Show Boat > Original London Cast

Show Details

Show: Show Boat (55)
Music: Jerome Kern (660)
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (902)
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II (902)

Recording Details

Date: 1928
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: UK / England / London
Lyrics: P.G. Wodehouse [1] (62)
Conductor: Herman Finck (31)
Performer: Marie Burke (5), Mississippi Chorus, Edith Day (17), Paul Robeson (50), Howett Worster (8)
Shortcode: [r2475]

Releases (2)

Format: LP
Label: World Record Club SH-240
Released: 1976
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Also Contains: Sunny - 1926 Original London Cast
Notes: First commercial release of Paul Robeson's 1928 London recording of "Ol' Man River" along with "In Dahomey" by the Mississippi Chorus. A two-sided Orchestral medley was not included on this LP, and a medley of Vocal Gems by The Mississippi Chorus was edited to provide the tracks "Cotton Blossom" and "Queenie's Bally-hoo."
# Tracks: 18
Lists: 13 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode: [rl2124]

Side A:
1. Cotton Blossom
2. Make Believe
3. Ol' Man River
4. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
5. Queenie's Bally-hoo
6. You Are Love
7. Why Do I Love You?
8. In Dahomey
9. Bill
Side B:
1. Dance Away the Night
2. Sunny
3. Who?
4. Let's Say Goodnight Till the Morning
5. D'ye Love Me?
6. I've Looked for Trouble
7. Two Little Bluebirds
8. When We Get Our Divorce
9. I Might Grow Fond of You

Format: LP
Label: Monmourh Evergreen MES/7058
Audio: Mono
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Also Contains: Rio Rita - 1930 Original Cast Members
Rose Marie - 1925 Original London Cast
Lists: 5 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode: [rl29786]

Side A
1. Rio Rita
2. The Rangers Song
3. If You're In Love You'll Waltz
4. Following The Sun Around
5. The Kinkajou
6. You're Always In My Arms
7. I'd Rather Have A Memory Of You
Side B
1. Pretty Things
2. Door Of My Dreams
3. Indian Love Call
4. Make Believe
5. You Are Love
6. Dance Away The NIght
7. Why Do I Love You