WALK A LITTLE FASTER
Composer: Vernon
Duke
Lyricist: E.Y. Harburg
Opened: December 17, 1932, St. James Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 121
April In Paris:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
composer renditions.
1. 78/Decca 23161 (Hildegarde with Vernon Duke and Leo Kahn,
pianos) [reissued on Isn't It Romantic, CD/Bygone Days BYD
77030]
2. Vernon Duke Plays Vernon Duke, 10"/Atlantic ALS-407 (Huguette
Ferly with Vernon Duke, piano) [reissued on Two's Company,
CD/Sepia 1047]
3. Vernon Duke Plays Vernon Duke, 10"/Atlantic ALS-407 (Vernon
Duke, piano) [reissued on Two's Company, CD/Sepia 1047]
4. Yip Sings Harburg, CD/Koch International 3-7386-2 H1 (E.Y.
Harburg)
I Apologize (M/L: Al Hoffman; Al
Goodhart; Ed Nelson):
1. Click here for
recordings of "I Apologize."
(So) Nonchalant (L: E.Y.Harburg;
Charles Tobias) (music originally used for "Showgirl
Couplets" in BILLY ROSE'S CRAZY QUILT):
1. Harold Arlen And Vernon
Duke Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-127 (Sandy Duncan,
Arthur Siegel and Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-127]
2. Madly In Love, CDr (unknown performer)
3. It's Your Dance, CD/Star Song Communications SSC 1011
(Meredith D'Ambrosio)
Off Again, On Again:
1. Harold Arlen And Vernon
Duke Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-127 (Tammy Grimes)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-127]
2. Sandra King In A Concert Of Vernon Duke, CD/Audiophile
ACD-197 (Sandra King with Pat Smythe, piano, and Tommy Cecil,
bass)
3. Madly In Love, CDr (unknown performer)
A Penny For Your Thoughts:
1. 78/Victor 24260
(Ramona, vocal, with Roy Bargy and Ramona, pianos) [reissued on
Ramona & Her Grand Piano, CD/The Old Masters 116]
2. Harold Arlen And Vernon Duke Revisited Vol. II, Painted
Smiles PS-127 (Sandy Duncan) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-127]
3. Sandra King In A Concert Of Vernon Duke, CD/Audiophile
ACD-197 (Sandra King with Pat Smythe, piano, and Tommy Cecil,
bass)
4. Madly In Love, CDr (unknown performer)
5. The Chronological Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra 1944-1945,
CD/Classics 914 (Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra)
Speaking Of Love:
1. Felicia Sanders At The
Blue Angel, Columbia (M) CL 654 (Felicia Sanders with Irving
Joseph, piano, Norm Jeffries, drums, and Red Callender, bass)
[reissued on The Song From Moulin Rouge, CD/Sepia 1073]
2. Speaking Of Love, (S) SD-1262 (Bobby Short, piano and voice,
with Ismael Ugarte, bass, and Ramon "Sonny" Rivera, drums and
musical direction by Phil Moore) [reissued on Speaking Of
Love/Sing Me A Swing Song, CD/Collectables COL-CD-6843]
3. Eartha Kitt Live At The Cheltenham Jazz Festival, CD/Network
SNCD 6525 (unverified)
That's Life:
1. Harold Arlen And Vernon
Duke Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-127 (Arthur Siegel and
Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-127]
2. The Full Flavor, CD/Linn Records AKD 034 (The Ray Gelato
Giants)
3. Live At The Apollo, Vol. II, Pt. 1, CD/Rhino 70217 (James
Brown) (unverified)
Where Have We Met Before?:
1. 78/Brunswick 6484
(Smith Ballew with Victor Young and His Serenaders) [reissued on
The Best Of Victor Young & The Brunswick Studio Orchestra
1932-1934, CD/Sony 70074]
2. E.Y. Harburg Revisited, Painted Smiles PS- 1372 (Patrice
Munsel) [reissued on Hold On To Your Hats, CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-120]
Unrecorded Material:
Can Can
End Of A Perfect Night
Finale
Frisco Fanny (M: Henry Sullivan; L: Earle Crooker)
(Manhattan's The) Loneliest Isle (cut)
Marionettes
Mayfair (M: William Waliter; L: Rowland Leigh)
Pomp And Circumstance
"Saturday Night" Finale
Time And Tide
Unaccustomed As I Am