ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1956

Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: April 16, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre in Boston on April 16, 1956 and closed on May 12, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia

Faster Than Sound (C/L: Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin) (cut from ATHENA and later used in HIGH SPIRITS):

1. High Spirits Demo, private LP C1-6-8700 (Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray)
2. High Spirits, ABC-Paramount (S) ABCS-OC-1 (Tammy Grimes and Ensemble with musical direction by Fred Werner) [reissued as CD/MCA MCAD-10767]
3. High Spirits, Pye (S) NSPL-83022 (Marti Stevens and Ensemble with musical direction by Michael Moore) (with reprise by entire company) [reissued as CD/DRG 13107]
4. Athena, CD/Rhino Handmade RHM2 7768 (Vic Damone and the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll) (outtake)
5. Athena, CD/Rhino Handmade RHM2 7768 (Ralph Blane with Hugh Martin, piano) (demo)


Go Bravely On (C/L: Sydney Shaw) (also used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1958):

A recording of Kaye Ballard performing this song on television is known to exist.


Home By The Sea: (C: Richard Lewine; L: Ted Fetter):

1. Make Mine Manhattan & Great Revues Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-119 (Diane Carnevale with music direction by Robert Marks)


The Lady Is Indisposed (C: Cy Coleman; L: Joseph McCarthy, Jr.):

1. You Fascinate Me So, CD/Harbinger HCD-3102 (Cy Coleman, piano and voice)


The Miser's Serenade, The (C: Marvin Fisher and Jack Val; L: Fred Patrick and Claude Reese):

1. Chris, Bethlehem BCP-56 (Chris Connor and the Sy Oliver Orchestra) [reissued as CD/Bethlehem 9617]


Noises In The Theatre (aka Noises In The Street) (C: Richard Lewine; L: Arnold B. Horwitt) (previously used in MAKE MINE MANHATTAN and subsequently cut from THE GIRLS AGAINST THE BOYS):

1. Make Mine Manhattan & Great Revues Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-119 (Arthur Siegel, Bob DeAngelis, and Dennis Deal)


A Pretty Girl Is Like A Pretty Girl (C: Richard Lewine; L: Arnold Horwitt):

1. Make Mine Manhattan & Great Revues Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-119 (William Cantor, Robert Marks, and Arthur Siegel with music direction by Robert Marks)


Runaway (C: Alton Rinker; L: Floyd Huddleston):

1. 78/Decca 29931 (Joanne Gilbert with orchestra conducted by Victor Young) [45/Decca 9-29931]


Other Songs:

The Ballad Of Herman Schlepps (C: Albert Hague; L: Arnold B. Horwitt)
Don't Knock It (C/L: Herbert Baker)
Downtown (C: Charles Strouse; L: Lee Adams) (originally used in WHAT'S THE RUSH (1954); also used in WHAT'S THE RUSH (1956) and MEDIUM RARE)
Finale
Greetings (by Will Glickman and Joseph Stein)
The Night The Lion Broke Loose (C: Milton De Lugg; L: Chuck Sweeney)
Opening Number
Small Winner (C: Albert Hague; L: Arnold B. Horwitt)
The Thing About Willie (C: Alton Rinker; L: Floyd Huddleston)
What It Was Was Love (C: Albert Hague; L: Arnold B. Horwitt)
When Papa Would Waltz (C: Jerry Bock; L: Larry Holofcener) (also used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1958)
The Whip (C: Jerry Bock; L: Larry Holofcener)


Sketches:

Aside From Love (by James McCall)
The Convention (by Elliott Reid)
The High And The Flighty (by Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen) (also used in the ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1957)
Large Talk (by David Rogers) (also used in the ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1957)
The Subway (by Goodman Ace, Selma Diamond, George Foster, and Mort Green)
Vanity Aid (by David Rogers)
The Waltz (by Dorothy Parker)
The Year That Goethe Copped The Pennant (by Ronny Graham and Stanley Prager)