Ben Bagley's Cole Porter Collections

Cole Porter Revisited
Unpublished Cole Porter, Vol. II
Cole Porter, Vol. III
Cole Porter Revisited, Vol. IV
Cole Porter Revisited, Vol. V

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Cole Porter Revisited

Musical Direction & Arrangements
by Norman Paris
Cast & Material Assembled & Directed
by Ben Bagley
 

• "Come On In" [from Du Barry Was a Lady] - Ronny Graham, Kaye Ballard, Bibi Osterwald (2:51)
• "A Little Skipper from Heaven Above" [from Red, Hot, and Blue] - Ronny Graham (2:01)
• "You're a Bad Influence on Me" [cut from Red, Hot, and Blue] - David Allen (2:40)
• "I've Still Got My Health" [from Panama Hattie] - Kaye Ballard (3:36)
• "But in the Morning, No" [from Du Barry Was a Lady] - Ronny Graham, Kaye Ballard (3:32)
• "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" [from You'll Never Get Rich] - David Allen (2:28)
• "By the Mississinewah" [from Something for the Boys] - Kaye Ballard, Bibi Osterwald (3:30)
• "I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight" [from Panama Hattie] - Bobby Short (2:31)
• "Far Far Away" [from Leave It To Me] - David Allen, Kaye Ballard (2:48)
• "Solomon" [from Nymph Errant] - Bibi Osterwald (3:03)
• "It Ain't Etiquette" [from Du Barry Was a Lady] - Ronny Graham (2:35)
• "Tale of the Oyster" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Kaye Ballard (2:39)
• "I Worship You" [cut from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - David Allen (2:57)
• "Red, Hot, and Blue" [from Red, Hot, and Blue] - Kaye Ballard, Bobby Short, Bibi Osterwald (2:31)

Same selections as above with the addition of these newly recorded songs

• "Coffee" [written for Ever Yours, unproduced] - Ann Hampton Callaway (2:49)
• "I'm Getting Myself Ready for You" [from The New Yorkers] - Arthur Siegel, Sandy Stewart (2:39)
• "I'm Back in Circulation" [cut from You Never Know] - Ann Hampton Callaway (2:02)
• "Just Another Page in Your Diary" [cut from Leave It To Me] - Arthur Siegel (3:26)
• "I'm So in Love With You" (also includes "I've Got My Eyes on You", uncredited) [from Broadway Melody of 1940] - Sandy Stewart, Arthur Siegel (2:08)
• "I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart" [from Rosalie] - Ann Hampton Callaway (2:01)
• "Through Thick and Thin" [from Something to Shout About] - Sandy Stewart, Arthur Siegel, Ann Hampton Callaway (1:11)

Unpublished Cole Porter, Vol. II

 
Musical Arrangements
by Judd Woldin
Cast & Material Assembled & Directed
by Ben Bagley

 

• "Get Yourself a Girl" [from Let's Face It] - Edward Earle and Entire Company (3:18)
• "When Love Comes to Call" [cut from Can-Can] - Laura Kenyon (2:22)
• "After All, I'm Only a Schoolgirl" [from Wake Up and Dream] - Alice Playten (2:53)
• "If Ever Married I'm" [cut from Kiss Me Kate] - Blossom Dearie, Carmen Alvarez, Laura Kenyon, Alice Playten (3:06)
• "Kate the Great" [cut from Anything Goes] - Karen Morrow (2:23)
• "What Does Your Servant Dream About?" [cut from Kiss Me Kate] - Alice Playten, Edward Earle (1:43)
• "Oh, It Must Be Fun" [cut from Out of This World] - Charles Rydell, Karen Morrow (3:41)
• "Pets" [cut from Let's Face It] - Alice Playten and Entire Company (3:48)
• "If You Like Les Belles Pointrines" [from Nymph Errant] - Alice Playten and Entire Company (3:55)
• "To Think This Could Happen to Me" [cut from Can-Can] - Karen Morrow (1:46)
• "Humble Hollywood Executive" [cut from Mexican Hayride] - Carmen Alvarez (2:10)
• "I Know It's Not Meant for Me" [from Rosalie] - Karen Morrow, Charles Rydell (3:29)
• "Where Would You Get Your Coat?" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Carmen Alvarez, Laura Kenyon, Alice Playten (3:18)
• "I Could Kick Myself" [cut from Les Girls] - Carmen Alvarez, Blossom Dearie (2:54)
• "Give Me the Land" [cut from Silk Stockings] - Edward Earle and Entire Company (2:51)

