THE AMERICAN IDEA

Composer: George M. Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan

Opened: October 5, 1908, New York Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 64

American Ragtime (The American Ragtime Tune) (originally used in LITTLE JOHNNY JONES):

1. 78/Victor 16144 (Billy Murray)
2. George M!, Columbia (S) KOS 3200 (Joel Grey and company with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued as CD/Columbia CK 3200]
3. The Yankee Doodle Tunes: Mickie Finn Plays George M. Cohan, RCA Victor (S) DS-50041 (Mickie Finn)


The Bold Gendarmes:

1. Irish Favourites, CD/Sounds Of Ireland 1020 (Josef Locke) (unverified)
2. The Best of Brass Bands, CD/EMI 5635382 (unknown performer) (unverified)


Cohan’s Pet Names (That’s The Pet Name For Me):

1. 78/Columbia A 626 (Herbert Clarke and Josephine De Butts with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Victor 5642 (Ada Jones and Billy Murray with orchestra)


The Garden That Blooms For You (My Garden That Blooms For You) (M: Milton W. Lusk; L: William Kendall Evans):

1. 78/Victor 16467 (John Barnes Wells with orchestra)


Meet Me In Rose Time Rosie (not in programs; originally used in COHAN AND HARRIS MINSTRELS (1908)):

1. 78/Victor 5676 (Billy Murray and The Haydn Quartet)
2. Traditional Appalachian Songs and Tunes, CD/Folk-Legacy 60017 (Hobart Smith) (unverified)
3. Legacy, CD/Unknown label (Bluegrass Student Union) (unverified)


Sullivan:

1. 78/Columbia A 613 (S.C. Porter with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Victor 5617 (Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet with orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Brothers And Sisters
Ensemble
F-A-M-E
French Militaire
The Gendarmes’ Dance
In Gay Paree
Isn’t It Exasperating, Sadie? (sheet music only)
March Finale
My Little Mademoiselle (sheet music only)
Order Wedding Bells For Two (M: Jean Schwartz; L: William Jerome) (added for the subsequent tour)
That’s Some Love (dropped for the subsequent tour)
They Always Follow Me (M: Jean Schwartz; L: William Jerome)
Too Long From Long Acre Square
We’re Supposed To Be
Whoop-La-La