On the Flip Side explained

On the Flip Side is an hour long television musical with music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and a book by Robert Emmett.[1] The story concerns rock 'n' roll star Carlos O'Conner, whose career is on the skids after early success at age 20. He tries to make a comeback, but his style is out of date. He prays for a miracle, and gets one, when Angie and the Celestials, four angels, join his act.

On the Flip Side was made for the anthology series ABC Stage 67, and it was originally broadcast on ABC television on December 7, 1966.[2] It was the first musical written by Bacharach and David, who later co-created the 1968 Broadway musical Promises, Promises.[3] The production was directed by Joe Layton and starred Rick Nelson as O'Conner and Joanie Summers as Angie, with Tyrone Cooper, Steven Perry, and Jeff Siggins as the Celestials, Will Mackenzie as Jerome, Donna Jean Young as Juanita, Murray Roman as Hairy Eddie Popkin and James Coco as Zuckerman.[4] [5] Peter Matz served as the arranger and conducted the orchestra.[6]

Original cast album

On the Flip Side – Original Cast Album
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Rick Nelson, Joanie Sommers
Cover:On The Flip Side – Original Cast Album.JPG
Released:1966
Genre:Cast recording
Length:26:12
Label:Decca
Producer:Charles "Bud" Dant
Prev Title:Bright Lights and Country Music
Prev Year:1966
Year:1966
Next Title:Country Fever
Next Year:1967
Chronology:Rick Nelson

An original cast album of On the Flip Side was released in December 1966 with Rick Nelson and Joanie Sommers.[7] It was released on the Decca Records label, and was selected as a "Special Merit Pick" in Billboard magazine whose review gave particular praise to the arrangements by Peter Matz, Nelson's performance on the song "They Don't Give Medals", and Sommers' vocals on the song "Try to See It My Way".[8]

Track listing

Side two

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=BUvTYfLP624C&dq=%22On+The+Flip+Side%22+%22Ricky+nelson%22&pg=PA286. On the Flip Side. 286. Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d Ed.. McFarland & Company. 9780786474448. Vincent Terrace.
  2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=w-DgDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22On+The+Flip+Side%22+%22Hal+David%22+%C2%A01966&pg=PT234. On the Flip Side. Television Musicals: Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 222 Shows Written for and Presented on Television, 1944-1996. Joan Baxter. 2020. 9781476641898. McFarland & Company.
  3. Book: Hal David. 236. Ken Bloom. American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion. 3. 1996. Schirmer.
  4. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=6DZkAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22On+The+Flip+Side%22+%22Ricky+nelson%22+%22Carlos%22&pg=PA156. O'Conner, Carlos. 156. The Rocklopedia Fakebandica. T. Mike Childs. 2014. 9781466873018. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
  5. https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=peter+...9&p=296&item=T80:0359 "ABC Stage 67: On the Fllip Side (TV)"
  6. Book: Burt Bacharach & Hal David: What the World Needs Now. 51–52. Robin Platts. 2003. 9781896522777. Collector's Guide Publishing.
  7. Book: Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer. 155. Sheree Homer. 2012. 9780786460601. McFarland & Company.
  8. Special Merit Picks: On the Flip Side. December 31, 1966. Billboard. 31.