Come Rain or Come Shine

Come Rain or Come Shine; ~ from the Stage musical "St. Louis Woman"; Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1946; A-M Music; Arranged by Jack Andrews; With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra; and the Ray Charles Singers; Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A , 155 E. 24th Street, New York City; Recording Time 3:18; Recorded March 12th, 1958 ~ Matrix No. J2PB-1903 Take 4; SESSION MUSICIANS & CHORAL; March 12, 1958; A&R Joe Reisman; Orchestra; Leader: Mitchell Ayres; Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross; Sax ~ Harry Terrill; Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman; Sax ~ Philip Zolkind; Sax ~ Wolffe Taninbaum; Sax ~ Stanley Webb; Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow; Trumpet ~ James Milazzo; Trumpet ~ Louis Oles; Trumpet ~ Malven Soloman; Trombone ~ Robert Byrne; Trombone ~ John D'agostino; Trombone ~ Thomas Mitchell; French Horn ~ Fred Klein; French Horn ~ John Barrows; Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman; Violin ~ Jack Zayde; Violin ~ Raoul Poliakin; Violin ~ Mac Ceppos; Violin ~ Tosha Samaroff; Violin ~ Felix Orlewitz; Violin ~ Harry Melnikoff; Violin ~ Max Hollander; Violin ~ Maurice Hershaft; Violin ~ Samuel Rand; Violin ~ Harry Glickman; Violin ~ Harry Urbont; Viola ~ Isadore Zir; Viola ~ Howard Kay; Viola ~ Leon Frengut; Viola ~ Soloman Deutsch; Cello ~ Maurice Brown; Cello ~ Lucien Schmit; Cello ~ Harvey Shapiro; Cello ~ Abram Borodkin; Piano ~ Henry Rowland; Guitar ~ Anthony Mottola; Guitar ~ Danny Perri; Drums ~ Red Sommer; Drums ~ Philip Kraus; Bass ~ Robert Haggart; Harp ~ Gloria Agostini; Choral; Contractor: Ray Charles; EXACT LINE-UP UNIDENTIFIED; Trudy Packer; Sue Singleton; Carla Houston; Joyce De Young; Anne Ryan McCord; Bernice Massi; Alan Sokoloff; James Stuart; Jack Brown; Robert Harris; James Stover; Robert Spiro; Herbert Davidson; Robert Hartman; David Vogel; Leonard Stea; 7½" IPS HALF-TRACK "Saturday Night With Mr. C." CPS-153 STEREO ORTHOPHONIC TAPE JULY 1958; Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Saturday Night With Mr. C." LOP / LSO-1004 MONO / STEREO MAY / JULY 1958; Album issue: RCA-UK-LP12 "Dear Perry" RD-27078 MONAURAL 1959; All stereo pressings of "Saturday Night With Mr. C." excluded the track "Come Rain or Come Shine" despite having the title clearly printed on the jacket. It is assumed that this 'cut' had something to do with space limitations within the new stereo format LP recording. This song was re- released in 1967 within the RCA Camden compilation "Hello, Young Lovers," CAS-2122 (e), but the stereo version was electronically reprocessed from monaural.
: The first known release of " Come Rain of Come Shine" in real stereo was in 1989 within a CD compilation titled "The Harold Arlen Songbook" RCA 9936-2-R ( VA ), featuring songs of the composer Harold Arlen by various artists. Strangely, a companion CD released at the same time, "The Johnny Mercer Songbook" RCA 9788-2-R ( VA ), featuring songs composed by Johnny Mercer, contained the same selection in monaural.; "The Johnny Mercer Songbook" RCA 9788-2-R ( VA ) ~ MONAURAL ( 1989 ); "The Harold Arlen Songbook" RCA 9936-2-R ( VA ) ~ LIVING STEREO ( 1989 ); Notes: ~ introduced by Ruby Hill and Harold Nicholas in the Stage musical "St. Louis Woman." The first popular recording was by Margaret Whiting with Paul Weston's Orchestra for Capitol.