WALK WITH MUSIC
Composer: Hoagy
Carmichael
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Opened: June 4, 1940, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 55
Note: During out of town tryouts, this show was entitled THREE
AFTER THREE.
Break It Up Cinderella (revised as "Break It Now, Buck Private" in AT EASE!):
1. Hoagy's Children, Vol.
2, CD/Audiophile ACD-292 (Barbara Lea)
Darn Clever These Chinese (cut;
originally entitled "Darn Clever These Chinee"):
1. 78/Varsity 8176
(Harrison Sisters, Mansfield, Rice, and Gifford with George
Olsen and His Orchestra)
Everything Happens To Me:
1. But Beautiful,
Storyville (S) SP-4048 (Wild Bill Davison) [reissued as
CD/Storyville 8233] (unverified)
2. Wild Bill Davison In Copenhagen, CD/Storyville 1018522 (Wild
Bill Davison) (unverified)
3. Smokin' Jazz, CD/Muse 5521 (Cecil Brooks III) (unverified)
4. Big Band Swing, CD/Somerset 11069 (Steve Wingfield Band)
(unverified)
5. Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was, CD/32 Jazz
32051 (Sonny Stitt) (unverified)
6. Live…On The Open Road, CD/Summit 356 (The Mike Vax Big Band
featuring alumni of The Stan Kenton Orchestra) (unverified)
7. Adventures, CD/Jazz Focus 6 (Kent Sangster) (unverified)
8. The Talk Of The Town, CD/ Muse MCD-5331 (Houston Person)
(unverified)
9. Ceora, CD/Xenophon 013 (Oliver Hunt) (unverified)
10. In A Different Way, CD/ 85360 (The Alan Casagrande Quartet)
(unverified)
Note: One or more of the above recordings were likely composed
by Matt Denis and Tom Adair and erroneously credited to
Carmichael and Mercer.
Give, Baby, Give (M: Irving Gellers;
Otis Spencer; L: Gladys Shelley) (cut):
1. 78/Vocalion 5406 (Cab
Calloway, vocal, with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) [also
78/Okeh 5406; 78/Conqueror 9465; reissued on The Chronological
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 1939-1940, CD/Classics 595]
A radio transcription performed by the Jimmie Lunceford
Orchestra is also known to exist.
How Nice For Me (Love Song) (cut):
1. Lost Broadway And More, Volume 2, CDr/Original Cast
(Kitty Carlisle Hart)
I Like Love (M/L: Hugh Martin) (cut; melody later reused as
verse section of "What I Was Warned About" in MAKE A WISH):
1. Make A Wish, RCA Victor
(M) LOC 1002 (Nanette Fabray with orchestra conducted by Milton
Rosenstock) (as "What I Was Warned About") [reissued as CD/Sepia
1036]
2. Trouble Is A Man, Columbia (S) CS-8041 (Judy Holliday with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser) (as "What I Was Warned
About") [reissued as CD/DRG 91467]
3. When Lights Are Low, CD/Linn 260 (Claire Martin with Richard
Rodney Bennett, piano) (as "What I Was Warned About")
4. You'd Better Love Me, CD/Audiophile ACD-121 (Marlene Ver
Planck with the Loonis McGlohon Trio) (as "What I Was Warned
About")
I Walk With Music:
1. 78/Varsity 8233 (Buddy
Clark, vocal, with member of Bud Freeman's Summa Cum Laude
Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Pee Wee Russell
1935-1946, CD/Classics 1204]
2. 78/Decca 3015 (Mert Curtis with Guy Lombardo and His Royal
Canadians)
3. 78/Victor 26531 (Clyde Burke with the Sammy Kaye Orchestra)
4. 78/Vocalion 5408 (Ginny Simms with orchestra) [reissued on
One More Dream, CD/Flare 238]
5. 78/Vocalion 5394 (Frankie Masters and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Bluebird B 10614 (Dolores O'Neil with Bob Chester and His
Orchestra)
7. 78/Vocalion 5394 (Harlan Rogers with the Frankie Masters
Orchestra)
8. 78/Royale 1848 (Jack Smith with Johnny Green, piano, and His
Orchestra)
9. Hoagy 'N Me: Janis Carnes Sings The Songs Of Hoagy
Carmichael, Peer Music PSP 10082 (Janis Carnes with the Rick
Carnes Combo) [reissued as CD/Peer Southern]
10. Hoagy 'N Me, Peer Music PSP 10082 (Rick Carnes Combo)
11. Hoagy Carmichael Songs, CDr/Fred Waring's America #10 (Fred
Waring and The Pennsylvanians)
12. In Person 1925-1955, CD/Avid Entertainment 2150 (Hoagy
