ANDRE CHARLOT'S REVUE OF 1924
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: January 9, 1924, Times Square Theatre,
N.Y.C.; moved on April 21, 1924 to the Selwyn Theatre; moved on
September 1, 1924 to the Times Square Theatre
Performances: 298
I Don’t Know (M: Philip Braham; L: Ronald Jeans) (originally used in LONDON CALLING):
1. Star Quality, AEI
Records 2119 (Gertrude Lawrence) [reissued on CD/AEI 602]
Limehouse Blues (M: Philip Braham; L:
Ronald Jeans) (originally used in A TO Z):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Decca F3578 (Gertrude Lawrence with the Chenil Orchestra
conducted by Claude Ivy) (with "Joining Charlot's Revue") [also
78/Brunswick 05001; reissued on Star, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA
5265]
2. 78/Gramophone C 4198 (Gertrude Lawrence with the New Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Carroll Gibbons, piano) [also 78/HMV
C-2835; reissued on Gertie, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120560]
3. Gertrude Lawrence Souvenir Album, 10”/Decca 5418 (Gertrude
Lawrence) [reissued on Gertrude Lawrence: A Remembrance, Decca
DL-8673]
4. A Broadcast Tribute To British Stage And Screen Royalty,
Magna ZZ-89 (Gertrude Lawrence)
5. Greetings From Hollywood! AEI Records 2121 (Gertrude
Lawrence)
Night May Have Its Sadness (M: Ivor
Novello; L: Collie Knox) (originally used in A TO Z):
1. 78/HMV C1058 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
2. Love Revue Highlights, Crescendo RSCT112521 (Sheila Parr with
the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robin
Stapleton)
3. The Girl I Knew… The Music Of Novello & Kern,
CD/Harbinger HCD 1501 (Lorna Dallas with musical direction by
Christopher Denny)
Parisian Pierrot (M/L: Noel Coward)
(originally used in LONDON CALLING):
1. 78/HMV B8414 (Noel
Coward with the Phoenix Theatre Orchestra conducted by Clifford
Greenwood) [also 78/Victor 25439; reissued on The Master’s
Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
2. 78/HMV C-2450 (Noel Coward) [reissued on The Master’s Voice:
Noel Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
3. 78/Columbia DB-3009 ((Noel Coward with the Café de Paris
Orchestra conducted by Syd Simone with Norman Hackforth at the
piano) [reissued on The Master’s Voice: Noel Coward, CD/Angel
CDP 7 54919 2]
4. 78/HMV C1132 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
5. 78/Gramophone B 1803 (The Romaine Orchestra)
6. 78/Decca mx GB-3521 (Gertrude Lawrence with orchestral
accompaniment) [reissued on The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/Flapper
PAST CD 7080]
7. World Weary: The Songs Of Noel Coward, 10”/Heritage (M)
H-0054 (Harry Noble with Stuart Ross at the piano) [reissued on
Noel Coward And Harry Noble Sing Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
8. The Star: Gertrude Lawrence, Audio Fidelity (M) 709 (Gertrude
Lawrence)
9. Star!, 20th Century Fox DTCS 5102 (Julie Andrews with
orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton) [reissued as CD/20th
Century Fox 11009]
10. Fishing For Amour, Flying Fish (S) FF 330 (Mike Craver)
11. Cowardy Custard, RCA (S) LSO-6010 (Olivia Breeze, Geoffrey
Burridge, Jonathan Cecil, Tudor Davies, Elaine Delmar, Laurel
Ford, Peter Gale, John Moffat, Patricia Routledge, Anna Sharkey,
Una Stubbs, and Derek Waring) [reissued as CD/Masterworks
Broadway 88883 72394 2]
12. Noel And Gertie, CD/JAY CDJAY 1249 (Patricia Hodge with
musical direction by William Blezard)
13. A Little Light Music, CD/Upbeat Showbiz URCD123 (Beryl
Korman with Jennifer Partridge, piano)
14. Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs Of Noel Coward, CD/EMI
7243 49463127 (Texas)
15. The Noel Coward Songbook, CD/EMI Classics 5 57374 2 (Ian
Bostridge with Jeffrey Tate, piano)
16. Noel Coward Songs: A Room With A View, CD/Newport Classic
NPD 85647 (Richard Conrad with William Merrill, piano)
17. If Love Were All, CD/Varese Sarabande 302 066 083-2 (Twiggy
with musical direction by Tom Fay)
18. Travels With My Piano, CD/ BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
The Oldest Game (In The World) Or
Lovers Of History (originally used in A TO Z) (cut during
the run):
1. 78/HMV C1058 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
Sentiment (M/L: Noel Coward) (added
after opening but dropped from the subsequent tour;
originally used in LONDON CALLING):
1. 78/HMV C1132 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
There Are Times (M: Ivor Novello; L:
Ronald Jeans) (originally used in A TO Z):
1. 78/HMV C1058 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
2. An Evening With Beatrice Lillie, London (M) LL.1373 (Beatrice
Lillie with Eadie and Rack at the pianos) [reissued on An
Evening With Beatrice Lillie, CD/Sepia 1123]
There’s Life In The Old Girl Yet (M/L:
Noel Coward) (originally used in LONDON CALLING):
1. 78/HMV B1805 (Maisie
Gay with the Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
[reissued on Noel Coward: The Revues, CD/EMI 5 20729 2]
2. 78/HMV C1132 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
You Were Meant For Me (aka “I Was Meant
For You”) (M: Eubie Blake; L: Noble Sissle) (also used in
LONDON CALLING and CHARLOT REVUE OF 1926):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member and composer performances.
1. 78/Decca K689 (Gertrude Lawrence with Claude Ivy, piano)
[reissued on The Star: Gertrude Lawrence, Audio Fidelity (M)
709]
2. 78/Gramophone C 4198 (Gertrude Lawrence with orchestra) [also
78/HMV C-2835; reissued on Gertie, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120560]
3. The Eighty-Six Years Of Eubie Blake, Columbia (S) C2S-847
(Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake)
Unrecorded Material: