THE EARL AND THE GIRL
Composer: Ivan
Caryll
Lyricist: Percy Greenbank
Opened: December 10, 1903, Adelphi Theatre, London;
November 4, 1905, Casino Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 371 (London); 148 (N.Y.C.)
Note: An unidentified selection appears on 78/Zonophone A 120 (Imperia Guards Band)
By The Shore Of The Mediterranean (used in the London production only; possibly the same song as “Mediterranean Blue”):
1. 78/G&T 2-2463
(Henry Lytton) [also 78/G&T GC3-2079; reissued on The Art Of
Henry Lytton, Pearl GEMM-197]
Cheyenne (M: Egbert Van Alstyne; L:
Harry Williams) (added for the subsequent American tour):
1. 78/Victor 16102 (Billy
Murray with orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia A 319 (Billy Murray with orchestral
accompaniment)
3. The Titanic Songbook, CD/Golden Stars 5210 (Nostalgia)
Gee! But This Is A Lonesome Town (M/L:
Billy Gaston) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia 3443
(Bob Roberts)
2. 78/Victor 16250 (Billy Murray)
How’d You Like To Spoon With Me (M:
Jerome Kern; L: Edward Laska) (used in the Broadway
production only; subsequently interpolated into THE RICH
MR. HOGGENHEIMER):
1. 78/Victor 4532 (Miss
Corinne and Haydn Quartet with orchestra) [reissued on 1906:
When Things Was Lookin’ Bright, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9013]
2. Let Me Entertain You, Columbia (S) CS 8253 (Sandra
Church with Luther Henderson and his Orchestra) [reissued on
Gypsy Meets Gypsy, CD/Sepia 1164]
3. Premiere Performance! George Byron Sings New And Rediscovered
Jerome Kern Songs, Atlantic (M) 1293 (George Byron with music
conducted by Andre Previn)
4. Show Boat, Stanyan 2SR 10048 (Jan Hunt and Kenneth Nelson
with orchestra conducted by Ray Cook) [reissued on
CD/Laserlight 12246]
5. Just Kern, CD/Elba CACD 5005-2 (Andrea Marcovicci with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Mehrbach)
6. Lost In The Stars And Stripes, CD/Anakreon Verlag ANA 1001
(Sona MacDonald, Alan Marks, and Udo Samel)
7. Jerome Kern: Life Upon The Wicked S.T.A.G.E., CD/LML Music
LML CD-202 (Jane Lanier with Laura Hornberger, Devon Kimball,
Polly O’Malley, Tracy Powell, Elizabeth Teran, and Liz Werth
with musical direction by Ron Abel)
8 . I Wants To Be A Actor Lady And Other Hits From Early Musical
Comedies, CD/New World Records 80221-2 (Kim Criswell and Joel
Imbody with Cincinnatti’s University Theater Orchestra conducted
by Earl Rivers)
9. Till The Clouds Roll By, CD/Sony Music Special Products AK
47029 (Angela Lansbury and Chorus with orchestra conducted by
Lennie Hayton)
10. The Land Where The Good Songs Go, CD/PS Classics PS-1211
(Rebecca Luker, Matthew Scott, Kate Baldwin, Philip Chaffin,
Heidi Blickenstaff, and Graham Rowat with music conducted by
David Loud)
11. Music Of Jerome Kern, CD/Centaur Records 2724 (Audubon
Quartet)
12. Sandy Stewart Sings Songs Of Jerome Kern With Dick Hyman At
The Piano, CD/Audiophile Records 205 (Sandy Stewart with Dick
Hyman, piano)
13. The Sidewalks Of New York: Tin Pan Alley, CD/Winter &
Winter 9100382 (Uri Caine with the Uri Caine Orchestra)
14. The Spirit Of Yesterday, CD/Cope 23 (Thulla)
15. 2 Vaudevillians Find Buried Treasure, CD/Blue Pumpkin (Bill
Taylor)
16. Gone Where They Don’t Play Billiards, CD/Old Bean Music
OLDBEAN 501 (unknown performer)
17. Can’t Help Singing: The Music Of Jerome Kern, CD/LML Music
11788 02962 (Raissa Katona Bennett with musical direction by Don
Rebic)
In Zanzibar (used in the London
production only):
1. 78/G&T GC3525 (Flo
De Vere with piano accompaniment) [also 78/G&T 3352]
My Cosy Corner Girl (used in the London
production only):
1. 78/G&T 2-2462
(Henry Lytton) [also 78/G&T GC3-2072; reissued on The Art Of
Henry Lytton, Pearl GEMM-197]
Sammy (used in the London production
only):
1. 78/G&T GC3522 (Flo
De Vere with piano accompaniment) [also 78/Zonophone X43061]
2. CYL/Pathe 40150 (Louie Pounds) [also 78/Pathe 50160]
Waltz (used in the London production
only):
1. 78/G&T 082 (Meny’s
White Viennese Band)
Unrecorded Material: