HULLO RAGTIME

HULLO RAG-TIME!

Composer: Louis A. Hirsch
Lyricist: Louis Hirsch

Opened: December 23, 1912, London Hippodrome Theatre, London
Performances: 451

Alexander’s Ragtime Band (M/L: Irving Berlin) (interpolated into the show; originally used in HELL portion of FOLIES BERGERE COMPANY (1911), and also used in FRIARS FROLIC OF 1911, THE MERRY WHIRL, and VERA VIOLETTA):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this Berlin standard beyond original cast member and composer performances.
1. The Ultimate Irving Berlin Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0116 (Ethel Levey)
2. Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin)

Bacchanal Rag (originally used in THE PASSING SHOW OF 1912):

1. 78/HMV C260 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]
2. 78/HMV 04558 (Ragtime Quintet conducted by Louis Hirsch)
3. I’ll Dance Till De Sun Breaks Through: Ragtime, Cakewalks And Stomps From 1898 To 1923 From The Original Recordings, CD/Saydisc CDSDL 336 (Peerless Orchestra)
4. From Cake-Walk To Ragtime 1898-1916, CD/Fremeaux & Associes FA 067 (unknown performer)

The Gaby Glide (originally used in VERA VIOLETTA, also used in THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY, THE LITTLE PARISIENNE, and GOING UP):

1. 78/Columbia A 1149 (Prince’s Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 17077 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia 2100 (Jack Manning with orchestral accompaniment)
4. Wurlitzer Style “U” Photoplayer, CAS/Carousel Music (William E. Black and Allan L. Stafford, band organs)
5. Crumb, CD/Rykodisc 10322 (David Boeddinghaus, piano, and Craig Ventresco, guitar)
6. Let It Shine, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1377 (Terry Waldo)

Hitchy Koo (M: Lewis F. Muir; L: Abrahams; Gilbert) (originally used in THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY):

1. 78/HMV 04099 (Bonita and Lew Hearn) [also 78/HMV C557; reissued on The Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 1, CD/Pearl 116]
2. 78/Champion 40068 (The Embassy Rhythm Eight)
3. 78/Decca 3938 (The Jesters)
4. 78/Columbia A 1236 (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan with orchestra)
5. 78/Edison (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan) [reissued on Radio & Recording Rarities, Vol. 25, CD/Lowlights]
6. 78/Victor 17271 (Victor Military Band)
7. 78/Victor 17196 (American Quartet)
8. Oh, What A Lovely War, Decca (S) SKL-4542 (cast with orchestra conducted by Alfred Ralston) [reissued as CD/Must Close Saturday Records 3008]
9. The Complete Sets, CD/Retrieval Recordings RTR 79051 (Danny Polo and His Swing Stars)
10. Evo Devo, CD/Tanager (Matt Bryan)

How Do You Do, Miss Ragtime? (previously used in THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY):

1. 78/HMV B-188 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis A. Hirsch)
2. 78/HMV C260 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV 04558 (Ragtime Quintet conducted by Louis Hirsch)
4. 78/HMV 03377 (Ethel Levey) [also 78/HMV C558]
5. 78/Syrena-Grand 403 (The Two Rags)

I’m Goin’ Back To Dixie (I Want To Be In Dixie) (M/L: Irving Berlin) (originally used in SHE KNOWS BETTER NOW and also used in THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY):

1. 78/Victor 17075 (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan with orchestra) [reissued on Phonographic Yearbook: 1912 - Waintin’ On The Levee, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9003]
2. 78/Columbia A 1165 (Prince’s Orchestra)
3. Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin, The Revelers, The Pickens Sisters, and the Al Goodman Orchestra)
4. Lovely Weekend, CD/Empress Music RAJCD 849 (Dorothy Carless)
5. The Dawn Of The Century Ragtime Orchestra, CD/Merrymakers 20 (Dawn Of The Century Ragtime Orchestra)
6. Songs And Sketches From The Hal Roach Films, CD/EMI 528605 (Laurel & Hardy)
7. The Wriggley Rag: A Musical Delve Into 1912, CD/Sounds Of Yesteryear/Old Bean Music DOLD 505 (unknown performer)
8. Always: The Songs Of Irving Berlin, CD/Avid 517 (unknown performer)
9. Say It With Music: British Dance Bands Play Irving Berlin, Vol. 2, CD/American Songbook Classics (London Orchestra)
10. Irving Berlin: The Platinum Collection, CD/Platinum Collection PC 629 (unknown performer)
11. The Black And White Minstrel Show, CD/Hallmark 709962 (The George Mitchell Minstrels)
12. Chip Deffaa’s An Irving Berlin Travelogue, CD/Garrett Mountain CDP AD 0604 (Rachel Hundert with musical direction by Richard Danley)

