ED WYNN CARNIVAL
Composer: Ed Wynn
Lyricist: Ed Wynn
Opened: April 5, 1920, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.;
transferred on June 21, 1920 to the Selwyn Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 150
Can You Tell? (M: Lou Handman; Ray Miller; L: Alex Sullivan):
1. 78/Vocalion 14106 (Ray
Miller’s Black And White Melody Boys) [also 78/Pathe 22427;
78/Okeh 4166]
Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Moon (M:
William Eckstein; L: Gene Buck):
1. 78/Columbia A 2971
(Yerkes Happy Six) [reissued on Dance-O-Mania: 1919-1923 Harry
Yerkes And The Dawn Of The Jazz Age, CD/Rivermont BSW1150]
I Love The Land Of Old Black Joe
(Finale Act 1) (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Grant Clarke):
1. 78/Pathe 22425 (Ray
Miller’s Black And White Melody Boys)
2. 78/Gennett 9021 (Yerke’s Jazzarimba Orchestra) [also
78/Gennett 4647 A]
3. 78/Pathe 22412 (Joseph Samuels’ Music Masters)
4. 78/Columbia A 3304 (The Happy Six)
5. 78/Columbia A 2976 (Gus Van and Joe Schenck with orchestral
accompaniment)
6. 78/Victor 18677 (Billy Murray and the Peerless Quartet with
orchestra)
7 . 78/Victor 18698 (The Benson Orchestra of Chicago) [reissued
on Volume 1: 1920-1921, CD/Archeophone ARCH 6001]
8. 78/Vocalion 14080 (American Quartet with orchestra)
9. Dancing The Devil Away, CD/Document DOCD 1101 (Vaughn
DeLeath)
The Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago (M:
Chris Smith; L: Alfred Bryan):
1. 78/Bluebird B 10926
(Billy Murray with Harry’s Tavern Band)
Molly (M/L: Ray Miller; Ring Hager)
(not in programs):
1. 78/Okeh 4251 (Ray
Miller and His Black And White Melody Boys) [also 78/Edison
50797]
My Sahara Rose (M: Walter Donaldson; L:
Grant Clarke):
1. 78/Columbia A 2934
(The Happy Six)
2. 78/Okeh 4118 (Harry Raderman’s Jazz
Orchestra)
3. 78/Edison 50685 (Wiedoedt Wadsworth
Quartette)
4. 78/Victor 18702 (Pietro)
5. 78/Victor 18670 (Victor Roberts with orchestra)
Oo, How I Love To Be Loved By You (M:
George Gershwin; L: Lou Paley) (not in programs; also used
in LA-LA-LUCILLE!):
1. 78/Columbia A 2971
(Yerkes Happy Six) [reissued on Dance-O-Mania: 1919-1923 Harry
Yerkes And The Dawn Of The Jazz Age, CD/Rivermont BSW1150]
Rose Of Spain (M: Tom Brown; Billy
Fazioli; Ray Miller; L: Fred Fisher) (ASCAP/Library of
Congress only):
1. 78/Okeh 4119 (Ray
Miller’s Black And White Melody Boys) [also 78/Vocalion 14106;
78/Pathe 22427; 78/Gennett 9075]
Underneath The Dixie Moon (M/L:
Ray Miller; Billy Fazioli; Raymond Klages) (not in
programs):
1. 78/Grey Gull L 1058
(Ray Miller and His Black And White Melody Boys) [also 78/Jewel
L 858; 78/Okeh 4257]
2. Blue Roses Of Far And Near, CD/Stomp Off 1361 (Dan Levinson)
Unrecorded Material: