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Pop lyricist Jack Lawrence ("Beyond the Sea," "All or Nothing at All") and composer Stan Freeman made their Broadway debut as a songwriting team with their only project together, I Had a Ball, a musical about the romantic couplings of fringe characters in Coney Island as orchestrated by a fortune teller. Comedian Buddy Hackett was the fortune teller and Richard Kiley was one of the raffish lovers. The show opened on December 15, 1964, and closed after 199 performances on June 12, 1965. Reviews suggested that Hackett was the only reason to see it. Unfortunately, the comedian was not a singer, and his participation in the production is underrepresented on the original cast recording. There are a couple of mildly witty numbers, "Neighborhood," sung by Rosetta Le Noire, and "The Affluent Society," by Kiley and Steve Roland, and the romantic ballad "Almost" isn't bad. But little of the music is memorable, and some of it is derivative. ("Coney Island, U.S.A." bears a curious resemblance to the old Dinah Shore theme "See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet.") Hackett is amusing in his mostly spoken appearances, especially in "Dr. Freud," suggesting what impact he may have had on-stage. But the original cast recording of I Had a Ball is little more than a souvenir of a show that was not particularly well received in its time and forgotten afterwards. (The reissue adds as bonus tracks both sides of cast member Karen Morrow's single, "I Had a Ball" and "Almost," plus two songs from bandleader Lester Lanin's album of the show's score, "Lament" and "Be a Phony," both of which were cut from the production before the Broadway opening.)
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Phil Ramone, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - John Berkman, Conductor, MainArtist - Penbrook Davenport, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Buddy Hackett, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Conrad Yama, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Miriam Burton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Sharpe, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Jack Lawrence, Composer - RAY GILBERT, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Herbert Fields, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Berkman, Conductor, MainArtist - Rosetta Le Noire, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathaniel Jones, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Ehara, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Allen, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Edwards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Hunter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Wakefield, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Nestor, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Golomb, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Jaye, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Carol, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacque Dean, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Feder, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Leinwand, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lispet Nelson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Murray Goldkind, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Goodis, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Surface, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sandra Lein Nancy Lych, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Mariano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Shanahan, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - June Eve Story, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Ann Watson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Doria Avila, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bernard, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward J. Hei, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hubler, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Richard Kiley, MainArtist - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Conrad Yama, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Luba Lisa, MainArtist - Rosetta Le Noire, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Wakefield, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Nestor, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Karen Morrow, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Buddy Hackett, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Conrad Yama, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Miriam Burton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Sharpe, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Jack Lawrence, Composer - RAY GILBERT, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Herbert Fields, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Morrow, MainArtist - Rosetta Le Noire, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathaniel Jones, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Ehara, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Allen, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Edwards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Hunter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Wakefield, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Nestor, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Golomb, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Jaye, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Carol, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacque Dean, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Feder, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Leinwand, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lispet Nelson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Murray Goldkind, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Goodis, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Surface, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sandra Lein Nancy Lych, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Mariano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Shanahan, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - June Eve Story, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Ann Watson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Doria Avila, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bernard, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward J. Hei, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hubler, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Richard Kiley, MainArtist - Conrad Yama, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Miriam Burton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Sharpe, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Jack Lawrence, Composer - RAY GILBERT, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Herbert Fields, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosetta Le Noire, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathaniel Jones, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Ehara, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Allen, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Edwards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Hunter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Wakefield, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Nestor, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Golomb, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Jaye, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Carol, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacque Dean, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Feder, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Leinwand, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lispet Nelson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Murray Goldkind, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Goodis, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Surface, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sandra Lein Nancy Lych, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Mariano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Shanahan, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - June Eve Story, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Ann Watson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Doria Avila, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bernard, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward J. Hei, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hubler, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Richard Kiley, MainArtist - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Karen Morrow, MainArtist - Steve Roland, MainArtist - Luba Lisa, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Conrad Yama, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Miriam Burton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Sharpe, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Jack Lawrence, Composer - RAY GILBERT, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Herbert Fields, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosetta Le Noire, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathaniel Jones, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Ehara, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Allen, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Edwards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Hunter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Wakefield, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Nestor, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Golomb, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Jaye, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Carol, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacque Dean, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Feder, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Leinwand, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lispet Nelson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Murray Goldkind, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Goodis, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Surface, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sandra Lein Nancy Lych, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Mariano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Shanahan, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - June Eve Story, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Ann Watson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Doria Avila, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bernard, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward J. Hei, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hubler, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Richard Kiley, MainArtist - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Steve Roland, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Conrad Yama, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Miriam Burton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Sharpe, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Jack Lawrence, Composer - RAY GILBERT, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Herbert Fields, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Morrow, MainArtist - Rosetta Le Noire, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathaniel Jones, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Ehara, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Allen, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Edwards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Hunter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Wakefield, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Nestor, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Golomb, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Jaye, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Carol, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacque Dean, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Feder, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Leinwand, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lispet Nelson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Murray Goldkind, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Goodis, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Surface, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sandra Lein Nancy Lych, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Mariano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Shanahan, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - June Eve Story, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patti Ann Watson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Doria Avila, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bernard, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward J. Hei, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hubler, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Karen Morrow, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Richard Kiley, MainArtist - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Steve Roland, MainArtist - Luba Lisa, MainArtist - Buddy Hackett, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Buddy Hackett, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Buddy Hackett, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Karen Morrow, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer - Karen Morrow, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Lester Lanin and His Orchestra, MainArtist - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Lester Lanin and His Orchestra, MainArtist - Jack Lawrence, Composer - STAN FREEMAN, Composer
℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Album review
Pop lyricist Jack Lawrence ("Beyond the Sea," "All or Nothing at All") and composer Stan Freeman made their Broadway debut as a songwriting team with their only project together, I Had a Ball, a musical about the romantic couplings of fringe characters in Coney Island as orchestrated by a fortune teller. Comedian Buddy Hackett was the fortune teller and Richard Kiley was one of the raffish lovers. The show opened on December 15, 1964, and closed after 199 performances on June 12, 1965. Reviews suggested that Hackett was the only reason to see it. Unfortunately, the comedian was not a singer, and his participation in the production is underrepresented on the original cast recording. There are a couple of mildly witty numbers, "Neighborhood," sung by Rosetta Le Noire, and "The Affluent Society," by Kiley and Steve Roland, and the romantic ballad "Almost" isn't bad. But little of the music is memorable, and some of it is derivative. ("Coney Island, U.S.A." bears a curious resemblance to the old Dinah Shore theme "See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet.") Hackett is amusing in his mostly spoken appearances, especially in "Dr. Freud," suggesting what impact he may have had on-stage. But the original cast recording of I Had a Ball is little more than a souvenir of a show that was not particularly well received in its time and forgotten afterwards. (The reissue adds as bonus tracks both sides of cast member Karen Morrow's single, "I Had a Ball" and "Almost," plus two songs from bandleader Lester Lanin's album of the show's score, "Lament" and "Be a Phony," both of which were cut from the production before the Broadway opening.)
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:58
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve (Adult Contemporary)
- Genre: Classical
© 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc. ℗ 2003 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
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