1st RECORDING OF: A Taste Of Honey - Bobby Scott (1960--3 instrumental tracks)

The LP cover reads: “Bobby Scott plays his original music for A Taste Of Honey produced on Broadway by David Merrick.” The 1960 Broadway version (starring Angela Lansbury) of the 1958 British play was embellished by a musical score written by musician, songwriter, record producer Scott. He won a Grammy for composing the song “A Taste Of Honey,” also co-wrote “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” and had a vocal record hit in 1956 called “Chain Gang” (not the Sam Cooke here: ) On this 1960 Atlantic LP Bobby performed on piano and conducted the orchestra. Three separate tracks feature the famous theme and are included in this post: 1) ‘First Act Theme’ at 0:00, 2) ‘Refrain’ at 2:36, 3) ‘Closing Theme’ at 5:33. First and third are slow string-laden versions, the middle track is a more jazzy medium-tempo treatment. Tracks first appeared on Atlantic LP 1355 - A Taste Of Honey (Scott) by Bobby Scott, recorded October 1960