Carmichael)
13. I Walk With Music, CD/High Note 7095 (Chris Connor)
14. A Warmer Place, CD/Audiophile ACD-169 (Marlene Ver Planck
with Ben Aronov, piano, Jay Leonhart, bass, and Ron Traxler,
drums)
15. Everyone Else Revisited, Painted Smiles PS 1374 (Patti Wyss)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146]
16. Dreaming Of A Song: The Music Of Hoagy Carmichael,
CD/Ghostlight 8-3311 (Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch with
musical direction by Billy Stritch)
17. Hoagy's Children, Vol. 1, CD/Audiophile ACD-291 (Barbara
Lea)
18. Star Dust: The Music Of Hoagy Carmichael, CD/North Star 64
(Paul Schmeling Trio)
19. Stardust, CD/Blue Note 35985 (Bill Charlap)
20. Hooray For Hoagy!, CD/Audiophile ACD-251 (Jim Cullum Jazz
Band)
21. I Walk With Music, CD/Audiophile ACD-141 (Daryle Rice)
22. Lost Broadway And More, Volume 2, CDr/Original Cast (Kitty
Carlisle Hart)
Radio transcriptions performed by the Leith Stevens Orchestra
and Herb Muse with the Les Brown Orchestra are also known to
exist.
Ooh! What You Said:
1. 78/Victor 26449 (The
Smoothies with Hal Kemp and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Vocalion 5350 (Ginny Simms)
3. 78/Varsity 8219 (Johnny Messner and Jeanne D'Arcy with Johnny
Messner and His Music Box Band)
4. 78/Decca 2992 (Marian Mann with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Classic Hoagy Carmichael, CD/Smithosonian RD
038]
5. 78/Bluebird B 10561 (Marion Hutton with Glenn Miller and His
Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Glenn Miller, Vols. 1-13,
CD/Bluebird/RCA 61015-2]
6. 78/Columbia 35360 (Johnny MacAfee with the Eddy Duchin and
His Orchestra and whistling by Eddy Duchin)
7. 78/Royale 1802 (Frank Baker with the Charles Baum and His St.
Regis Hotel Orchestra)
8. 1939-1940, Circle (M) CLP-7 (Richard Himber and His
Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Circle 7]
9. The Uncollected Jan Garber And His Orchestra 1939-1941,
Hindsight HSR 130 (Fritz Heilbron with Jan Garber and His
Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Hindsight HCD-130]
10. Hoagy 'N Me: Janis Carnes Sings The Songs Of Hoagy
Carmichael, Peer Music PSP 10082 (Janis Carnes with the Rick
Carnes Combo) [reissued as CD/Peer Southern]
11. Hoagy 'N Me, Peer Music PSP 10082 (Rick Carnes Combo)
12. In Person 1925-1955, CD/Avid Entertainment 2150 (Hoagy
Carmichael)
13. Hugh Sings Martin, CD/PS Classics PS-9535 (Mitzi Green and
The Martins) (demo)
14. The Radio Years, CD/Storyville 2074 (Bob Crosby and His
Orchestra)
15. Everyone Else Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles Painted Smiles PS
1374 (Su-La Haska) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146]
16. The Broadway Musicals Of 1940, CD/Bayview RNBW019 (Julie
Reyburn with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
17. From Brooklyn To Broadway, CD/Lily White Records LW-0721
(Lillias White with Timothy Graphenreed, piano, Gary Haase,
bass, and Buddy Williams, drums)
18. Hoagy's Children, Vol. 2, CD/Audiophile ACD-292 (Barbara
Lea)
19. The Art of the Bass, Vol. II: The Beiderbecke/Carmichael
Songbook, CD/Laika (Wayne Darling)
20. More 1940 Beat the Band Shows, CD/Soundcraft 5010 (Ted Weems
and His Orchestra)
The Rhumba Jumps!:
1. 78/Decca 2939 (Woody
Herman, vocal, with the Woody Herman Orchestra) [reissued on The
Chronological Woody Herman And His Orchestra 1939-1940,
CD/Classics 1163]
2. 78/Columbia 35366 (Irene Daye with the Gene Krupa Orchestra)
[reissued on The Chronological Gene Krupa And His Orchestra
1939-1940, CD/Classics 834]
3. 78/Bluebird B 10673 (Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke with the
Glen Miller Orchestra) [reissued on The Best of Glenn Miller
1938-1942, CD/Sony/BMG 730122]
4. 78/Varsity 8204 (Phil Harris, vocal, with the Phil Harris and
His Orchestra)
5. 78/Royale 1802 (Frank Baker with the Charles Baum and His St.
