BEST FOOT FORWARD
musical show
19411001
1963 prod with addl Martin & Blane songs, incl three songs from 1943 film prod. MUSIC & WORDS: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane. COND: Buster Davis. CAST: Paula Wayne, Liza Minnelli, Christopher Walken, Karin Wolfe, Edmund Gaynes, Kay Cole. (Cadence 24012; Stet DS-15003; CD/DRG 15003; CD/Varese Sarabande 302-066-221 (ALB-2012), with addl material.)
Records sung by the composers. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane: "Wish I May," "Ev'ry Time," "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (1956: ALB-193) "That's How I Love the Blues" (1956: ALB-193, ALB-2243) "The Three B's," "Just a Little Joint with a Juke Box" (1941, as members of a vocal quartet called "The Martins": 78/Col 36393, ALB-287) Martin, vocal & piano: "Just a Little Joint with a Jukebox," "What Do You Think I Am?" With Blane: "The Three B's" (Demos: ALB-2243)
Records by members of 1943 film prod. Nancy Walker (also of orig prod): "What Do You Think I Am?" (1941: 78/Bluebird B-11385, ALB-287, ALB-2270) "Ev'ry Time," "Shady Lady Bird" (1941: 78/Bluebird B-11400, ALB-287, ALB-2270) "Just a Litle Joint with a Juke Box" (1941: 78/Bluebird B-11385, ALB-287, ALB-711, ALB-1123, ALB-1548, ALB-2270) Tommy Dix (also of orig prod): "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (1941: 78/Col 36429) (Later: 78/Coronet 100) Harry James Orch: "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" (1941: 78/Col 36004)
Records by Liza Minnelli of 1963 prod. "What Do You Think I Am?," "You Are for Loving" (1963, cond by Archie Bleyer: 45/Cadence 1436, ALB-2012) "Buckle Down Winsocki" (1987: ALB-1089)
1943 film soundtrack. ORCH: Wally Heglin, others. COND: Lennie Hayton. CAST: Nancy Walker, June Allyson, Tommy Dix & Kenny Bowers of orig cast; Ralph Blane (for Jack Jordan), Jeanne Durrell (for Virginia Weidler), Gloria Grafton (for Lucille Ball), Gloria DeHaven, Helen Forrest, Harry James Orch. (CD/Rhino RHM2-7774 (ALB-2098), with addl material; Caliban 6039, with Too Much Harmony & Going Hollywood. Excerpts: Allyson, DeHaven, Walker: "The Three B's" (ALB-1577, ALB-1704, ALB-2247) Walker, James Orch: "Alive and Kickin'" (ALB-1767).)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
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