| Let's Bring Back World War I |
Other Songs by Leiber and Stoller |
Joan Morris, Bill Bolcom |
By Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; inspired by Barbara Tuchman's The Proud Tower |
| Let's Bring Back World War I |
Other Songs by Leiber and Stoller |
Joan Morris, Bill Bolcom |
By Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; inspired by Barbara Tuchman's The Proud Tower |
| Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning |
The Vintage Irving Berlin (LP, 1977) |
Irvin Berlin, male chorus |
Recorded 7/1942, probably in connection with the show This is the Army (1942), in which Berlin re-used the song; |
| Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning |
The Girl on the Magazine Cover (CD, 1988) |
Joan Morris, Bill Bolcom |
By Irving Berlin; from Yip, Yip, Yaphank (1918) which featured a cast of 350 soldiers from Camp Upton, LI; performed in the style of Norah Bayes in Cohan's Over There |
| Over There |
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition (LP, 1977) |
Norah Bayes |
Recorded 7/19/1917, shortly after Pershing arrived in France with an advance contingent of American troops. Bayes was alread an established Vaudeville star and made the transition to recording easily. Cohan never recorded his most famous song himself. |
| I Want to Hear a Yankee Doodle Tune |
Legendary Musical Stars (LP, 1980) |
George M. Cohan |
Recorded 5/4/1911; not written for WW I, but Cohan strongly supported the war effort |
| Let's All Be Americans Now |
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition (LP, 1977) |
The American Quartet |
Recorded in the spring of 1917,shortly after America declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary; intended as an appeal to European-American immigrants to get involved in the war effort. Victor formed quartet in 1910 around Billy Murray. |
| Theme Music |
World War I (OS) |
Morton Gould |
Composed for the 1950s TV series |
| Sarajevo Suite |
World War I (OS) |
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| I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier |
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition (LP, 1977) |
Morton Harvey |
Fall, 1918; Harvey was active in Vaudeville & popular recording star; record expressed popular anti-war sentiment cut off by Lusitania sinking and war declaration 4/18; Harvey continued in Vaudeville & later managed a radio station |
| Remember My Forgotten Man |
The Busby Berkeley Album (CD, 1994) |
Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, London Sinfonietta Orchestra and Chorus, John McGlinn |
From Gold Diggers of 1933, originally sung by Joan Blondell; surprisingly dark and angry picture of WW I veterans left jobless and homeless by the Depression |
| My Dream of the Big Parade |
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition (LP, 1977) |
Peerless Quartet |
Recorded 6/30/1926, inspired by King Vidor's anti-war film The Big Parade. The Peerless Quartet had been active on the vaudeville stage but their popularity was waning when the recorded this, and they made their last record 2 years later |
| I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 (LP, 1977) |
Eddie Cantor |
By Irving Berlin, recorded in 1919 |
| Wings Suite |
The Sound of Silents (LP, 1974) |
Lee Irwin, Fox-Capitol Theater Organ |
Composed for Wings (1927), a silent film about a romantic triangle during WW I; best known now for its aerial combat footage |
| Interview with Jack Goings, director of Don Pasquale at OTSL |
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| Vado, corro |
Don Pasquale (CD, 1984) |
Mirella Freni, Leo Nucci, Philharmonia Orch./Riccardo Muti |
Norina and Dr. Maletesta congratulate each other on their scheme to fool Don Pasquale and heLP, Norina marry the Don's nephew |
| Dance: Times Square |
Leonard Bernstein Conducts His Music for the Theater (LP, 1973) |
N.Y. Philharmonic, Bernstein |
From On the Town; the war is a backdrop rather than an explicit story element. |
| New York, New York |
On the Town (LP, 1964?) |
Adolph Green, John Reardon, Cris Alexander; orch. cond. by Bernstein |
Based on Bernstein's Fancy Free ballet from 4/1944; opened 12/28/1944; b'way debut for Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Jerome Robbins; Green & Alexander were in OC |
| Over Here |
Over Here (OC, 1974) |
Maxine & Patty Andrews |
Richard & Robert B. Sherman, best-known for Disney film music; features Andrews sisters as singing act during WW II; closed after a year when Andrews Sisters had to leave due to prior commitments |
| Aftermyth of War |
Beyond the Fringe (OC, 1962) |
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore |
Brutal send-up of sentimental WW II documentaries |
| Selections from Victory at Sea |
Victory at Sea (OS, 1957, 1959) |
Robert Russell Bennett, arr. and cond. |
Richard Rogers; 26-episode series first aired 10/16/1962, Sunday, 3 pm w/no sponsor; accumulated large audience & critical praise, was re-run often |
