play The Music Of Cole
Porter, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-42010 (George Shearing, piano, and
Barry Tuckwell, French horn)
38. The Very Best Of Danny Williams, CD/EMI Gold 359372 (Danny
Williams)
39. Love Locked Out, CD/Max Jazz 501 (Patti Wicks, piano and
voice, with Keter Betts, bass, and Joe La Barbera, drums)
40. Stars Of The '30s: Cole Porter, CD/Pro Arte 548 (Don Bestor
Orchestra)
41. The Last Waltz, CD/Milestone 4430 (Bill Evans, piano, with
Marc Johnson, bass, and Joe La Barbera, drums)
42. Livin' In A Great Big Way, CD/Swing Out 104 (Banu Gibson
with John Sheridan and David Boeddinghaus, pianos)
43. Why Not Now?, CD/Jackie Gibson (Jackie Gibson)
44. Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5647 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by
Patrick Scott Brady)
45. What Is Love?, CD/Cabaret 5022 (Andre Marcovicci with music
direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
46. Mabel Mercer, CD/Harbinger 2001 (Mabel Mercer)
47. Late Night At The Café Carlyle, CD/Telarc 83311 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Robert
Scott, drums)
48. Keep Tempo, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6028 (George Scott Wood and
His Orchestra)
49. I Won't Dance: Fred & Cole, CD/Ligeti 1001 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice, with Brian Cassier, bass)
50. Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter, CD/Chrysalis
F2-21799 (Jodi Watley with music conducted by John Mitchell J)
51. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT
Sullivan And Mark Nadler)
52. You’re The Top, CD/A Records AL 73019 (Willem Nijholt with
musical direction by Dolf De Vries)
Down In The Depths (On The 90th Floor)
(originally used in RED, HOT AND BLUE! and subsequently used
in THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH
THE EYES OF COLE PORTER and COLE):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Down In The
Depths."
Farming (originally used in LET'S FACE IT):
1. 78/Columbia Album 91
(Danny Kaye with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green)
[also 78/Columbia 36583; 45/Columbia 5-1865; reissued on
Original Cast! The Forties: Part One, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET
803CD; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop album L-343 (Mary Jane Walsh with
orchestra conducted by Max Meth) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole
Porter - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
3. 78/Decca 23244 (Hildegarde with orchestra directed by Harry
Sosnik)
4. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-345 (William Scotty's Cotillion Room
Orchestra) [reissued on Kiss Me Kate, CD/Naxos 8.12078]
5. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Kaye Ballard, Harold
Lang, William Hickey, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel with
orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-124]
6. Leave It To Me, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR42002 (Bill
Fahmer, G. Scott Kaufman, Lisa Peers, Matthew Hutchens, and
Caroline Altman with music direction by Dave Dobrusky) (bonus
track)
7. Travels With My Piano, CD/BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
Friendship (originally used in DUBARRY
WAS A LADY and interpolated into some productions of
ANYTHING GOES):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Friendship."
Give Me The Land (written for but not used in SILK
STOCKINGS):
1. Unpublished Cole
Porter Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1358 (Edward Earle and
Entire Company) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye
(originally written for but not used in the film BORN TO
DANCE; cut from RED, HOT AND BLUE! and subsequently used in
O MISTRESS MINE and interpolated into some productions of
ANYTHING GOES):
1. 78/HMV DA-1539 (Yvonne
Printemps and Pierre Fresnay with orchestra conducted by Carroll
Gibbons) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume III,
CD/Pearl GEM 0194]
2. 78/Victor 36190 (Alan Holt, Rae Giersdorf, and the Victor
Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Cole
Porter 1924-1944, JJA (M) 19732]
3. 78/Gramophone B.D. 5143 (Bert Yarlett with Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)
4. Classic Cole, Columbia (S) M-34533 (Jan DeGaetani with Leo
Smit, piano) [reissued as CD/Sony Music Special Products A
34533]
5. Andre Kostelanetz Plays Cole Porter, Columbia (S) KG 31491
(Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with orchestra conducted by Andre
