GOOD MORNING, JUDGE
Composers:
Lionel Monckton; Howard Talbot
Lyricists: Percy Greenbank; Adrian Ross
Opened: February 6, 1919, Shubert Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 140
Note: This musical was based on the English musical THE BOY.
A Game That Ends With A Kiss:
1. 78/Columbia 704 (London
Revue Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
I Want To Go Bye-Bye (M: Lionel
Monckton; L: Percy Greenbank) (dropped for the subsequent
tour):
1. 78/HMV 02776
(W.H. Berry with Bessie Jones and Eda Bennie) [also 78/HMV D415;
78/Gramophone M 921; reissued on Forty Years Of English Musical
Comedy, Rococo 4007]
2. 78/Columbia 704 (London Revue Orchestra conducted by Albert
Ketelbey)
3. 78/HMV C835 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Arthur Wood)
4. 78/Columbia 2835 (Harry Glen and Quartet)
I Was So Young (And You Were So
Beautiful) (aka “I Am So Young And You Are So Beautiful”)
(M: George Gershwin; L: Alfred Bryan; Irving Caesar) :
1. 78/Victor 35690 (Joseph
C. Smith’s Orchestra)
2. The Gershwin Years, Decca (M) DXZ 160 (male chorus with
orchestra conducted by George Bassman)
3. Music Of Kern, Gershwin, Rodgers, Youmans, Arthur Schwartz,
Folkways (M) FS 3857 (Milton Rettenberg at the piano)
4. Gershwin . . . From Tin Pan Alley To Broadway, Mark 56
Records (M) 680 (George Gershwin, piano) [reissued on Kickin’
The Clouds Away: Gershwin At The Piano, CD/Klavier K 77031]
5. Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For Gershwin, Atlantic (S) SD 2-608
(Bobby Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and
Richard Sheridan, drums [reissued as CD/Atlantic 608-2]
6. Jazz Meets Weill And Gershwin, CD/Koch Jazz 3-6969-2 (David
Taylor, bass trombone; Kenny Drew Jr., piano; aand Daniel
Schnyder, saxophone)
7. Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul,
CD/Blue Note 7243 8 60669 2 3 (Bill Charlap, piano with Peter
Washington, bass, Kenny Washington, drums, Phil Woods, alto
saxophone, Frank Wess, tenor saxophone, Nicholas Payton,
trumpet, and Slide Hampton, trombone)
8. If Bix Played Gershwin, CD/Arbors ARCD 19283 (Tom Pletcher
and Dick Hyman)
9. Jazz Meets Weill and Gershwin, CD/Koch Jazz 6969 (Daniel
Schnyder)
10. Lush Life, CD/Ode Records CDODE 1292 (Richard Rodney
Bennett)
11. Right As The Rain, CD/Tomato/Rhino 72244 (Helen Schneider)
12. The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1, CD/ASV/Living Era
CDWHL 2074 (Jack Gibbons, piano)
13. Blue Note Presents 2006 Jazz Sampler, CD/Blue Note 3429502
(Peter Washington)
14. A Voice And A Piano, CD/Preiser PR 93429 (Helen Schneider
with musical direction by Bruce W. Coyle)
I’m Not Jealous (M: Fred Mayo; Ed G.
Nelson; L: Harry Pease) (sheet music only; also used in
SINBAD):
1. 78/Edison 50572
(Rachael Grant and Billy Murray with orchestra)
Little Miss Melody (M: Lionel Monckton;
L: Percy Greenbank) (added after opening):
1. 78/HMV C833 (Nellie
Taylor)
2. 78/Columbia 2835 (George F. Murray and Quartet)
3. 78/Columbia 704 (London Revue Orchestra conducted by Albert
Ketelbey)
4. 78/HMV C835 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Arthur Wood)
5. 78/HMV B963 (De Groot and the Piccadilly Orchestra)
6. 78/HMV C884 (Band of the H.M. Coldstream Guards)
Pansy Day (L: Lionel Monckton; L: Percy
Greenbank):
1. 78/Columbia 704
(London Revue Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
Sporty Boys (M: Lionel Monckton; L:
Percy Greenbank):
1. 78/Columbia 704 (London
Revue Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. 78/HMV C835 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Arthur Wood)
That Has Nothing To Do With You (It’s
Nothing To Do With You) (M: Lionel Monckton; L: Percy
Greenbank):
1. 78/Columbia 704 (London
Revue Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. 78/HMV C835 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Arthur Wood)
There’s More To The Kiss Than The X X X
(M: George Gershwin; L: Irving Caesar) (sheet music only?;
also used in LA-LA-LUCILLE!):
1. George Gershwin
Revisited, MGM E-4375 OC (Barbara Cook, Anthony Perkins, Elaine
Stritch, and Bobby Short with musical direction by Norman Paris)
[also Painted Smiles PS-1357; reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-101]
2. By George! By Ira! By Gershwin!, CD/American Popular Song
Label Protosound PS 17512 #36201/2 (Carolyn Black-Sotir
and R. Timothy McReynolds with R. Timothy McReynolds, piano, and
Thomas C. Williams, bass)
3. Sweet And Low-Down: Songs By George Gershwin, CD/Oakton
ORCD0004 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
4. Gershwin Live!, CD/B.A.S.E. CD-9001 (Bill Wright, piano and
voice)
Young Folks And Old Folks:
1. 78/Columbia 704 (London
Revue Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. 78/HMV C835 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Arthur Wood)
Unrecorded Material:
Dinky Doodle Dicky (M:
Howard Talbot; L: Percy Greenbank)
Finale
Here Comes The Bride (M: George W. Meyer; L: E. Ray Goetz) (not
in programs)
I Am The Boy (And I Am The Girl) (M: Louis Silvers; L: B.G.
DeSylva) (dropped for the subsequent tour)
Love Came First When I Saw You (M/L: Harold Vicars) (sheet music
only)
Make Hay Little Girl (M: Lionel Monckton; L: Percy Greenbank)
Midnight Cabaret
Oh That We Two Were Maying (M: Lionel Monckton; L: Percy
Greenbank)
One Night, One Waltz, One Girl (added for the subsequent tour)
Opening Chorus
Some Quiet Afternoon (aka “Some Sweet Morning”) (M: Egbert Van
Alstyne; L: Gus Kahn) (sheet music only)
(I’ve Got A Pair Of) Swinging Doors (That Lead Right Into My
Heart) (M: Bert Grant; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young)
Take Me (Back Again) (M/L: Edward F. Breier; Edward A.
Weinstein) (sheet music only)