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LADY, BE GOOD! [musical show]
- Title
- LADY, BE GOOD! [musical show]
- Opening Date
- December 01, 1924
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- 1924 piano roll by Victor Arden of orig prod. "Fascinating Rhythm" (ALB-621)
- 1925 piano roll by George Gershwin, composer. "So Am I" (ALB-458, ALB-459, ALB-512, ALB-1202, ALB-1541)
- 1926 records by members of 1926 London cast & George Gershwin, piano. MUSIC: George Gershwin. WORDS: Ira Gershwin. Fred & Adele Astaire (also of orig cast): "Swiss Miss" (78/Col(E) 3979, ALB-14, ALB-512, ALB-866, ALB-1210, ALB-1867, ALB-1935, ALB-2103) "Fascinating Rhythm" (With George Gershwin, piano: 78/Col(E) 3969, ALB-14, ALB-326, ALB-512, ALB-830, ALB-866, ALB-935, ALB-1030, ALB-1146, ALB-1173, ALB-1176, ALB-1180, ALB-1195, ALB-1210, ALB-1229, ALB-1251, ALB-1351, ALB-1460, ALB-1601, ALB-1633, ALB-1825, ALB-1849, ALB-1867, ALB-1935, ALB-2092, ALB-2103, ALB-2181) "I'd Rather Charleston" (words by Desmond Carter) (With George Gershwin, piano: 78/Col(E) 3970, ALB-14, ALB-326, ALB-512, ALB-866, ALB-1030, ALB-1195, ALB-1229, ALB-1351, ALB-1867, ALB-1935, ALB-2092, ALB-2103) "Hang On to Me" (With George Gershwin, piano: 78/Col(E) 3970, ALB-14, ALB-326, ALB-512, ALB-866, ALB-1030, ALB-1210, ALB-1229, ALB-1351, ALB-1517, ALB-1867, ALB-1935, ALB-2092, ALB-2103) Fred Astaire: "The Half of It Dearie Blues" (With George Gershwin, piano: 78/Col(E) 3969, ALB-14, ALB-326, ALB-512, ALB-531, ALB-866, ALB-1030, ALB-1112, ALB-1146, ALB-1173, ALB-1210, ALB-1229, ALB-1258, ALB-1351, ALB-1867, ALB-1935, ALB-2092, ALB-2103) Adele Astaire, George Vollaire: "So Am I" (78/Col(E) 3979, ALB-14, ALB-512, ALB-1517, ALB-1867, ALB-2103) William Kent: "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (78/Col(E) 3980, ALB-14, ALB-512, ALB-1559, ALB-1867, ALB-2103) Buddy Lee: "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (78/Col(E) 3981, ALB-221, ALB-1464, ALB-2103) "Fascinating Rhythm" (78/Col(E) 3981, ALB-221, ALB-2103)
- 1992 studio prod. ORCH: Larry Wilcox, Russell Warner, Robert Russell Bennett, Paul Lannin, others. COND: Eric Stern. PIANOS: Steven Blier, John Musto. CAST: Lara Teeter, Ann Morrison, Jason Alexander, Michael Maguire, Ivy Austin, Michelle Nicastro, Robin Langford, Carol Swarbrick, John Pizzarelli. (CD/Elektra Nonesuch 79308-2)
- Radio performances by George Gershwin (composer), piano. "The Man I Love" (dropped from the show) (1934: ALB-286, ALB-512) "Fascinating Rhythm" (1932: ALB-375, ALB-512, ALB-1381, ALB-1966)
- Records by members of 1941 film cast. Ann Sothern: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1957: ALB-614, ALB-2332) "You'll Never Know" (1957: ALB-2332) Virginia O'Brien: "Oh, Lady Be Good," "Fascinating Rhythm" (1983: ALB-955)
- Records by members of orig prod. Cliff Edwards: "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924: 78/Perfect 11560, ALB-512, ALB-824, ALB-1112, ALB-1464, ALB-1527, ALB-1627, ALB-1724, ALB-1887, ALB-1945, ALB-1966, ALB-2103) (1940s: ALB-1005) (Later: ALB-635) "Insufficient Sweetie" (not by Gershwin) (1924: 78/Pathé 032074, ALB-476, ALB-512) "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter" (not by Gershwin) (1925: 78/Pathé 025128, ALB-824, ALB-1945) "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (1925: 78/Pathé 025130, ALB-512, ALB-1945, ALB-2092, ALB-2103) Victor Arden & Phil Ohman (pianists, with orch): "Fascinating Rhythm/So Am I" (1925: 78/Bruns 2790, ALB-512, ALB-2103) Fred Astaire: "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (1952: ALB-348, ALB-648) (1958: ALB-108) "Fascinating Rhythm" (1952: ALB-348, ALB-648, ALB-1145, ALB-1423)
- Soundtrack of 1941 film, with addl songs by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Arthur Freed, Roger Edens. ORCH & COND: George Stoll, Roger Edens. CAST: Ann Sothern, Eleanor Powell, Connie Russell, Robert Young, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Berry Brothers, Jimmy Dorsey Orch. (Hollywood Soundstage 5010; CD/Promo Sound(G) 60029, with Four Jills in a Jeep. Incomplete: Caliban 6010, with Going Places; ALB-558. Excerpts: Russell: "Fascinatin' Rhythm" (ALB-416, ALB-654, ALB-1704, ALB-2247) Sothern, Young, Skelton, Carroll, O'Brien, Powell: "Lady, Be Good" (ALB-416, ALB-654) Sothern: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (ALB-1281, ALB-1834) Sothern, Young: "Your Words and My Music," "Lady Be Good" (2279).)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19241201
Last Updated: 08-23-2012