Jet Song (West Side Story, 1961 film cast)

~ Recording by Tucker Smith, Russ Tamblyn, Bert Michaels, and the Jets

Annotation

sung by Tucker Smith (Riff's singing voice, and later as Ice), Russ Tamblyn (Riff, dialogue only), Bert Michaels (as Snowboy, after Riff and before Ice) and The Jets (chorus, dialogue) (youtube video clip)

Annotation last modified on 2023-04-11 06:49 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)OL 5670
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)BPG 62058
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)62058, OS 2070
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side StoryLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)S 70006
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story: The Original Sound Track Recording (reissue)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia MasterworksOS 2070
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • ES1989-09-01
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)462544 2
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
World Music (Catalog# WM xxxxx)WM 88040
1.3Jet Song2:09Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast, 1992 remaster)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1992-11-24
Sony Masterworks (formerly an imprint since circa 1990s, label group since 2009; see annotation for imprints it manages)SK 48211
1.3Jet Song2:09Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast) (1992 remaster)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks (formerly an imprint since circa 1990s, label group since 2009; see annotation for imprints it manages)SK 48211
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB1997-12-22
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)489472 2
1.3Jet Song2:06Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (Original Sound Track Recording)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Sony Classical504856 2, 5048562000, SK 48211, SMM 5048562
1.3Jet Song2:08Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast) (1992 remaster)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2004-05-18
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony ClassicalSK 89226
1.3Jet Song2:06Tucker Smith, The JetsWest Side Story: The Original Sound Track RecordingLeonard Bernstein & Stephen SondheimAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2004-06-07
Columbia Masterworks
1.3Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story: Original Soundtrack Recording (Special 50th Anniversary Edition)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB2011-04-11
Harkit RecordsHRKCD 8362
1.2Jet Song2:07Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story / CandideLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Not Now MusicM2CD012
1.2Jet Song2:08Leonard BernsteinWest Side StoryLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2013-06-17
Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label)
1.3Jet Song2:09Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast, 2014 re-issue)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Sony Classical88875028802
2.2Jet Song2:07Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story - The AlbumLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Black Line Collection2351
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story ( 1961 Film OST)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)467606 2
Promotion
1.2Jet Song2:10Leonard BernsteinWest Side Story (1961 film cast)Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB2009-02-22
The Mail on Sunday (newspaper), Carbon Music & Entertainment, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)MOSWSS01

Relationships

lead vocals [Ice] and lead vocals [Riff, singing voice]:Tucker Smith (in 1961)
lead vocals [Snowboy]:Bert Michaels (in 1961)
spoken vocals [Riff]:Russ Tamblyn (in 1961)
conductor:Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1961)
recording of:West Side Story: Jet Song (in 1961)

Related works

West Side Story: Jet Song

lyricist:Stephen Sondheim
composer:Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor)
referred to in medleys:Gutter Cat vs. The Jets
West Side Story Suite (order: 1)
later translated versions:Jet Song
part of:West Side Story (order: 3)