FOR GOODNESS SAKE



Composers: William Daly; Paul Lannin
Lyricist: Arthur Jackson

Opened: February 20, 1922, Lyric Theatre, N.Y.C.; May 30, 1923, Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Performances: 103 (N.Y.C.); 418 (London)

Note: This show was called STOP FLIRTING in London.


All To Myself:

1. 78/HMV C1124 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)


The Best Of Everything (added to STOP FLIRTING:

1. 78/HMV C1124 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)


Every Day (M: William Daly):

1. 78/HMV C1124 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng) (two renditions)
2. 78/Columbia A 3590 (Ted Lewis and His Band)
3. 78/Victor 18885 (Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 2262 (Selvin’s Orchestra)


I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise (M: George Gershwin; L: B.G. DeSylva; Ira Gershwin) (added to STOP FLIRTING):

I have not attempted to compile discolographical information for this standard.


Oh Gee! Oh Gosh! (M: William Daly; L: Ira Geshwin):

1. 78/HMV C1124 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
2. 78/HMV B1719 (Adele and Fred Astaire with the Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng) [reissued on The Complete London Sessions, CD/EMI 5200452]
3. 78/Brunswick 2262 (Selvin’s Orchestra)
4. 1920-1925, CD/Classic Jazz Rarities 002 (Benson Orchestra of Chicago) (unverified)
5. The Chronological Jimmie Lunceford  And His Orchestra 1945-1947, CD/Classics 1082 (Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra) (unverified)


Someone (M: George Gershwin; L: Ira Gershwin):

1. 78/HMV C1124 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)


Tra-La-La (M: George Gershwin; L: Ira Gershwin) (cut after opening; lyrics revised for used in the film AN AMERICAN IN PARIS):

1. 78/M-G-M 11053 (Russell Nype with orchestra conducted by LeRoy Holmes) [also 45/M-G-M K11053]
2. George Gershwin Revisited, MGM E-4375 OC (Barbara Cook, Bobby Short, and Anthony Perkins with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-101]
3. Oh! You Beautiful Doll, CD/Arabesque Z6675 (Robert DeCormier Singers and Ensemble directed by Robert DeCormier)
4. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Gershwin, CD/ESE Music Inc. ESED 105 (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, and Gene Kelly with the New World Philharmonic Orchestra)
5. An American In Paris, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 71961 (Gene Kelly & Oscar Levant with the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green)
6. An American In Paris, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 71961 (MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green)
7. An American In Paris, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 71961 (MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green) (as “Painting Montage”)                                                                                                                                                        
8. The George Gershwin Collection, CD/Silva America 3007 (Eric Parkin, piano)


The Whichness Of The Whatness:

1. 78/HMV C1124 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
2. 78/HMV B1719 (Adele and Fred Astaire with the Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng) [reissued on The Complete London Sessions, CD/EMI 5200452]
A radio transcription performed by the Buccaneers Octet is also known to exist.


Unrecorded Material:

All My Life (M: Paul Lannin) (sheet music only)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
The French Pastry Walk (M: William Daly; Paul Lannin; L: Ira Gershwin; Arthur Jackson)
Greatest Team Of All
Hubby (added after opening)
In The Days Of Wild Romance (cut after opening)
Opening Chorus (cut after opening)
Tango (dance)
Twilight (Act 2 Opening)
Waltz (dance)
When Somebody Cares (cut after opening)
When You’re In Rome