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GOOD NEWS [musical show]

Title

GOOD NEWS [musical show]

Opening Date

September 06, 1927

Genre

musical show

Production and Recordings Information

1928 medley by Broadway Opera Company. (78/Imperial(E) 2003)

1928 medley by Victor Arden & Phil Ohman Orch. VOCALS: The Revelers. (78/Vic 35918)

1928 records by Abe Lyman Orch of 1927-28 touring prod & 1930 film prod. Medley (With uncredited male singer & close harmony group: 78/Bruns 20063 & 20069) "Good News," "Varsity Drag" (78/Bruns 3901) "Just Imagine" (78/Bruns 3971)

1930 film soundtrack. Dorothy McNulty, company: "Good News," "The Varsity Drag" (CD/Rhino RHM2-7763, with the 1947 film soundtrack) Stanley Smith, Mary Lawlor: "If You're Not Kissing Me" (ALB-770)

1947 film soundtrack. MUSIC & WORDS: Ray Henderson, B G DeSylva, Lew Brown, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, Roger Edens, Betty Comden, Adolph Green. ORCH: Conrad Salinger. COND: Lennie Hayton. CAST: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Joan McCracken, Patricia Marshall, Mel Tormé, Ray McDonald. (CD/Rhino RHM2-7763, with two songs from the 1930 film soundtrack; CD/Sony AK-47025. Less complete: Sountrak 111; Vertinge 2001, with Varsity Show; CD/Promo Sound(I), with Cover Girl. Even less complete: 78/MGM album 17; MGM 10" 504; CD/EMI(E) CDP-7948692, with The Belle of New York & Rich, Young and Pretty; CD/MCA MCAD-5951, with In the Good Old Summertime & Two Weeks with Love. Excerpts: Allyson, Lawford: "The Varsity Drag" (ALB-252, ALB-1704, ALB-2247) "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (ALB-975, ALB-1273, ALB-1772) "The French Lesson" (ALB-975) Allyson: "Just Imagine" (ALB-328) Allyson, Marshall: "An Easier Way" (dropped before release) (ALB-423) McCracken: "Pass That Peace Pipe" (ALB-1577, ALB-1704, ALB-2247).)

1948 radio prod. COND: Carmen Dragon. CAST: Gordon MacRae, Jane Powell, Dinah Shore. (CD/Nostalgia 430)

1963 Chicago prod. COND: Ken Pierce. CAST: Belleruth Krepon, Ron Inglehart, Cyndee Schwartz, Dave Steinberg, Herb Jones, Jerry Loeb, Susie Workoff, Janie Whitehill. (Unnamed label mx U-17889/90)

1966 record by Ray Henderson (composer), piano. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (ALB-671)

1974 prod rec live, with interpolated songs by DeSylva, Brown, & Henderson. ORCH: Philip J Lang. COND: Liza Redfield. CAST: Alice Faye, John Payne, Stubby Kaye, Barbara Lail, Wayne Bryan, Jana Robbins, Marti Rolph, Scott Stevensen, Paula Cinko, Tommy Breslin, Rebecca Urich, Timmy Rogers, Gene Nelson. (Unnamed label mx SA-101/4)

1993 Wichita (KS) prod, with interpolated songs by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson. COND: Craig Barna. CAST: Kim Huber, Ann Morrison, Linda Michelle, Michael Gruber, Hal Davis, Jessica Boevers, Michael McCormick; Wayne Bryan (of 1974 New York prod). (CD/TER Records(E) CDTER-1230)

Album, incl one song written for 1947 film prod. COND: Geoff Harvey. CAST: Jimmy Parkinson, Betty Parker. (Light Music Club(New Zealand) LZ-7073, with Sally)

Records by lyricists of songs written for 1947 film prod. Betty Comden, Adolph Green: "The French Lesson" (1955: ALB-359, ALB-2308) (1958: ALB-170) (1977: ALB-489) Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane: "Pass That Peace Pipe" (1956: ALB-193) Martin: "Pass That Peace Pipe" (Demo, with Mel Tormé(?): ALB-2243)

Records by members of 1947 film cast. Mel Tormé: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1947: 78/Musicraft 15118) (1950: 78/MGM K-30357) June Allyson: "Just Imagine" (TV with Judy Garland, 1963: ALB-917)

Records by members of orig prod. George Olsen Orch: "Good News" (1927: 78/Vic 20875, ALB-282, ALB-773, ALB-1448, ALB-2077) "Varsity Drag" (1927: 78/Vic 20875, ALB-282, ALB-456, ALB-711, ALB-773, ALB-1146, ALB-1186, ALB-1399, ALB-2077) "Lucky in Love" (1927: 78/Vic 20872, ALB-773) "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927: 78/Vic 20872, ALB-773, ALB-2077, ALB-2124) Zelma O'Neal (also of 1928 London cast): "Varsity Drag" (1928: 78/Bruns 3864, ALB-1448)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.19270906

Last Updated: 08-23-2012