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BYE BYE BIRDIE [musical show]
- Title
- BYE BYE BIRDIE [musical show]
- Opening Date
- April 14, 1960
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- Orig prod. MUSIC: Charles Strouse. WORDS: Lee Adams. ORCH: Robert Ginzler. COND: Elliot Lawrence. CAST: Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Susan Watson, Dick Gautier, Paul Lynde, Marijane Maricle, Johnny Borden. (Col KOS-2025; CD/Col CK-2025; CD/Col SK-89254 (ALB-1979), with addl material. Excerpts: Van Dyke: "Put On a Happy Face" (ALB-1120, ALB-2181) Gautier, Watson: "A Lot o' Livin' to Do" (ALB-1180, ALB-1562) Van Dyke, Rivera: "Rosie" (ALB-1562).)
- 1961 London prod. ORCH: Robert Ginzler. COND: Alyn Ainsworth. CAST: Chita Rivera (of orig cast), Peter Marshall, Marty Wilde, Sylvia Tysick, Robert Nichol, Mary Laura Wood. (Philips(E) SABL-205; Mercury SRW-17000; CD/Dec 314-586-432-2.)
- 1961 studio prod. COND: Alan Braden. CAST: Sidney James, Joyce Blair, Peter Gilmore, Dean Rogers, Lissa Gray, chorus. (HMV(E) CSD-1366)
- 1962 album by Bobby Rydell of 1963 film cast; chorus. ORCH & COND: Jack Pleis. (Cameo 1043)
- 1995 TV prod with two new songs by Strouse & Adams. ORCH: Various. COND: Elliot Lawrence. CAST: Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, George Wendt, Marc Kudisch, Tyne Daly, Chynna Phillips, Sally Mayes. (CD/RCA Victor 09026-68356-2)
- Album. ORCH & COND: Stu Phillips. VOCALS: James Darren, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen, the Marcels, chorus. (Colpix SCP-454; CD/Collectables COL-CD-7682, with addl material.)
- Performances by Charles Strouse (composer), piano & vocal. "Put On a Happy Face" (1978: ALB-1979) (1989, live: ALB-2263)
- Records by members of stage & film prods. Dick Van Dyke (of orig & 1963 film prods): "Put on a Happy Face" (1960, TV: ALB-1510) (1963: ALB-691) Ann-Margret (of 1963 film prod): "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963: 45/RCA 47-8168, ALB-1739) Paul Lynde (of orig prod), chorus: "Hymn for a Sunday Evening" (1960, TV: ALB-1436) Susan Egan (of 1991 touring prod): "How Lovely to Be a Woman" (2002: ALB-2068)
- Soundtrack of 1963 film. ORCH: John Green, Albert Woodbury, Hank Levine. COND: John Green, Hank Levine. CAST: Dick Van Dyke & Paul Lynde of orig cast; Janet Leigh, Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson, Maureen Stapleton, Bryan Russell, Mary La Roche. (RCA LSO-1081; CD/RCA 1081-2-R. More complete: CD/BMG 82876-54217-2. Excerpt: Ann-Margret: "How Lovely to Be a Woman" (ALB-1496).)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19600414
Last Updated: 08-23-2012