The Five Pennies – HAU 2189 – Cover Reprinted – LP Record | |
The Five Pennies is a semi-biographical 1959 film starring Danny Kaye as cornet player and bandleader Loring Red Nichols. Other cast members include Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino, Bob Crosby, Bobby Troup, Susan Gordon, and Tuesday Weld. The film was directed by Melville Shavelson. The film received four Oscar nominations: Best Musical Scoring (Leith Stevens), Best Original Song (Sylvia Fine—Danny Kaye’s wife), Best Cinematography (Daniel L. Fapp), and Best Costumes (Edith Head). The real Red Nichols recorded all of Kaye’s cornet playing for the film soundtrack. The other musicians in Red’s band were not asked to provide their musical contributions, and the sound of his band was supplied by session. Red Nichols (Kaye) is a small-town cornet player who moves to New York City in the 1920s and finds work in a band led by Wil Paradise (Crosby). He meets and marries singer Willia Stutsman, a.k.a. “Bobbie Meredith” (Bel Geddes), and the two form their own Dixieland band called “The Five Pennies” (a play on Nichols’ name, since a nickel equals five pennies). As their popularity peaks, their young daughter Dorothy (Susan Gordon) contracts polio, and the family leaves the music business, moving to Los Angeles. As a teenager, Dorothy (Tuesday Weld) learns of her father’s music career and persuades him go on a comeback tour. The tour borders on failure until several notable musicians from Nichols’ past appear to save the day. | |
Record Details | |
Title | The Five Pennies – HAU 2189 |
Director | Melville Shavelson |
Producer | Jack Rose |
Music | Thorton W. Allen |
Star | Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino, Bob Crosby, Susan Gordan, Tuesday Weld, Valerie Allen & Bobby Troup |
Lyrics | Sylvia Fine, Creamer, Layton, H. Cannon Robbins, Sheafe, Allen, MacDonald, Hanley, Gibbs, Grey, Wool, Leith Stevens, Farley, Riley, Hodgson & Harry Warren |
Releasing Year | 1959 |
Genre | Original Soundtrack |
Language | English |
Label | Dot Record |
Made In | US |
Serial No. | HAU 2189 |
Side One | |
· Main Title | |
· The Five Pennies | |
· After You’ve Gone | |
· Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home | |
· Indiana Radio Montage | |
· Back Home Again In Indiana | |
· Good Night, Sleep Tight | |
· Lullabye In Ragtime | |
· Battle Hymn Of The Republic | |
Side Two | |
· The Five Pennies Saints | |
· College Montage | |
· Good Night, Sleep Tight Medley | |
· Just The Blues | |
· Carnival Of Venice | |
· The Music Goes ‘Round And ‘Round | |
· Wails Of The Wind | |
· Jingle Bells | |
· The Five Pennies Finale & Battle Hymn Of The Republic Finale | |
Specification | |
Size | 12 Inches |
Speed | 33 RPM |
Record Condition | Excellent |
Cover Condition | Excellent(Reprinted) |
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