BOMBO
Composer: Sigmund
Romberg
Lyricist: Harold Atteridge
Opened: October 6, 1921, Jolson’s 59th Street Theatre,
N.Y.C.
Performances: 218
Note: This show returned to Broadway on May 14, 1923 for 32 performances.
April Showers (M: Louis Silvers; L: B.G. DeSylva) (added for the subsequent tour):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia A-3500 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Jolie’s Finest
Columbia Recordings, CD/Columbia 53419]
2. 78/Brunswick 6502 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Al Jolson On
Broadway, CD/Intersound 3592]
3. 78/Decca 23470 (Al Jolson) [reissued on The Best Of The Decca
Years, CD/Decca MCAD-10505]
4. 78/V-Disc 306 (Al Jolson with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
5 . Al Jolson On The Air, Totem 1006 (Al Jolson)
6 . Swanee River, Totem 1028 (Al Jolson with Louis Silvers,
piano)
7. The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson)
8. The Jolson Story, Pelican 129 (Al Jolson)
9. Al Jolson: The Man And The Legend, CD/Parade PAR-2004 (Al
Jolson)
10. Al Jolson At Warner Bros., CD/Rhino R2-72544 (Al Jolson)
Arcady (M/L: B.G. DeSylva; Al Jolson)
(added during the run and for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/Columbia 43 D (Al
Jolson with orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia 43 D (California Ramblers)
3. 78/Grey Gull 2133 A (Hugh Donovan with orchestra) [also
78/Radiex 2133
4. 78/Path 036020 (Lanin’s Arcadians) [also 78/Perfect 14201]
5. 78/Resona 75348 (Majestic Dance Orchestra) [also 78/Federal
5348]
6. 78/Columbia 3409 (Savoy Havana Band at The Savoy Hotel,
London)
7. 78/Cameo 457 (Arthur Lange and His Orchestra)
8. 78/Banner 1293 (Eph Hanaford’s Broadway Orchestra)
9. 78/Okeh 40001 (Eddie Elkins and His Orchestra)
10. 78/Victor 19217 (Paul Whiteman and
His Orchestra)
11. 78/Edison 51319 (Rae Eleanor Ball, violin, with John
Burckhardt, piano)
Avalon (M: Vincent Rose; L: B.G.
DeSylva; Al Jolson) (originally used in SINBAD):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia A-2995 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Jolie’s Finest
Columbia Recordings, CD/Columbia 53419]
2. 78/Decca 23714 (Al Jolson with orchestra directed by Morris
Stoloff) [reissued on The Best Of The Decca Years, CD/Decca
MCAD-10505]
3. Al Jolson, Epitaph 4008 (Al Jolson)
4 . The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson)
5 . The Man And The Legend, CD/Parade PAR-2004 (Al Jolson)
6. Bing Crosby Meets Al Jolson, CD/Sepia 1053 (Al Jolson and
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra)
7. Live!, CD/Delta Laserlight 12585 (Al Jolson)
Bebe (M: Abner Silver; L: Sam Coslow)
(added during the subsequent tour):
1. 78/Olympic 1444
(Original Indiana Five) [reissued on Original Indiana Five
Volume 1, CD/Jazz Oracle 8019]
2. 78/Path 020996 (Golden Gate Orchestra)
3. 78/Gennet 5154 A (Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
4. 78/Banner 1228 (Pavilion Royal Dance Orchestra)
5. 78/Bell P 239 (Club Deauville Orchestra)
6. 78/Brunswick 2454 (Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra) [reissued on
1923, CD/Starlight Records]
7. 78/Banner 1257 (Vernon Dalhart with orchestra) [also 78/Regal
9547]
8. 78/Triangle 11282 (Majestic Dance Orchestra)
9. 78/Victor 19092 (Brook Johns and His Orchestra directed by
Jack Shilkret)
10. 78/Vocalion 14641 (Albert E. Short and His Tivoli
Syncopaters)
11. 78/Columbia A 3913 (Billy Jones)
12. 78/Edison 51181 (Atlantic Dance Orchestra)
California Here I Come (M: Jospeph
Meyer; L: B.G. DeSylva; Al Jolson) (added during the run and
for the subsequent tour; subsequently used in BIG BOY):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for anything other than
