Kiss Me, Kate (original Broadway cast recording)
| 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 |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  (2009 CD reissue)[1] |
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]
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
[edit]The album spent several weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart.
Track listing
[edit]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
[edit]| Chart (1949) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums[5] | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kiss Me, Kate [Original Broadway Cast] - Original Broadway Cast". AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- ^ The album cover.
- ^ "'Kiss Me Kate' and Cole Porter's Comeback".
- ^ "Kiss Me, Kate - Original Broadway Cast Recording 1949". The Official Masterworks Broadway Site. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- ^ a b "Best-Selling Popular Record Albums". Billboard. 19 March 1949. p. 36.
- ^ "Billboard". 28 May 1949.
- ^ "Billboard". 8 October 1949.
- ^ "Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison - Kiss Me, Kate". Discogs. 1949.
