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:

Americanisms
And They Held High Carnival (cut)
C’est Toi
Come Along (To The Carnival)
Down In Honeymoon Town (M/L: Alex Sullivan; Ray Miller; Clarence Seena) (not in programs)
Egyptian Dance (cut after opening)
Finale (Act 2)
(March Of The) Gladiators
Hero Song (cut)
I’d Rather Not See You At All (Than See You Once In A While) (aka “Rather Than See You Once In A While) (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Grant Clarke) (dropped for the subsequent tour)
In Old Japan (L: Ed Wynn; Alfred Bryan)
It Must Be You (not in programs)
Jazzy Melodies
My Log-Fire Girl
The Palmy Days
Sphinx Of The Desert
Springtime (M/L: Jack Malroy) (cut)
Thumbs Down (cut)
When I Was Small
You Look Much Better Now  (M/L: Earl Benham) (added for the subsequent tour)