BROADWAY BREVITIES OF 1920



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: September 29, 1920, Winter Garden Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 105


Anna In Indiana (M/L: Billy and Eddie Gorman; Harry Rose) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Edison 50804 (Aileen Stanley with orchestra) [also 78/Victor 18774]
2. 78/Symphony Concert 21147 (Susie Sperling)
3. 78/Okeh 8014 (Brown and Terry Jazzola Boys)
4. 78/Okeh 4375 (Billy Jones with orchestra)
5. 78/Regal 9115 (Eddie Cantor) [also 78/Emerson 10397; reissued on The Early Days 1917-1921, CD/Original Cast 9872]


Beautiful Faces (Need Beautiful Clothes) (M/L: Irving Berlin) (cut from ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919):

1. Irving Berlin Revisited, MGM SE-4435 OC (Bobby Short, William H. Elliott, and Miles Kreuger with musical direction by Norman Paris) [also Painted Smiles PS-1356; reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-118]
2. Golden Age Of American Dance Bands: Spin A Little Web Of Dreams, CD/Jasmine 12 (Griff Williams)
3. Easter Parade, CD/Sony Classical 88697638362 (MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green)
4. Everybody Step: Irving Berlin’s Music Box Revues And Other Songs From 1921-1925, CD/Oakton ORCD0008 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
A recording by the Queen’s Dance Orchestra is also known to exist.


Bright Eyes (M/L: Con Conrad) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Gennett 9097 (Joe Coleman’s President Orchestra)
2. 78/Variety VA 570 (Lynn Martin and The Merry Macs with The Community Swing Band)


Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone (M/L: Charles Bayha) (used in the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Columbia A-3339 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]


Get Up (M/L: Robert Hood Bowers) (used in the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Columbia A 3305 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Columbia A 3307 (Paul Biese’s College Inn Orchestra)
3. 78/Lyric 5235 (Ernest Hare)


I Want To Know Where Tosti Went (M/L: Chris Smith) (not in programs):

1. 78/Columbia A-3305 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]


I Wish That I’d Been Born In Borneo (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Grant Clarke) (not in programs; also used in SILKS AND SATINS and THE MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1921):

1. 78/Emerson 10301 (Eddie Cantor with orchestral accompaniment)  
2. 78/Columbia A 3324 (Frank Crumit with orchestral accompaniment)


I’ve Got The Blues For My Kentucky Home (M/L: Clarence Gaskill) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Gennett 9053 (Flo Bert with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Grey Gull L 1034 (Banjopators) [also 78/Cleartone C 3034]
3. 78/Cardinal 2002 (Helen Bell Rush)
4. 78/Victor 18703 (Aileen Stanley)
5. 78/Columbia A 3336 (Van and Schenck with orchestral accompaniment)


Love Me While The Snow Flakes Fall (aka “Snow Flakes”) (M: George Gershwin; L: Arthur Jackson):

1. John Arpin Plays George Gershwin, CD/Mastersound 11 (John Arpin, piano)
2. Rest You Merry, CD/Oakton Recordings ORCD0006 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano) (as "Snow Flakes")
3. It’s Almost Christmas Eve, CD/Harbinger HCD 3406 (Steve Ross, Suellen Estey, Benjamin Weil, and Ron Spivak with Steve Ross, piano) (as "Snow Flakes")


Margie (M: Con Conrad; J. Russel Robinson; L: Benny Davis) (not in programs; subsequently used in THE MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1921):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Emerson 10301 (Eddie Cantor with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Early Days 1917-1921, CD/Original Cast 9872]
2. 78/Columbia 35428 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra conducted by Jerry Joyce) [also 78/Columbia 2; 78/Columbia DB 1935; reissued on The Columbia Years: 1922-1940, CD/Columbia C2K-57148]
3. 78/Decca 23723 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra directed by Victor Young) [reissued on Songs He Made Famous, Decca 4431; If You Knew Susie, CAS/MCA Special Products MCAC-20276]
4. Carnegie Hall Concert, Audio Fidelity 702 (Eddie Cantor)
5. The Best Of Eddie Cantor, Vik LX-1119 (Eddie Cantor) [reissued on The Best Of Eddie Cantor, CD/RCA 07863-66033-2]
6. The Show That Never Aired, CD/Original Cast OC-9347 (Eddie Cantor)
7. Carnegie Hall Concert, CD/Original Cast OC-9217 (Eddie Cantor)
8. Cantor Meets Jolson, CD/Original Cast 9753 (Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson)
9. Early Days 1917-1921, CD/Original Cast 9872 (Eddie Cantor)
10. The Complete Eddie Cantor Story, CD/CD Baby 5637650765]
11. The Missing Sides 1938-1950, CD/Original Cast OC-1812 (Eddie Cantor)
12. Chase And Snaborn Radio Show, CD/Original Cast 8715 (Eddie Cantor)


