OKLAHOMA!
musical show
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Orig prod. MUSIC: Richard Rodgers. WORDS: Oscar Hammerstein II. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Jay Blackton. CAST: Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Celeste Holm, Howard Da Sylva, Lee Dixon, Joseph Buloff, Betty Garde, Ralph Riggs. (78/Dec albums 359 plus 383; Time/Life P-15590; CD/MCA MCAD-10046; CD/MCA MCAD-10798, with slightly more material on an alternate take. Incomplete: Dec 8000; CD/Prism(E) PLATCD-729, with orig London prod; ALB-1679. Excerpts: Drake, Roberts: "People Will Say We're in Love" (ALB-164, ALB-830, ALB-1503, ALB-1782) Drake, chorus: "Oklahoma!" (ALB-1180, ALB-1548, ALB-1825) Drake: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (ALB-1755, ALB-2181) "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (ALB-830, ALB-1548, ALB-1849) (alt take: ALB-1703) "Lonely Room" Garde, Riggs, chorus: "The Farmer and the Cowman" Joseph Buloff, chorus: "It's a Scandal" (ALB-497) Roberts, chorus: "Out of My Dreams" (ALB-1548) Holm, Dixon: "All er Nothin'" (ALB-1782) Holm: "I Cain't Say No" Drake, chorus: Finale (alt takes: ALB-1703).)
1955 film soundtrack. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Jay Blackton. CAST: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, James Whitmore, Rod Steiger, Jay C Flippen. (Cap SAO-595; CD/Cap CDP-746631. More complete: CD/Angel 27350. Excerpt: MacRae: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (ALB-1273).)
1952 studio prod. COND: Lehman Engel. CAST: Nelson Eddy, Wilton Clary (who joined orig prod in 1947), Portia Nelson, Virginia Haskins, Kaye Ballard, David Morris, Lee Cass. (Col ML-4598; CD/Sony SK-53326.)
1964 studio prod. ORCH: Philip J Lang. COND: Franz Allers. CAST: Florence Henderson (of 1952 touring prod), John Raitt (of 1944 touring prod), Phyllis Newman, Jack Elliott, Ara Berberian, Irene Carroll, Leonard Stokes. (Col OS-2610; CD/Col SK-61876. Excerpts: Raitt: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" Raitt, Henderson, Carroll: "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" Raitt, Henderson: "People Will Say We're in Love" Raitt, Henderson, Ensemble: "Oklahoma!" (CD/Col AK-44060, with Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, & A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) Henderson: "Many a New Day" (ALB-2011, ALB-2372) "Out of My Dreams" (ALB-2011, ALB-2351).)
1947 medley by members of 1947 London cast. COND: Reginald Burston. CAST: Howard Keel (who joined orig New York prod in 1945), Betty Jane Watson (who joined orig New York prod in 1945), Walter Donahue (of 1943 US touring prod), Dorothea MacFarland (of US touring prod in 1945 & orig New York prod in 1946), Henry Clarke. (78/HMV(E) C-3595/6; World Records(E) SH-393, with Annie Get Your Gun & Carousel; CD/Angel 52657, with Carousel & South Pacific; CD/Sepia(E) 1010, with Carousel & South Pacific; CD/PRISM(E) PLATCD-729, with orig Broadway prod; ALB-1459. Incomplete: Stanyan SR-10069, with Annie Get Your Gun; CD/LaserLight 12450, with addl material.)
Studio prod. COND: Al Goodman. CAST: Richard Torigi, Susan Shaute, William Reynolds, Dolores Martin, Paula Wayne. (Diplomat 2213. Excerpts: Promenade 2062, with South Pacific.)
1960 studio prod. CAST: Stuart Foster, Lois Hunt, Fay DeWitt (of 1963 prod), Leonard Stokes, Keith Booth. (Epic BN-562)
1945 album. COND: Al Goodman. VOCALS: James Melton, Eleanor Steber, John Charles Thomas. (78/Vic album M-988. Excerpt: Steber: "Out of My Dreams" (ALB-1262).)
Records by members of orig cast. Alfred Drake: "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" (1959: ALB-294) Celeste Holm: "I Cain't Say No" (1955, TV: ALB-1525) (1972: ALB-509) "People Will Say We're in Love" (1952, with Ray Middleton: ALB-1525) Joan Roberts: "People Will Say We're in Love," "Many a New Day" (1948: ALB-706)
1953 album. COND: Jay Blackton. VOCALS: John Raitt (of 1944 touring prod), Patricia Northrup (of 1949 touring prod), chorus. (RCA 10" LPM-3150, with Carousel)
Studio prod. ORCH & COND: Thomas M Davis, Hans Hagan. VOCALS: Lloyd Hanna, Irene Cummings, Deeda Patrick, James Cassidy, chorus. (Crown 106)
1959 studio prod. COND: Hill Bowen. CAST: Bryan Johnson, Fred Lucas, Laurie Cornell, Pip Hinton, Barbara Leigh, Andy Cole, Patricia Clark, chorus. (Camden 499; National Academy 6.)
