THE BLUE KITTEN



Composer: Rudolf Friml
Lyricists: William Cary Duncan; Otto Harbach

Opened: January 13, 1922, Selwyn Theatre, N.Y.C.; December 23, 1925, Gaiety Theatre, London
Performances: 140 (N.Y.C.); 140 (London)


Blue Kitten Blues (L: Otto Harbach) (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV C1243 (Estelle Brody, Bobby Howes, and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr)
2. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]
3. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034 (orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)


Breakfast In Bed (M: Howard Carr) (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV C1241 (W.H. Berry with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]


Cutie:

1. 78/Grey Gull 1099 (Moulin Rouge Orchestra)
2. 78/Puritan 11106 (Frisco Syncopators)
3. 78/Gennett 4830 (Hazay Natzy and His Biltmore Orchestra)
4. 78/Edison 50930 (Harry Raderman’s Jazz Orchestra)
5. 78/Brunswick 2247 (Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra)
6. 78/Regal 9198 (Eubie Blake and His Orchestra)
7. 78/Edison 50934 (Elizabeth Spencer and male voices with orchestra)
8. 78/HMV C1239 (Ethel Levey, Roy Royston, and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [also 78/Chappell C 1239; reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]
9. 78/Victor 18865 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
10. 78/Vocalion 14304 (Yerkes’ S.S. Flotilla Orchestra)
11. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) (two renditions) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]
12. A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square, CD/Dutton Vocalion CDEA 6139 (Percival Mackey & His Band)
13. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034 (orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)


Down Paradise Way (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV C1240 (Dorothy Brown and Roy Royston with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]


I Found A Bud Among The Roses (L: Otto Harbach):

1. 78/Gennett 4830 (Hazay Natzy and His Biltmore Orchestra)
2. 78/Edison 50930 (Harry Raderman’s Jazz Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 18865 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
4. 78/HMV C1240 (Dorothy Brown, Roy Royston, and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]
5. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]
6. A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square, CD/Dutton Vocalion CDEA 6139 (Percival Mackey & His Band)
7. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034 (orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)


I’m Head Over Heels In Love With You (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV C1243 (Ethel Levey, Roy Royston, and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]                                                                                                                             
2. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]


Le Minuet Bleu (The Blue Kitten) (Meow) (L: Otto Harbach):

1. 78/HMV C1243 (Ethel Levey and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2. The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Silva America 9764 (Rudolph Friml)


Smoke Rings (L: Otto Harbach):

1. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]
2. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034 (orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)


Summer Is Here (M: Howard Carr) (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV C1241 (W.H. Berry and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]


A Twelve O’Clock Girl In A Nine O’Clock Town  (L: William Cary Duncan):

1. 78/HMV C1243 (Estelle Brody and Bobby Howes with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]
2. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]


When I Waltz With You (L: Otto Harbach):

1. 78/HMV C 1239 (Dorothy Brown, Roy Royston, and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [also 78/Chappell C 1239; reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]
2. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]
3. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034 (orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)


Where The Honeymoon Alone Can See (L: William Cary Duncan):

1. 78/HMV C1243 (Estelle Brody, Bobby Howes, and Chorus with the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Carr) [reissued on Rudolf Friml In London, World (M) SHB 37]                                                                                                                                  
2. 78/HMV C1246 (Savoy Orpheans conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on The Romantic World Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Pearl Flapper 9764-2]
3. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034 (orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)


Unrecorded Material:

The Best I Ever Get Is The Worst Of It (L: William Cary Duncan)
Daddy (L: Otto Harbach) (sheet music only)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Finale (Act 3)
Her Love Is Always The Same
I Could Do A Lot For You
Madeleine (L: Otto Harbach) (sheet music only)
Sweet As You Can Be
Tact