GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS (1925)
(Seventh Edition)
Composer: Ray
Henderson
Lyricists: Lew Brown; B.G. DeSylva
Opened: June 22, 1925, Apollo Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 169
All Alone (M/L: Irving Berlin) (added to tour of the THIRD MUSIC BOX REVUE, also used in the FOURTH ANNUAL MUSIC BOX REVUE, THE PUNCH BOWL, and film ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
I Want A Lovable Baby:
1. 78/Columbia 412 D (The
Clover Gardens Orchestra directed by W.C. Polla)
2. 78/Gramophone B 2252 (Savoy Orpheans)
3. 78/Domino 3554 (Imperial Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Perfect 14475 (James Porter with Bill Wirges and His
Orchestra)
5. 78/Vocalion 15074 (Night Club Orchestra)
So Blue (cut):
1. 78/Grey Gull 1433
(Arthur Fields with Claude Lapham and His Orchestra)
2. 78/M-G-M 10542 (Art Lund with orchestra conducted by Leroy
Holmes)
3. 78/Perfect 14790 (Scrappy Lambert with Nicholas Orlando and
His Orchestra)
4. 78/Harmony 375 H (Joe Candullo, vocal, with Joe Candullo and
His Everglades Orchestra)
5. 78/Harmony 388 H (Irving Kaufman)
6. 78/Brunswick 3492 (Nick Lucas “The Crooning Troubadour” with
David Rubinoff, violin, and piano) [reissued on Tip-Toe Thru’
The Tulips, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5329]
7. 78/Victor 20564 (The Revelers with piano) [reissued on
Breezin’ Along With The Revelers, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5278]
8. 78/Victor 20570 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra with vocal
refrain)
9. 78/Victor 20912 (Carroll C. Tate with piano)
10. 78/Victor 20595 (Jesse Crawford,
organ)
11. 78/Capitol 2828 (Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra) [reissued
on Twelfth Street Rag, CD/Living Era CDAJA 5607]
12. 78/Vocalion 15540 (Harry Richman with orchestra)
13. 78/Banner 1947 (Charles Harrison with Adrain Schubert’s
Salon Orchestra) [also 78/Broadway 1099]
14. 78/Banner 1971 (The Red Masked Baritone with orchestra)
15. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited Volume II, CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-145 (Dorothy Loudon)
16. Bye-Bye, Blackbird, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5426 (Layton
& Johnstone)
17. Strict Tempo Ballroom, CD/Castle
Pulse PBXCD 364 (The John Warren Orchestra) (unverified)
18. Ain’t She Sweet, CD/Sounds Of Yesteryear DSOY 728 (Annette
Hanshaw)
19. Stanly Black and His Orchestra, CD/Dutton/Vocalion CDLK 4127
(Stanley Black and His Orchestra)
20. The Very Best Of The Vibrations, CD/Collectables 6421 (The
Vibrations)
21. Miss Wonderful/Dream Street, CD/MCA
MCDL19382 (Peggy Lee)
We Want The Charleston (Give Us The
Charleston) (L: B.G. DeSylva) (added after opening):
1. 78/Columbia 412 D (The
Clover Gardens Orchestra directed by W.C. Polla)
2. Georgia Melodians, CD/Timeless CBC 1031 (Georgia Melodians)
What A World This Would Be:
1. 78/Okeh 40428 (Bruce
Wallace with the Tickle Toe Ten)
2. 78/Victor 19737 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Vocalion 15131 (The Ambassadors with vocal chorus)
Unrecorded Material:
Beware Of The Girl With
The Fan
Charleston Dance (added after opening)
Even As You And I
Fly Butterfly (L: B.G. DeSylva)
The Girl Of Tomorrow
Lovely Lady (cut after opening)
New Rhythm Ballet
Read What The Papers Say
Room Enough For Me
Rosetime
Say It With Sable (L: B.G. DeSylva)
The Whosis Whatsis