Kostelanetz)
6. R.S.V.P. The Cole Porters, Respond no number (Jack and Sally
Jenkins with the Mac Frampton Orchestra)
7. How's Your Romance?: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter,
CD/Andreasong AND01 (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham,
piano, Jim Dijulio, bass, John Chiudini, guitar, Paul Kriebach,
drums, Bob Sheppard, sax, and Ames Beals, harmonica)
8. Easy To Love: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Concord Jazz
CCD-4696 (Susannah McCorkle with music direction by Allen
Farnham)
9. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002 (Joan
Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
10. Anything Goes, CD/First Night CASTCD90 (Mary Stockley with
orchestra conducted by Gareth Valentine)
11. Anything Goes, CD/First Night OCRCD 6038 (Ashleigh Sendin
with orchestra directed by John Owen Edwards)
12. Anything Goes, CD/RCA Victor 7769-2-RC (Kathleen
Mahony-Bennett with orchestra directed by Edward Strauss)
13. Anything Goes, CD/TER CDTEH 6011 (Katrina Murphy with the
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards)
14. Dial & Oatts Play Cole Porter, CD/DMP CD-495 (Garry
Dial, piano & Dick Oatts, saxophone)
15. Piano Solos, Vol. 1, CD/Jump 1220 (Larry Eanet, piano)
16. Do It Again, CD/Audiophile 175 (Barbara Lea)
17. Porter On My Mind, CD/Composers 585 (Francis Thorne, piano
and voice, with Jack Six, bass)
18. Nobody Else But Me, CD/Landmark 1551 (Wesla Whitfield with
the Mike Greensill Quintet)
19. Easy To Love: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Swallowtail 8007
(David Wilson)
20. Anything Goes, CD/Ghostlight 8-4452
(Laura Osnes with orchestra conducted by James Lowe)
The Great Indoors (originally used in
THE NEW YORKERS and subsequently used in COLE):
1. Censored, Jubilee (M)
1028 (Martha Wright with the Joe Harnell Trio)
2. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Angela Richards with orchestra
conducted by John Burrows)
3. True Blue Hugh, CD/Audiophile 140 (Hugh Shannon with music
supervised by Dick Phipps)
4. Live At The Algonquin, CD/Stolen Moments SMCD 1939 (Steve
Ross, piano and voice)
5. More Songs For Adults Only, Roulette Records SR-25101 (Pearl
Bailey) [reissued on CD/EMI Gold 5970572]
I Happen To Like New York (originally
used in THE NEW YORKERS and subsequently used in THE DECLINE
AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF
COLE PORTER and COLE):
1. I Love New York,
10"/Riverside (M) 8001 (Pat Northrop with Tony Burrello, piano)
2. The Garland Touch, Capitol (S) SW-1710 (Judy Garland with
chorus and studio orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramour)
[reissued on You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch
DMK2-1020]
3. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Harold Lang with
orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-124]
4. New York State Of Mind, Monmouth Evergreen (S) MES/7088
(Ronny Whyte with Jack Six, bass)
5. Live At The Café Carlyle, Atlantic (S) SD3-609 (Bobby Short,
piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard Sheridan,
drums) [reissued as CD/Collectables 771]
6. That Certain Feeling, Decca (M) DL 8762 (Felicia Sanders with
orchestra conducted by Irving Joseph) [reissued on I Wish You
Love & That Certain Feeling, CD/Sepia 1175]
7. Mixed Emotions, HIFI Record R402 (Dorothy Carless)
8. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Kenneth Nelson with orchestra
conducted by John Burrows)
9. R.S.V.P. The Cole Porters, Respond no number (Jack and Sally
Jenkins with the Mac Frampton Orchestra)
10. John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter, CD/First Night CASTCD 91
(John Barrowman with the Pro Arte Orchestra of London conducted
by Stewart Mackintosh)
11. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
12. Close: Steve Ross & Cole Porter, CD/Stolen Moments
1016/7 (Steve Ross, piano and voice)
13. Cole Porter Centennial Gala Concert, CD/Teldec 9031-75277-2
(John Barrowman with The Cole Porter Orchestra conducted by
Donald Pippin, Jae Alexander, and Larry Blank)
14. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Joely Fisher with music direction by Ron Abel)
15. Evil Under The Sun, CD/DRG 12615 (part of main titles,
conducted by John Lanchberry)
16. Broadway Romances Manhattan, CD/Rock-It Science 3543 (Bryan
Batt with musical supervision by Lynn Pinto)
17. I Happen To Like New York/Valente On T.V., CD/Dutton
Vocalion 4193 (Caterina Valente with the John Keating Orchestra)