Same selections as above with the addition of these newly recorded songs

• "Dainty Quainty Me" [cut from Seven Lively Arts] - Edward Earle (2:43)
• "At Last in Your Arms" [written for the M-G-M film Balalaika, unused] - Laura Kenyon (1:31)
• "Sweet Nudity" [from Nymph Errant] - Entire Company (3:01)
• "Bertie and Gertie" [cut from Red, Hot, and Blue] - Alice Playten, Edward Earle (2:39)
• "Fish" [from La Revue Des Ambassadeurs] - Carmen Alvarez (2:11)
• "Pills" [from Wake Up and Dream] - Edward Earle and Chorus (2:16)
• "When I Was a Little Cuckoo" [from Seven Lively Arts] - Kaye Ballard (2:01)

Cole Porter, Vol. III

 
Vocal & Musical Arrangements
by Dennis Deal
Cast & Material Assembled & Directed
by Ben Bagley

• "Wake Up and Dream" [from Wake Up and Dream] - Nancy Grennan and Chorus (3:28)
• "Find Me a Primitive Man" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Elaine Stritch and Les Boys (4:34)
• "I Like Pretty Things" [written for Mississippi Belle, unproduced]- Georgia Engel and Girls (2:04)
• "Make a Date With a Great Psychoanalyst" [from Let's Face It] - Helen Gallagher (2:15)
• "Baby Let's Dance" [from La Revue Des Ambassadeurs] - The Darktown Strutters (2:15)
• "What Are Little Husbands Made Of" [cut from Let's Face It] / "Why Marry Them?" [from Gay Divorce] - Lynn Redgrave (4:10)
• "I'm in Love" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] / "You're in Love" [from Gay Divorce] - Georgia Engel and Chorus (2:35)
• "You're Too Far Away" [from Nymph Errant] - Dolores Gray (2:55)
• "A Lady Needs a Rest" [from Let's Face It] - Lynn Redgrave and Girls (3:09)
• "Her Heart Was in Her Work" [cut from Can-Can] - Arthur Siegel, Lynn Redgrave (2:40)
• "Who Would Have Dreamed?" [from Panama Hattie] - Dolores Gray (3:48)
• "I Want to Be Raided By You" [from Wake Up and Dream] - Lynn Redgrave and the Girls (2:15)
• "I Wrote a Play" [from Seven Lively Arts] - Arthur Siegel (4:34)
• "Prize Guy of Guys" [cut from Les Girls] - Helen Gallagher (3:40)
• "When Love Beckoned" [from Du Barry Was a Lady] - Elaine Stritch (3:20)
• "What Am I to Do?" [from The Man Who Came to Dinner] - Lynn Redgrave (2:02)
• "Pretty Little Missus Bell" [cut from Seven Lively Arts] - Georgia Engel and the Boys (3:47)
• "It's Just Yours" [cut from Mexican Hayride] - Lynn Redgrave, Arthur Siegel and Chorus (3:25)

Cole Porter Revisited, Vol. IV

 
Vocal & Musical Arrangements
by Dennis Deal
Cast & Material Assembled & Directed
by Ben Bagley
 

• "Big Town" [from Seven Lively Arts] - Chorus (5:43)
• "Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby" ["party" song] - Katharine Hepburn (2:25)
• "Ours" [from Red, Hot, and Blue] - Blossom Dearie, Arthur Siegel (4:13)
• "Why Do You Want to Hurt Me So?" [cut from Out of This World] - Helen Gallagher (2:30)
• "High Flying Wings on My Shoes" [cut from Les Girls] - Arthur Siegel and Men (2:55)
• "Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down" [written for Star Dust, unproduced] - Dolores Gray (3:29)
• "The Queen of Terre Haute" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Katharine Hepburn (1:35)
• "I'm Yours" [cut from You Never Know] - Patrice Munsel and Chorus (1:55)
• "Wild Wedding Bells" [written for Greek to You, unproduced] - Dolores Gray and Chorus (3:48)
• Internationale Medley (5:25)
• "Quelque-Chose" [cut from Paris] - Patrice Munsel and Men
• "Alpine Rose" [from La Revue Des Ambassadeurs] - Patrice Munsel and Women
• "Olga" [from Mayfair and Montmartre] - Arthur Siegel and Men
• "The Boyfriend Back Home" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Patrice Munsel and Women
• "I'm Unlucky at Gambling" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Dolores Gray and Men (2:30)
• "Bandit Band" [from Hitchy-Koo of 1922] - The Men (2:03)
• "Buddy Beware" [from Anything Goes] - Helen Gallagher (3:26)
• "Let's Talk About Love" [from Let's Face It] - Dolores Gray (2:39)
• "The Extra Man" [from the London production of Wake Up and Dream] - Arthur Siegel (2:49)
• "Who Said Gay Paree?" [cut from Can-Can] - Dolores Gray (2:30)
• "A Woman's Career" [cut from Kiss Me Kate] - Katharine Hepburn (2:43)
• "Is It the Girl? (Or Is It the Gown?)" [from Seven Lively Arts] - Dolores Gray and Chorus (4:14)

