Cut Songs That Are Famous

I'm just trying to think of songs from show that were cut, that are now known that are almost as popular as if they were still in the show, or even songs that were added to a show.

The first two things that popped into my head was:

There's Always A Woman (cut from "Anyone Can Whistle".)

Meir Heir, Maybe This Time, and Money Money (added to the film, and later stage productions of "Cabaret".)

Irving Berlin's "Always" was written for the Marx Brothers musical THE COCONUTS, but cut prior to opening. It became one of his biggest hits.

Well I think Patterns by Maltby and Shire is pretty well known...(I could be wrong, but I think it was originally cut from Baby, but then put back in)

Marry Me A Little was originally cut

Usually the cut songs get put back in once they become popular.

The original opening to Forum is in the movie The Birdcage...not famous I know...but it is there.

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'Patterns' was put in CLOSER THAN EVER.

'Anytime' was cut from A NEW BRAIN. It was immortalized by Norm Lewis on INFINITE JOY, and is now sung ad nauseum by recent college grads.

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Bring On The Men - J/H

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Wasn't 'Nothing Like You've Ever Known' also originally cut from Song & Dance? At least I think I remember reading on the Bernadette recording that it was including on that, but not in the show at that time. I think there also was some song that substituted for 'Capped Teeth & Caesar Salad' (maybe that's just wishful thinking though).

"Cole Porter's "From This Moment On" was cut from "Out of This World," and is now a standard. No other song in the actual show achieved this status, though it has wonderful songs. "

Isn't "From This Moment On" in Kiss Me Kate? I never knew it was in any other show. Unless you referring to another song of course.

The Man I Love by the Gershwins. It was written for Lady, Be Good! (1924), but was cut from the show. The title was changed to The Girl I Love and was use in Strike Up The Band (1927), but the show closed out of town. Next, it was intended for Rosalie (192, but was not used. The song was published and became a major commercial success in 1928.

As for Always, Irving Berlin wrote the song when The Cocoanuts was out of town. He called Goerge S. Kaufman, the book writer, to come down to Berlin's hotel room to hear the new song. After hearing the song, Kaufman, not a romantic said, "Irving, love doesn't last that long. Call it "I'll Be Loving You Thursday." Berlin was furious and the song was not used.

"Say a Prayer For Me Tonight" was written for Liza in My Fair Lady and either never used or cut on the road. It showed up two years later in the film Gigi.

Same deal with "Loneliness of Evening" by R+H; written for South Pacific and used in the second production of Cinderella on tv.

"Absent Minded Me" was cut on the road from Funny Girl. However it is the first track on Barbra's album titled "People".

None of these songs are 'famous' per se, but they sure have been heard by a lot of people.

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The title was changed to The Girl I Love and was use in Strike Up The Band (1927), but the show closed out of town.

And then the show opened on Broadway in 1930, but without The Girl I Love.

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