FLYING HIGH
Composer: Ray
Henderson
Lyricist: Lew Brown; B.G. DeSylva
Opened:
March 3, 1930, Apollo Theatre, New York City
Performances:
355
(This Will Be) The First Time For Me:
1. Bert Lahr On Stage, Screen And
Radio, JJA (M) 19765 (Bert Lahr with Charlotte Greenwood)
Good For You-Bad For Me:
1. 78/Columbia 2129 D (The
Knickerbockers)
2. 78/Odeon 238.175 (Ray Ventura and His Collegians with
vocal refrain) [reissued on Du Jazz A La Chanson: 1929-1946, CD/EPM 984382]
3. 78/Victor 22326 (Wilbert Morgan and The Three Girl Friends with Waring's
Pennsylvanians) [reissued on De Sylva Brown & Henderson: 'The Birth Of The
Blues, CD/Flapper PAST CD 7803]
4. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited
Volume II, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-145 (Ken Parks, Marcus Neville, Tanya
Moberly, Patti Wyss, and Mona Lotte)
Red
Hot Chicago:
1. 78/Victor 22325 (Waring's
Pennsylvanians with vocal refrain) [reissued on The Fred Waring Memorial Album,
CD/Viper's Nest Gold VN 179]
2. 78/Brunswick 4787 (Scrappy Lambert with the
Al Goodman Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1930, JJA (M) 19777]
3. 78/Columbia 2175 D (The Hot Air-Men with vocal refrain) [reissued on The
Charleston Chasers, Vol. 2 & New York Studio Groups 1928-1930, CD/Timeless
CBC 1081]
4. Just Imagine: The Music Of DeSylva, Brown & Henderson,
CD/Stomp Off CD 1285 (Keith Ingham & Marty Grosz and Their Hot
Cosmopolites)
Thank Your Father (Thank Your
Mother):
1. 78/Columbia 2129 D (The
Knickerbockers with vocal refrain) [reissued on The Columbia House Bands: Ben
Selvin, Vol. 1, CD/ The Old Masters 117]
2. 78/Victor 22326 (Wilbert Morgan
and The Three Girl Friends with Waring's Pennsylvanians) [reissued on The
Broadway Years, Vol. 2, CD/The Old Masters 129]
3. 78/Cameo 0257 (Majestic
Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 4799 (Harry Richman with orchestra) [also
78/Brunswick 1107; reissued on Puttin' On The Ritz, CD/ASV/Living Era 5405]
5. 78/Brunswick 4726 (Dick Robertson with Al Goodman and His Flying High
Orchestra with vocal refrain) [reissued on Memories Of Old Broadway, CD/Take
Two TT510CD]
6. 78/Victor 22397 (Helen Kane with Leonard Joy and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Boop-Boop-A-Doop, CD/ASV/Living Era 5336]
7.
78/Victor 20-4040 (Mindy Carson with orchestra conducted by Andrew Ackers)
[also 45/RCA Victor 47-4040]
8. Songs By DeSylva, Brown & Henderson,
Monmouth Evergreen MES/7076 (Jack Hylton and his Orchestra) [reissued on Vol.
4: I'm Perfectly Satisfied, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6104]
9. DeSylva, Brown And
Henderson Revisited Volume I, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1351 (Blossom Dearie and
Charles Rydell with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-144]
10. The Very Thought Of You: The Ultimate Collection,
CD/Castle Pulse PBXCD 481 (Al Bowlly)
11. Sunny Side Up, CD/Stomp Off 1364
(San Francisco Starlight Orchestra)
12. Writing A Letter To You, CD/Pegasus
PGNCD 844 (Roy Fox and His Orchestra)
Wasn't It Beautiful While It
Lasted?:
1. 78/Victor 22325 (Stewart
Churchill and The Three Girl Friends with Waring's Pennsylvanians) [reissued on
The Music Of Broadway: 1930, JJA (M) 19777]
2. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson
Revisited Volume II, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-145 (Ken Parks, Marcus Neville, Joe
Calarco, Willard Beckham, Tom Anderson, and Bill Cantor)
Without Love:
1. 78/Brunswick 4799 (Harry
Richman with orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 1107]
2. 78/Brunswick 4726
(Scrappy Lambert with Al Goodman and His Flying High Orchestra) [reissued on De
Sylva Brown & Henderson: "The Birth Of The Blues," CD/Flapper PAST CD 7803]
3. 78/Columbia CB 300 (Jack Payne, vocal, with Jack Payne and His B.B.C.
Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Capitol 134 (Margaret Whiting with Billy Butterfield
and His Orchestra) [reissued on There Goes That Song Again - The Songbook And
The Legacy, CD/Jasmine JASBOX 26-4]
5. 78/Victor 22486 (Tom Waring with
Waring's Pennsylvanians)
6. 45/Capitol F3159 (Patty Andrews with orchestra
conducted by Nelson Riddle) [reissued on I'll Walk Alone, CD/Jasmine 684]
7. 45/Capitol 2-765 (Gordon MacRae with orchestra and chorus conducted by
Van Alexander) [also 45/Capitol F3519; reissued on The Best Things In Life Are
Free/Motion Picture Soundstage, CD/EMI 4 93966-2]
8. Songs By DeSylva,
Brown & Henderson, Monmouth Evergreen MES/7076 (Jack Hylton and His
Orchestra)
9. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited Volume I, Painted
Smiles (S) PS-1351 (Dorothy Loudon with musical direction by Norman Paris)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-144]
10. Torch Song, CD/Koch
International 7936 (Sylvia Syms)
Unrecorded Material:
Air Minded
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
(I'm) Flying High
Happy Landing
I Could Love A
Man Like That (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
I'll Get My Man
I'll
Know Him
Mrs. Krause's Blue-Eyed Baby Boy
Rusty's Up In The Air