AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' NELL CARTER FATS WALLER BROADWAY SOUNDTRACK RECORD ALBUM 1978

The Broadway musical based on the music of Fats Waller.Cast includes: Andre De Shields, Nell Carter.Ain't Misbehavin' originated as a simple song by Thomas "Fats" Waller that he sold for $500 and that was then performed by Louis Armstrong. In 1978, it became the title track of a cabaret show featuring the music of Waller. It was such a considerable success that it became a Broadway show, and was resurrected in 1988 for a brief stint. Ain't Misbehavin' won numerous Tonys, not the least of which was the award for Best Musical. The original Broadway cast recording features the Tony Award-winning performance of Nell Carter and captures the cabaret feel of the show that made it so charming and refreshing. An excellent recording of the show. ~ Sarah Erlewine

(From the Broadway musical "Ain't Misbehavin'"). By Thomas "Fats" Waller. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). Vocal Selections. Jazz and Broadway. Difficulty: medium. Songbook. Vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 104 pages.

RCA Victor Records (USA)

Like Hallmark's 1996 Fats Waller "best-of" collection, this label's Ain't Misbehavin' is a jumbled mass of Waller material, although tune for tune the selections are slightly stronger than on the earlier release. These recordings, made between 1929 and 1940, include solo essays on piano and pipe organ, two gutsy little jams from 1929 featuring the first band to make records as Fats Waller & His Buddies, and a rowdy rendition of Slim Gaillard's "Flat Foot Floogie" recorded in London by Fats Waller & His Continental Rhythm in 1938. Tossing Waller's Buddies' recording of "Harlem Fuss" into the middle of a batch of songs whipped off by his Rhythm band during the 1930s rather muddies the palette and smears the distinction between the Prohibition-era intensity of the hastily assembled Buddies and the more routine proceedings of Waller's Rhythm, a group that settled into a pattern of Bluebird record production that would only cease with the union-imposed recording ban of 1942. This is a good album to have around unl

BROADWAY BY THE YEAR Series Six, JUST RELEASED! The New York Town Hall presents Broadway Musicals of 1978 including songs from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Working, Ain't Misbehavin' , On The Twentieth Century, Ballroom and rarities like A Broadway Musical, Angel and Eubie! Tracks: 1. A Broadway Musical (A Broadway Musical) (Strouse/Adams) - Company 2. Linking Intro 3. Lawyers (A Broadway Musical) (Strouse/Adams) - Bryan Batt 4. Linking Intro 5. Doatsy Mae (Best Little Whorehouse In Texas) (Carol Hall) - Lari White 6. Linking Intro 7. It's An Art (Working) (Stephen Schwartz) - Christine Pedi 8. Linking Intro 9. Just A Housewife (Working) (Craig Carnelia) - Nancy Opel 10. Linking Intro 11. Honeysuckle Rose (Ain't Misbehavin') (Fats Waller/Andy Razaf) - Mary Bond Davis ** 12. Mean To Me (Ain't Misbehavin') (Roy Turk/Fred Alert) - Mary Bond Davis ** 13. Linking Intro 14. The Mason (Working) (Craig Carnelia) - Carolee Carmello 15. Linking Intro 16. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now (Ain't Misbehavin') 17. Linking Intro 18. Ain't Misbehavin' (Ain't Misbehavin') 19. Railbird (Angel) (Peter Udell/Gary Geld) - Ross Patterson Little Big Band * 20. Linking Intro 21. Your Feets Too Big (Ain't Misbehavin') 22. Linking Intro 23. I Rise Again (On The Twentieth Century) 24. Linking Intro 25. Millwork (Working) (James Taylor) - Lari White 26. Linking Intro 27. I'm A Great Big Baby (Eubie!) (Eubie Blake/Andy Razaf) - Lennie Watts 28. Linking Intro 29. A Hard Candy Christmas (Best Little Whorehouse In Texas) (Carol Hall) 30. Linking Intro 31. There's A Terrific Band (Ballroom) 32. Linking Intro 33. Never (On The Twentieth Century) 34. Linking Intro 35. Fifty Per-Cent (Ballroom) 36. The Joint Is Jumpin' (Ain't Misbehavin')

BROADWAY BY THE YEAR Series Six, JUST RELEASED! The New York Town Hall presents Broadway Musicals of 1978 including songs from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Working, Ain't Misbehavin' , On The Twentieth Century, Ballroom and rarities like A Broadway Musical, Angel and Eubie! Tracks: 1. A Broadway Musical (A Broadway Musical) (Strouse/Adams) - Company 2. Linking Intro 3. Lawyers (A Broadway Musical) (Strouse/Adams) - Bryan Batt 4. Linking Intro 5. Doatsy Mae (Best Little Whorehouse In Texas) (Carol Hall) - Lari White 6. Linking Intro 7. It's An Art (Working) (Stephen Schwartz) - Christine Pedi 8. Linking Intro 9. Just A Housewife (Working) (Craig Carnelia) - Nancy Opel 10. Linking Intro 11. Honeysuckle Rose (Ain't Misbehavin') (Fats Waller/Andy Razaf) - Mary Bond Davis ** 12. Mean To Me (Ain't Misbehavin') (Roy Turk/Fred Alert) - Mary Bond Davis ** 13. Linking Intro 14. The Mason (Working) (Craig Carnelia) - Carolee Carmello 15. Linking Intro 16. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now (Ain't Misbehavin') 17. Linking Intro 18. Ain't Misbehavin' (Ain't Misbehavin') 19. Railbird (Angel) (Peter Udell/Gary Geld) - Ross Patterson Little Big Band * 20. Linking Intro 21. Your Feets Too Big (Ain't Misbehavin') 22. Linking Intro 23. I Rise Again (On The Twentieth Century) 24. Linking Intro 25. Millwork (Working) (James Taylor) - Lari White 26. Linking Intro 27. I'm A Great Big Baby (Eubie!) (Eubie Blake/Andy Razaf) - Lennie Watts 28. Linking Intro 29. A Hard Candy Christmas (Best Little Whorehouse In Texas) (Carol Hall) 30. Linking Intro 31. There's A Terrific Band (Ballroom) 32. Linking Intro 33. Never (On The Twentieth Century) 34. Linking Intro 35. Fifty Per-Cent (Ballroom) 36. The Joint Is Jumpin' (Ain't Misbehavin')