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Robert Emmett Dolan, Johnny Mercer, Gene DePaul
Texas, Lil Darlin' / You Can't Run Away from It
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Texas, Li'l Darlin' - Original Cast Recording, De Paul, Gene
2. The Yodel Blues - Original Cast Recording, De Paul, Gene
3. A Month of Sundays
4. Hootin' Owl Trail
5. The Big Movie Show in the Sky
6. Politics
7. Affable, Balding Me
8. It's Great to Be Alive (Reprise): The Yodel Blues/Hootin' Owl Trail
9. You Can't Run Away From It (Main Title)
10. Howdy Friends and Neighbors
11. Thumbin' a Ride
12. Temporarily
13. Scarecrow Ballet: Featuring: It Happened One Night/You Can't Run ...
14. You Can't Run Away From It (End Title)

CD Details

All Artists: Robert Emmett Dolan, Johnny Mercer, Gene DePaul
Title: Texas, Lil Darlin' / You Can't Run Away from It
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Decca
Original Release Date: 10/31/1956
Re-Release Date: 9/28/2004
Album Type: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Comedy & Spoken Word, Vocal Pop, Musicals, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602498637463

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CD Reviews

Two by Johnny Mercer

Mark Andrew Lawrence | Toronto | 09/29/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"TEXAS LI'L DARLIN' with music by Robert Emmett Dolan and lyrics by Johnny Mercer was what we call a lucky hit. It opened on Broadway to mixed reviews but lasted 6 months due to the fact that only one other hit musical appeared that season (GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES.) Decca's 10-inch LP covered eight key songs from the mostly forgettable score. The record soon went out of print and by the 1970s was commanding $200 a copy or more. So this might be worth picking up as an "investment."

The CD is paired with the short selection of songs Johnny Mercer and Gene DePaul wrote for a 1956 movie musical YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM IT. This was a musical remake of the 1934 oscar winner IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT with Junbe Allyson as the runaway heiress and Jack Lemmon as the reporter. The film wa not a success and the score yielded not hits but it's a pleasant listen. Stubby Kaye leads the singing in "Howdy Friends and Neighbours" while The Four Aces sing the title song."