GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS (1926)
(Eight Edition)



Composer: Ray Henderson
Lyricists: Lew Brown; B.G. DeSylva

Opened: June 14, 1926, Apollo Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 432


The Birth Of The Blues (subsequently used in GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS (1929)):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Brunswick 03944 (Harry Richman with orchestra directed by Jack Golden) [also 78/Vocalion 15412; reissued on Puttin’ On The Ritz, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5405]
2. Harry Richman’s Souvenir Album, 78/Decca album 632 (Harry Richman)
3. Club Richman, Torrington JRS-1019 (Harry Richman)


The Black Bottom (subsequently used in the GEORGE WHITE SCANDALS (1929)):

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


The Girl Is You And The Boy Is Me (subsequently used in UP WITH THE LARK):

1. 78/Gramophone B 2749 (Morton Downey)
2. 78/Victor 20163 (Gladys Rice and Franklyn Baur with Frank Banta, piano)
3. 78/Brunswick 3242 (Phil Ohman and Victor Arden with their Orchestra) [reissued on Arden and Ohman (Volume 3), JJA Records JJA 1983-4]


Here I Am (added after opening):

1. 78/Columbia 701 D (Leo Reisman and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Perfect 14648 (John Ryan with the Golden Gate Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 20107 (Gene Austin with Frank Banta, piano)
4. 78/Vocalion 15457 (Harry Richman)
5. 78/Edison 51784 (Tennessee Happy Boys)
6. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited Volume II, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-145 (Dorothy Loudon)


It All Depends On You (added after opening; originally used in BIG BOY and subsequently used in LIDO LADY):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Brunswick 03944 (Harry Richman with orchestra directed by Jack Golden) [also 78/Brunwick 3501; reissued on On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Pelican 130]
2. Harry Richman’s Souvenir Album, 78/Decca album 632 (Harry Richman)


(This Is My) Lucky Day (subsequently used in GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS (1929)):

1. Click here for recordings of "(This Is My) Lucky Day".


Rhapsody In Blue (inst.) (M: George Gershwin) (subsequently used in GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS (1929)):

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


Tweet Tweet (subsequently used in UP WITH THE LARK):

1. DeSylva, Brown And Henderson Revisited Volume I, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-144 (Blossom Dearie with musical direction by Norman Paris)
2. Just Imagine: The Music Of DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, CD/Stomp Off CD 1285 (Keith Ingham & Marty Grosz and Their Hot Cosmopolites)


Unrecorded Material:

Are You Satisfied?
David And Lenore
Lady Fair
My Jewels
Sevilla
Talent Is What The Public Wants
Twenty Years Ago
Walking Dogs Around