THE 5 O’CLOCK GIRL
Composer: Harry
Ruby
Lyricist: Bert Kalmar
Opened: October 10, 1927, 44th Street
Theatre, N.Y.C. and transferred on April 16, 1928 to the Sam S.
Shubert Theatre; March 21, 1929, Hippodrome, London
Performances: 280
(N.Y.C.); 122 (London)
Any Little Thing:
1. Back
In The Limelight: Piano Selections From Early Broadway
Musicals, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1018 (Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
All Alone Monday (used in the 1981 revival) (originally used in THE RAMBLERS and also used in the film THREE LITTLE WORDS):
1. 78/Edison 51862 (Arthur
Fields with the Golden Gate Orchestra)
2. 78/Broadcast 600 (Val Layton with instrumental accompaniment)
3. 78/M-G-M 30242 (Gale Robbins with the MGM Studio
Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn) [reissued on Three Little
Words, CD/Turner Classic/Rhino 7779]
4. 78/Harmony 283 H (W.M.C.A. Broadcasters)
5. 78/Perfect 14720 (John Ryan with Joe Candullo and His
Everglades Orchestra)
6. 78/Brunswick 3380 (Colonial Club Orchestra)
7. 78/Victor 20259 (Johnny Marvin with Nat Shilkret and the
Victor Orchestra) [reissued on Breezin’ Along With The Breeze,
CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5453]
8. 78/Victor 20417 (The Revelers)
9. 78/Columbia 777 D (Frank Harris with Fred Rich and His Hotel
Astor Orchestra)
10. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Kevin McMahon
with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
11. Three Little Words, CD/Turner Classic/Rhino 7779 (Gale
Robbins with the M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Andre
Previn)
12. Great Film And Show Tunes, CD/Living Era CD AJA 5469 (George
Melachrino and His Orchestra)
13. Nevertheless… The Kalmar And Ruby Songbook, CD/Audiophile
ACD-344 (Ronny Whyte , piano and voice, with Boots Maleson,
bass, David Silliman, drums, Lou Caputo, flute)
Ballet:
1. Back
In The Limelight: Piano Selections From Early Broadway
Musicals, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1018 (Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Dancing The Devil Away (L: Bert Kalmar; Otto Harbach) (used in the 1981 revival) (originally used in LUCKY):
1. 78/Columbia 50039-D
(Columbia Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
2. 78/Victor 22383 (Frank Luther with Victor Arden-Phil Ohman
and Their Orchestra) [reissued on Keyboard Wizards Of The
Gershwin Era, Vol. 3, CD/Pearl 9203]
3. 78/Columbia 954 D (Charles Kaley with Don Voorhees and His
Earl Carroll's Vanities Orchestra)
4. Turn On The Heat, CD/Stomp Off 1333 (Frederick Hodges)
5. Quiet On The Set: A Tribute To The First Hollywood Musicals,
CD/Nick Langdon (Nick Langdon)
6. Dancing The Devil Away, CD/Document DOCD 1101 (Vaughan
DeLeath)
7. 24 Polka’s Greatest Hits, CD/Ross Records 6627 (Myron Floren)
(unverified)
Following In
Father's Footsteps:
1. Back
In The Limelight: Piano Selections From Early Broadway
Musicals, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1018 (Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
1. Back
In The Limelight: Piano Selections From Early Broadway
Musicals, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1018 (Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos) (as "Happy Go Lucky Bird")
1. 78/HMV C1658 (New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons)
I'm
One Little Party:
1. Back
In The Limelight: Piano Selections From Early Broadway
Musicals, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1018 (Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Keep Romance Alive (used in the 1981 revival; originally used in the film HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY):
1. Reflections 1927-1935,
Take Two (M) TT 203 (Ruth Etting)
My Sunny Tennessee (L: Bert Kalmar;
Herman Ruby) (used in the 1981 revival; originally used in
MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1921; also used in the film THREE
LITTLE WORDS):
1. 78/Gennett 9176 (Bennie
