GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS OF 1922
BLUE MONDAY
135TH STREET
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1922 records by Paul Whiteman Orch of orig prod. MUSIC: George Gershwin. WORDS: B G DeSylva, E Ray Goetz. "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" (78/Vic 18949, ALB-49, ALB-518, ALB-1095, ALB-1112, ALB-1423, ALB-1464, ALB-1517, ALB-1867, ALB-1868, ALB-1966, ALB-2014, ALB-2095) "I Found a Four-Leaf Clover" (78/Vic 18950, ALB-2014, ALB-2095)
1976 studio prod of "Blue Monday" (a chamber opera later known as "135th Street"), dropped after the opening performance. MUSIC: George Gershwin. WORDS: B G DeSylva. COND: Gregg Smith. CAST: Joyce Andrews, Patrick Mason, Walter Richardson, Thomas Bogdan, Jeffrey Meyer. (Turnabout TV-S-34638, titled "Gershwin: Blue Monday," with addl material)
1968 concert performance of "Blue Monday" (a chamber opera later known as "135th Street"), rec live. COND: Skitch Henderson. VOCALS: Uncredited. (Penzance PR-43, titled "Gershwin: 135th Street," with addl material)
Contemp piano roll by The Original Piano Trio of orig prod. "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" (ALB-561, ALB-2014)
1992 studio prod of "Blue Monday" (a chamber opera later known as "135th Street"). ORCH: George Bassman. COND: Marin Alsop. CAST: Amy Burton, Gregory Hopkins, William Sharp, Arthur Woodley, Jamie J Offenbach. (CD/Angel CDC-54851-2 (titled "Blue Monday"), with addl material)
1997 studio prod of "Blue Monday," a chamber opera later known as "135th Street". ORCH (original): Will H Vodery. COND: Erich Kunzel. CAST: Thomas Young, Marquita Lister, Kirk Walker, Gregg Baker, Lawrence Craig, chorus. (CD/Telarc 80434 (titled "Blue Monday"), with Porgy and Bess)
1981 broadcast performance of "Blue Monday" (a chamber opera later known as "135th Street"). COND: Marc Andreae. CAST: Howard Haskin, LaVerne Williams, Daniel Washington, Raymond Bazemore, Ivan Thomas. (CD/Aura(I) 174-2 (titled "Blue Monday"), with addl material)
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