Great Personalities of Broadway > Compilation
Recording Details
- Date
- 1963
- Type
- Audio / Stage Cast / (Compilation)
- Method
- Studio
- Language
- English
- Music
- Irving Berlin (711), George M. Cohan (61), Jerome Kern (660), Billy Merson (6), Gustavo Santaolalla (2), Arthur Schwartz (254), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (5), Maurice Yvain (21)
- Lyrics
- Jacques Charles (4), Howard Dietz (192), Al Jolson (171), Eric Little, Jean Schwartz (22), Charles Willemetz, P.G. Wodehouse [1] (62)
- Performer
- Fanny Brice (34), George M. Cohan (61), Al Jolson (171), Harry Lauder (7), Beatrice Lillie (41), Ethel Merman (223), Helen Morgan (48), Ezio Pinza (40), Rudy Vallée (59)
- Notes
- Compilation album of Broadway musical stars recorded between 1911 & 1952 in songs they either introduced and/or performed on Broadway.
- Shortcode
- [r8048]
Releases
- Format
- LP
- Label
- RCA Camden CAL-745
- Released
- 1963
- Search
- Liner Notes
- Ed Jablonski (2)
- Producer
- Ethel Gabriel (6)
- Notes
- Compilation album of legendary Broadway performers recorded between 1911 & 1952. The pre-tape recordings were transferred from the original 78 metal masters which were later destroyed by RCA. All subsequent issues of these early 78's were mastered from inferior shellac commercial discs.
- # Tracks
- 10
- Length
- 30:19
- Lists
- 14 collectors / 6 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl10614]
Side One
1. Life's A Funny Proposition, After All - George M. Cohan (recorded 1911-05-04)
2. My Man (Mon homme) Fanny Brice (recorded 1921-11-15)
3. My Yellow Jacket Girl - Al Jolson (recorded 1913-03-07)
4. Bill - Helen Morgan (recorded 1929-02-14)
5. Loch Lomond - Sir Harry Lauder (recorded 1927-02-07)
Side Two
1. My Time is Your Time - Rudy Vallee (recorded 1929-02-25)
2. How Deep is the Ocean (How High is the Sky) - Ethel Merman (recorded 1932-09-28)
3. None but the Lonely Heart - Ezio Pinza (recorded 1952-03-17)
4. At the Mardi Gras - Beatrice Lillie (recorded 1947-12-31)
5. The Spaniard that Blighted My Life - Al Jolson (recorded 1913-03-07)
1. Life's A Funny Proposition, After All - George M. Cohan (recorded 1911-05-04)
2. My Man (Mon homme) Fanny Brice (recorded 1921-11-15)
3. My Yellow Jacket Girl - Al Jolson (recorded 1913-03-07)
4. Bill - Helen Morgan (recorded 1929-02-14)
5. Loch Lomond - Sir Harry Lauder (recorded 1927-02-07)
Side Two
1. My Time is Your Time - Rudy Vallee (recorded 1929-02-25)
2. How Deep is the Ocean (How High is the Sky) - Ethel Merman (recorded 1932-09-28)
3. None but the Lonely Heart - Ezio Pinza (recorded 1952-03-17)
4. At the Mardi Gras - Beatrice Lillie (recorded 1947-12-31)
5. The Spaniard that Blighted My Life - Al Jolson (recorded 1913-03-07)