{"id":21096,"date":"2026-06-15T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21096"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:42:05","slug":"episode-472-ben-bagley-revisited-lies-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/episode-472-ben-bagley-revisited-lies-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 472. Ben Bagley Revisited: Lies Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 472. Ben Bagley Revisited: Lies Come True<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2012-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-39697d9b wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-and-Meowface.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21502\" style=\"width:504px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year ago I published an episode entitled \u201cGay Eccentrics,\u201d which featured a number of the most delightfully peculiar personalities sprinkled across queer music history. The third of those characters, theatrical and record producer Ben Bagley, reappears on today\u2019s episode. This time I feature selections from his record albums featuring two more gay eccenctrics, Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter! Bagley\u2019s recordings uncovered and\/or resuscitated trunk songs and other material by some of the most important Broadway composers and lyricists sung by a fascinating hodge-podge of some of the most prominent singers and actors of the era. In this episode alone we hear Tony Perkins, Gloria Swanson, Blossom Dearie, Charlotte Rae, Bobby Short, Sandy Stewart, Carmen Alvarez, Dorothy Loudon, Karen Morrow, David Allyn, Dolores Gray, Johnny Desmond, Ann Hampton Calloway, and Danny Meehan. These recordings were inevitably against all odds, seemingly tossed together, and on a shoestring budget, but the results were almost always surprisingly polished (and if not polished, at least fascinating!) One of the most notorious aspects of these releases was Bagley\u2019s outrageously campy (and sometimes simply outrageous) liner notes, from which I quote extensively. I also read a 1974 profile of Bagley in which he espouses his ongoing credo of stretching the truth in order to make seemingly impossible dreams come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: From Another World (<em>Higher and Higher<\/em>). Bobby Short, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris [ca. 1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Ours (<em>Red, Hot and Blue<\/em>). Blossom Dearie, Arthur Siegel, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I\u2019m Talking to My Pal (cut from <em>Pal Joey<\/em>). Anthony Perkins, Arthur Siegel, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down (<em>Stardust<\/em>). Dolores Gray, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Nothing But You (<em>Higher and Higher<\/em>). Ann Hampton Callaway, Arthur Siegel, Faun Stacy, Matt \u201cChips\u201d Patuto [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Loesser: They&#8217;re Either Too Young or Too Old (<em>Thank Your Lucky Stars<\/em>). Gloria Swanson, Dick Hyman, arrangement and piano [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Give Him the Oo-La-La (<em>DuBarry Was a Lady<\/em>). Elmarie Wendel, musical arrangements by Skip Redwine, vocal arrangements by Bud McCreery [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: How Was I To Know? (<em>She\u2019s My Baby<\/em>) \/ Why Do You Suppose? (<em>Heads Up!<\/em>). Charlotte Rae, Dorothy Loudon, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Kate the Great (cut from <em>Anything Goes<\/em>). Karen Morrow, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: I Know It\u2019s Not Meant for Me (cut from <em>Rosalie<\/em>). Karen Morrow, Charles Rydell, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Everybody Loves You (<em>I\u2019d Rather Be Right<\/em>). Charlotte Rae, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Let\u2019s Talk about Love (<em>Let\u2019s Face It<\/em>). Dolores Gray, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Morning Is Midnight (cut from <em>Lido Lady<\/em> and <em>She\u2019s My Baby<\/em>). Dorothy Loudon, Danny Meehan, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: You\u2019re a Bad Influence on Me (<em>Red, Hot and Blue<\/em>). David Allyn, arrangements and musical direction by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I\u2019m Afraid (<em>Higher and Higher<\/em>). Sandy Stewart, Arthur Siegel, Faun Stacy, Matt \u201cChips\u201d Patuto [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: I Could Kick Myself (cut from <em>Les Girls<\/em>). Carmen Alvarez, Blossom Dearie, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Are You My Love? (<em>The Dancing Pirate<\/em>). Johnny Desmond, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: I\u2019m Unlucky at Gambling (<em>Fifty Million Frenchmen<\/em>). Dolores Gray and The Men [John Sioman, Ken Parks, Richard Casper, Peter Marinos], musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: A Lady Must Live (<em>America\u2019s Sweetheart<\/em>). Bibi Osterwald, Blossom Dearie, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Pills (<em>Wake Up and Dream<\/em>). Edward Earle and Chorus, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I Still Believe in You (<em>Chee-Chee<\/em>) \/ Singing a Love Song (<em>Simple Simon<\/em>). Charlotte Rae, Danny Meehan, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 472. 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