Destry Rides Again (1959 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Lehman Engel, Dolores Gray, Libi Staiger, Scott Brady, Don Crabtree, Harold Rome, Rosetta LeNoire, Andy Griffith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Decca U.S.
• ASIN: B000002P5B
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture - Original Broadway Cast

2. Bottleneck

3. Ladies

4. Hoop-De-Dingle

5. Tomorrow Morning

6. Ballad of the Gun

7. I Know Your Kind

8. I Hate Him

9. Rose Lovejoy of Paradise Alley

10. Anyone Would Love You

11. Once Knew a Fella

12. Every Once in a While

13. Fair Warning

14. Are You Ready, Gyp Watson

15. Not Guilty

16. Only Time Will Tell

17. Respectability

18. The Ring on the Finger

19. Once knew a fella

20. I Say Hello

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You, Dolores Gray!!!, November 8, 2002

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This review is from: Destry Rides Again (1959 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

The incomparable Dolores Gray mesmerizes on this Broadway Cast Recording from 1959. Her recent death makes the work she displays here even more poignant. She was one of a kind who deserved more fame and accolades than she ever got, because her talent was one for the ages. There is no other Broadway voice (including Merman) to compare to hers, and she displays all of her versatility on this recording. From the ballads "I Say Hello" and "Anyone Would Love You" to the roof-raising "Fair Warning", Gray shines in her quintessential role as Frenchy. Andy Griffith makes a surprisingly good foil, and his singing, while not in the same league as Gray, suits the proceedings just fine. Harold Rome, an underrated composer, wrote his finest score for this somewhat forgotten musical, but it is really Dolores Gray who is the draw here. Also, check out the Broadway Cast Recording of "Two on the Aisle" and the MGM musicals "Kismet", "The Opposite Sex" and "It's Always Fair Weather" to experience Gray in all her splendor. Anyone would love her!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ENJOYABLE AND ENERGETIC --- BUT NOT A TRULY GREAT RIDE, February 8, 2003

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Alan W. Petrucelli (THE ENTERTAINMENT REPORT (ALAN W. PETRUCELLI)) - See all my reviews
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Michael Kidd's "Destry," with music and lyrics by Harold Rome, is a zesty, rousing reminder of how great even marginal musicals of the '50s were. Produced the same year as "Gypsy," "The Sound of Music" and "Fiorello," the score contains no standards, but has some lovely ensembles and ballads, as well as some wonderful whoop-it-up western tunes. Starring Andy Griffith, who had yet to discover the idyllic pleasures of Mayberry and sultry Dolores Gray and based on the Marlene Dietrich-Jimmy Stewart comedy, "Destry" would be a welcome addition to any musical buff's library ... even if you won't be too eager to let it ride again and again on your CD player. (Submitted by staff member Stephen J. Finn)

5.0 out of 5 stars DESTRY RIDES AGAIN into my heart and I love it., March 12, 2011

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Gloria Oberste - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Destry Rides Again (1959 Original Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

I remember seeing the whip song from DESTRY RIDES AGAIN on television on the Ed Sullivan Show. Now I was a kid on a farm in Illinois. None of my friends, or family were at all interested in Broadway shows or songs. And since this was the '50s, and I was poor, I found Ed Sullivan the only place to see and hear such great music. Later in the Army, I was rich enough, as a PFC, to buy a record player and get the album. I played the hell out of it and learned all the songs. I still have the record album but I couldn't get to it and felt a next best might be to get a CD. I knew it would not be as good, but I wanted the lyrics to "Ballad of the Gun" to be accurate.
Well, the CD is great. And with a CD player, I could replay a song over and over. I still can't believe how great Andy Griffith is as a singer. And Dolores Gray is fantastic. And the music and lyrics by Harold Rome, are charming and witty. All the songs are as delightful as I remembered and the CD was so much easier to lug around. So would I buy another CD of a Broadway Play. Yep, I sure would. Was it worth the price, yes, it was so easy to get.