Stubby Kaye

Desert Island Discs

BBC

Society & Culture, Music Commentary, Music, Personal Journals

4.4 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 1984

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The American actor Stubby Kaye worked in vaudeville before he made his name in the musical Guys and Dolls, on Broadway and in London, as Nicely-Nicely. When it was filmed, nobody else could be considered for the part. He went on to make several more film musicals, including Li'l Abner and Sweet Charity.

In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career which includes some work in this country where he now lives, and he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: New York, New York by Liza Minelli Book: Diary Luxury: Hard hat

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Kirstie Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.
0:05.0	For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music.
0:08.0	The program was originally broadcast in 1984 and the presenter was Roy Plumlee.
0:14.0	Elements of this program may offend or upset some listeners. This week our castaway is the American actor singer and comedian Stubby K.
0:39.0	Stubby you have just eight records to take to this desert island. You you play discs a lot? I know you make
0:44.6	them, but you play them. No, not too often, Roy. I have cassettes.
0:49.4	All right, you can have cassettes on the island if you prefer.
0:53.0	All right, that's fine.
0:54.2	We've heard you singing in plays and films.
0:56.7	Are you a musician?
0:57.8	Do you read music?
0:59.1	No, I can't read a note of music.
1:00.7	As a matter of fact, when I did the show guys and dolls when I did little
1:04.5	Avna or any time in television appearances when I had to learn a strange song a
1:08.1	new song the only way I'd learned it is if they'd lock me in a room with a piano player and let him play it over for an hour and a half
1:15.2	then give me a cestead or a recording to take home and I'd play it over repeatedly and repeatedly
1:20.4	and that's how I would learn the song.
1:23.0	Did you have any kind of plan in choosing your eight records?
1:26.0	Well, I just thought that I'd take eight that I would associate with people I knew or that
1:32.0	the subject matter of the song meant a little something to me.
1:36.0	All right. I just didn't want to choose anything at random, let's put it that way.
1:40.0	What's the first record you've got under your arm?
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