Regis Hotel Orchestra)
6. Ole Torme: Mel Torme Goes South Of The Border With Billy May,
Verve V-2117 (Mel Torme with Billy May and His Orchestra)
[reissued as CD/Universal 589517]
7. The Chesterfield Broadcasts, CD/BMG 82876 54306-2 (Marion
Hutton and Tex Benecke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra)
8. Live From The Cafe Rouge: 1940, CD/Jazz Band 2151 (Glenn
Miller and His Orchestra)
9. You Can't Put Ketchup On The Moon: Broadway Flops &
Roadkills 1925-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9201 (Michael Heitzman,
Steven Yudson, and Kevin McMahon with musical direction by David
Holcenberg)
10. The Broadway Musicals Of 1940, CD/Bayview RNBW019 (Rob Evan,
Bryan Batt, and Natalie Douglas with the Ross Patterson Little
Big Band)
11. Stardust Melody: Beloved and Rare Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael,
CD/Challenge 73231 (Richard Sudhalter, Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough,
and Jim Ferguson)
12. Another Time And Place, CD/Peermusic (Alan Paul)
13. Moon Country: A Hoagy Carmichael Collection, CD/Yin Yang
Productions (Tracy and Nathan Thomas)
14. Music from Humphrey Bogart Movies, CD/Soundtrack Factory
33565 (Andy Williams)
A radio transcription performed by the Will Osborne Orchestra is
also known to exist.
Way Back In 1939 A.D.:
1. 78/Columbia 35350
(Ginny Simms and Harry Babbitt with Kay Kyser and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Best of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra,
CD/Collectors' Choice Music 1114/30890]
2. 78/Bluebird B10575 (Cliff Grass with Gray Gordon and His
Tic-Toc Rhythm)
3. 78/Victor 26449 (Bob Allen with Hal Kemp and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Decca 3028 (Jimmy Palmer with Bobby Byrne and His
Orchestra)
5. 78/Vocalion 5329 (Ginny Simms)
6. 78/Varsity 8145 (Johnny McGee and His Orchestra with vocal
refrain)
7. Everyone Else Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles Painted Smiles PS
1374 (Arthur Siegel and the Girls) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-146]
8. The Broadway Musicals Of 1940, CD/Bayview RNBW019 (Rob Evan
with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
What'll They Think Of Next?:
1. 78/Columbia 35374
(Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [reissued
on The Complete Helen Forrest With Benny Goodman, CD/Collectors'
Choice Music 245]
2. Hoagy 'N Me: Janis Carnes Sings The Songs Of Hoagy
Carmichael, Peer Music PSP 10082 (Janis Carnes with the Rick
Carnes Combo) [reissued as CD/Peer Southern]
3. Hoagy 'N Me, Peer Music PSP 10082 (Rick Carnes Combo)
4. Everyone Else Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles Painted Smiles PS
1374 (Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146]
5. The Broadway Musicals Of 1940, CD/Bayview RNBW019 (Rob Evan
with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
6. Hoagy's Children, Vol. 1, CD/Audiophile ACD-291 (Barbara Lea)
Unrecorded Material:
Amazing What Love Can Do
(cut)
Boom, I'm Off The Wagon (cut; early version of "We're Off The
Wagon")
Charm Against Trouble (cut)
Even If I Say It Myself
Finale
A Friend Of The Family
Glamour Boys (not used or cut out of town)
Greetings, Gates
Happy New Year To You (cut; lyric lost)
Newsy Bluesies (cut)
Put Music In The Barn (M: Hugh Martin) (cut; lyric lost)
Smile For The Press
Today I Am A Glamour Girl
Wait 'Till You See Me In The Morning (subsequently revised and
put into AT EASE!)
We're Off The Wagon (cut)
Do Unto (cut)