I'M A FAN '72 RARE TV SPORTS SPOOF DEMO LP Carolyn Leigh Carol Channing Van Dyke

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I'M A FAN 

RARE Original 1972 TV Preview Demo LP with Variations

This recording contains a studio cast performing selections probably prior to when "I'm a Fan" went into rehearsal. This is a DEMO LP of 13 of the TV show's songs that was sent to pop singers of that era, to interest them in recording a song or songs from the show on their upcoming albums. These were  often sung by non theatrical demo singers. Another album I had, had Peter Allen singing the demo songs, so these singers sometimes did go on to fame. It may be possible that some of the other cast members recorded the songs, although there are no credits listed to be certain.  Once source suggested the solo female voice on Carol Channing's songs, may be lyricist Carolyn Leigh, but I have no way of knowing.  One thing for certain, Carol Channing and Dick Van Dyke are NOT on the DEMO LP.  Many of the songs are sung by a very talented chorus and the solos by the mysterious female voice.  This obscure TV show Demo record came from an elderly gentleman who passed away and was deeply involved in theater productions all his life.  

12" 33 RPM UNITED ARTISTS, UNNUMBERED STEREO 

Song list

SIDE A:

WHEN THEY PLAY THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

I'M A FAN

DUMP THE UMP

CHARGE

MY COUSIN BEAUREGARD

BASKETBALL IS HIS GAME

TIME OUT

SIDE B:

HALF TIME

AT THE HOCKEY GAME

THE SPORT STAR OF TV TODAY

TEN STROKES UNDER PAR

DEFENSE

ALL THE WAY HOME

TWO SIDED VINYL = MINT- 

LABELS = VERY GOOD WITH LIGHT WEAR

ORIGINAL PLAIN SLEEVE COVER WHICH SAYS ITS AN "i'M A FAN" DEMO AND THE STARS (NOT ON THE RECORD) ARE CAROL CHANNING & DICK VAN DYKE.  THERE IS CREASING AND WEAR ON THE CORNERS, A BIT OF SEAM SPLIT STARTING AND A DRIP MARK FROM THE PEN.

I'M A FAN [TV show]

Broadcast Date

January 25, 1972

Genre

TV show

Production and Recordings Information

Demonstration record. MUSIC: Leroy Holmes. WORDS: Carolyn Leigh. VOCALS: Carolyn Leigh (lyricist), chorus.

OVERVIEW

Synopsis

Carol Channing & Dick Van Dyke star in "I'm a Fan: a Musical comedy spoof of avid sports aficionado.  Broadway prtoducer Alexander cohen, who produces the annual Tony Awards TV show, produced this show.  All the music is original, written by Carolyn Leigh and LeRoy Holmes.  Miss Channing sings two songs and does a skit with Dick Van DYke.  Another skit called "Dump the Ump", is a satire about a father who is a fanatic baseball fan.

Cast & Crew

Clark Jones

Director

Dick Van Dyke

Host

Carol Channing

Host

Karen Morrow

Guest

Donna McKechnie

Guest

Trisha Noble

Guest

Mary Louise Wilson

Guest

Brandon Maggart

Guest

MacIntyre Dixon

Guest

Bob Ellison

Writer

Carolyn Leigh

Writer

Roy Somlyo

Producer

Alexander H. Cohen

Executive Producer

Release Date: 1972

CAROLYN LEIGH 

Carolyn Leigh (August 21, 1926 – November 19, 1983) was an American lyricist for Broadway, film, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come." With Johnny Richards she wrote the million-seller "Young at Heart" for the film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra.

Biography

Leigh, born in the Bronx, New York, graduated from Hunter College High School, Queens College and New York University, and worked as a copy writer for radio stations and advertising agencies.[1] Always writing stories and poems, in 1951, when urged to write songs by a musical publisher who gave her a contract, she wrote I'm Waiting Just for You with Henry Glover, and two years later, Young at Heart.[2] Her lyrics for Broadway shows include Peter Pan, Wildcat, Little Me, and How Now, Dow Jones. The last was derived from an original idea of Leigh's, though Max Shulman wrote the script. She provided lyrics for the scores to the films The Cardinal in 1963 and Father Goose in 1964. In 1969 she wrote the lyrics for the musical "Gatsby" with the score by Lee Pockriss and the book by Hugh Wheeler.[3] She also wrote the lyrics for two other unproduced musicals, two other unproduced shows, Caesar’s Wife, again with music by Pockriss, about Caesar’s third wife, Calpurnia, and Juliet, based on the Fellini movie Juliet of the Spirits, with music by Morton Gould.[4] At the time of her death, she was working with Marvin Hamlisch on the musical, Smile.[2] Leigh died on November 19, 1983, of a heart attack. She was divorced from David Cunningham, Jr. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985.[2]

Tony Award nominations[edit]

Little Me (1963) - Tony Award for Best Original Score

How Now, Dow Jones (1968) - Tony Award for Best Original Score

LeROY HOLMES

LeRoy Holmes (September 22, 1913 – July 27, 1986) was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, orchestra conductor and record producer.

Biography

Holmes graduated from Hollywood High School, studied music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and the Juilliard School in New York, before working with a number of bandleaders during the 1930s and early 1940s. These included Ernst Toch, Vincent Lopez, and Harry James, for whose band, he wrote "The Mole".

After serving as a pilot and flying instructor, a lieutenant in the US Navy during the Second World War, he moved to Hollywood, where he was hired by MGM Music Studios as a house arranger and conductor. In 1950, he relocated to New York and continued as a record producer for MGM, and later moved to United Artists. During his time with MGM, he backed numerous vocalists, including Judy Garland, and in 1954 made what is possibly his best known recording, a version of the theme to the film The High and the Mighty.[1] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[2] The song is known for its distinctive accompanying whistling, which was provided by Fred Lowery. Holmes provided the orchestration for Tommy Edwards epic 1958 hit "It's All In The Game", and tried rock and R&B with his backing to the Impalas "Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)". Holmes also wrote the theme song to the television series International Detective.

He moved to United Artists Records in the early 1960s, where he contributed to many compilations of movie themes, released albums under his own name and backed a succession of singers, notably Connie Francis, Gloria Lynne, Shirley Bassey and Puerto Rican singers like Tito Rodríguez and Chucho Avellanet. In addition, he produced albums for a number of United Artists acts, including the Briarwood Singers. He also worked on the music for the 1977 film The Chicken Chronicles.

Holmes died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at the age of 72.

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MINT .. Literally Perfect Record, Shiny Gloss, No Marks, Beautiful Condition.

MINT- .. Very Clean, Light Paper Marks... A Great Record for Most Any Collector.

VG++ (EX) ... Very Clean, Light Paper Marks... Plays Well with Seldom, but Occasional and Minimal Surface Noise

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VG- .. Rough with Scratches and has Some Surface Noise , but Will Play without skips.

G .. Plays Quite Rough, Has Multiple Scratches, Very Noisy.

P .. Poor Condition. Good only for those who will accept any copy to fill in their collection.