Cut Songs That Are Famous

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 12:27pm

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".)

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 1:00pm

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.

I'm wondering, why do you think "There's Always a Woman" is now known? Known by whom? Indeed, is/was any song in "Anyone Can Whistle" known by the general public?

[Jon]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 1:47pm

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.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 1:51pm

I say "They're Always A Woman", just because many people know that it was cut from ACW. And it is performed all the time in many Sondheim concerts/benefits and revues.

[Larcen26]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 5:06pm

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.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 5:19pm

Can That Boy Foxtrot, cut from Follies, is also in The Birdcage.

[singtopher]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 5:20pm

'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.

[Justin D]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 5:52pm

while not famous, "The Last Man In My Life" is a lovely song that was cut from "Tell Me On A Sunday".

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 6:02pm

Bring On The Men - J/H

[James2]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 6:52pm

While not from a stage musical, "Proud of Your Boy" from "Aladdin" has been recorded a few times by artists like Clay Aiken and John Barrowman.

[greensgreens]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 7:21pm

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).

[philly03]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 8:13pm

Maybe not too famous, but I've heard lots of people sing it and is now in "RUDOLF - The Last Kiss": "Only Love" from the original The Scarlet Pimpernel!

[laura is broadway]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 8:49pm

"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.

[Jon]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 9:46pm

From This Moment On was added to the movie of Kiss Me Kate, and to the recent revival. It was not in the original show.

[A Director]

Posted: 3/11/10 at 10:56pm

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.

[sbflyfan]

Posted: 3/12/10 at 9:19am

"I think there also was some song that substituted for 'Capped Teeth & Caesar Salad' (maybe that's just wishful thinking though)."

No, you might be thinking of "English Girls" being used instead of "Sheldon Bloom."

[WOSQ]

Posted: 3/12/10 at 11:38am

"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.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 3/12/10 at 12:37pm

Weren't some of the 'We Take The Town' and 'The Yearling' songs that Barbra Streisand recorded cut from those respective shows?

I immediately thought of "Patterns" and "Baby" from 'Baby.'

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/12/10 at 12:46pm

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.