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Brunswick 2569 (Al Jolson and the Isham Jones Orchestra
with Buddy DeSylva, ukulele) [reissued on Al Jolson, Vol. 3: The
Twenties From Broadway To Hollywood, CD/Pearl Flapper PASTCD
7045]
2. Al Jolson In Songs He Made Famous, 78/Decca album 564 (Al
Jolson with orchestra conducted by Morris Stoloff) [also
45/Decca 91103; 45/Decca 23612; reissued on The Best Of The
Decca Years, CD/Decca MCAD-10505]
3. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Three, Totem 1019 (Al Jolson)
4. You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet, Living Era AJA-5038 (Al Jolson)
[reissued as CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5038]
5. The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson)
6. The Man And The Legend, CD/Parade PAR-2004 (Al Jolson)
7. The Jolson Story/Mammy, CD/Great Movie Themes CD60021 (Al
Jolson and Evelyn Keyes with orchestra conducted by Morris
Stoloff)
8. Rose Of Washington Square, CD/Varese Sarabande 66089 (Al
Jolson with orchestra conducted by Louis Silvers)
9. Bing Crosby Meets Al Jolson, CD/Sepia 1053 (Bing Crosby and
Al Jolson)
10. Radio Stars Of America: Al Jolson, CD/Living Era CDAJA 5596
(Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor)
Carolina Mammy (M/L: Billy James):
1. 78/Lincoln 2061 (The
Caroliners)
2. 78/Path 020933 (Lanin’s Arcadians) [also 78/Perfect 14115]
3. 78/Gennett 5078 (Ernest Hare with Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
4. 78/Gramophone 216401 (Melody King’s Dance Orchestra)
5. 78/Emerson 10643 (Vernon Dalhart with the Emerson Dance
Orchestra) [also 78/Paramount 20236]
6. 78/Brunswick 2441 (Carl Fenton’s Orchestra)
7. 78/Apex 607 A (Martucci and His Orchestra)
8 . 78/Edison 51187 R (Walter Scanlan and Chorus)
9. 78/Triangle 11269 (Orchestra DeLuxe)
10. 78/Victor 19087 (The Great White Way Orchestra)
11. 78/Vocalion 14577 (Irving Kaufman with Selvin’s Orchestra)
12. I’ve Never Seen A Straight Banana: Rare Moments, Vol. 1,
CD/Collectors’ Choice Music CCM 2058 (Tiny Tim)
13. Come To The Fair: Old Time Carousel Music, Vol. 3, CD/Gold
20 (Wurlitzer organ)
Coo-Coo Song (M/L: B.G. DeSylva; Al
Jolson):
1. 78/Columbia A-3626 (Al
Jolson with orchestra)
2. 78/Muse 231 (Arthur Lange’s Orchestra)
3. 78/Perfect 14025 (Elite Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Edison 50990 (Gren Bros. Novelty Band)
5. 78/Path 020776 (Casino Dance Orchestra)
6. 78/Victor 18906 (Charles Harrison with orchestra)
Dirty Hands, Dirty Face (M: James V.
Monaco; L: Grant Clarke; Edgar Leslie):
1. 78/Brunswick 3912 (Al
Jolson with Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick
3790; reissued on Al Jolson On Broadway, CD/Intersound 3592]
2. 78/Triangle 11269 (Orchestra DeLuxe)
3. 78/Columbia 1556 D (Vaughn De Leath with violin and
cello)
4. 78/Brunswick 2458 (Marion Harris with orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 19110 (Joe Raymond and His Orchestra)
6 . 78/Vocalion 14602 (Irving Kaufman with Selvin’s orchestra)
7. 78/Path 021008 (Wallace Daniels)
8. 78/Edison 51249 (Ernest Stevens Dance Orchestra) [reissued on
Edison Diamond Disc Fox Trots, CD/Diamond Cut (City Hall) 307]
9. The Jazz Singer, Pelican 125 (Al Jolson with orchestra
conducted by Louis Silvers)
10. Al Jolson With Oscar Levant At The Piano, Decca 9095 (Al
Jolson with Oscar Levant, piano)
11. Al Jolson At Warner Bros., CD/Rhino R2-72544 (Al Jolson with
orchestra conducted by Louis Silvers)
12. Judy/Judy In Love, CD/EMI 5330862 (Judy Garland with
orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle)
13. Patti LuPone Live!, CD/RCA Victor 61797 (Patti LuPone)
14. Saloon, CD/DRG 91404 (Dorothy Loudon)
Don’t Cry Swanee (M/L: Con Conrad; B.G.
