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| 2/26/13 COLE PORTER #41 This month I begin Porter's last stage musical for Broadway, SILK STOCKINGS, from 1955.I'm using some of the recordings from the stage original cast CD and more from the movie version, with Fred Astaire. Don Ameche was the stage hero. Enjoy! to listen (59:05) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 1/30/13 COLE PORTER #40. CAN CAN Act II CAN CAN was a smash in 1953, running for 892 performances, starring Lilo, Peter Cookson, Gwen Verdon, and Hans Conried. Its most famous song "I Love Paris" and several others, were among the hits of 1953. Enjoy! to listen (59:52) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 12/31/12 Yuletide Memories and a Happy New Year Tonight I'm playing some of my favorite Holiday songs with a few memories of past joys and sadness. Enjoy with me, please. Next month back to Cole and Act II of CAN CAN. to listen (59:48) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 11/26/12 COLE PORTER #39 Tonight Porter's CAN CAN, 1953, Gwen Verdon's first big hit. Great songs and dances, and with 892 performances. Porter's second most performed show. KISS ME KATE was his first most performed show (original production, of course). to listen (59:27) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 10/31/12 SUNGLASSES AT MIDNIGHT looks back on New York #36 Sandy, the hurricane turned tropical storm, turned part of NYC into hell. I felt that I could not do CAN CAN tonight, too sad. So a nostalgic look back to my NYC with some songs and memories. Next month back to Cole porter. to listen (58:57) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 9/25/12 COLE PORTER #35 Tonight I've gathered some of the recorded songs that were omitted, dropped, unused in both OUT OF THIS WORLD and CAN CAN. Amazing how many wonderful songs and some not so wonderful were unused. Many thanks to Ben Bagley and his Painted Smiles recordings for so many of these pleasures. Ben is gone now, but his Smiles will last. And if you're lucky you might even find some of these recordings. to listen (58:31) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 8/29/12 COLE PORTER #34 Tonight I will finish the 1950 musical OUT OF THIS WORLD. Also included are a few recordings of FROM THIS MOMENT ON, probably the best song in the show, but removed from the production by George Abbott, who thought the song slowed down the show. The song was later used in the film version of KISS ME, KATE, sung there by Ann Miller. to listen (57:34) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 7/24/12 COLE PORTER #33 Part 1 of Porter's 1950 show OUT OF THIS WORLD. After the great success of KISS ME, KATE, this show was a great disappoint- ment, and ran for only 157 performances. It had however, as Brooks Atkinson, the NEW YORK TIMES theatre critic wrote, some of Porter's best songs. So enjoy the music and some splendid singing. to listen (60:00) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 6/21/12 Cole Porter # 32 We finish KISS ME KATE tonight and add on the five songs that were dropped from the show. John McGlinn included them in his recording of the show as an appendix. Enjoy! to listen (57:50) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 5/17/12 COLE PORTER #31 Part 2 of KISS ME, KATE, Porter's 1949 success, using John McGlinn's 1990 EMI recording as well as Columbia's original cast recording. That recording was the very first recording of a Broadway musical issued on LP. Enjoy! to listen (59:05) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 4/24/12 Cole Porter # 30 This month I return to Porter's 1949 show KISS ME KATE. I use recordings from the original 1949 production (this recording was one of the first Broadway shows issued on LP) as well as John McGlinn's 1990 EMI recording of the show (which included much music never recorded before in full orchestral beauty). to listen (59:33) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 3/20/12 COLE PORTER #29 Tonight I'll complete my Steve Ross - Cole Porter concert and continue with a Bobby Short - Cole Porter concert. These two men represent the very best of cabaret performance in my humble opinion. Next time back to the shows with KISS ME KATE. to listen (59:18) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 2/28/12 Cole Porter # 28 A break tonight from my regular chronology. I'm still with Cole Porter, but tonight I'll be playing performances of Porter by Steve Ross, a wonderful cabaret singer and pianist. There is a ravishing performance of a somewhat obscure Porter song "Close" along with a dozen other beauties. Enjoy! to listen (59:53) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 1/24/12 COLE PORTER #27 In this episode I'll discuss the 1946 musical AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, which was a