THE
CO-OPTIMISTS (1922) (5th Programme)
Composer: Melville
Gideon
Lyricist: Davy Burnaby; Laddie Cliff; Archibald De Bear
Opened: October 12, 1922, Prince Of Wales’ Theatre,
London
Performances: Unknown
(Don’t Let ‘Em Scrap) The British Navy (L: R.P. Weston; Bert Lee):
1. 78/HMV B1442 (Gilbert
Childs with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley, pianos) [reissued
on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
2. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and
Stuart Robertson with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)
(We’ll Go To) Church On Sunday (L:
Adams; Arthurs):
1. 78/HMV B1443 (Laddie
Cliff and Phyllis Monkman with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley,
pianos) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
Clocks (L: Donovan Parsons):
1. 78/HMV B1444 (Davy
Burnaby, Betty Chester, Laddie Cliff, Stanley Holloway, Elsa
Macfarlane, and Phyllis Monkman)
Down Love’s Lane (L: Melville
Gideon):
1. 78/HMV 1446 (Stanley
Holloway and Elsa Macfarlane with Melville Gideon and H.B.
Hedley, pianos) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
Dream Days:
1. 78/HMV (rejected) (Elsa
Macfarlane)
Ghost Of A Chance (L: Clifford Grey;
Laddie Cliff):
1. 78/HMV B1441 (Melville
Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World
SHB 25]
Just A-Wearyin’ For You (M/L: F.L.
Stanton; F.E. Tours):
1. 78/Columbia 17284 D
(Charles Kullman with Fritz Kitzinger, piano)
2. 78/Paramount 4003 (Milton Charles)
3. 78/Victor 45090 (Lucy Isabelle Marsh with orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 24018 (Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria
Orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 25873 (Paul Robeson) [reissued on The Complete EMI
Sessions 1928-1939, CD/EMI Classics 2155862]
6 . 78/Victor 64389 (Evan Williams with orchestra) [also
78/Victor 857]
7. 78/Victor 27466 (Fred Hufsmith with Lew White, organ, violin,
harp, and Chorus)
8. 78/Vocalion 5266 (Horace Heidt presents Henry Russell and His
Romancers)
9. 78/Brunswick 13003 (Irene Pavloska with orchestra)
10. 78/Columbia 2386 D (Anna Case with Carroll Hollister, piano)
11. 45/Dot DEP-1021 (Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra) [reissued
on Sail Along Silv’ry Moon, CD/Bear Family 15970]
12. 45/London 45-1616 (The Johnston Brotherw with the Roland
Shaw Orchestra)
13. 45/Victor 49-0280 (Allan Jones with Robert Armbruster and
His Orchestra)
14. Roses Of Picardy, CD/Sounds of
Yesteryear DSOY 772 (Peter York and His Concert Orchestra)
15. Suddenly It’s Swing/Swinging Eye, CD/EMI 0724358135756 (Si
Zentner)
16. Jane Morgan Sings Popular Favorites, CD/Sepia 1126 (Jane
Morgan)
17. Time Remembered, CD/Audiophile ACD-310 (Mary Mayo with
Loonis McGlohon, piano, Terry Lassiter, bass, and Jim Lackey,
drums)
18. Moonlight Bay: Songs As Is And Songs As Was, CD/Albany TROY
318 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
Olga Petrovotski (M/L: R.P. Weston;
Bert Lee):
1. 78/HMV B1553 (Betty
Chester, Laddie Cliff, Stanley Holloway, Elsa Macfarlane, and
Phyllis Monkman with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley, pianos)
2. Round The Town: Following Grandfather’s Footsteps - A Night
At The London Music Hall, CD/Bear Family Records 16021 (Laurie
Jay) (unverified)
Pierrot Moon:
1. 78/HMV B1553 (Betty
Chester with Melville Gideon and H.B. Hedley, pianos) [reissued
on The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
Shopping (L: Clifford Seyler):
1. 78/HMV B1445 (Davy
Burnaby, Betty Chester, Laddie Cliff, and Stanley Holloway)
Tampa Bay:
1. 78/HMV B1440 (Laddie
Cliff and Melvile Gideon with Melville Gideon, piano)
2. 78/Zonophone 2297 (Meville Gideon) [reissued on The
Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
The Wheel-Tapper (M: Wolseley Charles; L: Clifford
Seyler):
1. 78/HMV C1131 (Stanley
Holloway with Wolsey Charles, piano) [reissued on The
Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
When The Sun Goes Down (L: Laddie
Cliff)::
1. 78/Zonophone 2322
(Melville Gideon, piano and voice)
2. 78/HMV B1551 (Melville Gideon, piano and voice) [reissued on
The Co-Optimists, World SHB 25]
3. 78/HMV C2800 (Effie Atheron, Webster Booth, Olive Groves, and
Stuart Robertson with orchestra conducted by George Scott Wood)
The Wild Men Of Borneo:
1. 78/HMV B1441 (Gilbert
Childs, Laddie Cliff, Melville Gideon, and Stanley Holloway with
Melville Gideon, piano) [reissued on The Co-Optimists, World SHB
25]
Unrecorded Material:
Bow-Wow!
A Branch Line
The Co-Optimeisters
Finale
Get Happy
Slay It With Music
Sonny
Spring Puninos
The Vampire (L: Clifford Grey)
What’s In A Name?