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High Button Shoes

Opened 1947

727 performances

Musical, Golden Age

High Button Shoes
New York Sunday News

High Button Shoes is a 1947 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by George Abbott and Stephen Longstreet. It was based on the semi-autobiographical 1946 novel The Sisters Liked Them Handsome by Stephen Longstreet.

Music
Jule Styne
Lyrics
Sammy Cahn
Book
Stephen Longstreet (George Abbott, Phil Silvers uncredited)

Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

1947
New Century TheatreBroadway Original, opened October 9, 1947, directed by George Abbott
727 performances
1948
ProductionLondon Opened December 22, 1948

Songs5 songs

Can’t You Just See Yourself?, You’re My Girl, Papa, Won’t You Dance With Me?, On a Sunday by the Sea, I Still Get Jealous

Recordings 1 recording

1947
High Button Shoes
High Button Shoes RCA Victor K 10, released 1947
United States

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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