~
Russ Brown, Jimmie Komack, Nathaniel Frey and Albert Linville
Side 2:
B1 - Gwen Verdon – Whatever Lola Wants - 3:05
B2 - Jean Stapleton, Ronn Cummins, Jackie Scholle, Cherry Davis – Heart (Reprise) - 1:22
B3 - Gwen Verdon, Eddie Phillips (2) – Who's Got The Pain? - 2:50
B4 - Jimmie Komack*, Nathaniel Frey, Baseball Players* – The Game - 4:24
B5 - Stephen Douglass, Shannon Bolin – Near To You - 5:27
B6 - Ray Walston – Those Were The Good Old Days - 2:32
B7 - Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglass – Two Lost Souls - 2:15
B8 - Shannon Bolin, Robert Shafer – A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) - 1:22
B9 - The Entire Company* – Finale - 0:55
Companies, etc.
Copyright © – RCA
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Credits:
Arranged By [Dance Music Arrangements] – Roger Adams
Choreography – Bob Fosse
Directed By [Production Directed By] – George Abbott
Leader [Musical Direction By], Written-By [Book by] – Hal Hastings*
Lyrics By – Richard Adler
Music By – Jerry Ross (2)
Orchestrated By [Orchestrations By] – Don Walker (3)
Other [Based On The Novel, "The Year The Yankees Lost The Pennant" By], Written-By [Book by] – Douglass Wallop
Other [Lola] – Gwen Verdon
Other [Starring] – Ray Walston, Stephen Douglass
Other [with] – Eddie Phillips (2), Jimmie Komack*, Jean Stapleton, Nathaniel Frey, Rae Allen, Richard Bishop (3), Robert Shafer (6), Russ Brown (3), Shannon Bolin
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Gene Cook
Presenter – Frederick Brisson, Harold Prince, Robert E. Griffith
Presenter [in association with] – Albert B. Taylor
Set Designer [Scenery], Design [Costumes Designed By] – Jean Eckart, William Eckart (2)
Notes:
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): F2PP-3748
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): F2PP-3748
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped [var. 1]): F2 PP3748-17S
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped [var. 1]): F2PP-3749-14S
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped [var. 2]): F2 PP3748-12S A2
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped [var. 2]): F2 PP 3749 6Ⓢ E1
Pressing Plant ID (Both sides stamped; RCA Indy): I
Gwen Verdon ~ Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets (original cast)
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, May 5, 2021
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Sixty-six years ago today the Broadway musical Damn Yankees
opened in 1955. I have loved this show for decades; the songs have become
classics because of their beauty, creativity and even humor.
Goodbye Old Girl
is among my top favorite songs; it is one of love and hope for the
future with a touch of wistfulness. The plot is based on the legend of Faust. Robert Shafer (Joe Boyd) sells his soul to Mr. Applegate, (really the Devil) played by Ray Walston who is billed as the star of the musical, in exchange for youth; Stephen Douglass (Joe Hardy) is the youth he becomes (plot below).
The song is occurs during the transformation scene. In the 1958 film
version, Walston & Shafer reprise their roles but Joe Hardy is
played and the song sung (slightly off key) by Tab Hunter. Who wouldn't sell their soul to look like him?
Another reason I love this show is Gwen Verdon. What a treasure she was. In Yankees
she plays the role of Lola, with a capitol LA. She is the devil's
familiar sent by him to seduce Joe so he won't break his bond; she sings
and made a huge hit of the song, Whatever Lola Wants. Can-Can made her a star but Lola made her a legend!
Damn Yankees - 1955
photographer unknown
The dance numbers choreographed by Bob Fosse are a bunch of fun. There is Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo., a rollicking hoedown led by Rae Allen, with the Baseball Players cast.
Verdon and Fosse team up on the song, Who's Got the Pain (When They Do the Mambo)?. Then there is Two Lost Souls both with gestures that would become signature Fosse moves.
Fosse
met Verdon in this show; they would go on to become a fantastic dance
team known as the "Dynamic Duo of Broadway" and they even married.
Damn Yankees -Who's Got the Pain
photographer unknown
The
songs are great! Heart is a bouncy, joyous and inspiring tune sung by baseball
team members, Russ Brown, Jimmie Komack, Nathaniel Frey and Albert Linville.
