Kiss Me, Kate (original Broadway cast recording)
1949 cast recording by Alfred Drake with the original Broadway cast
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Kiss Me, Kate, credited to Alfred Drake with the original Broadway cast,[2] is the album containing the original studio cast recording of the 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate.[3] It was released by Columbia on February 15, 1949.[4]
| Kiss Me Kate | |
|---|---|
Cover used for the album of 45-rpm records (cat. no. A-200) | |
| Cast recording by Alfred Drake with the original Broadway cast | |
| Released | February 15, 1949 |
| Genre | Show tunes |
| Label | Columbia Masterworks |
The album was released as a set of six 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. C-200).[5][better source needed] It was also made available on LP (cat. no. ML-4140).[6][7]
Reception
The album spent several weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart.
Legacy
The album was added to the National Recording Registry as being "culturally or historically significant".[citation needed]
Track listing
12" LP (Columbia Masterworks ML 4140)[8]
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overture" – "Another Op'nin', Another Show" | Annabelle Hill with Chorus | |
| 2. | "Why Can't You Behave" | Kirk & Lang | |
| 3. | "Wunderbar" | Drake & Morison | |
| 4. | "So in Love" | Morison | |
| 5. | "We Open in Venice" | Drake, Morison, Kirk and Lang | |
| 6. | "Tom, Dick or Harry" | Kirk, Lang, Edwin Clay and Charles Wood | |
| 7. | "I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua" | Drake with Chorus | |
| 8. | "I Hate Men" | Morison |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Were Thine That Special Face" | Drake | |
| 2. | "Too Darn Hot" | Lorenzo Fuller, Eddie Sledge and Fred Davis | |
| 3. | "Where Is the Life That I Led?" | Drake | |
| 4. | "Always True to You (in My Fashion)" | Kirk | |
| 5. | "Bianca" | Lang | |
| 6. | "So in Love" (Reprise) | Drake | |
| 7. | "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" | Jack Diamond, Harry Clark | |
| 8. | "1." "I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple" "2." "Finale" | 1. Morison 2. Drake & Morison |
Charts
| Chart (1949) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums[5] | 1 |