My Fair Lady > Original Broadway Cast


Show Details

Show
My Fair Lady (161)
Music
Frederick Loewe (412)
Lyrics
Alan Jay Lerner (458)
Book
Alan Jay Lerner (458)

Recording Details

Date
March 25, 1956
Type
Audio / Stage Cast
Method
Studio
Language
English
Location
US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Recording Studio
Columbia 30th Street Studio
Producer
Goddard Lieberson (90)
Engineer
Edward T. Graham (5), Fred Plaut (30)
Liner Notes
George B. Dale (6)
Director
Moss Hart (19)
Choreography
Hanya Holm (10)
Conductor
Franz Allers (56)
Music Director
Franz Allers (56)
Orchestrations
Jack Mason (15) — Additional Orchestrations (uncredited, "With a Little Bit of Luck" and reprise)
Robert Russell Bennett (214), Philip J. Lang (131)
Vocal Arrangements
Gino Smart (9)
Dance Music
Trude Rittmann (69)
Performer
Julie Andrews [1] (191) — Eliza Doolittle
Philippa Bevans (8) — Mrs. Pearce
Paul Brown (4) — Flunkey / Bartender
Robert Coote (16) — Colonel Pickering
Gordon Dilworth (5) — Selsey Man / Harry / Lord Boxington
Gloria Van Dorpe — Servant
Gordon Ewing (2) — Footman
Rosemary Gaines — Servant
Rex Harrison (30) — Professor Henry Higgins
Stanley Holloway (37) — Alfred P. Doolittle
Glenn Kezer (9) — Second Cockney / Servant
John Michael King (10) — Freddy Eynsford-Hill
William Krach (2) — Footman
Rod McLennan (7) — Another Bystander / Jamie / Ambassador
James Morris (9) — Third Cockney
Colleen O'Connor — Servant
Muriel Shaw — Servant
Reid Shelton (13) — First Cockney / Butler
Herb Surface (3) — Fourth Cockney
Melisande Congdon, Lola Fisher (3), Patti Spangler, David Porter Thomas (4)
Notes
Recorded in Mono. The recording appended "With a Little Bit of Luck (Reprise)" to the end of the song rather than presenting it separately after "I'm an Ordinary Man," where it appeared in the show. The first pressing of the LP listed the title of "I Could Have Danced All Night" as "I Want to Dance All Night," which was the title listed in the New Haven playbill. The booklet with at least one of the CD releases incorrectly gives the recording date as March 24, 1956. March 24 was a Saturday, the production played two performances that day.
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Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings

Showtime: the Best of Broadway - Original Casts Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
There Is Nothin' Like a Dame: Broadway's Broads - 1993 Compilation Show Me, Without You
Once Upon a Time I Could Have Danced All Night, Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
Broadway: Los grandes musicales - 2013 Various Artists I Could Have Danced All Night, On the Street Where You Live

Releases (10)

Format
LP
Label
Del Ray Records
Release Date
2022-12-09
UPC / EAN
8436563184321
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Title
American Musicals: Lerner & Loewe
Format
LP
Label
Time-Life STL-AM04
Release Date
1981
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Also Contains
Brigadoon - 1957 Studio Cast
Camelot - 1960 Original Broadway Cast
Notes
Box set containing 52-page booklet with show notes and lyrics.
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BRIGADOON
Side 1:
1. Introduction - Chorus
2. Brigadoon / Vendor's Calls / Down on MacConnachy Square – Susan Johnson, Chorus
3. Waitin' for My Dearie – Shirley Jones, Women’s Chorus
4. I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean – Frank Porretta, Chorus
5. The Heather on the Hill – Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones
6. The Love of My Life – Susan Johnson
Side 2:
1. Jeannie's Packin' Up – Women’s Chorus
2. Come to Me, Bend to Me – Frank Porretta
3. Almost Like Being in Love – Jack Cassidy, Men’s Chorus
4. The Chase - Jack Cassidy, Men’s Chorus
5. There But For You Go I – Jack Cassidy
6. My Mother's Wedding Day – Susan Johnson, Chorus
7. From This Day On / Farewell Music – Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, Chorus
8. Brigadoon Finale - Chorus
MY FAIR LADY
Side 1:
1. Overture; Why Can't The English? – Rex Harrison
2. Wouldn't It Be Loverly? – Julie Andrews, Chorus
3. With A Little Bit Of Luck – Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan, Chorus
4. I'm An Ordinary Man – Rex Harrison
5. Just You Wait – Julie Andrews
6. The Rain in Spain – Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Robert Coote, Chorus
7. I Could Have Danced All Night – Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans, Women’s Chorus
Side 2:
1. Ascot Gavotte - Chorus
2. On The Street Where You Live – John Michael King
3. You Did it – Robert Coote, Rex Harrison, Philippa Bevans, Chorus
4. Show Me – John Michael King, Julie Andrews
5. Get Me To The Church On Time – Stanley Holloway, Chorus
6. A Hymn to Him – Rex Harrison, Robert Coote
7. Without You – Julie Andrews
8. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face – Rex Harrison
CAMELOT
Side 1:
1. Overture; I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight – Richard Burton
2. The Simple Joys of Maidenhood - Julie Andrews
3. Camelot Richard – Richard Burton
4. Follow Me - Mary Sue Berry
5. C'est Moi - Robert Goulet
6. The Lusty Month of May - Julie Andrews, Chorus
7. Then You May Take Me to the Fair - Julie Andrews, Bruce Yarnell, James Gannon, John Cullum
8. How to Handle a Woman - Richard Burton
Side 2:
1. Before I Gaze at You Again - Julie Andrews
2. Parade
3. If Ever I Would Leave You - Robert Goulet
4. The Seven Deadly Virtues - Roddy McDowall
5. What Do the Simple Folk Do? - Julie Andrews, Richard Burton
6. Fie on Goodness – Men’s Chorus
7. I Loved You Once in Silence - Julie Andrews
8. Guenevere - Chorus
9. Camelot Reprise - Richard Burton, Chorus
Format
LP
Label
Columbia Special Products AOL 5090
Release Date
1976
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Format
LP
Label
CBS BRG70005
Release Date
1958
Country / Region
UK
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Notes
UK release.
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Shortcode
[rl21744]
Format
LP
Label
Philips RBL1000
Release Date
1956
Country / Region
UK
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Notes
UK release, 1950s.
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Format
LP
Label
Columbia OL 5090
Release Date
1956
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# Tracks
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Format
LP
Label
Columbia OS 2015
Country / Region
US
Audio
Stereo
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Format
LP
Label
CBS BLD7100
Country / Region
UK
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The sleeve describes this as 'Original Broadway and London Cast'. UK release before the London Cast was recorded.
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Format
LP
Label
CBS KLLS 1620
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Notes
Australian stereo pressing
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Format
LP
Label
Coronet KLL 1620
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Notes
Australian mono pressing
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