Roberta (1952 studio cast)

~ Release by Jerome Kern (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

4 x 78rpm Box-Set. No information found as to how 15 songs split between 8 sides.

Tracklist

1Other
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1Overture
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
Overture (Roberta)
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
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2Let’s Begin
choir vocals:
[unknown]
conductor and chorus master:
George Greeley
recording of:
Let’s Begin (from "Roberta")
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields and Otto Harbach (in 1933)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1933)
part of:
Roberta
?:??
3You’re Devastating
baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
You’re Devastating
additional lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
?:??
4Madrigal
choir vocals:
[unknown]
conductor and chorus master:
George Greeley
recording of:
Madrigal (Roberta)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
?:??
5Yesterdays?:??
6Something Had to Happen
vocals:
Anne Triola
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
Something Had to Happen
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
?:??
7Don’t Ask Me Not to Sing
baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
Don’t Ask Me Not to Sing
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
?:??
8I Won’t Dance
baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
choir vocals:
[unknown]
vocals:
Anne Triola
conductor and chorus master:
George Greeley
recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”)
lyricist:
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (in 1935)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., T.B. Harms Co. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
is based on:
I Won’t Dance (1934, lyrics by Hammerstein/Harbach, from “Three Sisters”)
?:??
9Smoke Gets in Your Eyes?:??
10Let’s Begin (reprise)
solo baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
Let’s Begin (from "Roberta")
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields and Otto Harbach (in 1933)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1933)
part of:
Roberta
?:??
11Lovely to Look At
baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
Lovely to Look at
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (in 1935)
additional composer:
Jimmy McHugh
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1935)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1935 nominee)
?:??
12Fashion Show
baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
Fashion Show
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
?:??
13I’ll Be Hard to Handle
vocals:
Anne Triola
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
I’ll Be Hard to Handle (from “Roberta”)
additional lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
lyricist:
Bernard Dougall (in 1932)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1932)
part of:
Roberta
?:??
14The Touch of Your Hand
baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
soprano vocals:
Lucille Norman
conductor:
George Greeley
recording of:
The Touch of Your Hand
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
?:??
15Finale
baritone vocals:
Gordon MacRae
choir vocals:
[unknown]
soprano vocals:
Lucille Norman
conductor and chorus master:
George Greeley
recording of:
Finale (Roberta)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Roberta
?:??

Credits

Release group

included in:The Desert Song / Roberta by Sigmund Romberg / Jerome Kern; Gordon MacRae and Lucille Norman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by George Greeley