dismal failure, and the musical film THE PIRATE, which, in spite of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, was also regarded as a failure. But the end of Cole Porter did not happen, for his very next show was KISS ME KATE, which is regarded by many as his best if not one of the best of all musicals. Next time, KISS ME KATE. to listen (59:30) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 12/21/11 Cole Porter #26 Tonight I'm finishing SEVEN LIVELY ARTS, which includes a ballet by Stravinsky, of all things. Also wishing you all a very pleasant holiday. Until next year! Blessings! to listen (60:00) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 11/15/11 Cole Porter # 25 The 1944 revue SEVEN LIVELY ARTS, starring Bea Lillie and Bert Lahr, opened B illy Rose's restoration of the Ziegfeld Theatre. The show also featured Benny Goodman and a ballet by Igor Stravinsky. But it wasn't very succesful, only 183 performances. Listen with me to some lovely songs and one great one, "Every Time We Say Goodbye". to listen (58:49) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 10/18/11 Cole Porter #24 This program discusses songs unused by producers and/or directors of MEXICAN HAYRIDE and SEVEN LIVELY ARTS, both produced in 1944. Thanks again to Ben Bagley and his Painted Smiles recordings for the wonderful performances of these unused songs. These recordings were made mostly in the 60's and 70's, but are still available if you pursue and pursue and pursue. Good luck! to listen (59:59) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 9/14/11 Cole Porter #23 We're in 1944 and MEXIC AN HAYRIDE. This was Mike Todd's second show with Porter and it was quite successful. June Havoc, Bobby Clark, Wilbur Evans and Corinna Mura starred, and "I Love You" was the hit song of the show. Enjoy! to listen (59:18) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 8/23/11 Cole Porter # 22 Tonight I return to the original sound track of the 1943 movie musical SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT. I also play a few songs from the unproduced movie MISSISSIPPI BELLE. And finally short concert by Bobby Short of three Porter songs. Next time the 1944 Broadway musical MEXICAN HAYRIDE. to listen (57:39) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 7/20/11 COLE PORTER #21 This show concludes the 1943 musical SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS, Ethel Merman's last Porter show. Also there are a few songs from the 1943 movie SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT. Enjoy! to listen (59:12) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 6/21/11 Cole Porter # 20 This months' program is devoted to the fifth and last Ethel Merman Cole Porter show SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS, a 1943 hit. Recordings used are John McGlinn's OVERTURES, AEI's and 42nd Street Moon's complete score recordings, the AEI recording featuring Merman and other members of the original cast, and Rebecca Luker's Varese Sarabande recording of Porter songs. to listen (58:42) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 5/11/11 In memoriam: Bob Scheig Tonight I depart from my Cole Porter journey to remember my dear friend Bob Scheig who died recently. In his memory I am playing Richard Strauss' VIER LETZTE LIEDER in a recording by Lisa della Casa, performed in 1953 with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Karl Bohm. I conclude with Aaron Rosand's performance of Bach's CHACONNE from his PARTITA in D Minor. to listen (47:01) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 4/13/11 Cole Porter # 19 Tonight LET'S FACE IT is completed. Included is a rare recording of Danny Kaye singing Sylvia Fine's MELODY IN F, one of the few songs in a Porter show not written by him. There is also a recording of a wonderfully bawdy song, PETS, that was cut from the show. SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT, a movie released in 1943, begins. Enjoy! to listen (58:23) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 3/15/11 Cole Porter # 18 Continuing the Cole story with the 1941 hit LET'S FACE IT, starring Danny Kaye. Performances from the Smithsonian Institution 1979 re-cording of an archival reconstruction of the show. to listen (59:28) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 2/15/11 Cole Porter # 17 This month the 1941 film YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, is discussed, as well as the 1941 Broadway musical, starring Danny Kaye, LET'S FACE IT. to listen (59:49) or click here ......for download right click here |
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| 1/19/11 Cole Porter number 16 This month's program is devoted to Cole's 1940 hit PANAMA HATTIE, Ethel Merman's fourth Porter show. to listen (59:59) or click here ......for download right click here |