The International Rag (M/L: Irving Berlin) (added after opening; originally used in ALL ABOARD):

1. 78/Columbia A 5532 (Prince’s Band)
2. 78/Decca 1891 (Paul Gayle with Ben Pollack and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 17431 (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan)
4. 78/Victor 17487 (Victor Military Band)
5. 78/Victor 17506 (Pietro Deiro, accordion)
6. 78/Columbia A 1406 (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan with orchestra accompaniment)
7. 78/Decca 28642 (Ethel Merman with orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman) [also 45/Decca 91000; Call Me Madam, 10”/Decca (M) DL 5465; reissued on Call Me Madam, CD/Naxos Musicals 8.120794]
8. Irving Berlin: The Ragtime Years, Vanguard (S) VSD 79346 (Max Morath with orchestra conducted by Manny Albam)
9. The Young Irving Berlin, World (M) SH 275 (Charle Manny and Bob Roberts with Orchestra)
10. Brooks Kerr Salutes Irving Berlin, Bluewail (S) BWLP 1002 (Brooks Kerr, piano and vocals, Sonny Greer, drums)
11. Presenting Little, Dane, And Mason, Mercury (M) MG 20473 (Little, Dane, and Mason) [also 45/Mercury 71551X45]
12. Burl Ives Sings Irving Berlin, World Records (M) T 515 (Burl Ives)
13. Easter Parade, CD/Turner Classic Movies 836023-2 (The MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green)
14. Always: The Love Story Of Irving Berlin, CD/No label (KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
15. Alexander’s Ragtime Band, CD/Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1010-2 (Sophie Tucker with interjections by Al Jolson)
16. Come On And Hear!: Early Songs By Irving Berlin 1909-1915, CD/Oakton ORCD0001 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
17. The Sound Of The Movies: Irving Berlin, CD/History 20.3117-HI (Alice Faye, Jack Haley, and Chick Chandler)
18. Ethel Merman’s Broadway, CD/Varese Sarabande 5665 (Rita McKenzie with orchestra conducted by Robert Bendorff)
19. Dress Casual, CD/Sony 46998 (Mandy Patinkin with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
20. The Seven Little Foys, CD/Original Cast MWJL-0032 (The Seven Little Foys with musical direction by Richard Danley)
21. Irving Berlin’s Ragtime Revue, CD/Chip Deffaa Productions CDP 330 (Rayna Hirt, Maite Uzal, Missy Drier, Jonah Barricklo, Emily Bordanaro, Michael Kasper, Michael Czyz, and Ann Marie Calabro with musical direction by Richard Danley)
22. This Is The Life!, CD/New World Records 80773-2 (Bernadette Boerckel and Daniel Marcus with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Banjamin)
23. Irving Berlin & Co., CD/Garrett Mountain Records GMRD CDP 715 (Keith Anderson, Emily Bordanaro, and Jonah Barricklo with music direction by Richard Danley)
24. Irving Berlin: In Person, CD/Garret Mountain Records GMRD CDP 0113 (Jed Peterson with accompaniment by Richard Danley)
25. Chip Deffaa’s Irving Berlin: Ragtime Rarities, Chip Deffaa’s Irving Berlin: Ragtime Rarities (Dea Julien with musical direction by Richard Danley)
26. Chip Deffaa’s An Irving Berlin Travelogue, CD/Garrett Mountain CDP AD 0604 (Emily Bordonaro and Michael Kasper with musical direction by Richard Danley)

The Man I Love:

1. 78/HMV C260 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]

Military Mary Ann:

1. 78/Columbia 2150 (Beth Tate and Stanley Kirkby with orchestra accompaniment)

