CAPITOL REVUE
(DEMI-TASSE REVUE)
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: October 24, 1919, Capitol Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown
Come To The Moon (M: George Gershwin; L: Lou Paley; Ned Wayburn):
1. 78/Columbia A 2905
(Columbia Dance Orchestra directed by Charles A. Prince)
2. Gershwin…From Tin Pan Alley To Broadway, Mark 56 Records (M)
680 (George Gershwin, piano)
3. Broadway Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (Brent
Barrett and the Ambrosian Chorus with the London Sinfonietta
conducted by John McGlinn)
4. The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1, CD/ASV/Living Era
CDWHL 2074 (Jack Gibbons)
Indian Summer (inst.) (M: Victor
Herbert):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
composer renditions.
1. 78/Victor 55200 (Victor Herbert’s Orchestra)
Just For Me And Mary (M/L: Ryan;
Violinsky; Litchfield):
1. 78/Lincoln 2157 (Dale’s
Dance Orchestra)
2. 78/Cameo 471 (Bob Haring and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 2830 (Henry Burr with orchestral accompaniment)
The Story Book Ball (M/L: Billie
Montgomery; George Perry):
1. 78/Castle 12 (Castle
Jazz Band)
2. 78/Bluebird B 7773 (Jimmy Ray with the Kiddie Klowns
Orchestra)
3. 78 /Bluebird B 10002 (Shirley Lane, Carl Carelli, and Bill
North with Gray Gordon and His Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 18482 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
5. On The Sunny Side, CAS/Music For Little People MLP 2222
(Maria Muldaur with the Little’s People’s Chorus) [reissued as
CD/Music For Little People/Warner Bros. 42503]
6. Stomp Miss Hannah, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1354 (Milano Hot Jazz
Orchestra)
7. Paddle Wheelin’ Along, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1300 (Down Home
Jazz Band)
8. Smiles And Chuckles, CD/CBC Enterprises 1160 (Royal City
Saxophone Quartet)
9. Reuben Reeves & Omer Simeon: Complete Recorded Works In
Chronological Order (1929-1933), CD/Document 1516 (Rueben Reeves
and Omer Simeon)
10. Ian Whitcomb’s Ragtime America, CD/Audiophile Records 277
(Ian Whitcomb)
11. Greatest Hits!, CD/Vanguard 13/14 (Jim Kweskin & The Jug
Band)
Swanee (M: George Gershwin; L: Irving
Caesar) (also used in SINBAD and JIG-SAW):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this Gershwin standard
beyond original cast and composer
renditions.
1. 78/Columbia A-2884 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Jolie’s Finest
Columbia Recordings CD/Columbia 53419; Music From The New York
Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/V-Disc 763 (Al Jolson)
3. 78/WOR Recording 10-3420 (Al Jolson, Evelyn Keyes, and
Ludwig Donath with orchestra conducted by Morris Stoloff)
[reissued on The Jolson Story/Mammy, CD/Great Movie Themes
CD60021]
4. Al Jolson In Songs He Made Famous, 78/Decca album 564 (Al
Jolson with orchestra conducted by Carmen Dragon)
[reissued on The Best Of The Decca Years, CD/Decca MCAD-10505; I
Got Rhythm: The Music Of George Gershwin, CD/Smithsonian RD
107-1/2/3/4]
5. Gershwin . . . From Tin Pan Alley To Broadway, Mark56 Records
680 (George Gershwin, piano) [reissued on Gershwin Plays
Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, CD/Elektra Nonesuch 79287-2]
6. Show Biz, RCA LOC-1011 (Irving Caesar)
7. And Then I Wrote, Coral (S) CRL 57083 (Irving Caesar)
8. George Gershwin Memorial Concert, Citadel CT-7025 (Al Jolson
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor
Young) [reissued as CD/North American Classics NAC 4001]
9. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Three, Totem 1019 (Al Jolson)
10. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Two, Totem 1012 (Al Jolson)
[reissued on ‘S Wonderful: The Music Of George Gershwin,
CD/Flapper PAST CD 9777]
11. The Gershwins In Hollywood, 1931-1964, JJA Records 19773
(Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, and Al Jolson) [reissued on Rhapsody In Blue, CD/Great Movie Themes
CD 60028]
12. Al Jolson Radio Rarities, Radiola 3MR-2 (Al Jolson) (two
renditions)
13. The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson and Rudy Wissler
with orchestra conducted by Morris Stoloff)
14. Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935,
CD/Musicmasters 5062-2-C (George Gershwin, piano)
15. George And Ira Gershwin In Hollywood, CD/Rhino Movie Music
R2 72732 (Al Jolson and the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
conducted by Leo F. Forbstein)
You’re The Finest Of Them All (M: Louis
Hirsch; L: Rennold Wolf) (cut from THE RAINBOW GIRL):
1. 78/Columbia A 6055
(Columbia Light Opera Company)
2. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Marla
Bentley and Greg Wakefield with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
Evening Star
How Can You Tell? (M: Harold Orlob; L: Ned Wayburn)
In Arizona
Laughing Waters
Oh What A Moanin’ Man
Underneath The Honey Moon (M: James F. Hanley; Robert A. King;
L: Ballard Macdonald)