Li'l Abner – Original Broadway Cast Recording 1956 Search Search Johnny Mercer and lyricist Gene De PaulPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Composer Johnny Mercer playing the xylophonePhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Goddard Lieberson and Lehman EngelPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Peter PalmerPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Peter Palmer and Stubby KayePhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Charlotte Rae, Johnny Mercer, Joe E. Marks, and co-book writer Melvin FrankPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Hope Holiday, Carmen Alvarez and unidentified.Photo Credit: Bob Henriques (Woman on left, unidentified) Hope HolidayPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Peter Palmer and Edith Adams (Photo: Bob Henriques)Photo Credit: Bob Henriques Peter Palmer and Edith AdamsPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Goddard Lieberson, Edith Adams and Peter PalmerPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Lehman Engel and Hope Holiday Stubby Kaye and Edith AdamsPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Peter Palmer, Stubby Kaye and Edith AdamsPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Peter Palmer, Stubby Kaye and Bern HoffmanPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Edith AdamsPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Music director Lehman EngelPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Record producer Goddard LiebersonPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Peter Palmer and Edith AdamsPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Stubby Kaye and cast in Li'l AbnerPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Conductor Lehman EngelPhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Stubby KayePhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Peter Palmer and Stubby KayePhoto Credit: Bob Henriques Photo Credit: Bob Henriques" class="img-responsive center-block gallery-thumb" /> Abner and his "parents." Peter Palmer, Joe E. Marks and Charlotte RaePhoto Credit: Bob Henriques