CLOWNS IN CLOVER (1927)
Composer: Noel
Gay
Lyricist: Donovan
Parsons
Opened: December 1, 1927, Adelphi Theatre, London
Performances: 508
Note: A complete song list is not available at this time.
The Calinda (M/L: Herman Hupfeld):
1. 78/Columbia 4714
(Cicely Courtneidge and Chorus with the Adelphi Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes) [reissued on British
Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]
2. 78/HMV C1456 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival
Mackey)
3. 78/Columbia 9295 (Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray
Starita)
4. 78/Diva 2488 G (Manhattan Dance Makers Orchetra) [also
78/Harmony 488]
5. 78/Columbia 1123 D (Scrappy Lambert with The Radiolites)
6. 78/Gramophone K 5320 (Bing Crosby, Jack Fulton, Charles
Gaylord, and Austin Young with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
[also 78/Gramophone B 5384; 78/Victor 20882; reissued on
Original 1927 Recordings, CD/Storyville 3006]
Double Damask (aka “Dinner Napkins”)
(sketch by Dion Titheridge) (subsequently used in AT HOME
ABROAD and the film DR. RHYTHM):
1. Revue 1919-1929,
Parlaphone (M) PMC 7150 (Cicely Courtneidge with Ivor McLaren
and Lawrence Green) [reissued on 1932: A Time To Remember The
Classic Years, CD/The CD Card Company CD570]
2. The Unique! The Incomparable!, CD/Pearl Flapper PASTCD 7054
(Beatrice Lillie)
3. Hollywood Guys & Dolls, Vol. 2, CD/Parrot PARCD 006
(Beatrice Lillie and Ken Carpenter)
Finale:
1. 78/Columbia 9295
(Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray Starita)
Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors
(M/L: Leslie Sarony):
1. 78/Columbia 5176
(Cicely Courtneidge with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted
by Sydney Baynes)
2. It’s That Man Again, CD/Pegasus 871 (Tommy Handley)
L’Heure Parisienne:
1. 78/HMV C1456 (New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival Mackey)
2. 78/Columbia 9295 (Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray
Starita)
I Can’t Get The Rhythm:
1. 78/HMV C1456 (New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival Mackey)
I Just Roll Along (M: Peter DeRose; L:
Jo Trent):
1. 78/Columbia 5177 (Jack
Hulbert with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney
Baynes)
2. 78/Diva 2596 (The Harmonians) [also 78/Harmony 596]
3. 78/Regal 8477 (Rodman Lewis with Sam Lanin’s Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Lincoln 2786 (Bob Haring and His Orchestra with vocal
refrain) [also 78/Romeo 555; 78/Cameo 8132]
5. 78/Path 32340 (Annette Hanshaw and Her Sizzlin’ Syncopaters)
6. 78/Gennett 6382 (Jerry Macy with The New Yorkers)
7. 78/Brunswick 3837 (Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt
Orchestra with vocal duet)
8. 78/Brunswick 3889 (Harry Richman with orchestra) [reissued on
Legendary Voices Of Vaudeville, CD/Take Two 504]
9. 78/Victor 21212 (Nat Shilkret & The All Star Orchestra)
[reissued on More Than Satisfied, CD/Vintage Music Productions
0181]
10. 78/Victor 21309 (California Humming Birds (Adler, Weil and
Herman) with piano accompaniment)
11. Band Parade, Vol. 2: The Americans In London,
CD/Dutton/Vocalion 6109 (Ray Starita & His Ambassors Band)
12. Chicago Jazz - Jack Teagarden, Vol. 1: 1927-28, CD/Makin
Friends (Willard Robison with Jack Teagarden)
13. My Kinda Place, Flying Fish FF-395 (Paul Geremia)
(unverified) [reissued on My Kinda Place/I Really Don’t Mind
Livin’, CD/Flying Fish 0395]
I’ll Say To You:
1. 78/Columbia 4715 (June
and Jack Hulbert with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Sydney Baynes)
2. 78/HMV C1456 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival
Mackey)
3. 78/Columbia 9295 (Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray
Starita)
Ladies Are Running Wild:
1. 78/Columbia 4715 (June
and Chorus with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Sydney Baynes)
2. 78/HMV C1456 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival
Mackey)
3. 78/Columbia 9295 (Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray
Starita)
Little Boy Blues (M/L: Vivian Ellis):
1. 78/Columbia 4714 (June,
Booby Comber, Chick Endor, Dennis Cowles and Chorus with the
Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes) [reissued
on Spread A Little Happiness, CD/Happy Days CDHD 257/8]
2. 78/HMV C1456 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival
Mackey)
3. 78/Columbia 9295 (Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray
Starita)
4. Spread A Little Happiness, CD/Happy Days CDHD 257/8 (Vivian
Ellis, piano)
Love’s Reawakening:
1. 78/Columbia 9294
(Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, and Chorus with the Adelphi
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes)
Monte Carlo:
1. 78/Columbia 5176
(Cicely Courtneidge with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted
by Sydney Baynes)
On The Wings Of Love:
1. 78/Columbia 4716 (Jack
Wright with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney
Baynes)
2. 78/HMV C1456 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival
Mackey)
3. 78/Columbia 9295 (Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray
Starita)
Rambling Along The Highway:
1. 78/Columbia 5177 (Jack
Hulbert with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney
Baynes)
Say No To Mr. Gloom:
1. 78/Columbia 4716 (Irene
Russell with the Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Sydney
Baynes)
2. 78/HMV C1456 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival
Mackey)
The Schoolmaster And The Boy:
1. 78/Columbia 9593
(Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with the Adelphi Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Sydney Baynes)
There’s A Trick In Pickin’ A
Chick-Chick-Chicken (M: Tobias; L: Ray Goetz; Robinson):
1. 78/Columbia 4727 (The
Chick Trio (Chick Endor, vocal, with Eddie Ward, piano, and
unknown guitarist))
2. 78/HMV C1456 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Percival
Mackey)
3. 78/Columbia 9295 (Piccadilly Revels Band directed by Ray
Starita)
4. 78/Harmony 424 H (Irving Kaufman with guitar and piano
accompaniment) [also 78/Diva 2424 G]
5. 78/Columbia 1028 D (Wendell Hall with novelty accompaniment)
6. 78/Columbia 1047 D (Frank Sylvano with Al Handler and His
Hotel Davis Orchestra)
7. 78/Bell 521 (California Melody Orchestra)
8. 78/Brunswick 3582 (Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks with vocal
chorus) [reissued on Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks 1926-1930,
CD/Challenge Records 79048]
9. 78/Cameo 1201 (The California Humming Birds)
10. 78/Victor 20759 (Johnny Marvin with Nat Shilkret and the
Victor Orchestra) [reissued on More Than Satisfied, CD/Vintage
Music Productions 0181]
11. Keith Michell Sings Broadway, Spark (S) SPA-03 (Keith
Michell with orchestra conducted by Peter Knight)
12. New York Jazz: Adrian Rollini 1927, Vol. 4, CD/Makin Friends
(Adrian Rollini with The Golden Gate Orchestra)
13. Whirling Melodies, CD/Dynamic 2506 (Stinson Organ Band)
14. Stars of Australian Stage & Screen, CD/Stomp 430
(unknown performer)