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PAL JOEY [musical show]
- Title
- PAL JOEY [musical show]
- Opening Date
- December 25, 1940
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- 1945 radio performance by Gene Kelly of orig cast, with Martha Tilton. "Pet Shop Scene" (ALB-2053)
- 1950 studio prod. MUSIC: Richard Rodgers. WORDS: Lorenz Hart. ORCH: Ted Royal. COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Vivienne Segal of orig and 1952 casts; Harold Lang of 1952 cast; Barbara Ashley, Beverly Fite, Kenneth Remo, Jo Hurt. (Col ML-4364; CD/Col CK-4364; CD/Col SK-86856, with addl material (ALB-2108); CD/Prism(E) PLATCD-975. Excerpts: Segal: "Bewitched" (ALB-830, ALB-1119, ALB-1180, ALB-1548, ALB-2181) "What Is a Man?" Segal, Lang: "Den of Iniquity" (ALB-1488) Lang, Fite: "I Could Write a Book" (ALB-830).)
- 1952 prod with Jane Froman & Dick Beavers replacing Vivienne Segal & Harold Lang. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: Max Meth. CAST: Jane Froman, Dick Beavers, Helen Gallagher, Patrick Northrop, Elaine Stritch, Lewis Bolyard. (Cap S-310; CD/Angel ZDM-764696-2; CD/DRG 19054, with With a Song in My Heart. Excerpt: Stritch: "Zip" (ALB-1488).)
- 1957 album by Vivian Blaine. COND: Glenn Osser. (Mercury SR-60051; CD/Dec B0002282-02; both with Annie Get Your Gun.)
- 1957 film soundtrack, with interpolated Rodgers songs. ORCH: Nelson Riddle. COND: Morris Stoloff. CAST: Frank Sinatra, Trudy Erwin (for Kim Novak), Jo Ann Greer (for Rita Hayworth). (Cap W-912; CD/Cap CDP-791249; plus Greer: "My Funny Valentine" (dropped before release) on ALB-403 & ALB-1463. Excerpts: Greer: "Zip" (ALB-403, ALB-496, ALB-1101, ALB-1463) "Bewitched" (ALB-1463) Sinatra: "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," "There's a Small Hotel," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "Bewitched," "Dream Sequence/What Do I Care for a Dame?/I Could Write a Book" Sinatra, Erwin: "I Could Write a Book." (ALB-2065).)
- 1957 studio prod, with songs used in 1957 film prod. ORCH & COND: Lew Raymond. VOCALS: Martha Tilton, Clark Dennis, June Hutton, Bob McKendrick, Curt Massey, Betty Baker, Marilyn Maxwell. (Tops L-1607. Incomplete: CD/Stage Door(E) 9002, with On Your Toes.)
- 1958(?) album. COND: Jimmy Warren. VOCALS: Jennie Gray, Steve Jackson, chorus. (Fidelio(E) ATL-4091; Promenade 2089.)
- 1961 studio prod. ORCH & COND: Johnny Douglas. CAST: Joyce Blair, Michael Garson, Stella Moray, chorus. (World Records(E) LM-3, with The New Moon)
- 1977 record by Gene Kelly of orig cast. "I Could Write a Book" (ALB-749)
- 1977 recording by Pat Kirkwood of 1976 Edinburgh prod. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (ALB-2324)
- 1980 London prod. COND: Trevor York. CAST: Sian Phillips, Denis Lawson, Jane Gurnett, Darlene Johnson, Tracey Perry, Kay Jones, Susan Kyd, Danielle Carson. (That's Entertainment(E) TERX-1005; CD/TER(E) CDTER-1005.)
- 1995 concert prod. ORIG ORCH: Hans Spialek. COND: Rob Fisher. CAST: Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Bebe Neuwirth, Vicki Lewis, Ned Eisenberg, Daisy Prince. (CD/DRG Records 94763. Excerpts: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Zip," "I'm Talkin' to My Pal" (ALB-2354).)
- Contemp records (c 1940) by members of 1954 London prod. COND: Cyril Ornadel. Carol Bruce (also of 1953 US touring prod & 1961 New York prod): "Bewitched," "What Is a Man?" (78/Philips(E) PB-279, ALB-1393) Bruce, Sally Bazely: "Take Him" Jean Brampton: "That Terrific Rainbow" (78/Philips(E) PB-280, ALB-1393)
- Contemp records (c 1940) by Sian Phillips of 1980 London prod. "What Is a Man?," "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (45/Chrysalis(E) CHS-2470)
- Records by Frank Sinatra of 1957 film cast. "I Could Write a Book" (1952, cond by Axel Stordahl: 78/Col 39652, ALB-2145) "My Funny Valentine" (1954, cond by Nelson Riddle: ALB-2144)
- Records by members of 1952 prod. Vivienne Segal: "Bewitched" (1953, radio: ALB-2108) Harold Lang: "I Could Write a Book" (1955, television: ALB-2108) Helen Gallagher: "Bewitched," "What Is a Man?" (1972: ALB-509) Nancy Walker (who replaced Helen Gallagher): "What Is a Man?," "Take Him" (1959: ALB-1339) Elaine Stritch: "Zip" (2001: ALB-2061)
- Studio prod. "Ed Sullivan presents Pal Joey." No other credits given. (National Academy 9)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19401225
Last Updated: 08-23-2012