APPLAUSE, music from Broadway, Hollywood & the London stage, 4-6 p.m. Saturday September 1st 2012 from Zoomer Radio AM 740
Part One
Broadway Overtures – Sony Broadway:
The Overture to “Goldilocks” (Leroy Anderson) / The Overture to “Li’l Abner (Gene de Paul)
Selections from the original Broadway cast recording of “Ain’t Misbehavin’ with the music of Fats Waller – RCA Red Seal:
“Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929) with the Company (music by Waller & Harry Brooks, lyrics by Andy Razaf) /”Lookin’ Good But Feelin’ Bad” (1929) with the Company (music by Waller, lyric by Lester A. Santly) / “T’Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do” (1922) with Andre De Shields & Company (music and lyric by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins, Additional Lyric by Richard Maltby Jr. and Murray Horwitz) / “Handful of Keys” (1933) with the Company (piano introduction original Fats Waller recording; lyric by Richard Maltby Jr. and Murray Horwitz based an idea by Marty Grosz, vocal arrangement by William Elliott) / “The Ladies Who Sing with the Band (1943) with Andre de Shields and Ken Page (music by Waller, lyrics by George Marion Jr.) / “The Joint Is Jumpin’ (1938) with the Company with Hank Jones, pianist (music by Waller with lyrics by Andy Razaf and J.C. Johnson
Selections from the 1949 original Broadway cast recording of “Texas Li’l Darlin’” with music by Robert Emmet Dolan and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, starring Kenny Delmar with Danny Scholl, Mary Hatcher, Fredd Wayne and Loring Smith – Decca:
“Texas, Li’l Darlin’” with Kenny Delmar with Chorus / “The Yodel Blues” with Kenny Delmar and Mary Hatcher / “Affable, Balding Me” with Mary Hatcher and Fredd Wayne / “Politics” with Kenny Delmar and Loring Smith / “It’s Great To Be Alive” with Kenny Delmar and Mary Hatcher
TV Themes that are rarely heard from the past – TVT:
“It’s All About Time” (Gerald Fried-Sherwood Schwartz) / “My Favorite Martian” (Jack Chertok) / “Sea Hunt” (Ray Llewelyn) / “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (Carl Sigman)
Part Two
Film music by Ennio Morricone – DRG:
The theme to “Il Gatto” (The Cat) from the picture of the same name (1978) / The theme to “Un Sacco Bello” (Fun is Beautiful) from the picture of the same name (1980)
Selections from Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Carmen Jones” with the music of Georges Bizet, starring Wilhelmenia Fernandez and Gregg Baker, directed by Simon Callow - EMI Classics:
Overture / “Dat’s Love” with Wilhelmenia Fernandez & Factory Chorus / “Stan’ up and Fight” with Gregg Baker and Club Chorus / “Poncho de Panther from Brazil” with the Party Chorus
Selections from the original Broadway cast recording of “Seventeen” based on Booth Tarkington’s book of the same name with music by Walter Kent, lyrics by Kim Gannon, starring Ann Crowley, Kenneth Nelson and Frank Albertson - Sepia:
“Weatherbee’s Drug Store” with the Company / “Things Are Gonna Hum This Summer” with the Company / “This Was Just Another Day” with Ann Crowley and Kenneth Nelson / “Reciprocity” with the Company / “Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, What You Do To Me!” with Harrison Muller
Selections from the soundtrack to the motion picture “Mighty Aphrodite” - Sony Classical:
“Horos Tou Skena” with George Zambetas in solo bouzouki (Stavros Xarhakos) / “I’ve Found A New Baby” performed by Wilbur de Paris (Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams) / “Manhattan” with Carmen Cavallaro (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)
Enjoy!
Michael