18. Songs Of New York, CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502
(Steve Ross with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
19. Noel/Cole: "Let's Do It!", CD/Silva Screen SONGCD 910 (Liz
Robertson, and Louise Gold with Jason Carr and Paul Bateman,
pianos)
20. New York In Words And Music, CD/Blue Moon 3501 (Ralph Burns
Orchestra)
21. Don't Fence Me In, CD/D'Arcy (D'Arcy)
22. Now And Then, CD/Sony Classical 81427 (Maria Friedman)
23. Have A Ball!, CD/Traumton (Die Geschwister Pfister)
24. Porter On My Mind, CD/Composers 585 (Francis Thorne, piano
and voice, with Jack Six, bass)
25. Liza Minnelli At Carnegie Hall, CD/Telarc 85502 (Liza
Minnelli with orchestra directed by Bill Lavorgna)
26. The Broadway Musicals Of 1930, CD/Original Cast OC 6241
(Mary Testa with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band direction by
Ross Patterson)
27. You’re The Top, CD/A Records AL 73019 (Martine Grunwald;
Rolinha Kross; Gerrie van der Klei; Willem Nijholt, Bram Bart,
Robert Frank Freeman, Perry Dossett, and Jeroen van Delft with
musical direction by Dolf De Vries)
28. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Anne Wood)
29. Travels With My Piano, CD/BBC Music SM 1939
(Steve Ross, piano and voice)
30. Noel And Cole, CD/PS Classics PS-1313 (Philip Chaffin and
Company with musical direction by David Loud)
31. Lost Tracks 2: 1936-1967, CD/JSP4247 (Judy Garland with
orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey)
If Ever Married I'm (originally used in
KISS ME, KATE):
1. Unpublished Cole Porter
Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1358 (Blossom Dearie, Carmen Alvarez,
Laura Kenyon, and Alice Playten) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-125]
2. Kiss Me, Kate, CD/EMI CDS 7 54033 2 (Kim Criswell with the
London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
I'm Getting Myself Ready For You
(originally used in THE NEW YORKERS and subsequently used in
the 1998 Broadway production of HIGH SOCIETY):
1. 78/Bruswick 6006 (Emil
Coleman and His Orchestra with vocal chorus) [reissued on You're
The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch DMK2-1020]
2. 78/Victor 20660 (Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys) [reissued
on Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys: 1925-1935, CD/Classics
783]
3. Cole Porter Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121 (Arthur
Siegel and Sandy Stewart with Arthur Siegel, duo-piano; Faun
Stacy, bass; Matt "Chips" Patuto, drums)
4. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (John McMartin and Randy Graff
with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
5. Ready For You, CD/Coeur De Jeanette 6 (Janet Klein and Her
Parlor Boys)
I've Got Some Unfinished Business With You (originally
used in LET'S FACE IT):
1. Rare! Hot! & Cole
Porter, Philips (M) PHM 200-169 (Sheila M. Sanders)
2. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122
(Arthur Siegel)
Just Another Page In Your Diary
(originally written for but not used in LEAVE IT TO ME!;
subsequently used in TWO WEEKS WITH PAY):
1. Cole Porter Revisited,
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121 (Arthur Siegel with Arthur Siegel,
duo-paiano; Faun Stacy, bass; Matt "Chips" Patuto, drums)
Kate The Great (written for but not
used in ANYTHING GOES):
1. Unpublished Cole
Porter Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1358 (Karen Morrow) [reissued
as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
2. Cybill Does It To Cole Porter, Paramount (S) PAS 1018 (Cybill
Shepherd with orchestra conducted by Artie Butler)
3. Anything Goes, CD/EMI 749848-2 (Kim Criswell with the
Ambrosian Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra conductd by
John McGlinn)
A Lady Needs A Rest (originally used in
LET'S FACE IT):
1. Cole Porter Vol. III,
Painted Smiles (S) PS-1370 (Lynn Redgrave and Girls) [reissued
as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-105]
2. Leave It To Me, CD/Music Box Recordings MBR42002 (Lesley
Hamilton, Lisa Peers, and Stephanie Rhoads with music direction
by Dave Dobrusky) (bonus track)
Lost Liberty Blues (originally used in
LA REVUE DES AMBASSADEURS):
1. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054
(Angela Richards)
2. Look For The Silver Lining, CD/Maude Maggart (Maude Maggart
with John Boswell, piano)
Love For Sale (originally used in THE
NEW YORKERS):
I have not attempted to
provide discological information for this Porter standard.
