Swing!

Show Details

Book

Paul Kelly (4) -- Original Concept

Additional Music

Everett Bradley (8), Ann Hampton Callaway (61), Michael Heitzman (4), Paul Kelly (4), Casey MacGill (4), Jack Murphy (33), Ilene Reid (3), Jonathan Smith (6), Lynne Taylor-Corbett (7)

Additional Lyrics

Everett Bradley (8), Ann Hampton Callaway (61), Michael Heitzman (4), Paul Kelly (4), Casey MacGill (4), Jack Murphy (33), Ilene Reid (3), Jonathan Smith (6), Lynne Taylor-Corbett (7)

Type

Revue

Premiere

1999

Recordings

Audio Recordings

Swing! - 1999 Original Broadway Cast

Songs

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Songs used from other shows

• Bli-Blip (4) from Jump for Joy
• Blues in the Night (21) from Blues in the Night
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (4) from Buck Privates
• Bounce Me Brother, With a Solid Four from Buck Privates
• Dancers in Love (2) from Sophisticated Ladies
• Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me (4) from Yokel Boy
• G.I. Jive (3) from The All Night Strut
• Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce (4) from Sophisticated Ladies
• I Won't Dance (34) from Three Sisters
• I'll Be Seeing You (39) from Right This Way
• Jumpin' at the Woodside from Swingin' the Dream

Non-Show Song Standards Used

• All of Me (6) -- 1931 popular song
• Music: Gerald Marks | Lyrics: Seymour Simons


• Caravan (6) -- 1936 Duke Ellington song
• Music: Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol | Lyrics: Irving Mills


• Cry Me a River (11) -- 1953 torch song.
• Music: Arthur Hamilton | Lyrics: Arthur Hamilton


• Harlem Nocturne -- 1939 jazz standard.
• Music: Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers


• In the Mood (4)
• Music: Joe Garland | Lyrics: Andy Razaf


• It Don't Mean a Thing (15) -- 1938 popular song
• Shout and Feel It -- 1937 jazz instrumental.
• Music: Count Basie


• Sing, Sing, Sing (6)
• Music: Louis Prima | Lyrics: Louis Prima


• Stompin' at the Savoy (6) -- 1934 jazz standard. Although the song is often credited to Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, and Andy Razaf, it was written and arranged by Sampson. Razaf's lyrics were added later.
• Music: Edgar Sampson | Lyrics: Andy Razaf


• Swing, Brother, Swing
• Music: Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond, Clarence Williams | Lyrics: Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond, Clarence Williams