Various , Music By Leonard Bernstein , Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim - West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast Recording

Tracklist

1	–Orchestra*, The Jets*	Prologue And Jet Song
2	–Larry Kert	Something's Coming
3	–Ensemble*	The Dance At The Gym
4	–Larry Kert	Maria
5	–Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence	Tonight
6	–Chita Rivera And Marilyn Cooper, Reri Grist & Shark Girls	America
7	–Mickey Calin And The Jets*	Cool
8	–Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence	One Hand, One Heart
9	–Quintet*, Ensemble*	Tonight
10	–Orchestra*	The Rumble
11	–Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper, Carmen Gutierrez, Elizabeth Taylor*	I Feel Pretty
12	–Reri Grist And Ensemble*	Somewhere (Ballet)
13	–Eddie Roll, Grover Dale And The Jets*	Gee, Officer Krupke!
14	–Carol Lawrence And Chita Rivera	A Boy Like That
15	–Carol Lawrence And Chita Rivera	I Have A Love
16	–Unknown Artist	Finale

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio
• Recorded At – Manhattan Center

Credits

• Art Direction – Ken Fredette
• Art Direction [Costumes Designed By] – Irene Sharaff
• Choreography – Jerome Robbins
• Choreography [Co-choreographer] – Peter Gennaro
• Choreography [Dance Assistant] – Howard Jeffrey*, Wallace Siebert
• Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Howard Scott*
• Directed By – Jerome Robbins
• Engineer – Edward T. Graham, Fred Plaut
• Engineer [Reissue Engineer] – Mark Wilder
• Leader [Musical Direction] – Max Goberman
• Lighting – Jean Rosenthal
• Liner Notes – Mort Goode
• Lyrics By – Stephen Sondheim
• Management [Directorial Assistant] – Gerald Freedman
• Music By – Leonard Bernstein
• Orchestrated By – Irwin Kostal, Leonard Bernstein, Sid Ramin
• Performer [The Adults, Doc] – Art Smith
• Performer [The Adults, Gladhand] – John Harkins
• Performer [The Adults, Krupke] – William Bramley
• Performer [The Adults, Schrank] – Arch Johnson
• Photography By – Don Hunstein
• Presenter – Harold S. Prince*, Robert E. Griffith
• Presenter [By Arrangement With] – Roger L. Stevens
• Producer [Original Album Producer] – Goddard Lieberson
• Producer [Symphonic Dances] – John McClure
• Production Manager [Editorial Production] – Eleanor Becker
• Production Manager [Product Manager] – Joy Gilbert
• Production Manager [Production Associate] – Sylvia Drulie
• Reissue Producer – Didier C. Deutsch
• Script By [Book By] – Arthur Laurents
• Set Designer [Scenic Production By] – Oliver Smith*
• Vocals [The Jets - Their Girls, Anybodys] – Lee Becker
• Vocals [The Jets - Their Girls, Clarice] – Marilyn D'Honau
• Vocals [The Jets - Their Girls, Graziella] – Wilma Curley
• Vocals [The Jets - Their Girls, Minnie] – Nanette Rosen
• Vocals [The Jets - Their Girls, Pauline] – Julie Oser
• Vocals [The Jets - Their Girls, Velma] – Carole D'Andrea
• Vocals [The Jets, A-rab] – Tony Mordente
• Vocals [The Jets, Action] – Eddie Roll
• Vocals [The Jets, Baby John] – David Winters
• Vocals [The Jets, Big Deal] – Martin Charnin
• Vocals [The Jets, Diesel] – Hank Brunjes
• Vocals [The Jets, Gee-tar] – Tommy Abbott
• Vocals [The Jets, Mouth Piece] – Frank Green*
• Vocals [The Jets, Riff, The Leader] – Mickey Calin
• Vocals [The Jets, Snowboy] – Grover Dale
• Vocals [The Jets, Tiger] – Lowell Harris
• Vocals [The Jets, Tony, His Friend (of Riff)] – Larry Kert
• Vocals [The Sharks - Their Girls, Consuelo] – Reri Grist
• Vocals [The Sharks - Their Girls, Estella] – Lynn Ross*
• Vocals [The Sharks - Their Girls, Francisca] – Elizabeth Taylor*
• Vocals [The Sharks - Their Girls, Marguerita] – Liane Plane
• Vocals [The Sharks - Their Girls, Rosalia] – Marilyn Cooper
• Vocals [The Sharks - Their Girls, Teresita] – Carmen Gutierrez
• Vocals [The Sharks, Anita, His Girl (of Bernardo)] – Chita Rivera
• Vocals [The Sharks, Anxious] – Gene Gavin
• Vocals [The Sharks, Bernardo, The Leader] – Ken Le Roy*
• Vocals [The Sharks, Chino, His Friend (of Bernardo)] – Jamie Sanchez*
• Vocals [The Sharks, Indio] – Noel Schwartz
• Vocals [The Sharks, Juano] – Jay Norman
• Vocals [The Sharks, Luis] – Al De Sio
• Vocals [The Sharks, Marie, His Sister (of Bernardo)] – Carol Lawrence
• Vocals [The Sharks, Moose] – Jack Murray
• Vocals [The Sharks, Nibbles] – Ronnie Lee*
• Vocals [The Sharks, Pepe] – George Marcy
• Vocals [The Sharks, Toro] – Erne Castaldo

Notes

Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, September 29th, 1957.

Original (mono) album: OL 5230, released 9/57.

West Side Story opened September 26th, 1957, at the Winter Garden Theatre (732 performances); reopened April 27th, 1960, at the Winter Garden Theatre (249 performances).

Symphonic Dances recorded at Manhattan Center, NYC on March 6th, 1961.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 07464326032
• Matrix / Runout: 1a CK32603 04 B
• Other (Inner Mould): CMU P 86

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
OS 2001	Leonard Bernstein ‧ Jerome Robbins ‧ Carol Lawrence ‧ Larry Kert ‧ Chita Rivera	Leonard Bernstein ‧ Jerome Robbins ‧ Carol Lawrence ‧ Larry Kert ‧ Chita Rivera - West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast ‎(LP)	Columbia Masterworks	OS 2001	US	1957
OL 5230	Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins	Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins - West Side Story ‎(LP, Mono)	Columbia Masterworks	OL 5230	US	1957
CD 860710	Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert	Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert - West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast ‎(CD, Album)	GrandPrix	CD 860710	Europe	Unknown
40-32193, 40 32193	Various	West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	CBS, CBS	40-32193, 40 32193	UK	1973
ST0043	Various	West Side Story. The Musical 1957 ‎(CD, Album, RM)	Calle Mayor	ST0043	Spain	2017