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ST. LOUIS WOMAN [musical show]
- Title
- ST. LOUIS WOMAN [musical show]
- Alternate Titles
- BLUES OPERA
- FREE AND EASY
- Opening Date
- March 30, 1946
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- Orig prod. MUSIC: Harold Arlen. WORDS: Johnny Mercer. COND: Leon Leonardi. CAST: Pearl Bailey, Harold Nicholas, Ruby Hill, June Hawkins, Robert Pope. (78/Cap album CE-28; Cap 10" L-355; CD/Angel ZDM-7-64662-2; CD/DRG 19078, with Harold Arlen and His Songs. Excerpts: Nicholas, Hill: "Come Rain or Come Shine" (ALB-830, ALB-1180, ALB-1535, ALB-1825, ALB-2181) Hawkins: "I Had Myself a True Love" Bailey: "Legalize My Name" (ALB-1535).)
- 1957 recording of "Blues Opera" orchestral suite. (Arlen reworked the St. Louis Woman music into "Blues Opera," which was renamed "Free and Easy" before its orig (Amsterdam) prod in December 1959.) ORCH: Samuel Matlowsky. COND: André Kostelanetz. (Col CL-1099, titled "Blues Opera," with addl Arlen material; CD/DRG 19044, with The Grandma Moses Suite.)
- 1998 concert prod. ORCH: Ralph Burns, Luther Henderson. COND: Rob Fisher. CAST: Vanessa Williams, Chuck Cooper, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Yvette Cason, Helen Goldsby, Victor Trent Cook, Joseph Webster. (CD/Mercury 314-538-148-2)
- Records by members of orig prod. Pearl Bailey: "Come Rain or Come Shine" (1961: ALB-260) (1961, TV: ALB-1510) "Cakewalk Your Lady," "I Had Myself a True Love," "Ridin' on the Moon" (1961: ALB-260) "It's a Woman's Prerogative" (1946: 78/Col 36969, ALB-848, ALB-1231, ALB-1350, ALB-1412) (1961: ALB-260) "Legalize My Name" (1946: 78/Col 36969, ALB-848, ALB-1231, ALB-1350, ALB-1412) (Later, with Louis Bellson Orch: ALB-1314) Miriam Burton: "I Wonder What Became of Me?" (dropped from show) (1955: ALB-192)
- Records sung by Harold Arlen (composer) & Johnny Mercer (lyricist). Arlen: "Come Rain or Come Shine" (1955: ALB-101) (1969, piano & vocal, rec live, with special lyrics: ALB-1390) Mercer: "Li'l Augie Is a Natural Man" (1946: 78/Cap 254, ALB-559, ALB-604) "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (1946: 78/Cap 254, ALB-604) (1974: ALB-1845) "Come Rain or Come Shine" (1974: ALB-1233, ALB-1845)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19460330
Last Updated: 08-23-2012