Krueger's Orchestra) [also 78/Gennett 4793 A]
2. 78/Puritan 11095 (The Frisco Syncopaters) [also 78/Paramount
20095]
3. 78/Emerson 10467 (Lanin's Southern Sernaders) [reissued on
Shake It And Break It, CD/Frog DGF 61]
4. 78/M-G-M 30241 (Fred Astaire and Red Skelton with the M-G-M
Studio Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn) [also 45/MGM K30241;
reissued on Three Little Words, CD/Turner Classic/Rhino 7779]
5. 78/Columbia A 3465 (Broadway Quartette with orchestra)
6. 78/Clarion 1115 (Selvin's Novelty Orchestra)
7. 78/Brunswick 5066 (Isham Jones’ Orchestra)
8. 78/Okeh 4479 (Lewis James with orchestra)
9. 78/Regal 9117 (Bob White)
10. 78/Regal 9139 (Kentucky Serenaders)
11. 78/Emerson 10427 (Vernon Dahlbert) [also 78/Triangle 501]
12. 78/Okeh 4422 (Ernest Hare with orchestra) [also 78/Path
20602]
13. 78/Edison 50827 (Broadway Dance Orchestra)
14. 78/Victor 18819 (The Benson Orchestra of Chicago directed by
Roy Bargy) [reissued on Volume 1: 1920-1921, CD/Archeophone ARCH
6001]
15. 78/Vocalion 14242 (Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra)
16. 78/Victor 18812 (Peerless Quartet with orchestra) [reissued
on In The Good Old Summertime: Those Fabulous Vocal Quartets,
CD/Living Era 5623]
17. Dixon Brothers, Vol. 1: 1936, CD/Document DOCD 8046 (The
Dixon Brothers)
18. Crinoline Days, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1400 (Dan Levinson)
19. Three Little Words, CD/Turner Classic/Rhino 7779 (Fred
Astaire and Red Skelton with the M-G-M Studio Orchestra
conducted by Andre Previn) (part of medley)
20. Great Film And Show Tunes, CD/Living Era CD AJA
5469 (George Melachrino and His Orchestra)
21. Nevertheless… The
Kalmar And Ruby Songbook, CD/Audiophile ACD-344 (Ronny Whyte ,
piano and voice, with Boots Maleson, bass, David Silliman,
drums, Lou Caputo, clarinet, Warren Vache, cornet, and Ben
Sher, guitar)
Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You)
(used in the 1981 revival and in the film THREE LITTLE
WORDS):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
Thinking Of You (also used in the film
THREE LITTLE WORDS):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Thinking Of You."
Up In The Clouds:
1. 78/HMV C1658 (New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons)
2. 78/Diva 2523 G (Broadway Bell Hops) [also 78/Harmony 523 H]
3. 78/Columbia 5307 (Betty Bolton with The Piccadilly Players
directed by Al Starita)
4. 78/Columbia 1164 D (Franklyn Baur with the Broadway
Nitelites)
5. 78/Brunswick 3704 (Harry Archer and His Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
6. 78/Okeh 40925 (Bob Stephens and His Orchestra)
7. 78/Columbia 1236 D (Vaughn De Leath and Franklyn Baur with
piano accompaniment)
8. 78/Victor 20996 (Franklyn Baur with Nat Shilkret and the
Victor Orchestra) [reissued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties
Volume 2 (1927), JJA (M) 19803]
9. 78/Gramophone B 5612 (Jack Hylton and his Orchestra)
10. Everyone Else Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS 1374 (The
Populaires) [reissued on CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146]
11. Turn On The Heat, CD/Stomp Off 1333 (Frederick Hodges)
12. Back In The Limelight: Piano Selections From Early Broadway
Musicals, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1018 (Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
13. Nevertheless… The Kalmar And Ruby Songbook, CD/Audiophile
ACD-344 (Ronny Whyte , piano and voice, with Boots Maleson,
bass, David Silliman, drums)
Who Did? You Did!:
1. 78/HMV C1658 (New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons)
2. Everyone Else Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS 1374 (Arthur
Siegel and The Girls) [reissued on CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-146]
3. Back In The Limelight: Piano Selections From Early Broadway
Musicals, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1018 (Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material: