Lehman Engel

Born: September 14, 1910
Died: August 29, 1982
Country: United States
Comments: Composer and conductor for stage musicals, film and television. Engel founded the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Workshop in 1961, which was a workshop for musical theatre composers, lyricists and librettists. Engel won six Tony Awards in the category of Best Conductor and Musical director, a category that was discontinued with the 1965 award year.

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Cry Like the Wind REL	Nancy Dussault - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 30, 1960	(8 artists) Originally by Nancy Dussault PRF
Do It the Hard Way REL	Ken Remo with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	(20 artists) Originally by Jack Durant, June Havoc PRF
I Know About Love REL	John Reardon - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 30, 1960	(6 artists) Originally by John Reardon PRF
In Our Little Den of Iniquity REL	Vivienne Segal and Harold Lang with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	(3 artists) Originally by Vivienne Segal & Gene Kelly PRF
South America, Take It Away REC	Betty Garrett with Call Me Mister Orchestra under direction of Lehman Engel	1946	(18 artists) Originally by Betty Garrett, Chandler Cowles, Fred Danieli, Howard Malone, Alan Manson PRF
Take Him REL	Vivienne Segal and Beverly Fite with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	(6 artists) Originally by Vivienne Segal, Leila Ernst & Gene Kelly PRF
What Is a Man? REC,REL	Vivienne Segal with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	(9 artists) Originally by Vivienne Segal PRF
What's New at the Zoo REL	Nancy Dussault - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 30, 1960	(8 artists) Originally by Nancy Dussault PRF
You Mustn't Kick It Around REL	Harold Lang with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	(8 artists) Originally by Gene Kelly, June Havoc, Diane Sinclair, Sondra Barrett and Chorus PRF
Zip REL	Jo Hurt with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	(10 artists) Originally by Jean Castro PRF

