FORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM BROADWAY
Composer: George
M. Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan
Opened: January 1, 1906, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 90
Note: An unidentified selection appears on 78/Victor 4570 (Victor Orchestra).
Always Leave ‘Em Laughing (When You Say Good-Bye) (M/L: George M. Cohan) (added for the television version; originally used in RUNNING FOR OFFICE and subsequently used in MOTHER GOOSE and LITTLE JOHNNY JONES):
1. 78/Victor 16186 (Billy
Murray)
2. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Larry
Blyden and Tammy Grimes) [reissued as CD/AEI Records AEI-CD 026]
3. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Ensemble)
[reissued as CD/AEI Records AEI-CD 026]
4. One Night With Fanny Brice, CD/Original Cast OC3831 (Kimberly
Faye Greenberg with Mark Goodman, piano, and Jonathan Russell,
violin)
Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway:
1. 78/Victor 20-3167
(George M. Cohan, Jr. with orchestral accompaniment) [possibly
reissued on Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Laserlight 15410]
2. 78/Decca 4 (Dick Kuhn and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 27897 (Ann Warren and Chorus with The Victor “First
Nighter” Orchestra directed by Leonard Joy)
4. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Larry
Blyden) [reissued as CD/AEI Records AEI-CD 026]
5. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Ensemble)
[reissued as CD/AEI Records AEI-CD 026]
6. George M!, Columbia (S) KOS 3200 (Joel Grey and Loni Ackerman
with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued as
CD/Columbia CK 3200]
7. Songs From The Hit Musical George M!, Columbia (S) CS 9643
(The Banjo Barons, Chorus, and Orchestra conducted by Teo
Macero)
8. Living Voices Sing The Music From The Broadway Musical George
M!, RCA Camden (S) CAS-2275 (Living Voices with orchestra
conducted by Bob Armstrong)
9. The Yankee Doodle Tunes: Mickie Finn Plays George M., RCA
Victor (S) DS-50041 (Mickie Finn)
10. The Songs From My Fair Lady/Other Broadway Hits, Allegro (M)
1686 (Royale Singers & Orchestra)
11. Hits From Guys And Dolls/Famous George M. Cohan Songs,
Camden CAL-167 (Harold Coates Orchestra, Chorus, and Soloist)
12. David Stumpf Arranges For The Wurlitzer Band Organ Again,
CAS/Carousel Music DW-1 (Dave Stumpf, Wurlitzer band organ)
13. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon
Peterson with music direction by Sterling price-McKinney)
14. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 78210 (James
Cagney with the Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by Ray
Heindorf)
15. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 78210 (Irene
Manning and the Warner Bros. Chorus with the Warner Bros.
Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)
16. Irish Rhapsody, CD/Naxos 990018 (Richard Hayman and His
Symphony Orchestra)
17. Moonlight Bay: Songs As Is and Songs As Was, CD/Albany Music
318 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
18. Spirit Of The Titanic, Vols. 1-2,
CD/St. Clair/Showtunes 9880 (Dorothy O’Hara, the Balmoral
Ensemble, and the Golden Saloon Serenaders)
19. Manhattan at Midnight & More, CD/Lone Hill Jazz 10175
(Ellis Larkins Trio)
20. Memories, CD/Decca DL9028 (Ethel Merman with orchestra
conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1131]
21. Music From the Titanic Era, CD/Music CD 6135 (Unknown
performer)
22. The Seven Little Foys, CD/Original Cast 5637975285 (The
Seven Little Foys Company with Jon Peterson and Michael Townsend
Wright)
Radio transcriptions performed by George M. Cohan and chorus
with the Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra and by the Music Varieties
Orchestra conducted by “Prof” Patrick Ciricillo are also known
to exist.
Gentlemen Of The Press:
1. Forty-Five Minutes From
Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Chorus) [reissued as CD/AEI Records
AEI-CD 026]
Mary Is A Grand Old Name (Mary’s A
Grand Old Name):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Mary
Is A Grand Old Name".
Overture:
1. Forty-Five Minutes From
Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (orchestra) [reissued as CD/AEI
Records AEI-CD 026]
(I Want To Be A) Popular Millionaire:
1. Forty-Five Minutes
From Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Larry Blyden) [reissued as
CD/AEI Records AEI-CD 026]
2. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Ensemble)
[reissued as CD/AEI Records AEI-CD 026]
3. Seven Little Foys, CD/Original Cast 5637975285 (Maxwell
Beer with musical direction by Richard Danley)
So Long, Mary:
1. 78/Decca 18455 (The
Swingarettes, Donna Dae, and Patsy Garrett with Fred Waring and
His Pennsylvanians) [also 45EP/Decca ED 2039]
2. 78/Decca 4 (Dick Kuhn and His Orchestra with vocal trio)
3. 78/Victor 4590 (Corrine Morgan with The Haydn Quartet) [also
78/Victor 16549B]
4. 78/Victor 27897 (Ann Warren and Chorus with The Victor “First
Nighter” Orchestra directed by Leonard Joy)
5. 78/Victor 20-3169 (The Guild Choristers with orchestra
conducted by Thomas Lender Jones)
6. 78/Victor matrix B-3051 (Vess L. Ossman, banjo)
7. 78/Columbia A 341 (Corrine Morgan with chorus and orchestra)
8. 45/Parade FB-90-12 (Fred Burton)
9. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, AEI Records 1159 (Tammy
Grimes and Larry Blyden) [reissued as CD/AEI Records
AEI-CD 026]
10. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, AEI Records 1159
(Ensemble) [reissued as CD/AEI Records AEI-CD 026]
11. George M!, Columbia (S) KOS 3200 (Joel Grey, Harvey Evans,
Loni Ackerman, Danny Carroll, and Angela Martin with orchestra
conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued as CD/Columbia CK 3200]
12. Living Voices Sing The Music From The Broadway Musical
George M!, RCA Camden (S) CAS-2275 (Living Voices with orchestra
conducted by Bob Armstrong)
13. The Songs From My Fair Lady/Other Broadway Hits, Allegro (M)
1686 (Royale Singers & Orchestra)
14. Hits From Guys And Dolls/Famous George M. Cohan Songs,
Camden CAL-167 (Harold Coates Orchestra, Chorus, and Soloist)
15. Broadway Cavalcade, Capitol (M) WBO 1079 (Fred Waring and
His Pennyslvanians)
16. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 78210 (Irene
Manning and the Warner Bros. Chorus with the Warner Bros.
Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)
17. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Laserlight 15410 (George M. Cohan)
18. I’m A Lonely Wanderer, CD/Bear
Family 16214 (Slim Whitman)
19. The Phonographic Yearbook 1906: When Things Was Lookin’
Bright, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9013 (unknown performer)
Radio transcriptions performed by George M. Cohan and chorus
with the Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra and by the Music Varieties
Orchestra conducted by “Prof” Patrick Ciricillo are also known
to exist.
Stand Up And Fight Like Hell (not in
programs):
A radio transcription
performed by the Music Hall Varieties Orchestra conducted by
“Prof” Patrick Ciricillo is known to exist.
Unrecorded Material:
Retiring From The Stage
(sheet music only)