“A real find: a loving recreation of a 1930s stage hit that reveals Kay Swift as a songwriter of melodic invention and bubbling high spirits.”
–Toronto Star



“Oh what a delightful score! Fine and Dandy is true buried treasure!”
–San Francisco Chronicle

“A priceless piece of musical theater restored to us with a glorious cast. You'll be in heaven!”
–Show Business

Kay Swift was one of Broadway's first female composers, and FINE AND DANDY one of the biggest hits of Broadway's 1930–31 season, an exuberant blend of musical comedy, vaudeville and social satire. With a cast headed by funnyman Joe Cook, it had the 1930 critics singing its praises. The reviewer for the New York World called it "one of the best shows I have ever seen," while his colleague at the Herald-Tribune crowned it "the blue chip of American musical comedies." Yet this marvelous work has never been recorded – till now! As carefully restored from Kay Swift's original manuscripts by conductor Aaron Gandy and orchestrators Russell Warner & Larry Moore, PS Classics' new recording boasts nearly two-dozen musical numbers.

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1. Overture
2. Machine Shop Opening
3. Rich or Poor
4. Fine and Dandy
5. Sing High
6. I'll Hit a New High
7. Starting at the Bottom
8. Can This Be Love?
9. Fordyce
10. Let's Go Eat Worms in the Garden
11. Etiquette
12. The Jig-Hop
13. Can This Be Love? (reprise)
14. Wedding Bells
15. Nobody Breaks My Heart
16. Nature Will Provide
17. Finale Ultimo
    

Also by Kay Swift:

18. Up Among the Chimney Pots (Natalie Douglas)
19. Can't We Be Friends? (John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey)
20. Whistling in the Dark (Jack Donahue)
21. Once You Find Your Guy (Ann Hampton Callaway)