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.
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)