BALLYHOO



Composer: Louis Alter
Lyricist: Leighton K. Brill; Harry Ruskin

Opened: December 22, 1930, Hammerstein Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 68


I'm One Of God's Children (Who Hasn't Got Wings) (L: Oscar Hammerstein II; Harry Ruskin):

1. 78/Decatur 508 (Jack Teagarden with The New Orleans Ramblers) [also 78/Melotone M 12133]
2. 78/Columbia DB 579 (Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys)
3. 78/Ibis 1001 (Marilyn Ross with Davis, piano; Bradley, trombone; and Freeman, clarinet)
4. 78/Brunswick 6044 (Libby Holman with orchestra)
5. 78/Melotone M 12065 (Grace Johnston with orchestra)
6. 78/Victor 22632 A (Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra)
7. Oscar Hammerstein Revisited, Painted Smiles PS 1365 (Dorothy Loudon and The Patios) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-136]
8. American Songbook Series: Oscar Hammerstein II, CD/Smithsonian RD 048-7 (Judy Holliday with orchestra directed by Glenn Osser) [also found on From Broadway To Hollywood, CD/Jasmine JASMCD 2620]
9. Chanteuse, CD/Grand Boy (Amanda King)
10. Atlas Jazz Explosion, CD/Empire Music Group 450816 (June Davis)


No Wonder I'm Blue (L: Oscar Hammerstein II):

1. 78/Melotone M 12133 (The New Orleans Ramblers with vocal chorus)
2. 78/Edison 50729 L (Ernest Hare with orchestra)
3. 78/Path 40215 (Joseph Samuels' Music Masters)
4. 78/Resona 75066 (Yerkes' Novelty Band) (unverified)
5. 78/Emerson 10321 (Lanin's Roseland Orchestra)
6. 78/Columbia A 3388 (Frank Crumit with orchestra)
7. 78/Edison 50757 (Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra)
8. Oscar Hammerstein Revisited, Painted Smiles PS 1365 (Dorothy Loudon) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-136]
9. Ben Pollack, Vol. 5, 1931, CD/Jazz Oracle 8032 (Ben Pollack)


Unrecorded Material:

Blow Hot, Blow Cold
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Finaletto
Good Girls Love Bad Men
How I Could Go For You
If I Were You
(Try This For) That Tired Feeling (M: Rudolf Friml; L: Oscar Hammerstein II; Otto Harbach)
Throw It Out The Window