My Honolulu Honey Lou (M: Melville Gideon):

1. 78/HMV B187 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch)

Ragging The Baby To Sleep (M: Muir; L: Miller):

1. 78/HMV B187 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch)
2. 78/Victor 17081 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Complete Recordings, Vol. 1: 1911-1914, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120514 (Al Jolson)
3. 78/Phono-Cut 5017 (Byron G. Harlan with orchestra)
4. Ragging The Baby To Sleep, CD/Stomp Off 1297 (Symphonic Winds)

Ragtime Soldier Man (originally used in THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY):

1. 78/HMV 2-4041 (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Columbia A 1201 (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan with orchestra accompaniment)
3. 78/Victor 17150 (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan with orchestra)
4. Come On And Hear!: Early Songs By Irving Berlin 1909-1915, CD/Oakton ORCD0001 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
5. Chicago Rhythm, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8010 (Al Turk)
6. I Love A Piano, CD/Rivermont BSW 2218 (Ian Whitcomb, piano, Adam Swanson, piano, and Danny Coots, drums)
7. Chip Deffaa’s Irving Berlin: Ragtime Rarities, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP MJ 0314 (Dylan Adams with musical direction by Richard Danley)

Somehow, Sometime, Someplace (likely same song as “Some Time, Some Place, Some Girl” (Somehow, Sometime, Somewhere) added after opening to TWO LITTLE BRIDES):

1. 78/HMV 04100 (Bonita and Lew Hearn) [also 78/HMV C557; reissued on The Ultimate Irving Berlin Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0116]
2. 78/Decca 27142 (The Melodeans Quartet with Frankie Froba and His Boys)
3. 78/Phoenix 060 (Harry Long)
4. 78/M-G-M 30186 (Judy Garland and Fred Astaire with the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green) [also 45/MGM X4063; reissued on Easter Parade, CD/Turner Classic Movies 836023-3]
5. 78/Victor (Billy Murray)
6. 78/Columbia (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan)
7. 78/Edison Amberol (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan)
8. 78/Indestructible (Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan)
9. Musical Mermories, 45/Glendale Federal Savings And Loan Association RB-2321 (Ted Bowers, Pat Jennings, and the American Eagle Orchestra)
10. Berlin Lieder: Songs Of Irving Berlin, CD/Shell Castle 2 (Marilyn Horne, Robert White, and Dick Hyman, piano)
11. Irving Berlin: Say It With Music, CD/Reader’s Digest RDCD 1361-3 (Elisabeth Welch with orchestra conducted by Gordon Lightfoot)

The Wedding Glide (originally used in THE PASSING SHOW OF 1912):

1. 78/HMV C260 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]
2. 78/HMV B188 (Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch)
3. 78/HMV 04558 (Ragtime Quintet conducted by Louis Hirsch)
4. 78/HMV 04097 (Shirley Kellogg and Gerald Kirby) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 2: 1908-1913, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9053-5]
5. 78/Victor 17277 (Victor Military Band)
6. 78/Syrena-Grand 403 (The Two Rags) (unverified)
7. 78/Columbia A 1210 (Ada Jones and Walter Van Brunt with orchestral accompaniment)
8. 78/Victor 17170 (Ada Jones and Billy Murray with orchestra) [reissued on Comic Songs By Billy Murray & Co. Vol. 4 - The Ragtime Era, CAS/Vintage Music Productions]
9. CYL/Edison Blue Amberol 1577 (Ada Jones and Billy Murray)
10. Lost Empires, CD/TER CDTER 1119 (Weston Gavin & Kenneth Nelson)
11. The Welte Mignon Mystery, Vol. 28: Swinging Welte, CD/Tacet 200 (unknown performer, possibly the Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Louis Hirsch)
12. Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A. Hirsch, CD/New World Records 80707-2 (Colte Julian and Bernadette Boerckel with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)

When Was There Ever A Night Like This?:

1. 78/HMV 04108 (Bonita and Lew Hearn) [also 78/HMV C558]
2. 78/Victor 17114 (American Quartet)
3. 78/Columbia A 1252 (Ada Jones and Walter Van Brunt with orchestral accompaniment)