Finian's Rainbow

Original Broadway Cast (1947)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Studio
Material Included: Musical Numbers Only

Credits

Staff

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Conductor

Ray Charles (i)

Cast

... Sunny (Harmonica Player)	Sonny Terry
... Buzz Collins	Eddie Bruce
... Sheriff	Tom McElhany
... First Sharecropper	Alan Gilbert (ii)
... Second Sharecropper	Robert Eric Carlson
... Susan Mahoney	Anita Alvarez
... Honey Lou	Elayne Richards
... Third Sharecropper	Ralph Waldo Cummings
... Finian McLonergan	Albert Sharpe
... Sharon McLonergan	Ella Logan
... Woody Mahoney	Donald Richards
... Fourth Sharecropper	Maude Simmons
... Howard (Sharecropper)	William Greaves
... Og (A Leprechaun)	David Wayne (i)
... Senator Billboard Rawkins	Robert Pitkin
... First Geologist	Lucas Aco
... Second Geologist	Nathaniel Dickerson
... Henry	Augustus Smith Jr.
... Diane	Diane Woods
... Jane	Jane Earle
... John (The Preacher)	Roland Skinner
... Mr. Robust	Arthur Tell
... Mr. Shears	Royal Dano
... First Passion Pilgrim Gospeller	Jerry Laws
... Second Passion Pilgrim Gospeller	Lorenzo Fuller
... Third Passion Pilgrim Gospeller	Louis Sharp
... First Deputy	Michael Ellis (i)
... Second Deputy	Robert Eric Carlson
... Third Deputy	Harry Day
... Child	Norma Jane Marlowe
... Dancers	Kenneth Davis Cyprionne Gabel Eleanore Gregory Erona Harris Ann Hutchinson Vera McNichols Anna Mitten Kathleen Stanford Dorothy Tucker Edythe Udane Lucas Aco Robert Billheimer Frank Neal Roger Orhadieno Eddie Phillips James Flash Riley Gene Wilson
... Singers	Arlene Anderson Bette Anderson Mimi Kelly Eve Lynn Maude Simmons Helen Stanton Margaret Tynes Eleanor Winter Ralph Waldo Cummings Charles Dayton Theodore Hines Dolores Martin Roland Skinner Lyn Murray Singers

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Trivia & History

This is Columbia Records' first original cast album. Although they issued the 1946 revival of Show Boat, it was still a revival. Each were originally issued at the time of the shows but were released together in June of 1948 for the first time on LP.

Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Studio
Material Included: Musical Numbers Only

Finian's Rainbow

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