DeSylva; Al Jolson) (not in program):
1. 78/Path 020982 (Les
Stevens’ Clover Gardens Orchestra)
2. 78/Brunswick 2444 (Isham Jones Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 3910 (Paul Specht and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 19051 (Brooke Johns and His Orchestra conducted by
Jack Shilkret)
Down South (M: Walter Donaldson; L:
B.G. DeSylva):
1. Gentlemen, Be Seated!
(A Complete Minstrel Show)/ “World’s Greatest Minstrel Show –
Gentlemen Be Seated! (Again), CD/Sony Special Music Products
610022 (unknown performer)
Give Me My Mammy (M: Walter Donaldson;
L: B.G. DeSylva):
1. 78/Columbia A-3540 (Al
Jolson) [reissued on Al Jolson - Volume I: Stage Hightlights
1911-1925, CD/Flapper PAST-CD-9748]
I Call You Sunshine (M: Louis Silvers; L: Irving Caesar;
B.G. DeSylva) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only):
1. 78/Columbia A 3428 (Art
Hickman’s Orchestra) [reissued on The San Francisco Sound, Vol.
2, CD/Archeophone ARCH 6005]
2. 78/Vocalion 14178 (Merry Melody Men)
3. 78/Edison 50757 (Harry Raderman’s Jazz Orchestra)
I’m Goin’ South (M/L: Abner Silver;
Harry Woods) (added during the run and for the subsequent
tour):
1. 78/Columbia 61-D (Al
Jolson) [reissued on Al Jolson - Volume I: Stage Hightlights
1911-1925, CD/Flapper PAST-CD-9748]
2. 78/Brunswick 2569 (Al Jolson with the Isham Jones Orchestra)
[reissued on Sitting On Top Of The World, Vocalion VLP-3]
3. 78/Grey Gull 2133 A (Vernon Dalhart with orchestra) [also
78/Radiex 2133]
4. 78/Domino 305 (Six Black Dominos)
5. 78/Emerson 51302 (Jazz-O-Harmonists)
6. 78/Gennett 5334 (Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
7. 78/Columbia 60 D (Paul Specht and His Hotel Alamac Orchestra)
8. 78/Cameo 497 (Bob Haring and His Orchestra)
9. 78/Cameo 527 (Maureen Englin)
10. 78/Brunswick 2546 (Ray Miller and His Orchestra)
11. 78/Banner 1295 (Eph Hanaford’s Broadway Orchestra) [also
78/Regal 9585]
12. 78/Victor 19261 (Georgie Price and The Virginians)
13. 78/Victor 19229 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
14. 78/Vocalion 14738 (The Kentucky Colonels)
15. 78/Path 032034 (Marthy Pryor with piano accompaniment)
It’s You (M: Con Conrad; L: Benny
Davis):
1. 78/Grey Gull 1090
(Joseph Knecht’s Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra)
2. 78/Brunswick 2158 (Carl Fenton’s Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 3498 (The Happy Six)
4 . 78/Edison 50891 (Rudy Wiedoeft’s Californians)
5. 78/Victor 18827 (Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra)
Jazza-Da-Dadda (Jazzadadadoo):
1. Deep In My Heart,
CD/Sony AK 47703 (Jose Ferrer with orchestra conducted by Adolph
Deutsch)
Kee-Kee-Koo (M: Nacio Herb Brown; L:
King Zany):
1. 45/RKO Unique 338 (Jack
Smith with the Jeff Alexander Orchestra and Chorus)
Last Night On The Back Porch (I Loved
Her Best Of All) (M: Carl Schraubstrader; L: Lew Brown):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this number.
