GEORGE WASHINGTON, JR.

Composer: George M. Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan

Opened: February 12, 1906, Herald Square Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 81

All Aboard For Broadway:

1. George M!, Columbia (S) KOS 3200 (Joel Grey, Jerry Dodge, Betty Ann Grove, and Bernadette Peters with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued as CD/Columbia CK 3200]
2. Vaude-Villities ’69: From Broadway To Berkeley Square, No label (S) 90612 (unknown performer)
3. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)


The Grand Old Rag  (aka “The Grand Old Flag” and “You’re A Grand Old Flag”):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this Cohan standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. A Tribute To George M. Cohan, Audio Rarities (M) LPA-2295 (George M. Cohan) [reissued on Carousel Of American Music, CD/Music & Arts CD-971]
2. A radio transcription performed by George M. Cohan and chorus with the Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra is also known to exist.


He Was A Wonderful Man:

1. CYL/Edison (Ada Jones and Billy Murray) [reissued on Radio & Recording Rarities, Vol. 20, CD/Lowlights]
2. 78/Victor matrix B-8136 (Ada Jones and Billy Murray with orchestra)


If Washington Came To Life (If Washington Should Come To Life):

1. 78/Zonophone 491 (Billy Murray)


(I Was Born In) Virginia (Ethel Levey’s Virginia Song):

1. 78/HMV mx Ab-14241e (Ethel Levey with orchestra) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 1: 1890-1908, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9050-2]
2. 78/Columbia 468 (J.W. Myers with orchestral accompaniment) [also 78/Harmony A 468; 78/Standard Disc A 468]
3. 78/Victor matrix B-18921 (Leighton Brothers with guitar)
4. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2 78210 (James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, Walter Huston & Rosemary DeCamp with the Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf)
5. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CD/Laserlight 15410 (George M. Cohan)
6. The Man And the Legend, Vol. 1, CD/Rhapsody 1 (Al Jolson)
7. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World Records 80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)


You Can Have Broadway (sheet music only):

1. 78/Victor  matrix B-4055 (Billy Murray with orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Colonial Chorus
Finale
I’ll Be There With Bells On
I’ve Never Been Over There
(The) Wedding Of The Blue And The Gray