EARL CARROLL'S VANITIES (1925/1926)
Composer: Clarence
Gaskill
Lyricist: Clarence Gaskill
Opened: July 6, 1925, Earl Carroll Theatre, N.Y.C., and
closed on December 27, 1925; reopened on December 28, 1925 at
the Earl Carroll Theatre, N.Y.C., and closed on July 24, 1926
Performances: 199 (original 1925 version); 230 (1926
version)
Dorothy (added for the 1926 version):
1. 78/Perfect 14612
(Arthur Hall with Billy Wynne’s Orchestra)
2. 78/Brunswick 3167 (Parklane Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 20114 (Jack Gifford with Jan Garber and His
Orchestra)
The Kinky Kids Parade (M: Walter
Donaldson; L: Gus Kahn) (added for the 1926 version):
1. 78/Gennett 3125 (Travis
Carlton Orchestra)
2. 78/Harmony 24 H (Ernest Hare with The Manhattan Dance Makers)
3. 78/Champion 15006 (Ted Marshall and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Apex 8385 (The Master Players)
5. 78/Victor 19753 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Victor 19987 (The Duncan Sisters with piano) [also
78/Gramophone B 2309]
7. 78/Columbia 443 D (Ernest Hare with the Mark Strand Orchestra
directed by Cortland Mark)
8. 78/Vocalion 15105 (Ben Selvin and His Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
A Kiss In The Moonlight:
1. 78/Columbia 459 D (Ross
Gorman and His Earl Carroll Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 19793 (Silver-Masked Tenor with the Goodrich
Silvertown Cord Orchestra directed by Joseph M. Knecht)
Pango Pango Maid (M: Irving Bibo; L:
Fred Phillips) (used in
the 1925 version only):
1. 78/Edison 51566 R
(Billy Wynne’s Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra)
2. 78/Brunswick 2877 (Isham Jones Orchestra)
3. 78/Okeh 40443 (The Red Hotters)
4. 78/Vocalion 15028 (Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt
Orchestra)
5. 78/Odeon A 60195 (The Red Hotters)
6. 78/Perfect 14443 (Bill Wirges and His Orchestra)
Rhythm Of The Day (M: Owen Murphy; L:
Donald Lindley) (added after opening of the 1926 version):
1. 78/Columbia 498 D (Ross
Gorman and His Earl Carroll Orchestra) [reissued on Rhythm Of
The Day, CD/Living Era/ASV CDAJA 5025]
2. 78/Perfect 14566 (The Tempo Kings)
3. 78/Brunswick 3047 (The Clevelanders)
4. 78/Vocalion 15228 (Austin Wylie’s Golden Pheasant Orchestra)
5. Gennett Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, CD/Starr-Gennett/Sanyo
01 (The Southerners) (unverified)
6. Hot Dance Bands From Okeh 1923-1931, CD/Retrieval Recordings
RTR 79050 (Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra)
(unverified)
7. Roger Wolfe Kahn: 1925-1932, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8013 (Roger
Wolfe Kahn) (unverified)
8. Georgia Melodians, CD/Timeless CBC 1031 (The Georgia
Melodians) (unverified)
Somebody’s Crazy About You (M: Jay
Gorney; L: Owen Murphy) (cut after opening of the 1926
version):
1. 78/Columbia 459 D
(Ross Gorman and His Earl Carroll Orchestra)
Unrecorded Material:
Adorable (M/L: Tom Ford;
Ray Wynburn) (added for the tour; subsequently used in EARL
CARROLL’S VANITIES OF 1926)
Advancement Militaire (The French Soldier) (cut after opening of
the 1926 version)
At The Gate Of Roses (added after the opening of the 1926
version)
Beautiful Girls (added for the 1926 version and then cut)
Beautiful Ladies Of The Night (added for the 1926 version)
The Bird Ballet (used in the 1925 version only)
A Bottle Of Canada Dry
C-H-A-R-L-E-S-T-O-N (used in the 1925 version only)
Chow Mein Girls (added for the 1926 version)
The Coffee Pot (used in the 1925 version only)
The Color Ballet (used in the 1925 version only)
The Drill (used in the 1925 version only)
Duet (added for the 1926 version)
The Four Little Birds (One, Two, Three Four) (added for the 1926
version)
He’s A Stew (I’m A Stew) (used in the 1925 version only)
The Hippity Hop (added for the 1926 version and then cut)
Hot Off The Oven
How Are The Boys (added after opening but used in the 1925
version only)
I Thank You ( added after the opening of the 1926 version)
I’m The Major Bozo (used in the 1925 version only)
Lonesome (used in the 1925 version only)
Love In The Shadows (added for the 1926 version)
The Northwest Mounted Police (used in the 1925 version only)
One, Two, Three, Four (1-2-3-4) (used in the 1925 version only)
Ponies On Parade (added for the 1926 version)
Potpourri (used in the 1925 version only)
Rhyme Of The Sea (added after opening of the 1926 version)
Sentimental Sally (used in the 1925 version only)
Shake Yourself Out Of Here
Thinking Of You (used in the 1925 version only)
Thirty-One And Up (added after opening of 1926 version)
This Is A Night Club
Thoughts Of You (added for the 1926 version and then cut)
Venetian Nights (used in the 1925 version only)
We Are The Leon Errol Butlers (used in the 1925 version only)
We Are The Waiters (used in the 1925 version only)
Yes And No (used in the 1925 version only)
Yvonne (added for the 1926 version)