Nobody's Chasing Me (originally used in
OUT OF THIS WORLD and subsequently added to the 1988 London
revival of CAN-CAN):
1. 78/Victor 20-3978
(Dinah Shore with Henri Rene's Orchestra) [also 45/Victor
4-3978; reissued on 'S Wonderful, CD/Dutton Vocalion 3029]
2. 7"/Columbia 1-910 (Doris Day with orchestra conducted by Fred
Comstock) [reissued on It's Magic, CD/Bear Family 15609; The
Great American Composers: Cole Porter Vol. II, CD/Columbia House
2C2 8307]
3. 45/Capitol F1325 (Roy Cordell with Jan Garber and his
Orchestra)
4. 45/Columbia DB 8315 (Dora Bryan with orchestra conducted by
Johnny Douglas)
5. 45/Decca 9-27281 (Evelyn Knight with chorus and orchestra)
[reissued on The Lass With The Delicate Air, CD/Dutton Vocalion
3032]
6. Broadway Ditties, 10"/Capitol (M) H 517 (Dorothy Shay with
orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on Here's Dorothy
Shay, CD/Sepia 1078]
7. Out Of This World, Columbia (M) ML 4390 (Charlotte Greenwood
with orchestra directed by Pembroke Davenport) [also 78/Columbia
4660 M]
8. More Songs For Adults Only, Roulette (S) SR-25101 (Pearl
Bailey) [reissued on Songs For Adults Only/More Songs For Adults
Only, CD/Capitol 5970572]
9. Out Of This World, CD/DRG 94764 (Andrea Martin with the
Coffee Club Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
10. The Coral Treasures, CD/Sepia 1096 (Martha Tilton and Connie
Haines with the George Cates Orchestra)
11. It's All Right With Me . . . A Collection of Cole Porter,
CD/Prism Studio (Bradford Newquist)
12. High Society, CD/Playback PBHS CD1 (Jackie Trent with
musical direction by Dannie Bourne)
13. Can-Can, CD/Virgin 2570 (Milo O'Shea with musical direction
by Grant Hossack)
14. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
A radio transcription performed by Bette Chapel and the
Manhattan Nighthawks is also known to exist.
Olga (originally used in MAYFAIR AND
MONTMARTRE):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. IV, Painted Smiles PS-1371 (Arthur Siegel and The Men)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
Ours (originally used in RED, HOT AND BLUE! and subsequently
used in HAPPY NEW YEAR):
1. 78/Victor 36190 (Alan
Holt, Rae Giersdorf, and the Victor Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Cole Porter 1924-1944,
JJA (M) 19732]
2. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, Atlantic 1213 (Mabel Mercer
with Stan Freeman and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank Carroll, bass)
[reissued as CD/Rhino R2 71690]
3. Lena Like Latin, Charter (S) CLS-106 (Lena Horne)
4. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1371
(Blossom Dearie and Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-117]
5. How's Your Romance?: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter,
CD/Andreasong AND01 (Andrea Marcovicci with Shelly Markham,
piano, Jared Egan, bass, Rex Benincasa, drums)
6. Love, Linda,
CD/150 Music 150M11 (Stevie Holland with Landon Knoblock, piano,
Peter Brendler, bass, and Jeff Davis, drums)
7. Café Manhattan Unreleased, CD/No label 83707 83252 (Karen
Kuykendall and Sterling Price-McKinney)
Pick Me Up And Lay Me Down
(originally written for the unproduced STAR DUST):
1. 78/Cleartone 137
(Cleartone Dance Orchestra) (unverified)
2. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1371
(Dolores Gray) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
3. Noel & Cole: Together With Music, CD/Oakton ORCD1001
(Valerie Anastascio with Tim Harbold, piano)
Poor Young Millionaire (music lost;
lyric used in the film AT LONG LAST LOVE with music by Peter
Bogdanovich and Artie Butler):
1. At Long Last Love, RCA
(S) ABL2-0967 (Burt Reynolds and John Hillerman with orchestra
conducted by Lionel Newman)
The Queen Of Terre Haute (originally
used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. IV, Painted Smiles PS-1371 (Katherine Hepburn) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
2. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5208
(Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
3. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World Records 80417-2 (Peggy
Cass with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans Haile)
Red, Hot And Blue! (originally used in
RED, HOT AND BLUE! and subsequently used in THE DECLINE AND
FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE
PORTER and HAPPY NEW YEAR):
