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MY FAIR LADY [musical show]

Title

MY FAIR LADY [musical show]

Opening Date

March 15, 1956

Genre

musical show

Production and Recordings Information

Orig prod. MUSIC: Frederick Loewe. WORDS: Alan Jay Lerner. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett, Philip J Lang. COND: Franz Allers. CAST: Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, John Michael King, Philippa Bevans, Gordon Dilworth, Rodney McLennan. (Col OL-5090; CD/Col CK-5090; CD/Sony SK-66128, with a "post-recording conversation" led by Goddard Lieberson; CD/Naxos(E) 8.120876, with addl material (ALB-2310). Excerpts: Harrison: "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (ALB-830, ALB-1522) Andrews: "I Could Have Danced All Night" (ALB-830, ALB-1119, ALB-1506, ALB-1514, ALB-2181) Harrison, Andrews, Coote: "The Rain in Spain" (ALB-1180) Andrews, ensemble: "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" (ALB-1522, ALB-1755) Holloway, Dilworth, McLellan: "Get Me to the Church on Time" (ALB-1522).)

1956 album. COND: Elliot Everett. VOCALS: chorus. (Allegro 10" 4120)

1956 album. COND: Jack Hansen. VOCALS: Don Rodney, Mattie Marshal. (Paris 2, with addl material)

1956 album. Percy Faith & Sammy Kaye Orchestras. VOCALS: Jo Stafford, Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone. (Col 10" CL-2597)

1957 album. COND: Jack Hansen. VOCALS: Lanny Ross, Marcia Neil. (Masterseal 5001)

1957 TV performances by members of orig cast. Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rodney McLennan: "With a Little Bit of Luck" John Michael King: "On the Street Where You Live" (ALB-1436)

1958 album. COND: Cyril Stapleton. VOCALS: Vera Lynn, Pete Murray, Diane Todd, Jack Warner, David Whitfield, the Beverley Sisters, the Stargazers. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?," "With a Little Bit of Luck," "The Rain in Spain," "On the Street Where You Live," "Get Me to the Church on Time," "I Could Have Danced All Night" (45/Dec(E) DFE-6474; ALB-2141.)

1958 album. COND: Frank Cordell. VOCALS: Alma Cogan, Ronnie Hilton, chorus. "On the Street Where You Live," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?/With a Little Bit of Luck" (45/HMV(E) 7EG-8352)

1958 album. COND: Peter Knight. VOCALS: Elizabeth Humphries, Stanley Flaum, Charles Granville, Charles Young. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?," "With a Little Bit of Luck," "The Rain in Spain," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Get Me to the Church on Time," "On the Street Where You Live," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (45/Parl(E) GEP-8676)

1958 London prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett, Philip J Lang. COND: Cyril Ornadel. CAST: Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, & Robert Coote of orig prod; Betty Woolfe, Leonard Weir. (Col OS-2015; CD/Col CK-2015; CD/Sony SK-60539, with addl material. Excerpt: Andrews: "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (ALB-1514).)

1958 medley by the Embassy Singers. COND: Gordon Franks. (78/Embassy(E) WB-279)

1958 studio prod. COND: Gordon Fleming. CAST: Evelyn Sharpe, Robert Back, Charles Peck, chorus. (Craftsmen 8020)

1959 studio prod. COND: Hill Bowen. CAST: Kathy Lane, Denis Martin, Bryan Johnson, Mike Sammes, chorus. (Camden 520; National Academy 1.)

1959 studio prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: John Green. CAST: Jane Powell, Phil Harris, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill. (RCA LSP-2274, with Paint Your Wagon)

1959 studio prod. VOCALS: John Ruark, Anna Maria Pallys, chorus. (Lion 70092)

1964 album. VOCALS: Mel Tormé, Fran Jeffries, Maurice Chevalier. (MGM 4280)

1964 film soundtrack. COND: André Previn. CAST: Rex Harrison, Marni Nixon (for Audrey Hepburn), Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bill Shirley (for Jeremy Brett). (Col KOS-2600; CD/CBS 70000. More complete: CD/Sony SK-66711. Excerpt: Harrison: "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (ALB-1858).)