Same selections as above with the addition of these newly recorded songs

• Gay Divorce Medley (4:44)
• "A Weekend Affair" [cut from Gay Divorce] - Kaye Ballard, Arthur Siegel, Sandy Stewart
• "I Love Only You" [from the London production of Gay Divorce] - Arthur Siegel
• "Fate" [cut from Gay Divorce] - Kaye Ballard
• "Salt Air" [from Gay Divorce] - Sandy Stewart
• "My Most Intimate Friend" [from Jubilee] - Kaye Ballard (1:56)
• "My Loulou" [from Jubilee] - Arthur Siegel (1:58)
• "I Still Love the Red, White, and Blue" [from Gay Divorce] - Ann Hampton Callaway (2:39)

Cole Porter Revisited, Vol. V

 
Musical Arrangements
by Arthur Siegel
Cast & Material Assembled & Directed
by Ben Bagley
Recorded at Westrax Recording Studios
by Jeremy Harris
 

• "It All Belongs to You" [from the film Break the News] - Sandy Stewart, Arthur Siegel, Ann Hampton Callaway (2:32)
• "When Love Comes Your Way" [from Jubilee] - Julie Wilson (1:39)
• "Should I Tell You I Love You" [from Around the World in Eighty Days] - Sandy Stewart (2:15)
• "Between You and Me" [from Broadway Melody of 1940] - Arthur Siegel (2:34)
• "Under the Dress" [cut from Silk Stockings] - Ann Hampton Callaway (2:13)
• "You've Got Something" [from Red, Hot, and Blue] - Julie Wilson (2:57)
• "Who But You?" [cut from Red, Hot, and Blue] - Sandy Stewart (1:37)
• "Love Me, Love My Pekinese" [from Born to Dance] - Ann Hampton Callaway, Arthur Siegel (2:01)
• "When a Woman's in Love" [written for Mississippi Belle, unproduced]- Julie Wilson (1:39)
• "Rap Tap on Wood" [from Born to Dance] - Tommy Tune (2:36)
• "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" ["party" song] - Ann Hampton Callaway (1:50)
• "Close" [cut from Rosalie] - Sandy Stewart (3:48)
• "There's a Fan" [cut from Leave It To Me] - Julie Wilson (2:36)
• "That's Why I Love You" [cut from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Arthur Siegel, Sandy Stewart (2:47)
• "I Gaze in Your Eyes" [music by Ms. Callaway; lyrics by Mr. Porter] - Ann Hampton Callaway (3:07)
• "They Ain't Done Right By Our Nell" [from Panama Hattie] - Julie Wilson (3:35)
• "What is That Tune" [from You Never Know] - Sandy Stewart (2:45)
• "When My Baby Goes to Town" [from Something for the Boys] - Arthur Siegel (2:17)
• "That's What You Mean to Me" [cut from Mexican Hayride] - Ann Hampton Callaway (2:33)
• "Look What I Found" [from Around the World in Eighty Days] - Sandy Stewart (2:36)
• "I've Got Some Unfinished Business with You" [from Let's Face It] / "Revenge" [dropped from Let's Face It] - Arthur Siegel, Ann Hampton Callaway (2:34)
• "Weren't We Fools" [written for Fanny Brice] - Julie Wilson (3:15)
• "Please Don't Monkey With Broadway" [from Broadway Melody of 1940] - Tommy Tune (1:36)
• "Please Don't Make Me Be Good" [cut from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Sandy Stewart (3:18)
• "So Near and Yet So Far" [from You'll Never Get Rich] - Julie Wilson (3:35)
• "Blue Hours" [cut from Paris] - Ann Hampton Callaway, Sandy Stewart (3:43)
• "Something to Shout About" [from Something to Shout About] - Arthur Siegel, Sandy Stewart, Ann Hampton Callaway (2:26)

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