Recordings
In the pre-cast album era, musicals generally were popularized by recordings of its songs by vocalists or big bands and/or sales of its sheet music. The following were among contemporary releases:
- "Begin the Beguine/Waltz Down the Aisle" - Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra with vocal by Don Reid
- Begin the Beguine/Just One of Those Things/Me and Marie/When Love Comes Your Way/Why Shouldn't I? - Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
- "Begin the Beguine/Me and Marie/Why Shouldn't I?" - Joe Haymes and His Orchestra
- "Just One of Those Things" - Nat Brandywynne and His Orchestra, Ted Fiorito, Richard Himber, Freddie Martin and His Orchestra, Garland Wilson
- "Me and Marie" - Johnny Green and His Orchestra
- "Waltz Down the Aisle" - Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
- "When Love Comes Your Way/Me and Marie" - Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
- "Why Shouldn't I?/A Picture of Me Without You" - Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by Bob Eberle/Kay Weber
- "Why Shouldn't I?/When Love Comes Your Way" - Johnny Green and His Orchestra
- "Begin the Beguine" - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
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