The Moon Shines On The Moonshine (M: Robert Hood Bowers; L: Francis DeWitt) (not in programs):

1. 78/Columbia A-2849 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [also 78/Columbia 35590; reissued on A Tribute to Black Entertainers, CD/Columbia Legacy C2K-52454]
2. 78/Edison 50672 L (Al Bernard and Ernest Hare with orchestra)
3. 78/Emerson 10215 (The Three Kaufields with orchestral accompaniment)
4. 78/Columbia A 2927 (Ted Lewis Jazz Band) [also 78/Columbia A 79047]
5. 78/Victor 18672 (Sidney Phillips with orchestra)
6 . Where The Morning Glories Grow, CD/Loup Garous 1002 (Dan Levinson)


Palesteena (Lena Is The Queen Of Palesteena) (M/L: Con Conrad; J. Russel Robinson) (not in programs; also used in THE MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1920 and THE MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1921):

1. 78/Emerson 10292 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra) [reissued on From Avenue A To The Great White Way, CD/Columbia Legacy C2K 86323]
2. 78/Edison 50725 L (Green Bros. Novelty Band) [also 78/Okeh 4232]
3. 78/Gennett 9096 (Billy Jones with orchestral accompaniment)  [also 78/Arto 9033]
4. 78/Dixieland Jubilee D.J. 100 (Nappy Lamare with “Mr. Dixie” Nappy Lamare and His Band) [reissued on Dixieland Generation, CD/Jasmine Record JASCD 505]
5. 78/Emerson 10328 (Plantation Dance Orchestra)
6. 78/Columbia A 3349 (Vincent Lopez Orchestra)
7. 78/Columbia A 3324 (Frank Crumit with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Frank Crumit Returns, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120620]
8. 78/Decca 2011 A (Nappy Lamare with Boby Crosby’s Bob Cats) [also 78/Odeon 286348 A; reissued on Palesteena, CD/Naxos Jaz 8120681]
9. 78/Decca 24012 (Nat Brandwynne and His Orchestra with vocal chorus) [reissued on Song Hits Of 1920, Decca DL 5163]
10. 78/Brunswick 2055 (Fred Whitehouse with orchestra)
11. 78/Okeh 4222 (Billy Jones and Ed. Smalle with orchestra)
12. 78/Decca 29571 (Crazy Otto) [also 45/Decca 9-29571; reissued on Medleys, CD/Bear Family 16401]
13. 78/Victor 18717 (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) [reissued on The Complete Original Dixieland Jazz Band, CD/RCA 66608]
14. 78/Path 22469 (Bennie Krueger and His Orchestra)
15. Summit Reunion, CD/Chiaroscuro CRD 311 (Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern)
16. Smiles, CD/Arbors ARCD 19207 (Kenny Davern)
17. Stampede, CD/Jazzology 211 (Randy Sandke)
18. Le Dovids Klesmer Orkester, CD/PMC Music Group 8792 (Glik)
19. Klez!, CD/Vanguard VMD-79449 (Klez!)
20. Blue Orleans, CD/Good Time Jazz 15004 (Tim Laughlin)
21. Klezmerika Eklectika,  CD/Jinny Marsh (Jinny Marsh)
22. The World Of Klezmer, CD/Brilliant Classics 7421 (unknown performer)
23. Live: The Thirteenth Anniversary Album, CD/Rounder Select ROUCD 3125 (Klezmer Conservatory Band)
24. Dan Levinson Salutes The ODJB, CD/Loup Garous (Dan Levinson)
25. RWB, CD/Red Wing Blackbirds Ragtime Jazz (Red Wing Blackbirds Ragtime Jazz Band)
26. The Complete Recordings, CD/Jump 122 (Rosy McHargue)
27. A Trip To Amerika, CD/Magnolia Klezmer Band (Magnolia Klezmer Band)
28. Latkes & Lattes, CD/Global Village GV 159CD (The Mazletones)
29. From New Orleans To Constantinople On The S.S. Leviathan, CD/Unknown label (The New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra)
30. Riotous, Raucous, Red Hot 20s/Together For The Last Time, CD/Collectables COLCD 7869 (Joe “Fingers” Carr)


