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Title

Cabin in the sky [sound recording] : original motion picture soundtrack / [lyrics by John Latouche ; music by Vernon Duke].

Author

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969.

Publication

Los Angeles, CA : Rhino Movie Music, p1996.

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Additional Authors

• Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
• Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977.
• Horne, Lena.
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969.
• Stoll, Georgie, 1905-1985.
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
• Latouche, John, 1914-1956.
• Hall Johnson Choir.
• MGM Studio Orchestra.

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Cabin in the sky (Motion picture)

Subjects

• Motion picture music
• Musicals

Note

• Musical comedy based on the book by Lynn Root.
• Album originally released in 1980; soundtrack of the 1943 film, this sound recording also contains outtakes, extended versions and extended underscore cues.
• Program notes by Marilee Bradford, synopsis, and producers' note (26 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• All music recorded in Culver City, Calif., 1942.

Contents

Main title (1:45) -- Foreword / Roger Edens (:25) -- Li'l black sheep (extended version) / Harold Arlen ; lyric by E.Y. "Hip" Harburg (3:45) -- Old ship of Zion / traditional -- But the flesh is weak (1:14) ; The prayer (1:43) ; The first revelation (3:01) ; Saint Petunia (extended version) (2:44) / Roger Eden -- Happiness is a thing called love / Harold Arlen ; lyric by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (3:02) -- Dat suits me (outtake) / traditional (1:07) -- Beside the still waters / Roger Edens (2:01) -- Cabin in the sky (4:28) -- Ain' it the truth (outtake) ; Ain' it the truth reprise / Harold Arlen ; lyric by E.Y. Harburg (2:30) -- Taking a chance on love / lyric by John LaTouche with Ted Fetter (4:20) -- The meek and the mild / Roger Edens with additional music by Harold Arlen (4:25) -- Life's full O' consequence / Harold Arlen ; lyric by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (1:49) -- Petunia in the wilderness / Roger Edens, with additional music by Harold Arlen (:38) -- Happiness is a thing called Joe reprise / Harold Arlen ; lyric by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (1:25) --Things ain't what they used to be / Mercer Ellington (1:26) -- Going up (extended version) / Duke Ellington (3:38) -- Down at Jim Henry's (in) my old Virginia home (on the River Nile) (extended version) (1:38) -- Shine / Ford Dabney ; lyric by Lew Brown and Cecil Mack (2:50) -- Honey in the honeycomb (extended version) (1:53) -- Love me tomorrow (3:41) -- Honey in the honeycomb reprise (1:23) -- Sweet Petunia (1:21) -- The third revelation / Roger Edens with additional music by Harold Arlen (2:15) -- Little Joe throws snake eyes / Roger Edens (4:07) -- Amen / Roger Edens with additional music by aHarold Arlen (1:16) -- Taking a chance on love reprise / lyric by John LaTouche and Ted Fetter (:35) -- Taking a chance on love (full reprise lyric) (1:10).

Call Number

*LDC 28253 (F)

ISBN

1568266227

LCCN

8122722452

OCLC

34417544

Author

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969.

Title

Cabin in the sky [sound recording] : original motion picture soundtrack / [lyrics by John Latouche ; music by Vernon Duke].

Imprint

Los Angeles, CA : Rhino Movie Music, p1996.

Performer

The M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll; additional performers and cast: Eddie Rochester Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Kenneth Spencer, and the Hall Johnson Choir; with additional performers.

Event

All music recorded in Culver City, Calif., 1942.

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Added Author

Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.

Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977.

Horne, Lena.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.

Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969.

Stoll, Georgie, 1905-1985.

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.

Latouche, John, 1914-1956. Lyricist

Hall Johnson Choir.

MGM Studio Orchestra.

Added Title

Cabin in the sky (Motion picture)

Other Standard Identifier

8122722452

Publisher No.

R2 72245 Rhino Movie Music

Research Call Number

*LDC 28253 (F) Program notes on file.