Covers by Lehman Engel

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
All Through the Night	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 1950	William Gaxton & Bettina Hall
Anything Goes	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 1950	Ethel Merman
Bewitched	Vivienne Segal with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
Blow Gabriel, Blow	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 1950	Ethel Merman
Boy! What Love Has Done to Me	Mary Martin with Louise Carlyle, Eddie Chappell - Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Lehman Engle	March 1952	Jane Froman - Orchestra under direction of Al Goodman
Dancing in the Dark	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	1950	Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
Dear Little Girl	Jack Cassidy, Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	1957	Oscar Shaw & Girls
Deep River	William Warfield with Lehman Engel conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	1952	Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
Ev'rything I've Got	Betty Garrett and Milton Berle with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Ray Bolger & Benay Venuta
Falling in Love with Love	Marie Greene and Vic Damone with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Muriel Angelus
Fireworks	John Reardon; Nancy Dussault - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 30, 1960	John Reardon & Nancy Dussault
Girl of the Moment	Risë Stevens and Ensemble - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Ensemble [Lady of the Dark 1941] PRF, Robert Hannon with Orchestra and Mixed Chorus directed by Harry Sosnik REL
Here in My Arms	Marie Greene with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Helen Ford & Charles Purcell
Hoops	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	1950	Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred and Adele Astaire REC,REL
I Could Write a Book	Harold Lang and Beverly Fite with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	February 12, 1951	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
I Get a Kick out of You	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 1950	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
I'll Be Hard to Handle	Kaye Ballard - Chorus & Orch. conducted by Lehman Engel	1952	Lyda Roberti
I Won't Dance	Kaye Ballard & Jack Cassidy - Chorus & Orch. conducted by Lehman Engel	1952	Adele Dixon, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair	William Warfield with Lehman Engel conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	1952	Lambert Murphy
Let's Begin	Jack Cassidy - Joan Roberts - Chorus & Orch. conducted by Lehman Engel	1952	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ramona REL, George Murphy [US] PRF
Lovely to Look At	Joan Roberts - Stephen Douglass - Chorus & Orch. conducted by Lehman Engel	1952	Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Mah Lindy Lou	William Warfield with Lehman Engel conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	1952	Oscar Seagle
Make Someone Happy	John Reardon; Nancy Dussault - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 30, 1960	John Reardon & Nancy Dussault PRF, Perry Como REC,REL
Manhattan	Betty Garrett and Vic Damone with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
Maybe	Jack Cassidy, Barbara Ruick and orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	1957	Jesse Crawford with Nat Shilhkret and The Victor Orchestra REC, Oscar Shaw & Gertrude Lawrence PRF
Mighty Lak' a Rose	Bing Crosby with The Song Spinners - Ethel Smith at the Organ - Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	1946	George Alexander [US1]
Mountain Greenery	Milton Berle and Chorus with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Sterling Holloway & Bobbie Perkins PRF, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
My Ship	Risë Stevens - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
New Sun in the Sky	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	1950	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire
One Life to Live	Risë Stevens - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REL, Gertrude Lawrence and Danny Kaye PRF
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Anna Moffo with Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Lehman Engel (Anna Moffo, Lehman Engel)	1960	Unverified
So in Love	Alfred Drake with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	February 1949	Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
Someone to Watch over Me	Barbara Ruick and orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	1957	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
The Desert Song	Kathy Barr, Giorgio Tozzi - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	September 15, 1958	Edith Day & Harry Welchman - With Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck REL, Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal PRF
The Greatest Show on Earth	Adolph Green, John Reardon & Kenneth Bridges - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Danny Kaye
The Lady Is a Tramp	Betty Garrett with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
The Princess of Pure Delight	Kenneth Bridges, Risë Stevens and John Reardon - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Gertrude Lawrence
There's a Small Hotel	Marie Greene and Vic Damone with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
The Riff Song	Peter Palmer, Giorgio Tozzi - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	September 15, 1958	Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
The Saga of Jenny	Risë Stevens - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Gertrude Lawrence
The Touch of Your Hand	Joan Roberts & Frank Rogier - Chorus & Orch. conducted by Lehman Engel	1952	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton REC,REL, Tamara and William Hain PRF
This Can't Be Love	Betty Garrett and Milton Berle with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	April 1947	Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
This Is New	Risë Stevens and John Reardon - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Hildegarde with Orchestra and Mixed Chorus directed by Harry Sosnik REL, Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Mature PRF
Tschaikowsky	Adolph Green - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lehman Engel	1963	Danny Kaye
Water Boy	William Warfield with Lehman Engel conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	1952	(unknown), Paul Robeson - Piano Accompaniment Lawrence Brown
(When Your Heart's on Fire) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Joan Roberts - Chorus & Orch. conducted by Lehman Engel	1952	Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
Without a Song	William Warfield with Lehman Engel conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	1952	Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
Yesterdays	Portia Nelson - Chorus & Orch. conducted by Lehman Engel	1952	Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
You're the Top	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 1950	William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Peggy Healy & John Hauser REC

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Anything Goes [1950 Studio Cast]	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	December 1950	Columbia Masterworks
Deep River	William Warfield with Lehman Engel conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra	1952	Columbia Masterworks
Girl Crazy	Mary Martin with Louise Carlyle, Eddie Chappell - Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Lehman Engle	March 1952	Columbia Masterworks
The Bandwagon	Mary Martin with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel	1950	Columbia Masterworks

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	So in Love	Alfred Drake with Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	February 1949	RCA Victor
	The Sweetest Story Ever Told	Bing Crosby with The Song Spinners - Ethel Smith at the Organ - Lehman Engel and His Orchestra	1946	Decca

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Call Me Mister	various artists	1946	Decca
Do Re Mi	various artists	December 30, 1960	RCA Victor
George Gershwin's Oh, Kay!	various artists	1957	Columbia [US]
Jerome Kern's “Roberta” - “Lovely to look At”	various artists	1952	Columbia [US]
Kurt Weill's "Lady in the Dark"	various artists	1963	Columbia Masterworks
Kurt Weill's Lady in the Dark - The Complete 1963 Studio Cast Recording	various artists	1997	Sony Classical
Milton Berle Sings Rodgers and Hart Songs	various artists	April 1947	RCA Victor
Pal Joey	various artists	February 12, 1951	Columbia Masterworks
The Desert Song	various artists	September 15, 1958	RCA Victor

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