THE DESERT SONG [musical show]

Title

THE DESERT SONG [musical show]

Genre

musical show

Opening Date

November 30, 1926

Production and Recordings Information

1927 medley by Columbia Light Opera Company. (78/Col(E) 9212, ALB-1955)

1927 medley by Victor Light Opera Company. (78/Vic 35809, ALB-993)

1927 records by members of 1927 London prod. COND: Herman Finck. Edith Day: "French Marching Song" (78/Col(E) 9211, ALB-84) "The Sabre Song," "Romance" (78/Col(E) 4388, ALB-84) Harry Welchman: "One Alone" (78/Col(E) 4387, ALB-1639) "The Riff Song" (78/Col(E) 4387) Day, Welchman: "The Desert Song" (78/Col(E) 9211, ALB-84, ALB-1633, ALB-1639) Dennis Hoey: "Let Love Go" Sidney Pointer: "One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden" Gene Gerrard: "It" (78/Col(E) 4389) (All of the above are on World Records(E) SH-254, with The New Moon; Monmouth 7054, with The Student Prince; and CD/Pearl(E) GEMM-CD-9100, with The New Moon & addl material.)

1930 medley by London Light Opera Company. (78/Edison Bell Radio 8" 1413)

1930 medley by Savoy Light Opera Singers. (Edison Bell Winner(E) 5138)

1932 medley by "The Light Opera Company." (78/Broadcast Twelve(E) 3221)

1934 record by Edith Day of 1927 London prod. "Romance" (78/Dec(E) K-725, ALB-56)

1935 medley. COND: Nathaniel Shilkret. VOCALS: Helen Marshall, Tom Thomas, Morton Bowe, Milton Watson, chorus. (ALB-307)

1937 medley by Grosvenor Light Opera Company. (78/Crown(E) 310)

1944 album by Dennis Morgan of 1943 film cast, chorus. COND: Edgar Roemheid. "The Desert Song," "One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden," "One Alone," "The Riff Song" (78/Col album X-260, ALB-808)

1945 radio prod. ORCH & COND: Wilbur Hatch. CAST: Dennis Morgan & Bruce Cabot of 1943 film cast; Francia White. (CD/Nostalgia 1098, with Naughty Marietta)

1945 studio prod. COND: Isaac van Grove. CAST: Kitty Carlisle, Wilbur Evans, Felix Knight, Vicki Vola. (78/Dec album 370; Dec 10" 7000; CD/Dec 440-018-730-2, with The New Moon; CD/Box Office ENBO-CD11/95, with The Merry Widow.)

1952 album, incl some new lyrics and a song from the 1952 film (not by Romberg). COND: Arthur Fiedler. VOCALS: Kathryn Grayson of 1952 film cast; Tony Martin, chorus. (RCA 10" LPM-3105. Excerpt: Grayson: "One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden" (ALB-636).)

1952 film soundtrack. ORCH & COND: Ray Heindorf. CAST: Gordon MacRae, Kathryn Grayson, Allyn McLerie, chorus. (Titania 505, with My Wild Irish Rose. Excerpts: Grayson: "Romance," "Gay Parisienne" (ALB-346) Grayson, MacRae: "The Desert Song" (ALB-347).)

1952 studio prod. COND: Al Goodman. CAST: Earl Wrightson, Frances Greer, Jimmy Carroll, chorus. (RCA LK-1013)

1952 studio prod. MUSIC: Sigmund Romberg. WORDS: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II. COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Nelson Eddy, Doretta Morrow, Wesley Dalton, Lee Cass, David Atkinson, Wilton Clary. (Col 10" AAL-37)

1953 studio prod. ORCH & COND: George Greeley. CAST: Gordon MacRae of 1953 film cast, Lucille Norman, Bob Sands, Thurl Ravenscroft. (Cap 10" L-351. Excerpts: ALB-2215.)

1958 studio prod. ORCH & COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Giorgio Tozzi, Kathy Barr, Peter Palmer, Eugene Morgan, Warren Galjour. (RCA LOP-1000.)

1959 studio prod. ORCH: Brian Fahey. COND: Michael Collins. CAST: Edmund Hockridge, June Bronhill, Julie Dawn, Leonard Weir, Inia Te Wiata, Bruce Forsyth. (HMV(E) CSD-1272; CD/Classics for Pleasure(E) 3359872, with The Firefly & The New Moon. Excerpts: "Romance," "The Sabre Song" (ALB-2272).)

1960 studio prod. COND: Constantine Callinicos. CAST: Mario Lanza, Judith Raskin, Raymond Murcell, Donald Arthur. (RCA LSC-2440; CD/RCA 60048-2-RG, with The Student Prince.)

1961 studio prod. COND: Bobby Richards. CAST: Peter Grant, Peter Hudson, Olga Gwynne, John Hewer, Diana Landor, Owen Grundy, chorus. (World Record Club(E) T-110)

1962 album. COND: Paul Conrad. VOCALS: David Whitfield, Janet Waters. (45/Dec(E) DFE-6707)

1963 studio prod. COND: Van Alexander. CAST: Gordon MacRae of 1953 film cast, Dorothy Kirsten, Gerald Shirkey, Lloyd Bunnell. (Cap SW-1842. Excerpts: CD/EMI CDM-769052, with The New Moon & The Student Prince.)

1965 studio prod. COND: Alan Braden. VOCALS: Mary Thomas, John McNally, chorus. (Wing(E) WL-1072, with The Merry Widow)

1967 album by John Hanson & Patricia Michael of 1967 London prod, with chorus. COND: Johnny Arthey. (Philips(E) SBL-7799, with The New Moon)

1967 studio prod. COND: Ray Cook. CAST: Robert Colman, Ivor Danvers, Gordon Trayner, Betty Winsett, Mary Millar, Ted Gilbert, Michael Bretton, Janet Gale. (Saga(E) EROS-8107)

1987 New York City Opera prod, rec live. COND: Jim Coleman. CAST: Linda Michele, Richard White, Michael Cousins, Philip William McKinley, Joyce Campana, Chris Groenendaal. (CD/Celestial Audio(Australia) CA-400)

Records by members of Melbourne, Australia prods. Herbert Browne of 1928 prod: "Let Love Go"/"One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden" (1929: 78/Columbia(Australia) 01517, ALB-2006) Sidney Burchall of 1935 prod: "The Desert Song," "One Alone" (1929: 78/Parlophone(Australia A-2713, ALB-2006)

Records by Sigmund Romberg (composer), piano. "One Alone" (1940: ALB-869) "Desert Song" (1941: ALB-1857)

Studio prod. ORCH: Henri René. COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Anna Moffo, Richard Fredericks, William Lewis, Kenneth Smith. (Reader's Digest 40-4, with Naughty Marietta; ALB-1578. Excerpt: Moffo, Fredericks: "The Desert Song" (ALB-874).)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.19261130

Last Updated: 08-23-2012