(Alec Wilder, William Engvick) Red Buttons, Barbara Cook, Rudy Vallee, Stubby Kaye, Paula Laurence. 8 Songs from the TV-Musical, plus 5 Songs from 'The Yeoman Of The Guard (Gilbert & Sullivan) and additional 16 Bonustracks.
- 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, 0 -- Barbara Cook, Bill Hayes
- 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
Label-Information:
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.
