BRIGHTER LONDON



Composer: Herman Finck
Lyricist: Clifford Harris

Opened: March 28, 1923, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown

Note: A complete song list is not available at this time.



Hop, Skip And Jump:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


Hot Lips (M/L: Busse; Lange;  Davis):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for anything other than original cast member and composer performances.
1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
2. 78/HMV B1396 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra with Henry Busse, trumpet) [also 78/Victor 18920; reissued on Greatest Hits, CD/Collectors’ Choice Music CCM 00612]
3. 78/4 Star 1038 (Henry Busse’s Orchestra) [also 78/Conqueror 9540; 78/Melotone M 13227; 78/Oriole 3040; 78/Vocalion 2846]
4. 78/Decca 198 A (Henry Busse and His Orchestra)
5 . 78/Decca 25015 (Henry Busse and His Orchestra) [also 45/Decca 9-25015]
6. 78/Columbia 2937 D (Henry Busse and His Orchestra) [also 78/Okeh 2846;  reissued on Big Bands’ Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, CAS/Columbia 31213]
7. 78/V Disc 285 (Henry Busse and His Orchestra)
8. Rose Room, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Dec. 28, 1944, CD/Canby Records 1002 (Henry Busse and His Orchestra)
9. The Original Piano Trio Plays Nostalgia 20’s Style, CD/Klavier KD-77027 (Original Piano Trio)


I’m Doing My Duty:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


The Jackdaw Of Rheims:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


Kitten On The Keys (M/L: Confrey):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for anything other than original cast member and composer performances.
1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra) 
2. 78/HMV B1385 (Zez Confrey and His Orchestra) [also 78/Victor 18900; 78/Victor 20777; reissued on The Home Video Album, CD/RCA 60354-2-RC]
3. 78/Brunswick 2082 (Zez Confrey, piano)
4. 78/Edison 50898 (Zez Confrey, piano)


London Town:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


Nosey Parker:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


Play That Song Of India Again (M: Rimsky-Korsakov; Paul Whiteman; Ferdie Grofe):

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
2. 78/HMV B1396 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra) [also 78/HMV B-1657; 78/Victor 18777; 78/Victor 20200; reissued on Rhapsody In Blue, CD/BMG 37175]
3. 78/Columbia 50198 D (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra) [reissued on Greatest Hits, CD/Collectors’ Choice Music CCM 00612]
4. 78/Edison 50916 (Lewis James with orchestra)


The Romance Of A Shawl:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


Shakespeare Jazz:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


Spanish March:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


A Stolen Kiss:

1. 78/Columbia 932 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)


Yoo-Hoo (M: Al Jolson; L: B.G. DeSylva) (previously used in THE PASSING SHOW OF 1921, BOMBO, and POT LUCK:

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)