BILLIE

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

Opened: October 1, 1928, Erlanger Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 112

Billie (subsequently used in GEORGE M!):

1. 78/Victor 21799 (Polly Walker with orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on Original Cast! The Early Years, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 801CD]
2. 78/Columbia 1603 D (Eddie Thomas' Collegians with vocal refrain)
3. 78/Columbia 1008 P (Edmund Ruffner with Jerome Conrad and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 4101 (William F. Wirges and His Orchestra)
5. George M!, Columbia KOS 3200 (Jill O'Hara with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued on CD/Columbia CK3200]
6. Vaude-Villities '69: From Broadway To Berkeley Square, No label (S) 90612 (Dick Fulmer, Wally Phillips, Martha Johnson, Curt Long, Sarah Smith, Jim Decker, Judy Zellers, Ruth Decker, Curt Long and John Wise)
7. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Rhino 78210 (Frances Langford with the Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)
8. The Broadway Musicals Of 1928, CD/Original Cast OC 6827 (Nancy Anderson with musical direction by Ross Patterson)


The Two Of Us:

1. Songs From The Hit Musical George M!, Columbia (S) CS 9643 (The Banjo Barons, Chorus, and Orchestra conducted by Teo Macero)


Where Were You? (Where Was I?):

1. 78/Columbia 1008 P (Edmund Ruffner with Jerome Conrad and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 21799 (Polly Walker with orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on First Edition, RCA DMM4-0407]
3. 78/Brunswick 4101 (Victor Hall with William F. Wirges and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 21727 (Fran Frey with George Olsen and His Music)
5. Edison Laterals 6, CD/Diamond Cut (City Hall) 305 (B.A. Rolfe)


Unrecorded Material:

Bluff
The Cause Of The Situation
Come To St. Thomas's
Ev'ry Boy In Town's My Sweetheart
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Finaletto (Act 1)
Finaletto (Act 2)
Friends
Go Home Ev'ry Once In A While (Ev'rybody Ought To Take A Day Back Home)
Happy I'm A Millionaire (added during the run)
The Jones' Family Friends
New York
(I'm A) One Girl Man
Personality
They Fall In Love
Those Wonderful Friends
Waltz