The Pajama Game [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

by Pajama Game / O.C.R.

Overview

Though it used to be said that Broadway musicals (some of them, anyway) were intended for "the tired businessman," they were not usually about business until The Pajama Game. And not only was the show set in a factory, the story also revolved around a labor dispute. But the show managed to lightly poke fun at its subject matter while actually focusing on a traditional romantic plot, and, most important, it boasted a frisky score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, a young songwriting team making a transition from Tin Pan Alley to the musical theater. They brought with them a knack for the kind of novelty material that was finding success in the pop music market. Adler and Ross could write more conventional show music fare in the Rodgers & Hammerstein mold and even introduce new wrinkles to it, but they excelled at witty numbers, and, not surprisingly, they also wrote some hits. Both "Hernando's Hideaway," and "Steam Heat" reached the Top Ten, and Rosemary Clooney took "Hey There" to number one in September. It says a lot about the overall quality of the cast that the film version retained nearly all the principals (including John Raitt and Carol Haney), only replacing Janis Paige with the more bankable Doris Day. Despite the novelty quality of some of the material, The Pajama Game retained its freshness over the decades, and the Original Broadway Cast Recording remained the recording to own. The 2000 CD reissue added nine minutes of previously unreleased material. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2009
Label:	Cbs Masterworks / Masterworks Broadway
UPC:	0886974991823
Rank:	117866

Tracks

1. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. Overture
2. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. The Pajama Game / Racing with the Clock
3. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. A New Town Is a Blue Town
4. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. I'm Not at All in Love
5. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. I'll Never Be Jealous Again
6. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. Hey There
7. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. Her Is
8. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. Sleep Tite
9. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. Once-A-Year Day!
10. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. Small Talk
11. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 1. There Once Was a Man
12. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 2. Steam Heat
13. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 2. Think of the Time I Save
14. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 2. Hernando's Hideaway
15. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 2. Seven-and-a-Half Cents
16. The Pajama Game, musical~Act 2. Finale. The Pajama Game
17. Mike Wallace talks with Jerry Ross about "The Pajama Game"~[Part 1]
18. The Pajama Game, musical~The World Around Us
19. Mike Wallace talks with Jerry Ross about "The Pajama Game"~[Part 2]
20. The Pajama Game, musical~There Once Was a Man
21. The Pajama Game, musical~Mike Wallace talks with Jerry Ross [Part 3]
22. The Pajama Game, musical~Hernando's Hideaway

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pajama Game Cast Ensemble   Primary Artist
Mike Wallace   Primary Artist
Carol Haney   Primary Artist,Vocals
Janis Paige   Primary Artist,Vocals
Reta Shaw   Primary Artist,Vocals
Buzz Miller   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Raitt   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jerry Ross   Primary Artist,Piano
The Girls   Primary Artist
Richard Alder   Primary Artist
The Pajama Game Pit Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
The Orchestra   Primary Artist
Eddie Foy, Jr.   Primary Artist,Vocals
Peter Gennaro   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stanley Prager   Primary Artist,Vocals
Richard Adler   Primary Artist,Vocals
Hal Hastings   Musical Direction,Music Direction
Marion Colby   Vocals
Sara Dillon   Vocals
Mary Stanton   Vocals
Eddie Foy   Vocals
Mara Landi   Vocals
Rae Allen   Vocals
Bob Dixon   Vocals
Jim Hutchison   Vocals
John Ford   Vocals,Vocals
Ralph Chambers   Vocals
Mary Roche   Vocals
Jack Waldron   Vocals
Gordon Woodburn   Vocals
Rudy Adamo   Vocals
Ralph Dunn   Vocals
Ralph Farnsworth   Vocals
Jack Drummond   Vocals
Roger Adams   Music Direction
John Ford IV   Vocals
Ray Allan   Vocals
David William   Vocals
Thelma Pelish   Vocals
Virginia Martin   Vocals

Technical Credits

Stanley Prager   Composer,Performer
Richard Adler   Composer,Lyricist,Performer
Carol Haney   Composer,Performer
Janis Paige   Performer
John Raitt   Performer
Reta Shaw   Performer
Buzz Miller   Performer
Lisa Sparagano   Design
George Abbott   Book,Production Director
Joy Gilbert Manfried   Project Director
Jerry Ross   Composer,Lyricist,Performer,Interviewee
Jerome Robbins   Production Director
Richard Bissell   Book
Eleanor Becker   Editorial Director
Rae Allen   Cast
Don Walker   Orchestration
Richard Alder   Composer
Richard Bissill   Book
Pajama Game Cast Ensemble   Performer
Mort Goode   Liner Notes
Roger Adams   Additional Music
Chris Woehrle   Art Direction
Ken Fredette   Design,Art Direction
Lemuel Ayers   Scenery,Costume Design
Stacey Boyle   Tape Research
Andrew Velez   Liner Notes
The Pajama Game Pit Orchestra   Performer
Bob Fosse   Choreographer
Larry Keyes   Preparation
Eddie Foy, Jr.   Performer
Darcy Proper   Mastering,Reissue Producer,Mastering Engineer,Re-Release Producer
Didier C. Deutsch   Reissue Producer,Re-Release Producer
Peter Gennaro   Performer
Mike Wallace   Performer,Interviewer
Goddard Lieberson   Producer,Original Album Producer