CALL ME MADAM
musical show
19501012
Orig prod with Dinah Shore replacing Ethel Merman. MUSIC & WORDS: Irving Berlin. ORCH: Don Walker, Joe Glover, Hugo Winterhalter. COND: Jay Blackton. CAST: Dinah Shore (for Ethel Merman); Paul Lukas, Russell Nype, Galina Talva, Pat Harrington, Ralph Chambers, Jay Velie. (RCA LOC-1000; CD/Flare(E) ROYCD-222, with addl material; CD/Prism(E) PLATCD-934, with addl material (ALB-2113). Incomplete: CD/Naxos(E) 8.120794, with addl material (ALB-2260). Excerpt: Nype, Talva: "It's a Lovely Day Today" (ALB-1488).)
1950 album by Ethel Merman of orig cast, with Dick Haymes, Eileen Wilson, chorus. ORCH & COND: Gordon Jenkins. (Dec 10" 5304; ALB-2113; ALB-2260. With addl material rec in 1955: Dec 8035; CD/MCA MCAD-1052, with Panama Hattie. Excerpts: Merman, Haymes: "You're Just in Love" (ALB-36, ALB-922, ALB-1763) Merman: "Washington Square Dance" (ALB-36, ALB-922) "Something to Dance about" (ALB-36, ALB-1784) "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball" (ALB-36, ALB-1488, ALB-1598, ALB-1703, ALB-1763, ALB-1784) "The Best Thing for You" (ALB-36, ALB-922, ALB-1784).)
1959 film soundtrack, with two addl Berlin songs. COND: Alfred Newman. CAST: Ethel Merman, George Sanders, Donald O'Connor, Carol Richards (for Vera-Ellen), chorus. (Dec 10" 5465; Stet DS-25001, with Guys and Dolls & I'll Cry Tomorrow; CD/Hallmark(E) 705252. Excerpts: O'Connor: "What Chance Have I with Love?" Merman: "The International Rag" (ALB-2260) Sanders, Merman, chorus: "Finale" (ALB-2260, ALB-2279) Sanders: "Marrying for Love" (ALB-2279) "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball" (ALB-1907) Merman, O'Connor: "You're Just in Love" (ALB-1422, ALB-1784, ALB-1907, ALB-2260).)
Records by members of orig cast. Ethel Merman: "You're Just in Love" (1951, radio: ALB-2280) (1964 TV, with Judy Garland: ALB-862, ALB-917, ALB-1892) (1972: ALB-153, ALB-939) Merman, Russell Nype: "You're Just in Love" (1950, radio: ALB-830, ALB-2260, ALB-2280) (1955, TV: ALB-1510) Merman: "The Hostess with the Mostes'," "Can You Use Any Money Today?," "The Best Thing for You" Paul Lucas: "Welcome to Lichtenburg" (1950, radio: ALB-2260, ALB-2280) Merman, Richard Eastham (who replaced Lucas): "The Best Thing for You" (1952, radio: ALB-2280)
Album by Judy Lynn & Larry Douglas. COND: Warren Vincent. (Design DCF-1050, with Annie Get Your Gun)
1952 album by members of 1952 London prod. COND: Cyril Ornadel. CAST: Billie Worth, Anton Walbrook, Jeff Warren, Shani Wallis, Sidney Keith, Arthur Lowe, Launce Maraschal. (Col(E) 33SX-1002; ALB-2097. Incomplete: Monmouth 7073, with Can-Can. Excerpts: Wallis, Warren: "It's a Lovely Day Today" Worth, Warren: "You're Just in Love" (ALB-2113))
January 1951 promotional record for RCA cast album. "Interviews" with Irving Berlin, Russell Nype, Galina Talva, etc. Irving Berlin comments that it is too bad Dinah Shore is not present. (45/RCA mx CMM-1/CMM-2)
1995 concert prod. ORCH: Don Walker (of orig prod). COND: Rob Fisher. CAST: Tyne Daly, Walter Charles, Melissa Errico, Lewis Cleale. (CD/DRG Records 94761. Excerpts: "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball," "It's a Lovely Day" (ALB-2354).)
1950 demonstration records by Irving Berlin (composer), vocal & piano. "Marrying for Love," "The Ocarina," "It's a Lovely Day Today," "The Best Thing for You," "Free" (dropped from the show) (ALB-2017)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
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