BLACKBIRDS OF 1936

Composer: Rube Bloom
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer

Opened: July 9, 1936, Gaiety Theatre, London
Performances: 124

Dixie Isn't Dixie Any More (subsequently used in RHAPSODY IN BLACK and BLACKBIRDS OF 1939):

1. 78/HMV BD365 (Lavaida Carter with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood) [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG 8444]


Jo-Jo The Cannibal Kid (subsequently used in BLACKBIRDS OF 1939):

1. 78/HMV BD365 (Lavaida Carter with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood) [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG 8444]


Keep A Twinkle In Your Eye (aka "I've Got A Twinkle In My Eye"):

1. 78/HMV BD373 (Nicholas Brothers with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood) [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG 8444]
2. 78/Decca F6056 (Sam Costa with Jack Harris and His Orchestra)
3. Music Maestro Please, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6015 (Billy Cotton and His Band)


The Swing Is The Thing:

1. Paper Doll, CD/MCA MCAD-20262 (The Mills Brothers)
2. The Chronological Valaida Snow 1937-1940, CD/Classics 1122 (Valaida Snow)


Your Heart And Mine:

1. 78/HMV BD373 (Nicholas Brothers with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood) [reissued on Harlem Comes To London, CD/DRG 8444]
2. 78/Decca F6056 (Sam Costa with Jack Harris and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Gramophone B.D. 5096 (Denny Dennis with Roy Fox and His Orchestra) [reissued on Whispering, CD/ASV/Living Era 5352]
4. The Chronological Garland Wilson 1931-1938, CD/Classics 808 (Garland Wilson)
5. Sing Baby Sing, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6016 (Jay Wilbur and His Band)
6. You Hit The Spot, Vol. 2, CD/Vocalion 6098 (Maurice Winnick & His Sweetest Sound)
7. Hutch, CD/Castle Pulse PDSCD 621 (Leslie Hutchinson)


Unrecorded Material:

Harlem To Hollywood (lyric missing)
I Knew
South Wind
Why Can't It Be Me?