EUBIE!



Composer: Eubie Blake
Lyricist: Noble Sissle

Opened: September 20, 1978, Ambassador Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 439


Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast album are noted below.


Baltimore Buzz (from SHUFFLE ALONG):

1. 78/Victor 18791 (Eubie Blake and His Shuffle Along Orchestra) [also found on 78/Gramophone 18789; 78/HMV B-1297; 78/RCA (F)PM 45687; reissued on Kings Of Ragtime (Giants Of Jazz), CD/Gold Collection 4013]
2. 78/Emerson 10434 (Eubie Blake, piano) [also found on 78/Medallion 8327; reissued on Shuffle Along, New World (M) NW-260]
3. 78/Emerson 10385 (Noble Sissle and His Sizzling Syncopators) [also found on 78/Emerson 10574; reissued on American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 1, CD/Smithsonian RD 036-I; Original Cast! The Early Years, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 801CD]
4. 78/Regal 9101 (Leonard Graham and His Jazz Band (a pseudonym for Nobel Sissle and His Sizzling Syncopators) [reissued on Shuffle Along, New World (M) NW 260]
5. Carolina Shout, CD/Collectables 6924 (James P. Johnson)
6. Rose City Rag, CD/Duoart (Nathan Bello)
Note: Victor test recordings are known to exist by Eubie Blake, piano, with alto and banjo and with Broadway Jones, vocal, and Eubie Blake, piano)


I'm Just Simply Full Of Jazz (from SHUFFLE ALONG):

1. 78/Pathe 22284 (Noble Sissle with Eubie Blake, piano) [reissued on Early Rare Recordings Vol. 2, Eubie Blake Music (M) EBM-7]
2. The Eighty Six Years Of Eubie Blake, Columbia (S) C2S-847 (Noble Sissle with Eubie Blake, piano) (part of medley)
3. Paris In The Jazz Age, CD/Maison Clobert (Claudia Hommel)
Note: A Victor test recording is also known to exist peformed by Nobel Sissle with Eubie Blake, piano)


Oriental Blues (not originally written for but used in SHUFFLE ALONG):

1. 78/Emerson 10396 (Noble Sissle with Eubie Blake, piano) [reissued on Early Rare Recordings Vol. 1, Eubie Blake Music 4]
2. Sidewalk Blues, CD/Unknown label (Tim Sparks, guitar)
3. Sail Along Silv'ry Moon, CD/Bear Family 15970 (Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra) (unverified)


There's A Million Little Cupids In The Sky:

1. Recorded In Hollywood 1933, CD/Jazz Oracle 8054 (Eddie South)


Unrecorded Songs:

High Steppin' Days (L: Johnny Brandon)
Hot Feet