1. 78/Liberty Music Shop
L-207 (Ethel Merman with Fairchild and Carroll Orchestra)
[reissued on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot And Blue!, CD/AEI
AEI-CD 001; The Ultimate Cole Porter - Volume II, CD/Pearl GEM
0115; Star Spangled Rhythm, CD/Smithsonian RD 111; Original
Cast! The Thirties, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 802CD]
2. 78/Liberty Music Shop L-203 (Edgar Fairchild and Adam
Carroll, duo pianos) [reissued on Stars In Your Eyes/Red, Hot
And Blue!, CD/AEI AEI-CD 001]
3. Cole Porter Revisited, Recording Industries Corp. (S) ST 3002
(Kaye Ballard, Bobby Short, and Bibi Osterwald with musical
direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-121]
4. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS-2810 (Kaye Ballard with
Harold Lang, William Hickey, Carmen Alvarez, and Elmarie Wendel)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
5. Noel & Cole: Together With Music, CD/Oakton ORCD1001
(Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
6. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (Anne Wood)
Sing To Me Guitar (originally used in
MEXICAN HAYRIDE):
1. 78/Decca 25269 (Frank
Petty with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians) [reissued on
Into The Fifties, CD/Jasmine Records 446]
2. Mexican Hayride, 10"/Decca DL 5232 (Corinna Mura with the
Mexican Hayride Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Harry Sosnik)
[reissued as CD/Decca 000312502]
Swingin' The Jinx Away (originally used
in BORN TO DANCE):
1. 78/Decca 940 (Frances Langford with Jimmy
Dorsey and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole
Porter - Volume II, CD/Pearl GEM 0115]
2. 78/ Bluebird B 6643 (Tempo King, vocal, with Tempo King
and His Kings Of Tempo with Queenie Ada Rubin, piano)
[reissued on You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s,
CD/Koch DMK2-1020]
3. Born To Dance, CD/Rhino Handmade RHM2 7778 (Frances
Langford, Buddy Ebsen, and the M-G-M Chorus with the M-G-M
Studio Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman)
4. Swingin' The Jinx Away, CD/Antikbüro (Heinz Wehner und
Sein Tanzorchester)
5. It's De-Lovely!: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Pierian
0026 (Victor Lane, piano)
6. A Tribute To Cole Porter, CD/Music For Pleasure EMI CDM 7
96151 2 (Nat Gonella with Nat Gonella and His Georgians)
7. Cole's Jazz: The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/Laserlight
36348 (unknown performer)
8. Die Grossen Deutschen Tanzorchester, CD/Membran 223018
(Die Goldene Sieben)
Take Me Back To Manhattan (originally used in THE NEW YORKERS and subsequently used in COLE):
1. Anything Goes, Epic (S)
FLS-15100 (Eileen Rodgers and Girls with orchestra directed by
Julian Stein) [reissued as CD/Epic EK 15100]
2. Regards To Broadway, Centerline (S) CPI 8002 (Judith Dow with
orchestra conducted by Bradley Bloom)
3. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054 (Lucy Fenwick, Julia McKenzie,
Elizabeth Power, Ray Cornell, Bill Kerr, and Rod McLennan with
orchestra conducted by John Burrows)
4. Liza Minnelli At Carnegie Hall, CD/Telarc 85502 (Liza
Minnelli with orchestra conducted by Bill LaVorgna)
5. Close: Steve Ross & Cole Porter, CD/Stolen Moments 1016/7
(Steve Ross, piano and voice)
6. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(Joely Fisher with music direction by Ron Abel)
7. Hey, Mr. Producer!: The Musical World Of Cameron Mackintosh,
CD/First Night ENCORECD4 (Marion Montgomery)
8. Songs Of New York, CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502 (Judy
Kaye with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
9. Champagne Sometimes…A Night Out With Chris Barrett, CD/Chris
Barrett (Chris Barrett)
10. Songs Of New York, CD/Telarc 83346 (Bobby Short, piano and
voice, Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, Jackie Williams, drums, Frank
Tate, bass, Warren Vache, cornet, and Chuck Wilson, reeds)
11. The Broadway Musicals Of 1930, CD/Original Cast OC 6241
(Deven May with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band direction by
Ross Patterson)
12. Travels With My Piano, CD/BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
13. Total Faith, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD00613 (Faith Prince
with music direction by Alex Rybeck)
14. Total Faith, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD00613 (Faith Prince