1964 studio prod. COND: Russ Case. VOCALS: Lawrence Chelsi, Alberta Hopkins, Tom O'Leary, Eddie Ruhl. (Allegro(E) ALL-726)

1965 studio prod. COND: Alyn Ainsworth. CAST: Anne Rogers (of 1957 touring prod & 1959 London prod), Tony Britton, Jon Pertwee, Clive Rogers, Joe Wise. (Music for Pleasure(E) 1057)

1971 records sung by Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist. "Oh, Come to the Ball" (dropped from the show) (ALB-534, ALB-1506) "Why Can't a Woman," "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (ALB-534)

1976 prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett, Philip J Lang. COND: Theodore Saidenberg. CAST: Ian Richardson, Christine Andreas, George Rose, Robert Coote (of orig & 1958 London prods), Jerry Lanning, Sylvia O'Brien. (Col PS-34197; CD/Sony BMG 82876-88392-2.)

1987 performance by Anne Rogers of 1957 touring prod & 1959 London prod. "I Could Have Danced All Night" (ALB-1090)

1987 studio prod. London Symphony Orchestra cond by John Mauceri. CAST: Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, John Gielgud, Warren Mitchell, Jerry Hadley, Meriel Dickinson, chorus. (CD/London 421200-2)

1993 album. COND: Matthew Freeman. VOCALS: Liz Robertson (of 1979 London prod), Denis Quilley, Ian Wallace, Nick Curtis. (CD/Pickwick(E) PWKS-4174)

1998 studio prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett, Philip J Lang. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan, Bob Hoskins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Henry Wickham. (CD/Jay(E) CDJAY2-1277)

2001 London prod. ORCH: William David Brohn. COND: Nick Davies. CAST: Jonathan Pryce, Martine McCutcheon, Denis Waterman, Nicholas Le Prevost, Mark Umbers, Patsy Rowlands. (CD/First Night(E) CAST-CD83)

2006 live performances by Christine Andreas of 1976 prod. "Show Me," "I Could Have Danced All Night" (ALB-2348)

2006 record by Theodore Bikel of 1964 film prod. "A Little Bit of Luck" (ALB-2262)

Records by members of 1979 London prod. Liz Robertson: "Show Me" (1990, with Robert Meadmore: ALB-1800) Robertson: "The Rain in Spain"(with Jonathan Pryce & Donald Sinden) "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"(with Pryce) "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"(with Gillian Lynne) Peter Bayliss: "Get Me to the Church on Time" (1998: ALB-1848)

Records by members of orig prod. Rex Harrison (also of 1958 London, & 1964 film prods): "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (1980: ALB-822) Julie Andrews (also of 1958 London prod): "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?," "Just You Wait," "Show Me," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" (1994: ALB-1719) "The Rain in Spain" (1994: ALB-1719) (2000, with Michael Crawford: ALB-2003)

Studio prod. COND: Al Goodman ("Dean Franconi"). VOCALS: Lola Fisher (understudy to Julie Andrews in orig prod); Edgar Powell, William Reynolds, Richard Torigi, chorus. (Hurrah 1036)

Studio prod. COND: John Gregory. VOCALS: Elizabeth Larner, Hubert Gregg, John Slater, John Harvey, chorus. (Avon(E) 7-3001)

Studio prod. COND: Lawrence Nash. VOCALS: Julie Jonas, Tex Howard, Margaret Young, chorus. (Silver Seal UT-104)

Studio prod. ORCH & COND: Al Goodman. CAST: Lola Fisher (understudy to Julie Andrews in orig prod); Richard Torigi, Edgar Powell, William Reynolds. (Diplomat 2214)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.19560315

Last Updated: 08-23-2012