Jamaica > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Jamaica (9)
Music: Harold Arlen (576)
Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg (355)
Book: E.Y. Harburg (355), Fred Saidy (8)

Recording Details

Date: 1957
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Director: Robert Lewis (7)
Choreography: Jack Cole (23)
Conductor: Lehman Engel (116)
Performer: Joe Adams (3) — Joe Nashua, Ossie Davis (7) — Cicero, Adelaide Hall (25) — Grandma Obeah, Lena Horne (205) — Savannah, Ricardo Montalbán (32) — Koli, Josephine Premice (8) — Ginger, Erik Rhodes (8) — The Governor, Augustine Rios — Quico
Shortcode: [r3154]

Releases (3)

Format: CD
Label: RCA Victor 09026-68041-2
Released: 1995-07-18
Barcode: 0090266804122
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Producer: Bill Rosenfield (78)
Mastering: Jay Newland (4)
Liner Notes: Steven Suskin (18)
Notes: This is the only release that includes all recorded tracks.
# Tracks: 19
Lists: 125 collectors / 6 wish lists
History: 3 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl2798]

1.	Overture -- Orchestra
2.	Savannah -- Ricardo Montalban, Ensemble
3.	Savannah's Wedding Day -- Joe Adams, Hugo Dilworth, Adelaide Hall, Augustine Rios, Ensemble
4.	Pretty to Walk with -- Lena Horne, Ensemble
5.	Push de Button -- Lena Horne, Ensemble
6.	Incompatibility -- Ricardo Montalban, Augustine Rios, Joe Adams, Hugo Dilworth, Ensemble
7.	Little Biscuit -- Ossie Davis, Josephine Premice
8.	Cocoanut Sweet -- Lena Horne
9.	Pity the Sunset -- Lena Horne, Ricardo Montalban
10.	Yankee Dollar -- Josephine Premice, Ensemble
11.	What Good Does It Do? -- Ricardo Montalban, Ossie Davis, Augustine Rios
12.	Monkey in the Mango Tree -- Ricardo Montalban, Ensemble
13.	Take It Slow, Joe -- Lena Horne
14.	Ain't It de Truth? -- Lena Horne
15.	Leave de Atom Alone -- Josephine Premice, Ensemble
16.	For Every Fish -- Adelaide Hall, Ensemble
17.	I Don't Think I'll End It All Today -- Lena Horne, Ricardo Montalban, Ensemble
18.	Napoleon -- Lena Horne
19.	Savannah (Finale) -- Lena Horne, Ricardo Montalban, Ensemble

Format: CD
Label: Soundtrack Classics
Released: 2012-06-12
Barcode: 886788029248
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# Tracks: 18
Lists: 4 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl44138]

1. Savannah
2. Savannah's Wedding
3. Pretty To Walk With
4. Push The Button
5. Incompatibility
6. Little Biscuit
7. Cocoanut Sweet
8. Pity The Sunset
9. Take it Slow, Joe
10. Yankee Dollar
11. Monkee In The Mango Tree
12. Ain't It The Truth
13. What Good Does It Do?
14. Leave The Atom Alone
15. Napoleon
16. For Every Fish
17. I Don't Think I'll End It All Today
18. Savannah (Jamaica Finale)

Format: 2-CD
Label: Collectables 2845
Released: 2003-01-21
Barcode: 090431284520
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Also Contains: Porgy and Bess - 1959 Studio cast (Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte)
Notes: The first CD in this set reissues RCA Victor LSO 1103, JAMAICA with all the songs but without the Overture. The 2nd CD has selections from Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS performed by Ms. Horne and Harry Belafonte.
Lists: 20 collectors / 1 wish list
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl7267]

Disc: 1
1. Savannah - Ricardo Mantalban
2. Savannah's Wedding - Adelaide Hall
3. Pretty To Walk With
4. Push The Button
5. Incompatibility - Ricardo Mantalban
6. Little Biscuit - Ossie Davis
7. Cocanut Sweet
8. Pity The Sunset
9. Take It Slow, Joe
10. Yankee Dollar - Josephine Premice
11. Monkey In The Mango Tree - Ricardo Montalban
12. Ain't It The Truth
13. What Good Does It Do - Ricardo Montalban
14. Leave The Atom Alone - Josephine Premice
15. Napoleon
16. For Every Fish - Adelaide Hall
17. I Don't Think I'll End It All Today
18. Savannah - Finale
Disc: 2
1. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Harry Belafonte
2. Summertime
3. Oh, I Got Plenty Of Nothin - Harry Belafonte
4. I Wants To Stay Here
5. Bess, You Is My Woman
6. It Ain't Necessarily So
7. Street Calls: Strawberry Woman/The Honey Man/Crab Man - Harry Belafonte
8. My Man's Gone Now
9. Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess - Harry Belafonte
10. There's A Boat That's Leavin Soon For New York