Morning Will Come (M/L: Con Conrad; B.G. DeSylva; Al
Jolson) (not in program):
1. 78/Columbia A-3880 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Jolie’s
Finest Columbia Recordings, CD/Columbia 53419]
2. 78/Banner 1203 (Jules Levy and His Band)
3. 78/Brunswick 2451 (Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia A 3910 (Paul Specht and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 19047 (Georgie Price with orchestra)
6. 78/Victor 19068 (Zes Confrey, piano,
with Zez Confrey and His Orchestra)
My Mammy (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Sam
Lewis; Joe Young) (not in programs):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for anything other than
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Brunswick 3912 (Al Jolson) [also 78/Brunswick 3790;
reissued on The Jazz Singer, CD/Halcyon DHDL-102]
2. 78/Decca 23614 (Al Jolson) [reissued on The Best Of The Decca
Years, CD/Decc a MCAD-10505]
3. 78/V-Disc 773 (Al Jolson)
4. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Two,
Totem 1012 (Al Jolson) [reissued on You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet,
Living Era AJA-5038]
5. The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson)
6. The Jolson Story, Pelican 129 (Al Jolson)
7. The Man And The Legend, CD/Parade PAR-2004 (Al Jolson)
Oh Boy! What Joy We Had In Barefoot
Days (M/L: James A. Brennan; Al Wilson):
1. 45/Coral 9-61140
(Johnny Long and His Orchestra) [reissued on In A Shanty In Old
Shanty Town, CD/Vocalion 73746]
Old Fashioned Girl (In A Gingham Gown) (M/L: Al Jolson):
1. 78/Edison 50954
(Lanin’s Orchestra)
2. 78/Gennett 4835 A (Lanin’s Famous Players)
3. 78/Brunswick 2248 (Rudy Wiedoeft’s Californians)
4. 78/Victor 18879 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
5. The Story Of Joseph “Fud” Livingston, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8060
(Joseph “Fud” Livingston)
6. Pianola Jazz: Early Piano Jazz & Ragtime Played On
Pianola Rolls, Saydisc 117 (unknown pianola roll)
Sleepy Little Village (M/L: Peter
Wendling):
1. 78/Columbia A-3650
(Hart Sisters with orchestra)
2. 78/Regal 9216
(Jack Norworth)
3. 78/Edison 50928 (Billy Jones with male chorus and orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 18918 (Billy Murray and Ed. Smalle with orchestra)
Some Beautiful Morning I’ll Find You In
My Arms (M/L: Cliff Friend; Al Jolson):
1. 78/Columbia A-2940 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment)
Stella (M/L: Al Jolson; Davis;
Akst) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A-3913 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Jolie’s
Finest Columbia Recordings, CD/Columbia 53419]
2. 78/Victor 19087 (The Great White Way Orchestra)
3. 78/Path 020992 (Don Parker’s Western Melody Boys)
4. 78/Gennett 5155 (Eddie Elkins’ Orchestra)
5. 78/Cameo 350 (John Kelly)
6. 78/Okeh 4877 (Billy Jones with the Rega Dance Orchestra)
7. 78/Columbia A 3927 (The Happy Six)
8. 78/Edison 51171 (Atlantic Dance Orchestra)
Swanee Rose (M: George Gershwin; L:
Irving Caesar; B.G. DeSylva) (ASCAP/Library of Congress
only):
1. 78/Grey Gull L 1075
(Green Brothers’ Novelty Band)
Tell Me With Smiles (M/L: Cliff Friend;
Walter Hirsch (ASCAP/Library of Congress only):
1. 78/Edison 51141 R
(Atlantic Dance Orchestra)
2. 78/Perfect 12130 (Sargent and Marvin)
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goodbye) (M/L:
Ernie Erdman; Dan Russo; M: Gus Kahn; L: Ted Fiorito) (added
during the run and for the subsequent tour):
1. I have not attempted to compile
discographical information for anything other than original
cast member performances.
