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HANSEL
AND
GRETEL
(ORIGINAL
TELEVISION
CAST)
SEPIA
1125
HANSEL
AND
GRETEL
(Wilder-Engvick)
1.
THE
HANSEL
AND
GRETEL
SONG
Red
Buttons,
Barbara
Cook
2.
MARKET
TODAY
Stubby
Kaye
3.
MEN
RUN
THE
WORLD
Rudy
Vallee
4.
EVENING
SONG
Barbara
Cook
5.
MORNING
SONG
Barbara
Cook
6.
EENIE,
MEENIE,
MYNIE
MOE
Paula
Laurence
7.
WHAT
ARE
LITTLE
GIRLS
MADE
OF?
Red
Buttons,
Barbara
Cook,
Paula
Laurence
8.
FINALE
Company
THE
YEOMEN
OF
THE
GUARD
(Gilbert-Sullivan)
9.
WHEN
A
WOOER
GOES
A-WOOING
Barbara
Cook,
Celeste
Holm,
Bill
Hayes,
Alfred
Drake
10.
I
HAVE
A
SONG
TO
SING
Barbara
Cook,
Alfred
Drake
11.
OH!
A
PRIVATE
BUFFOON
Alfred
Drake
12.
WERE
I
THY
BRIDE
Celeste
Holm
13.
IS
LIFE
A
BOON?
Bill
Hayes
BONUS
TRACKS
14.
STRANGE
THINGS
ARE
HAPPENING
Red
Buttons
15.
THE
HO
HO
SONG
Red
Buttons
16.
THE
BUTTONS'
BOUNCE
Red
Buttons
17.
OH!
MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW
Red
Buttons
18.
THAT
GIRL
Barbara
Cook,
Eddie
Bracken
19.
SORTA
ON
THE
BORDER
Stubby
Kaye
20.
O
(OH!)
Stubby
Kaye
21.
CHEERS
Stubby
Kaye
22.
THE
MORE
YOU
LAUGH
Stubby
Kaye
23.
LET'S
DO
IT
Rudy
Vallee
24.
I'M
JUST
A
VAGABOND
LOVER
Rudy
Vallee
25.
THE
PIG
GOT
UP
AND
SLOWLY
WALKEDAWAY
Rudy
Vallee
26.
MAINE
STEIN
SONG
Rudy
Vallee
27.
MAD
DOGS
AND
ENGLISHMEN
Rudy
Vallee
28.
VIENI,
VIENI
Rudy
Vallee
29.
BETTY
CO-ED
Rudy
Vallee
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Title:
Hansel
and
Gretel
/
The
Yeomen
of
the
Guard
Artist:
Original
TV
Cast
-
Barbara
Cook,
Red
Buttons,
Rudy
Vallee
Catalogue
No.:
SEPIA
1125
Barcode:
5055122111252
Release
Date:
2
March
2009
We
are
delighted
to
bring
to
ers
two
rare
cast
recordings
from
the
heyday
of
TV
musical
spectaculars,
THE
YEOMEN
OF
THE
GUARD
(1957)
and
HANSEL
AND
GRETEL
(1958).
Both
star
Broadway's
legendary
lyric
soprano
ingénue
Barbara
Cook
early
in
her
career
and
both
were
broadcast
live
on
NBC-TV
nationwide.
While
THE
YEOMEN
OF
THE
GUARD
was
an
adaptation
of
Gilbert
&
Sullivan's
famous
comic
opera,
HANSEL
AND
GRETEL
was
an
original
musical
version
of
the
Brothers
Grimm's
children's
story.
Composer
Alec
Wilder
and
his
lyricist
William
Engvick
provided
the
light-hearted,
lyrical
score.
Playing
Hansel
to
Barbara
Cook's
Gretel
was
Red
Buttons,
who
had
just
won
an
Oscar
for
his
role
in
the
film
SAYONARA,
while
Rudy
Vallee
played
their
father
and
Stubby
Kaye
the
town-crier.
THE
YEOMEN
OF
THE
GUARD
also
starred
Bill
Hayes,
Celeste
Holm
and
Alfred
Drake,
who
all
feature
on
the
five
songs
included
here.
To
complement
our
television
soundtracks,
we
have
included
sixteen
rare
"bonus
tracks"
as
performed
by
its
stars.
The
four
singles
by
Red
Buttons,
Strange
Things
Are
Happening,
The
Ho
Ho
Song,
The
Buttons
Bounce
and
Oh!
My
Mother-in-Law
are
comedy
novelty
songs
from
1953
and
1954.
Barbara
Cook
accompanies
Eddie
Bracken
on
a
rare
78rpm
duet,
That
Girl
recorded
in
1953.
During
his
London
engagement
in
GUYS
AND
DOLLS,
Stubby
Kaye
recorded
these
four
sides,
Sorta
on
the
Border,
O
(Oh!),
Cheers
and
The
More
You
Laugh.
The
last
seven
tracks
from
Rudy
Vallee
are
standards
from
his
career
he
re-recorded
in
1954,
I'm
Just
a
Vagabond
Lover,
The
(Maine)
Stein
Song,
Vieni,
Vieni,
comedy
patter
classics
Let's
Do
It,
Mad
Dogs
and
Englishmen,
and
novelty
numbers
The
Pig
Got
Up
and
Slowly
Walked
Away,
Betty
Co-Ed.
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