Stage production

Half a Sixpence

Opening date: March 21, 1963
Comments: Musical comedy based on the novel Kipps by H. G. Wells, with music and lyrics by David Heneker and book by Beverley Cross. It was written as a vehicle for British pop star Tommy Steele, who played Arthur Kipps, an orphan who unexpectedly inherits a fortune, and climbs the social ladder before losing everything and realizing that you just can't buy happiness.

The show opened at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End.

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
All in the Cause of Economy PRF,REL	Original Cast [Half a Sixpence, London, 1963]	David Heneker	Covered by (6 artists) Originally by Tommy Steele, Beverley Cross, David Heneker & the Rita Williams Singers REC
A Proper Gentleman PRF	Tommy Steele, Jessica James, Anna Barry, Irene Byatt, Ian White and Party Guests	David Heneker	Covered by (2 artists) Originally by Tommy Steele, Will Mackenzie, Norman Allen, Grover Dale, Shopgirls REL
Finale PRF	Original Cast [Half a Sixpence, London, 1963]	David Heneker	Covered by (2 artists) Originally by Original Cast [Half a Sixpence, Broadway, 1965] REL
Flash, Bang, Wallop!	Tommy Steele and Company	David Heneker	Covered by (20 artists)
Half a Sixpence PRF,REL	Tommy Steele and Marti Webb	David Heneker	Covered by (17 artists) Originally by Roy Sone & David Heneker REC
If the Rain's Got to Fall PRF,REL	Tommy Steele and Company	David Heneker	Covered by (14 artists) Originally by Tommy Steele & the Rita Williams Singers REC
I Know What I Am	Marti Webb	David Heneker	Covered by (8 artists)
Long Ago PRF,REL	Marti Webb and Tommy Steele	David Heneker	Covered by (16 artists) Originally by Rita Williams REC
Money to Burn PRF,REL	Tommy Steele and Company	David Heneker	Covered by (9 artists) Originally by Tommy Steele & the Rita Williams Singers REC
Overture [Half a Sixpence]	Alyn Ainsworth and His Orchestra	David Heneker	Originally by Orchestra [Original Cast, Half a Sixpence, London, 1963]
She's Too Far Above Me	Tommy Steele	David Heneker	Covered by (13 artists)