2. 78/Columbia A-3705 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Jolie’s
Finest Columbia Recordings, CD/Columbia 53419]
3. Al Jolson Souvenir Album, 10”/Decca (M) DL-5029 (Al
Jolson) [reissued on The Best Of The Decca Years, CD/Decca
MCAD-10505]
4. Burlesque, Star-Tone 207 (Al Jolson)
5. The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson)
6. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Two, Totem 1012 (Al Jolson
and Eddie Cantor)
7. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Three, Totem 1019 (Al
Jolson) [reissued on Al Jolson On Broadway, CD/Intersound
3592]
8. The Jolson Story, Pelican 129 (Al Jolson)
The Very Next Girl I See:
1. Deep In My Heart,
CD/Sony AK 47703 (Jose Ferrer with orchestra conducted by Adolph
Deutsch)
Who Cares? (M: Milton Ager; L: Jack
Yellen) (added during the run and for the subsequent
tour):
1. 78/Columbia A-3779 (Al
Jolson) [reissued on Al Jolson Vol. III: The 20s From Broadway
To Hollywood, CD/Flapper PAST-CD-7045]
2. 78/Columbia A 3751 (Eddie Elkins’ Orchestra)
3. 78/Federal 5244 (Lanin’s Famous Players)
4. 78/Brunswick 4778 (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies with
vocal chorus) [also 78/Brunswick 6831)
5. 78/Okeh 4739 (Markels Orchestra)
6. 78/Vocalion 14477 (Selvin’s Boardwalk Orchestra)
7. The Golden Jubilee Album, CD/Sepia 1054 (Sophie Tucker)
Yoo-Hoo (M: Al Jolson; L: B.G. DeSylva)
(previously used in THE PASSING SHOW OF
1921 and subsequently used in POT
LUCK and BRIGHTER LONDON):
1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia A-3513 (Al Jolson with orchestra) [reissued on Al
Jolson Vol. II: The Salesman Of Song 1911-1923, CD/Pearl
Flapper PASTCD 9796]
3. 78/Puritan 11072 (Al Colombo’s Golden Glades Orchestra)
4. 78/Bluebird B 11264 (Tony Pastor, vocal, with Tony Pastor and
His Orchestra)
5. 78/Bell P 88 (Lanin’s Roseland Orchestra) [also 78/Edison
50856]
6. 78/Grey Gull 1086 (Arthur Hall with Lenzberg’s Riverside
Orchestra)
7. 78/Connorized 3020 (Arthur Fields with orchestral
accompaniment)
8. 78/Victor 18802 (Irving Kaufman with the Hackel-Berge
Orchestra)
9. 78/Rich Tone 7008 (O. Doris with orchestra)
10. 78/Cameo 201 (Velvetone Trio)
11. 78/Phantasie 14260 (Chas. Pauly’s Dance Orchestra)
12. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
13. 45/Coral 83017 (Gene Pursell with Lawrence Welk and His
Champagne Music)
14. Song Hits Of 1921, Vocalion VL73633 (Carmen Cavallaro)
[reissued on Stairway To The Stars: More Cocktail Piano
Favorites, CD/Jasmine JASCD 430]
15. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Three, Totem 1019 (Al Jolson)
16. Rose Of Washington Square, CD/Varese Sarabande 66089 (Al
Jolson)
17. Barbershop Melodies, Vol. 3, CD/Saxony Records (The Melloemn
with Thurl Ravenscroft)
18. The Organ, The Danceband & M, CD/Sounds Of The
World 516 (David Lobban)
Unrecorded Material:
Ain’t Love Grand (M:
Walter Donaldson; L: Con Conrad; B.G. DeSylva) (ASCAP/Library of
Congress only)
Any Place Will Do With You (cut)
Bombo (M/L: B.G. DeSylva; Al Jolson)
A Bundle Of Love (M/L: B.G. DeSylva; Al Jolson) (sheet music
only)
Bylo Bay
The Daffodil
Don’t Send Your Wife To The Country (Keep Her Home And Love Her
Yourself) (M; Con Conrad; L: Harold Atteridge; B.G.
DeSylva)
Finale (added for the subsequent tour)
Ginny Ginny Shore (cut)
A Girl Has A Sailor In Every Port
The Glide DeLuxe (cut after opening but reinstated for the
subsequent tour)
The Globe Trot
The Horse Trot
How’d You Like To Be A Kid? (M: Jimmy McHugh; L: Bennett
Sisters; Billy Colligan) (added for the subsequent tour)
I’m Glad I’m Spanish
In A Curio Shop (not in programs)
In Old Granada
In The Land Off There (In The Way Off There)
Jimmy Valentine And Sherlock Holmes (cut)
The Last Dance, That’s Out
Let The Little Joy Bells Ring (M/L: Cliff Friend) (added during
the subsequent tour)
Life Is A Gamble (dropped for the subsequent tour)
‘Neath Italian Skies (added for the subsequent tour)
Nita (cut)
No One Loves A Clown
Oh, How She Can Dance (M/L: Cliff Friend)
Oh, Oh Columbus
Paradise Alley (added for the subsequent tour)
Rose Of Spain
Sitting In A Corner (cut)
Sweet One
Tallahassee (M: C. Luckeyth Roberts; L: B.G. DeSylva)
That Barber In Seville (M: Con Conrad) (not in programs)
Three Little Vampires
Through The Mist
Wait Until My Ship Comes In
Wetona (M: Milton Ager; L: Jack Yellen)
You’re In Kentucky (cut)