CASTLES IN THE AIR
Composer: Percy
Wenrich
Lyricist: Raymond W. Peck
Opened: September 6, 1926, Selwyn Theatre, N.Y.C.; moved
on December 6, 1926 to the Century Theatre; June 29, 1927,
Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Performances: 160 (N.Y.C.); 28 (London)
Note: An unidentified selection appears on 78/Columbia 9190 (Modern Theatre Orchestra conducted by Ernest Irving) [reissued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M) 19796 (denominated “Overture”)]
Baby:
1. 78/Victor 19942 (Billy
Jones with Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Vocalion 15198 (The Vanderbilt Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
3. 78/HMV C1341 (Carroll Gibbons and His Savoy Orpheans)
I Would Like To Fondle You:
1. 78/Columbia 4302
(Debroy Somers and His Band)
2. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Marc
Kudisch with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
Land Of Romance:
1. 78/Brunswick (Franklyn
Baur with orchestra)
2. 78/HMV C1341 (Carroll Gibbons and His Savoy Orpheans)
Lantern Of Love (L: R. Locke; Raymond
W. Peck):
1. 78/Harmony 146 H
(W.M.C.A. Broadcasters)
2. 78/Bruswick 3005 (Franklyn Baur and Female Chorus with
orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 19942 (Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Vocalion 15198 (The Vanderbilt Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
5. 78/HMV C1341 (Carroll Gibbons and His Savoy Orpheans)
6. 78/Columbia 9191 (Helen Gilliland and Chorus with the Modern
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Ernest Irving) [reissued on Music
Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M) 19796]
Latavia (Hail To The Prince):
1. 78/Columbia 9191 (John
Steel and Male Chorus with the Modern Theatre Orchestra
conducted by Ernest Irving) [reissued on Music Of Broadway: The
Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M) 19796]
My Lips, My Love, My Soul!:
1. 78/HMV C1341 (Carroll
Gibbons and His Savoy Orpheans)
2. 78/Columbia 4289 (Helen Gilliland and John Steel with
the Modern Theatre Orchestra conducted by Ernest Irving)
[reissued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26),
JJA (M) 19796]
The Rainbow Of Your Smile (dropped for
the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV C1341 (Carroll
Gibbons and His Savoy Orpheans)
2. 78/Columbia 4289 (John Steel with the Modern Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Ernest Irving) [reissued on Music Of
Broadway: The Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M) 19796]
Unrecorded Material:
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Finale (Act 3)
(The) First Kiss Of Love (added after opening)
Girls And The Gimmies
I Don’t Blame ‘Em
If You Are In Love With A Girl
The Latavian Chant
Latavian Folk Dance
Love Rules The World
Love’s Refrain
Opening
The Other Fellow’s Girl
Queen Of Queens (added for the subsequent tour)
The Singer’s Career, Ha! Ha!
The Sweetheart Of Your Dreams (cut after opening)