Records by members of 1955 film prod. Gene Nelson: "Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City" Gordon MacRae: Medley (1972: ALB-509) "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "People Will Say We're in Love" (1956(?), with Ray Anthony (cornet): 78/Cap(E) CL-14613) Shirley Jones: "Many a New Day" (1956, TV: ALB-1525)
1965 album. COND: Johnny Gregory. VOCALS: Elizabeth Larner, Barry Kent, chorus. (Wing(E) SRW-11005, with Annie Get Your Gun)
Studio prod. COND: Al Goodman ("Dean Franconi"). VOCALS: Richard Torigi, Susan Shaute, Edgar Powell, Gretchen Rhoads, Paula Wayne. (Hurrah 1037)
1959 studio prod. COND: Eric Rogers. VOCALS: Bryan Johnson, Eula Parker, Rosalind Page, chorus. (Ace of Clubs(E) 1002, with Carousel)
1959 studio prod. VOCALS: Kenneth Robert, Jody Kim, Edward Elmer, Steven Donald, chorus. (Lion 70094)
Studio prod. COND: Johnny Douglas. CAST: George Romaine, Marion Madden, Barbara Elsy, Barbara Brown, Julian Orchard, Peter Felgate, Fred Lucas, chorus. (Cap SN-7511)
1966 studio prod. COND: Alyn Ainsworth. VOCALS: Anne Rogers, Tony Adams, Cheryl Kennedy, Betty Winsett, Richard Fox, Fred Lucas, Ted Gilbert, Mike Bretton, chorus. (Music for Pleasure(E) 1084)
1957 records by Isabel Bigley, who replaced Betty Jane Watson in 1947 London prod. "Out of My Dreams" (ALB-408) "People Will Say We're in Love" (With Stephen Douglass: ALB-408)
Album by uncredited soloists, chorus. COND: Robert Russell Bennett (orchestrator of orig prod & 1955 film prod). (Royale 10" 6045)
1979 prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett. COND: Jay Blackton (of orig prod). CAST: Laurence Guittard, Christine Andreas, Mary Wickes, Martin Vidnovic, Christine Ebersole, Bruce Adler, Philip Rash, Harry Groener. (RCA CBL1-3572; CD/RCA RCD1-3572.)
1980 London prod, rec live. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: John Diedrich, Rosamund Shelley, Madge Ryan, Alfred Molina, Jillian Mack. (Stiff(E) OAK-1; CD/TER(E) CDTEM-1208; CD/Jay 1240. Excerpts: "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning," "The Farmer and the Cowhand" (ALB-1800).)
1980 recording of reminiscences and songs by Celeste Holm of orig cast, rec live. ORCH: William Roy. (Original Cast 8129, titled "Celeste Holm Gives a Very Personal Tribute to Oklahoma")
1982 Adelaide, Australia prod. COND: Ray Cook. CAST: John Diedrich (of 1980 London prod), Sally Butterfield, Donna Lee, Robin Harrison, Peter Bishop, Clive Hearne. (RCA(Australia) VPL1-0376)
1966 studio prod. COND: Fritz Wallberg. CAST: Ann Gordon, Frances Boyd, Jan De Silva, Paul Mason, Louis Mencken, chorus. (Saga(E) EROS-8103)
1985 medley by Howard Keel of 1947 London cast (& orig cast replacement in 1945). "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning/The Surrey with the Fringe on Top/People Will Say We're in Love" (ALB-1044)
TV performances. John Raitt (of 1944 touring prod), Florence Henderson (of 1952 touring prod): "People Will Say We're in Love" (1955: ALB-1436) Raitt, chorus, cond by Richard Rodgers (composer): "Oklahoma!" (1955: ALB-1525) Cast of 1951 touring prod: "Oklahoma!" (1951: ALB-1436)
1995 medley by John Raitt of 1944 touring prod. (ALB-1659)
1955 medley by John Hanson & Doreen Hume, chorus. (78/Embassy(E) WB-199)
1998 performance by Hugh Jackman of 1998 London prod. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (ALB-1848)
1998 London prod. ORCH: Robert Russell Bennett, William David Brohn. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, Maureen Lipman, Jimmy Johnston, Shuler Hensley, Vicki Simon, Peter Polycarpou. (CD/First Night(E) CAST-CD69. Excerpts on promo for New York prod: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "The Farmer and the Cowman," "People Will Say We're in Love" (reprise), "Oklahoma" (incomplete) (CD/Unnamed label mx 075236).)
1964 studio prod. COND: Russ Case. CAST: Alberta Hopkins, Tom O'Leary, Lawrence Chelsi, Eddie Ruhl, Barbara Altman. (Allegro(E) ALL-725)
1947 medley by Gracie Fields. COND: Phil Green. (78/Dec(E) F-8804)
1943 medley. COND: Andre Kostelanetz. VOCALS: Allan Jones, chorus. (78/V-Disc 3)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
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