Damn Yankees - 1955
photographer unknown 
Damn Yankees won the Tony Award for Best Musical, both Douglass and Walston for Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical, Verdon for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and Fossie for Best Choreography; it won many other awards as well as.
Damn Yankees ran for 1,019 performances in the original Broadway production. Adler and Ross's success with it and The Pajama Game (link below) seemed to point to a bright future for them, but Ross suddenly died of chronic bronchiectasis at age 29, several months after Damn Yankees opened.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Side 1:
A1 - Shannon Bolin, Robert Shafer, Baseball Fans*, Baseball Widows* –
Overture: Six Months Out Of Every Year - 4:40
A2 - Robert Shafer, Stephen Douglass – Goodbye, Old Girl - 3:12
A3 - Russ Brown (3), Jimmie Komack*, Nathaniel Frey, Albert Linville – Heart - 4:34
A4 - Rae Allen, Baseball Players* – Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo. - 3:40
A5 - Gwen Verdon – A Little Brains - A Little Talent - 3:35
A6 - Stephen Douglass, Shannon Bolin – A Man Doesn't Know - 3:07
A2 - Robert Shafer, Stephen Douglass – Goodbye, Old Girl - 3:12
A3 - Russ Brown (3), Jimmie Komack*, Nathaniel Frey, Albert Linville – Heart - 4:34
A4 - Rae Allen, Baseball Players* – Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo. - 3:40
A5 - Gwen Verdon – A Little Brains - A Little Talent - 3:35
A6 - Stephen Douglass, Shannon Bolin – A Man Doesn't Know - 3:07
Side 2:
B1 - Gwen Verdon – Whatever Lola Wants - 3:05
B2 - Jean Stapleton, Ronn Cummins, Jackie Scholle, Cherry Davis – Heart (Reprise) - 1:22
B3 - Gwen Verdon, Eddie Phillips (2) – Who's Got The Pain? - 2:50
B4 - Jimmie Komack*, Nathaniel Frey, Baseball Players* – The Game - 4:24
B5 - Stephen Douglass, Shannon Bolin – Near To You - 5:27
B6 - Ray Walston – Those Were The Good Old Days - 2:32
B7 - Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglass – Two Lost Souls - 2:15
B8 - Shannon Bolin, Robert Shafer – A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) - 1:22
B9 - The Entire Company* – Finale - 0:55
Companies, etc.
Copyright © – RCA
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Credits:
Arranged By [Dance Music Arrangements] – Roger Adams
Choreography – Bob Fosse
Directed By [Production Directed By] – George Abbott
Leader [Musical Direction By], Written-By [Book by] – Hal Hastings*
Lyrics By – Richard Adler
Music By – Jerry Ross (2)
Orchestrated By [Orchestrations By] – Don Walker (3)
Other [Based On The Novel, "The Year The Yankees Lost The Pennant" By], Written-By [Book by] – Douglass Wallop
Other [Lola] – Gwen Verdon
Other [Starring] – Ray Walston, Stephen Douglass
Other [with] – Eddie Phillips (2), Jimmie Komack*, Jean Stapleton, Nathaniel Frey, Rae Allen, Richard Bishop (3), Robert Shafer (6), Russ Brown (3), Shannon Bolin
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Gene Cook
Presenter – Frederick Brisson, Harold Prince, Robert E. Griffith
Presenter [in association with] – Albert B. Taylor
Set Designer [Scenery], Design [Costumes Designed By] – Jean Eckart, William Eckart (2)
Notes:
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): F2PP-3748
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): F2PP-3748
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped [var. 1]): F2 PP3748-17S
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped [var. 1]): F2PP-3749-14S
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped [var. 2]): F2 PP3748-12S A2
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped [var. 2]): F2 PP 3749 6Ⓢ E1
Pressing Plant ID (Both sides stamped; RCA Indy): I
Various – Damn Yankees - Original Cast Recording
Label: RCA Victor – LOC-1021
Format: Vinyl, Album, LP, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Musical
Label: RCA Victor – LOC-1021
Format: Vinyl, Album, LP, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Musical
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Damn Yankees ~
Cast ~ Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. (original cast)
Shafer & Douglass ~ Goodbye Old Girl (original cast)
Shafer & Douglass ~ Goodbye Old Girl (film version)
Gwen Verdon ~ Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets (film version)