with music direction by Alex Rybeck) (parody version
entitled "Take Me Back To The Eighties")
15. Teach Me Tonight, CD/Cabaret5-101 (Amy Treitel)
The Tale Of An Oyster (originally
used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN):
1. Cole Porter Revisited,
RKI ST 3002 (Kaye Ballard with musical direction by Norman
Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-121]
2. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, Columbia (S) OS 2810 (Tammy Grimes)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124]
3. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World Records 80417-2 (Kay
McClelland with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans
Haile)
4. When I Sing Alone, CD/Audiophile ACD-213 (William Roy, piano
and voice, with John Loehrke, bass)
5. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5208
(Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
6. Live From The Russian Tea Room, CD/Cabaret Records (Julie
Wilson)
7. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT
Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
8. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, (Joan Morris with
William Bolcom, piano)
9. C'est Magnifique: Paris In Song, CD/ KCH 1 (Julia Broxholm,
Deanna Relyea, and Jerry DePuit)
10. Out And About, CD/Orchard 802794 (Laura Leon & Leslie
Pryde)
11. Summertime, CD/Ii Classics 3007 (Felicity Lott and Graham
Johnson)
12. Dream Dancing: The Songs Of Cole Porter & Richard
Rodgers, CD/Deborah Kraus (Deborah Kraus & John Gilbert)
13. Ten Cents A Dance, CD/Thoroughbred Records (Nancy Anderson)
14. This Is Not Going To Be Pretty: Live At The Bottom Line,
CD/Plump Records 5904 (Harvey Fierstein)
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, CD/Sony 68339 (Samuel Ramey with
Warren Jones, piano)
16. I Won't Dance, CD/Ligeti 1002 (Steve Ross, piano and voice)
17. Blah Blah Blah And Other Trifles…, CD/Hyperion 66289 (Sarah
Walker with Roger Vignoles, piano)
Thank You So Much Mrs.
Lowsborough-Goodby (previously used in THE DECLINE AND FALL
OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER,
TOWN AND GOWN, and COLE):
1. 78/Victor 24766 (Cole
Porter, piano and voice) [also 78/Gramophone B 8284; reissued on
The Centenary Tribute To Cole Porter, CD/Pearl Flapper PAST CD
9751]
2. Astaire Time, DRG S3L-5181 (Fred Astaire with orchestra
conducted by David Rose) [reissued on Three Evenings With Fred
Astaire, CD/DRG CDAR-1107]
3. Command Performance, DRG Archive DARC-1-1106 (Beatrice
Lillie)
4. The Fleischman Yeast Hour December 13, 1934, CD/Redmond
Nostalgia CD-1076 (Beatrice Lillie)
5. Cole: A Musical Tribute To Cole Porter, Stanyan SR 10136
(Patricia Routledge with Richard Leonard, piano)
6. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117
(Katharine Hepburn)
7. Cole Porter: A Musical Toast, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5826
(David Hyde Pierce with music direction by Ron Abel)
8. Naughty Nights With Douglas Byng, CD/Pearl 7855 (Douglas
Byng)
9. The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Avid 518 (Lew Stone & His
Orchestra)
10. Swellegant Elegance: The Music Of Cole Porter, CD/Unknown
label (Seattle Men's Chorus)
11. Talented Talkers, CD/Pearl GEM0187 (John Tilley)
That's Why I Love You (cut from FIFTY
MILLION FRENCHMEN):
1. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Arthur Siegel and Sandy Stewart)
Why Don't We Try Staying Home (cut from FIFTY MILLION
FRENCHMEN):
1. Cole: A Musical Tribute
To Cole Porter, Stanyan SR 10136 (Elaine Stritch with Richard
Leonard, piano) [reissued on You're Sensational: Cole Porter In
The '20s, '40s, & '50s, CD/Koch A-33714]
2. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
3. Easy To Love: The Songs Of Cole Porter, CD/Concord Jazz
CCD-4696 (Susannah McCorkle with music direction by Allen
Farnham)
4. What A Swell Party This Is!: Songs By Cole Porter, CD/Viva
Cabaret 19981 03182 (Liz Keever with Richard Bower, piano)
5. It All Belongs To You: Unsung Cole Porter, CD/LML Music LML
CD-215 (Justin Hayford, piano and voice, with Jim Cox, bass,
Phil Gratteau, drums, and Jennet Ingle, oboe)
Unrecorded Material:
Almiro (L: Cole Porter;
Rene Pujol) (originally used in LA REVUE DES AMBASSADEURS)
Dancin' To A Jungle Drum (originally used in SEVEN LIVELY ARTS)
When The Hen Stops Laying (cut from LEAVE IT TO ME!)