GEORGE M!

Composer: George M. Cohan with musical revisions by Mary Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan with lyric revisions by Mary Cohan

Opened: April 10, 1968, Palace Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 435

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

The City (montage of "The Man Who Owns Broadway" from THE MAN WHO OWNS BROADWAY):

1. Cohan - The Man Who Owns Broadway, Custom Fidelity (S) CFS-3625 (Bill Morgan and the Southern Gateway Chorus)
2. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music direction by Sterling price-McKinney) (with revisions by Chip Deffaa)
3. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Rhino R2 78210 (Frances Langford with orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)


The Four Of Us (revision of "The Two Of Us" from BILLIE) (cut; reinstated for the subsequent national tour):

1. Songs From The Hit Musical George M!, Columbia (S) CS 9643 (The Banjo Barons, Chorus, and Orchestra conducted by Teo Macero)


I Was Born In Virginia (from GEORGE WASHINGTON, JR):

1. 78/HMV(E) mx Ab-14241e (Ethel Lvey and orchestra) [reissued on Original Cast! The Early Years, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 801CD; Music From The New York Stage Vol. 1: 1890-1908, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9050-2]
2. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Rhino R2 78210 (James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, Walter Huston, and Rosemary DeCamp with orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)
3. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Laserlight 15410 (George S. Cohan)
4. The Man and the Legend, Vol. 1, CD/Rhapsody 1 (Al Jolson)


I'd Rather Be Right (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart) (originally used in I'D RATHER BE RIGHT):

1. 78/Decca 1520 (Kenny Sargent with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1937, JJA (M) 19841]
2. 78/Decca 15037 (Frankie Carle) [also 78/Decca 29215; reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1937, JJA (M) 19841]
3. 78/Bluebird B 7238 (Rudy Vallee, vocal, with Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees)
4. The Complete Rhythm Makers Sessions 1937-1938, Vol. 2, CD/Flyright 2192 (Artie Shaw and His Orchestra)
5. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1367 (Johnny Desmond) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]
6. Rarities, CD/Bygone BG-1001 (Kevin Early or Ben Johns and Anne Edler, Lisa Rogers, or Danielle Vernengo)
7. You Took Advantage: Songs Of Rodgers & Hart, CD/American Classics (Mary Ann Lanier, Benjamin Sears, and Bradford Conner)
A radio transcription by the Rhythm Makers Orchestra is also known to exist