(LEW LESLIE'S) BLACKBIRDS (1926)

Composer: George W. Meyer
Lyricist: George W. Meyer

Opened: September 11, 1926, London Pavilion Theatre, London
Performances: 279

Arabella’s Wedding Day:

1. 78/Columbia 4238 (The Plantation Orchestra)  [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG DRGCD 8444]


Do The Black Bottom With Me:

1. 78/HMV B5217 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
2. Ray Startita And The Piccadilly Revels Band: 1927-1928, CD/Mellotone MELLO 011 (Ray Starita and the Piccadilly Revels Band)
3. Hot Trumpet In Europe, CD/EPM 158472 (Arthur Briggs)
4. Die Grossen Deutschen Tanzorchester, CD/Membran 223019 (Dajos Bela)

For Baby And Me:

1. 78/Columbia 4238 (The Plantation Orchestra) [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG DRGCD 8444]


I’m A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird (M: Arthur Johnston; George W. Meyer; L: Grant Clarke; Roy Turk) (also used in DIXIE TO BROADWAY and BLACK BROADWAY):

1. 78/Columbia DO 2727 (Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams' Blue Five with Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet) [also 78/Okeh 40260; 78/Parlophone E 5670; 78/Columbia 35957; reissued on The Chronological Clarence Williams 1924-1926, CD/Classics 695]
2. New Orleans Encore, 10"/Riverside Records RLP-2503 (Bob Hodes Red Onion Jazz Band)
3. Barrel Of Keys, CD/Jazz Connaisseur 140 (Dick Hyman and Louis Mazetier, pianos)
4. Stomp Miss Hannah, CD/Stomp Off 1354 (Milano Hot Jazz Orchestra)
5. Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night, CD/GHB Records 167 (Carol Leigh)
6. The Chronological Earl Hines 1953-1954, CD/Classics 1440 (Earl Hines)
7. Toe-Tapping Dixieland Jazz, CD/Merrymakers 13 (Ted Shafer's Jelly Roll Jazz Band)
8. Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band, CD/Merrymakers 3 (Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band)
9. Remembering Louis, CD/Jump Records 1225 (Marty Grosz, Ken Peplowski, Jon-Erik Kells, and Vince Giordano)
10. The Complete Sessions 1955-1957, CD/Lake 162 (The Dave Carey Jazz Band)


Mandy Make Up Your Mind (M: Arthur Johnston; George W. Meyer; L: Grant Clarke; Roy Turk) (also used in DIXIE TO BROADWAY):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this song.


Silver Rose:

1. 78/Columbia 4185 (The Plantation Orchestra) [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG DRGCD 8444]
2. Live In New York, CD/JAY CDJAY 1309 (Elizabeth Welch with Peter Howard, piano, Bruce Samuels, bass, and Michael Keller, drums)


Smilin’ Joe (not in program; only in ASCAP list):

1. 78/Columbia 4185 (The Plantation Orchestra) [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG DRGCD 8444]
2. Americains En Europe, Vol. 1, CD/EMI 8569332 (unknown performer) (unverified)


(On The Beach At) Waika Kiki Blues:

1. 78/HMV B5217 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Bambalina Maid
Be Happy
The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker
Don’t Cry When He’s Gone
He Only Comes To See Me Once In A While (But Oh That Once In A While) (M: Arthur Johnston; George W. Meyer; L: Grant Clarke; Roy Turk) (also used in DIXIE TO BROADWAY)
Home Again
The Hotten Trot
In Darkest Russia
Jazz Time Came From The South (M: Arthur Johnston; George W. Meyer; L: Grant Clarke; Roy Turk) (also used in DIXIE TO BROADWAY)
Jungle Nights In Dixie Land (Jungle Town Has Moved To Dixieland) (M: Arthur Johnston; George W. Meyer; L: Grant Clarke; Roy Turk) (also used in DIXIE TO BROADWAY)
Levee Gang
Mammie’s Day In Dixie Land
Shufflin’ Home
Three Pullman Porters