Say, Darling > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Say, Darling (5)
Music: Jule Styne (536)
Lyrics: Betty Comden (236), Adolph Green (243)
Book: Marian Bissell, Richard Bissell (2), Abe Burrows (19)

Recording Details

Date: 1958
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: ANTA Playhouse
Music: Philip P. Bliss
Lyrics: Philip P. Bliss
Director: Abe Burrows (19)
Choreography: Matt Mattox (6)
Conductor: Sid Ramin (71)
Music Director: Sid Ramin (71)
Orchestrations: Sid Ramin (71)
Dance Music: Peter Howard (58)
Performer: Vivian Blaine (44) — Irene Lovelle, Steve Condos (6) — Sammy Miles, Jerome Cowan (6) — Richard Hackett, Johnny Desmond (37) — Rudy Lorraine, Constance Ford — Frankie Jordan, Mitchell Gregg (4) — Rex Dexter, Walter Klavun — Morty Krebs, Matt Mattox (6) — Boris Reshevsky, Horace McMahon (4) — Schatzie Harris, Robert Morse (27) — Ted Snow, David Wayne (26) — Jack Jordan
Notes: On stage, the show was performed with two pianos. Sid Ramin created the orchestrations for this album.
Shortcode: [r1545]

Releases (6)

Format: CD
Label: DRG 19109
Released: 2008-03-04
Barcode: 021471910926
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Producer: Robert Armin (5)
Notes: Includes five previously unreleased dialogue lead-ins
# Tracks: 13
Lists: 92 collectors / 11 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl14547]

1.	Overture
2.	Try to Love Me
3.	It's Doom
4.	The Husking Bee
5.	It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters
6.	Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
7.	Chief of Love
8.	Say, Darling
9.	The Carnival Song
10.	Try to Love Me
11.	Dance Only with Me
12.	Something's Always Happening on the River
13.	Finale

Format: 2-CD
Label: Stage Door STAGE 9098
Released: 2023-06-30
Country: UK
Barcode: 5055122190981
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Also Contains: It's Doom / Something's Always Happening On The River - 1958 Cy Coleman and Annie Ross
The Secret Of Happiness / It's The Second Time You Meet That Matters - 1958 Dinah Shore
Songs From the Broadway Hit Musical Say, Darling - 1958 Dennis Farnon Orchestra and Chorus
Try To Love Me Just As I Am / Say, Darling - 1958 Tony Martin
Notes: Part of Stage Door's 'Deluxe Edition' series. Limited to 500 copies.
Lists: 1 collector / 7 wish lists
History: 12 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl72983]

1 Overture - Sid Ramin Orchestra
2 Try to Love Me Just As I Am - Vivian Blaine
3 It's Doom - Johnny Desmond
4 The Husking Bee - Johnny Desmond
5 It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters - Johnny Desmond
6 Let the Lower Lights Be Burning - David Wayne, Jerome Cowan
7 Chief of Love - Vivian Blaine
8 Say, Darling - Johnny Desmond
9 The Carnival Song - David Wayne, Vivian Blain, Steve Condos
10 Try to Love Me Just as I Am - Johnny Desmond
11 Dance Only with Me - Vivian Blaine, Mitchell Gregg
12 Something's Always Happening on the River - David Wayne
13 Say, Darling - Finale - Company
14 Good Little Girls - Lisa Kirk
Disc: 2
1 Something's Always Happening on the River - Bob Scobey's Frisco Band with Clancy Hayes
2 Dance Only with Me - Peggy Lee
3 It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters - Dinah Shore
4 It's Doom - Cy Coleman, Annie Ross
5 Something's Always Happening on the River - Cy Coleman
6 Dance Only with Me - Perry Como
7 Dance Only with Me - Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
8 Say, Darling - Tony Martin
9 Try to Love Me Just As I Am - Tony Martin
10 Dance Only with Me - Blossom Dearie
11 Something's Always Happening on the River - - Hugo and Luigi and Their Orchestra and Chorus
12 Something's Always Happening on the River - Art Mooney and His Orchestra and Chorus
13 Say, Darling - Dennis Farnon Orchestra
14 Dance Only with Me - Dennis Farnon Orchestra
15 Something's Always Happening on the River - Dennis Farnon Orchestra
16 Try to Love Me Just As I Am - Dennis Farnon Orchestra
17 My Little Yellow Dress - Louis Bellson
18 Dance Only with Me - Jonah Jones
19 It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters - Jackie Davis
20 Say, Darling - Jackie Davis
21 Say, Darling - Carmen Cavallaro
22 Something's Always Happening on the River - Band of the Coldstream Guards