THE
CO-OPTIMISTS (1927) (13th Programme)
Composer: Melville
Gideon
Lyricist: Various
Opened: c. January 13, 1927, His Majesty’s Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown
(We Will Got To) Amsterdam (L: Archibald De Bear) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV C1284 (Melville
Gideon with the Berkeley Trio) [reissued on The Co-Optimists,
World SHB25]
I Realised (L: Kenneth Rankin):
1. 78/HMV B-2428 (Melville
Gideon with Carroll Gibbons and George Windeatt, pianos)
(Little) Lacquer Lady (L: Clifford
Seyler) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV C1284 (Melville
Gideon with The Berkeley Trio) [reissued on The Co-Optimists,
World SHB25]
Moonlight on The Ganges (M/L: Chester
Wallace; Sherman Meyers):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard.
The More We Are Together (M/L: Irving
King):
1. 78/Decca 24196 (Russ
Morgan and Ensemble with Russ Morgan and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia 961 D (Frank Harris & Ed Smalle with The
Columbians)
3. 78/Perfect 14805 (Paul Hagen with Willard Robison and His
Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 3524 (Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks) [reissued
on Six Jumping Jacks, Vol. 2, CD/The Old Masters 128]
5. 78/Bell 512 (Lou Gold and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Victor 20603 (Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra with
vocal chorus)
7. The Roaring 20s!, CD/Pierian 0033 (Frede Grofe)
8. The Versatility Of BillyMayerl, CD/Pearl 9708 (Billy Mayerl)
9. Get Happy, CD/Disky CB901169 (Big Ben Banjo Band)
10. The Banjo’s Back In Town, CD/Rex REXX 329 (Big Ben Banjo
Band) (part of medley)
11. Kitten On The Keys, CD/Saydisc 355 (unknown performer)
12. Another Party, CD/Rex REXX 331 (Winifred Atwell)
My Navaho Lady (L: Austin Melford):
1. 78/HMV rejected
(Melville Gideon with Carroll Gibbons and George Windeatt,
pianos)
Parsons Of Puddle (L: Greatrex Newman)
(added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/Columbia FB-2093
(Stanley Holloway with Wolseley Charles, piano) [also
78/Columbia 17133 D; reissued on The Lion And Albert,
CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5483]
Pass, Everyman (M/L: Edward Lockton;
Wilfred Sanderson):
1. 78/Duo D-531 (Stanley
Holloway with piano accompaniment)
The Pirate’s Dilemma (L: Archibald De
Bear) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV B2269 (Melville
Gideon with alto saxophone, violin, and piano accompaniment) (as
“The Pirates’ Lullaby”) (unverified)
2. 78/HMV C1131 (Stanley Holloway) (as “The Pirate’s Song”)
(unverified)
The Wheeltapper’s Song (M: Wolseley
Charles; L: Clifford Seyler) (added for the subsequent
tour):
1. 78/HMV C1131 (Stanley
Holloway with Wolseley Charles, piano) [reissued on The
Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
Unrecorded Material:
The Bandmaster’s Daughter
(L: Clifford Seyler; Austin Melford)
Book By Cook (M: Philip Braham; L: Eric Blore)
Do You Believe In Fairies (M: Wolseley Charles; L: Greatrex
Newman) (added for the subsequent tour)
Each Little Day (L: Clifford Seyler)
Finale
Friday Afternoon (L: Clifford Seyler) (added for the subsequent
tour)
The Froth-Blowers’ Anthem (added for the subsequent tour)
The Ghost Trade (L: Austin Melford)
Mary-Rose-Marie (L: Reginald Arkell)
The More We Sneeze Together (added for the subsequent tour)
My Lady’s Eyes (added for the subsequent tour)
Oh, Mr. Editor! (M/L: Ballard Macdonald; Donovan Meyer)
The Old Blue Boat (M/L: Eric Talbot; Beryl Gower)
Operatic Cricket (sketch?) (added for the subsequent tour)
Operatic Medley (sketch?) (added for the subsequent tour)
Orpheus, Cupid, And Bacchus (L: Dan Leno, Jr.)
Our Little Flat For Two (L: Clifford Seyler)
The Perambulator Walk (L: Austin Melford) (added for the
subsequent tour)
Rorum Corum
The Skipper (M: Wolseley Charles; L: Austin Melford)
Some Little Girl Will Get You (L: Clifford Seyler)
Soon (L: Arthur Goodridge)
Three Little School-Girls (L: Clifford Seyler) (added for the
subsequent tour)
The Underworld Of London After Dark (M/L: R.P. Weston; Bert Lee)