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HIT THE DECK [musical show]
- Title
- HIT THE DECK [musical show]
- Opening Date
- April 25, 1927
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- 1927 medley by Light Opera Company. (78/HMV(E) C-1433)
- 1927 records by members of 1927 London prod, which had an addl Youmans song. COND: Joseph Tunbridge. Stanley Holloway, chorus: "Join the Navy" (78/Col(E) 4651, ALB-136) Holloway, Ivy Tresmand: "Sometimes I'm Happy" (78/Col(E) 4651, ALB-2195) "Fancy Me Just Meeting You" (78/Col(E) 4652, ALB-2195) Tresmand: "Loo-Loo" (78/Col(E) 4652) Prince Sisters, Barry Twins: "Why, Oh Why?" (78/Col(E) 4653) (All the above are on World Records(E) SH-176, with No, No, Nanette. All but "Why, Oh Why?" are on ALB-773.) Orchestra: Medley (78/Col(E) 9284, ALB-773) Holloway, Tresmand, Prince Sisters, Barry Twins: Medley (78/Col(E) 9285, ALB-773)
- 1927 records by members of orig cast. Louise Groody & Charles King: "Sometimes I'm Happy" (78/Vic 20609, ALB-18, ALB-711, ALB-1146, ALB-1755, ALB-1825) Locust Sisters: "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Hallelujah" (With Willie Creager Orch: 78/Gennett 6138)
- 1948 radio prod. ORCH & COND: Carmen Dragon. CAST: Gordon MacRae, Frances Langford. (CD/Nostalgia 431)
- 1955 film soundtrack, with songs interpolated from other Youmans shows. ORCH: Robert Van Epps, William Beitel, Conrad Salinger. COND: George Stoll. CAST: Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Ann Miller, Kay Armen, Rex Dennis (for Russ Tamblyn). (CD/Rhino R2-76668. Incomplete: MGM 3163; CD/MCA MCAD-5950, with Pagan Love Song & The Pirate; CD/EMI(E) 794193-2, with In the Good Old Summertime & Royal Wedding. Excerpts: Chorus: "Hallelujah" (ALB-252, ALB-1704, ALB-2247) Powell, Damone: "I Know That You Know" (ALB-1772) Powell: "Sometimes I'm Happy" (ALB-2288) Company: "Why, Oh Why?" (ALB-1732).)
- 1956 record sung by Irving Caesar, lyricist. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (ALB-353)
- 1958 studio prod. MUSIC: Vincent Youmans. WORDS: Leo Robin, Clifford Grey. COND: Johnny Gregory. CAST: Doreen Hume, Denis Quilley, chorus. (Epic LN-3569, with The Cat and the Fiddle)
- 1959 album. ORCH & COND: Tony Osborne. VOCALS: Millicent Martin, Kevin Scott, chorus. "Hallelujah," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "I Know That You Know," "Join the Navy," "Why, Oh Why?," "Finale" (45/HMV(E) GES-5757)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19270425
Last Updated: 08-23-2012