THE CHOCOLATE DANDIES
Composer: Eubie
Blake
Lyricist: Noble Sissle
Opened: September 1, 1924, Colonial Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 96
Note: An earlier touring version of this show was called IN BAMVILLE. This show also included an unspecified medley from SHUFFLE ALONG performed by Sissle and Blake.
(Of) All The Wrongs You Done To Me (M/L: Lew Payton; Chris Smith; Edgar Dowell):
1. 78/Okeh 8181 (Clarence
Williams Blue Five (Red Onion’s Jazz Babies)) [also 78/Tempo R
21; 78/AFCDJ A 05; 78/Hot Jazz Club HC 28; 78/Hot Record Society
HRS 31; reissued on The Chronological Clarence Williams’ Blue
Five 1921-1924, CD/Classics 679]
2. 78/Good Time Jazz 8 (Turk Murphy’s Jazz Band) [reissued on
New Orleans Stomp, CD/Jasmine JASCD 461]
3. 78/Good Time Jazz L 14 (Clancy Hayes with Bob Scobey’s Frisco
Band) [also 78/Good Time Jazz 74; reissued on Frisco Jazz
1948-1955, CD/Jasmine 440]
4. 78/Commodore 551 (Eddie Condon and His Band) [reissued on The
Chronological Eddie Condon 1942-1943, CD/Classics 772]
5. New Orleans Shuffle, Columbia C 927 (Turk Murphy)
6. Louis Armstrong 1926-1938, CD/Melodie 2 (Louis Armstrong)
7. If Dreams Come True, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1289 (Neville Dickie
and Louis Mazetier)
8. Remembering Clancy, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1349 (Bob Schulz &
His Frisco Jazz Band)
9. Stomp Miss Hannah, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1354 (Milano Hot Jazz
Orchestra)
10. Eddie Condon & Friends, CD/Soundies 4118 (Eddie Condon
and Friends)
11. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?, CD/GRP/Verve
658 (Pete Fountain)
12. Those Old Jazz Songs, Blues & Stomps, CD/Poliedizioni
(Ettore Zeppegno)
13. A Selection From…, CD/Opus 111 OPUS3CD 7977 (Tomas Ornberg)
14. Remembering Louis, CD/Jump JCD 1225 (Marty Grosz, guitar;
Ken Peplowksi, clarinet; Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet; and Vince
Giordano, saxophone)
15. Live At The Stabilizer, CD/Golden Crest 4162 (Memphis
Nighthawks)
16. East Bay City Jazz Band, CD/Vintage Music VMP 0341 (East Bay
City Jazz Band)
17. This Old Gang Of Ours, CD/Upbeat Jazz URCD 138 (Kenny Davern
and Humphrey Lyttelton)
18. Not Just The Blues, CD/Pearl TPZ 1044 (Eva Taylor)
19. Legendary: Live At The Pawnshop, CD/Opus 111 22071 (Eva
Taylor)
20. Milneburg Joys, CD/GHB Records 277 (Frisco Syncopators)
21. Jazz For Two, Membran 201896 (Oscar Klein)
22. Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band: 1948,
CD/Harlequin Records HQCD 158 (Graeme Bell)
Dixie Moon (also used in EUBIE!):
1. 78/Victor 19494 (Noble
Sissle and Eubie Blake with Eubie Blake, piano)
2. 78/Victor Matrix 29587 (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake) (3
rejected takes)
3. Wild About Eubie, Columbia (S) M 34504 (Joan Morris with
William Bolcom and Eubie Blake, pianos)
4. Eubie!, Warner Bros. 3267 (Mel Johnson, Jr. and Company with
orchestra conducted by Danny Holgate) [reissued on
CD/Kritzerland KR 20030-5]
5. Seven Spanish Angels & Other Hits, CD/Columbia CK-45062
(Ray Charles)
6. The Chronological Fletcher Henderson 1923, CD/Classics 697
(Fletcher Henderson)
7. The Eighty-Six Years Of Eubie Blake, Columbia C2S-847 (Eubie
Blake)
I Wonder Where My Sweetie Can Be (cut):
1. 78/Edison Bell Winner
4371 (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake) [reissued on Early Rare
Recordings Volume 2, Eubie Blake Music (M) EBM-7]
Jassamine Lane:
1. 78/Victor Matrix 29586
(Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake) (3 rejected takes)
A Jockey’s Life For Mine:
1. 78/Edison Bell Winner
4417 (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake)
Mammy’s (Lit’l) Choc’late Cullud Chile:
1. 78/Pathe 20210 (Noble
Sissle)
Manda:
1. 78/Victor 19494 (Noble
Sissle and Eubie Blake with Eubie Blake, piano) [reissued on
Originals: Musical Comedy 1909-1935, CD/Arkiv SONY 82405]
2. 78/Victor Matrix 29585 (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake) (3
rejected takes)
3. 78/Victor Matrix 29683 (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake) (3
rejected takes)
4. 78/Columbia 228 D (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson and His
Orchestra 1924, Vol. 3, CD/Classics 647]
5. 78/Lyratone 11404 (Golden Gate Orchestra)
6. 78/Perfect 14325 (Max Terr and His Orchestra)
7. 78/Banner 1426 (California Ramblers)
8. 78/Vocalion 14924 (Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt
Orchestra)
The Slave Of Love:
1. 78/Victor 19497 (George
Olsen and His Music) [reissued on George Olsen & His Music,
Vol. 1: 1924-25, CD/Renovation 7001]
2. 78/Victor Matrix 29684 (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake) (3
rejected takes)
You Ought To Know! (M: Eubie Blake; L:
Noble Sissle) (added after opening and for the subsequent
tour):
1. 78/Edison 51572 (Noble
Sissle and Eubie Blake) [also 78/Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder
50141]
2. 78/Edison Bell Winner 4417 (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake)
[reissued on Early Rare Recordings Volume 2, Eubie Blake Music
(M) EBM-7]
Unrecorded Material:
Ain’t Got No Worry Long As
You’re My Baby (M/L: Spencer Williams) (not listed in program)
Bandannaland
Breakin’ ‘Em Down (dropped for the subsequent tour)
Chocolate Dandies
Dumb Luck
Have A Good Time Everybody
I Lost My Heard All Over You (M/L: Spencer Williams) (not listed
in program)
I’ll Find My Love In D-I-X-I-E
In Bamville
Jazztime Baby (added after opening and for the subsequent tour)
Jump Steady
(Down In The) Land Of Dancing Pickaninnies
Run On The Bank
The Sons Of Old Black Joe
Tahiti (cut; also used in COCHRAN’S REVUE OF 1926)
Take Down Dis Letter
That Charleston Dance (dropped for the subsequent tour)
There’s A Million Little Cupids In The Sky (cut)
There’s No Place As Grand As Bandana Land
Thinking Of Me (dropped for the subsequent tour)