Save A Little Dram For Me (M/L: Will E. Skidmore; Marshall Walker) (not in programs):

1. 78/Columbia A 2979 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]
2. Edison Sound Recordings: Popular Instrumental Music, CD/A2Z CDS 649 (unknown performer)


Somebody (Else, Not Me) (M: James F. Hanley; L: Ballard Macdonald) (used in the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Capitol 15105 (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal, with Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra) [also 78/Mirror 44; reissued on Twelfth Street Rag, CD/Living Era CDAJA 5607]
2. 78/Victor 20-2821 (Phil Harris, vocal, with Phil Harris and His Orchestra) [reissued on My Kind Of Country, CD/Pearl Flapper PASTCD 7831]
3. 78/Columbia A 2849 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]
4. The Jubilee Shows, Vol. 3: Nos. 207 & 214, CD/Storyville 5011003 (Benny Carter)
5. The Transcriptions Performances 1935, CD/Hep HEPCD 1049 (Claude Hopkins)
6. Somebody Else Not Me, CD/Philo CDPH 1065 (Dave Van Ronk)
7. Hollywood Goes To War, CD/Vintage Jazz Classics 1048 (Eddie “Rochester” Anderson) (unverified)
8. I’m A Moody Guy, CD/See For Miles SEECD 369 (Shane Fenton and The Fentones) (unverified)
9. Hairy Jazz, CD/Water Music Records WATER 214CD (Shel Silverstein & The Red Onions) (unverified)


You’ll Never Need A Doctor No Mo (M/L: Chris Smith) (not in programs):

1. 78/Columbia A 3339 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]


Unrecorded Material:

All For A Girl (added after opening?)
Blow, Blow, Blow (M/L: Con Conrad) (added for the subsequent tour)
The Broadway Walk (M: Archie Gottler; L:  Blair Traynor) (cut)
But Where (M: Will Vodery; L: W. Russell) (sheet music only)
Choo-Choo Blues (added for the subsequent tour)
Cruel And Brutal (M: Walter De Leon; L: W. Russell) (sheet music only)
Daddy (M/L: Unknown) (sheet music only)
Dance Of The Nymphs (M/L: Unknown)
Darling (added after opening)
Drigo’s Polka (M: Unknown)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
A Housetop Of Our Own
I Love To Dance (M: George Gershwin; L: Arthur Jackson) (cut after opening)
I Makes Mine Myself (M: Robert Hood Bowers; L: Francis DeWitt) (not in programs)
I’m A Dancing Fool (M: George Gershwin; L: Arthur Jackson) (cut after opening)
In A Doll’s House (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (sheet music only)
In Cherry Blossom Time With You (M: Dorothy Jardon; Joseph M. Daly; L: Blair Treynor) (added for the subsequent tour)
In The Canoe (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (cut)
In The Snow-Covered Mountains Of Switzerland (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (cut)
(I’m Going To) Love, Honor And O’Baby (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Treynor)
Lu-Lu (M: George Gershwin; L: Arthur Jackson)
My Broadway Chorus Girl (M/L: Con Conrad) (added for the subsequent tour)
My Only One (M: Joseph M. Daly; Dorothy Jardon; L: George Moriarity) (cut)
New Amsterdam (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (cut)
Rainy Afternoon (M/L: Con Conrad) (added for the subsequent tour)
Rose Of Old Seville (M/L: Con Conrad; J. Russel Robinson) added for the subsequent tour)
The Smart Bootery Scene (M: Joseph M. Daly;  Maurie Rubens; L: Dorothy Jardon)
So This Is Broadway (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (cut)
Spanish Love (M: George Gershwin; L: Irving Caesar)
Spring Dance (M: Unknown)
(We’ve Got) The Stage Door Blues (M: Harry Ruby; L: Bert Kalmar)
Stolen Sweets (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (cut after opening)
That Means Home To Me (cut after opening)
The Usual Opening Chorus (M/L: Unknown)
What Happened To The Original Six Floradora Boys (M: Harry Ruby; L: Bert Kalmar) (cut)
What Means Home To Me (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (cut)
Wonderful (cut after opening)
Won’t You Let Me Take A Picture Of You? (M/L: Unknown)
You Must Have A Kick And Punch (M: Archie Gottler; L: Blair Traynor) (cut)