If I Were Not Upon The Stage

Song facts

“If I Were Not Upon The Stage” is a very short vaudeville song appearing on 1990 “Tripping the Live Fantastic” live album, and credited to “Sutton/Turner/Bowsher”. It’s however difficult to find any references to those authors or song. In an interesting thread of Straight Dope Message Board, we can read:

I think I’ve found it.

The ASCAP database identifies a song by Stan Bowsher, William A T Phillips, and Thomas P Sutton called “Someone Else I’d Like To Be”.

While I haven’t found lyrics, the couple of references I’ve found online seem to suggest that it’s the same piece, and it is credited to “Sutton/Bowsher/Turner” (I suspect that the “T” listed by ASCAP is that of Turner) in this album listing (https://www.acrobatmusic.net/?cid=5&AlbumId=460).

I hope that this helps.

Last updated on June 30, 2017

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