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FLOWER DRUM SONG [musical show]
- Title
- FLOWER DRUM SONG [musical show]
- Opening Date
- December 01, 1958
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- Orig prod. MUSIC: Richard Rodgers. WORDS: Oscar Hammerstein II. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Salvatore Dell'Isola. CAST: Miyoshi Umeki, Pat Suzuki, Larry Blyden, Juanita Hall, Ed Kenney, Keye Luke, Arabella Hong, Pat Adiarte, Anita Ellis, Jack Soo. (Col OS-2009; CD/Col CK-2009; CD/Sony SK-60958. Excerpts: Suzuki: "I Enjoy Being a Girl" (ALB-1120, ALB-1522, ALB-2181) Umeki, ensemble: "A Hundred Million Miracles" (ALB-1522).)
- 1950s record by Richard Rodgers (composer), piano. "Sunday" (ALB-1987)
- 1958 demonstration album. VOCALS: Rose Marie Jun, Jack Carroll. "Love, Look Away," "I Enjoy Being a Girl," "She Is Beautiful," "Sunday," "Like a God," "Grant Avenue," "My Best Love" (cut from the show) (ALB-1987)
- 1958 studio prod. ORCH & COND: Jimmy Carroll. CAST: Cely Carrillo of orig prod; Edna McGriff, Jean Arnold, Wayne Sherwood, Artie Malvin, June Ericson, chorus. (Bell 13)
- 1959 album by Florence Henderson, chorus. COND: Sid Bass. (Camden 560, with Gypsy; ALB-2372.)
- 1960 London prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Robert Lowe. CAST: Yama Saki, Tim Herbert, Kevin Scott, Yau Shan Tung, Ida Shepley, Joan Pethers, Ruth Silvestre, Leon Thau, George Minami jr. (HMV(E) CSD-1305; That's Entertainment(E) 1060. More complete: CD/EMI 7-89953-2.)
- 1960 studio prod. ORCH & COND: Len Stevens. VOCALS: Andy Cole, Janet Waters, Toni Eden, Frances Youles, Dennis MacGregor, Dave Carey, chorus. (Ace of Clubs(E) 1021)
- 1961 film soundtrack. ORCH & COND: Alfred Newman. CAST: B J Baker (for Nancy Kwan), James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juanita Hall, Jack Soo, Marilyn Horne (for Reiko Sato), John Dodson (for Kam Tong). (Dec 79098; CD/Dec 440-064-531-2. Excerpt: Horne: "Love, Look Away" (ALB-1503).)
- 1964 album. COND: Hans Flynn. VOCALS: Ann Drummond, Anita Sinclair, John Wakeford, Peter Grant. (Presto(E) 622, with West Side Story)
- 1964 studio prod. COND: Fritz Wallberg. CAST: Frances Boyd, Ann Gordon, Rudy Cartier, Paul Mason, chorus. (Society(E) 949)
- 2002 prod, with interpolations & other alterations. ORCH: Don Sebesky. COND: David Chase. CAST: Lea Salonga, Jose Llana, Sandra Allen, Jodi Long, Randall Duk Kim, Alvin Ing. (CD/DRG 12996)
- Records by members of orig cast. Pat Suzuki: "I Enjoy Being a Girl" (1958, TV: ALB-1510, ALB-1525) (1959: ALB-410) "Love, Look Away," "Sunday" (1959: ALB-410) Suzuki, Larry Blyden: "Sunday" Ed Kenney, Juanita Hall: "You Are Beautiful" (1958, TV: ALB-1525) Miyoshi Umeki: "A Hundred Million Miracles" (1959, TV: ALB-1525)
- Studio prod. COND: Al Goodman ("Dean Franconi"). CAST: Bill Hyer, Patricia Wong, Marchicko Lee, Rose Katagiri, Jonathon Hallee, Berea Lum. (Design DCF-1011)
- Studio prod. COND: John Benton Cross. CAST: Lynn Shizuko, Taruko Taketa, Jodie Elaine Moore, Gwen Richards, Anabell Lake, Jeffrey Lane, Don Vesta. (Crown CST-136)
- Studio prod. VOCALS: Lee Chang, Kim Simon, Dick Petry, Sammy Chin, Charles Lee. (Hallmark HALB-325-S)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19581201
Last Updated: 08-23-2012