INNOCENT EYES
Composers: Sigmund
Romberg; Jean Schwartz
Lyricists: Harold Atteridge; Tot Seymour
Opened:
May 20, 1924, Winter Garden Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 126
Africa (M: James F. Hanley; L: Henry Creamer):
1. 78/Cameo 576 (Vic
Myer’s Melody Orchestra)
2. 78/Perfect 14298 (Original Memphis Five)
3. 78/Okeh 40161 (Markels’ Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 19394 (Billy Murray with Jack Shilkret’s Orchestra)
En Douce (M/L: Albert Willemetz;
Maurice Yvain) (cut after opening):
1. Empress Of The Music
Hall, CD/EPM 995732 (Mistinguett)
2. Songs From Paris And Old French Folk Songs, CD/EPM 986782
(Colette Renard)
3. Paris Café, CD/Reflections/Fisher-Price 33969 (Le Grand
Baiser)
4. Putumayo Presents: French Café, CD/Putumayo 219 (Baguette
Quartette)
5. France: Music & Cuisine For Dinner With A Theme,
CD/Somerset Entertainment 40744 (unknown performer)
6. Le Temps Des Guinguettes, CD/EMI 19245 (Annie Fratellini)
Hard Hearted Hannah (M: Milton Ager;
Robert Bigelow; L: Charles Bates; Jack Yellen) (added after
opening):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard.
Innocent Eyes (M: J. Fred Coots; Jean
Schwartz; L: McElbert Moore) (originally used in
BAL-TABARIN):
1. 78/Cameo 512 (Bob
Haring and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 19288 (International Novelty Orchestra)
3. 78/Edison 51320 (Harry Raderman’s Dance Orchestra)
4. And Then I Wrote, Coral (M) CRL 57084 (J. Fred Coots with
piano accompaniment)
La Java (M/L: Maurice Yvain) (cut):
1. 78/Pathe 6603
(Mistinguett) [reissued on Empress Of The Music Hall, CD/EPM
995732]
2. 78/Edison 51305 (Kaplan’s Melodists)
3. 45/Victor EPA 831 (Jacques Ysaye and His Orchestra)
4. Paris Music Hall: Mistinguett, CD/Orphee (Mistinguett)
5. Bal Musette & Guinguete France, Vol. 1, CD/Caravage (Max
Marino)
6. Valse Musette, CD/Arc Music 1406 (Enrique Ugarte)
7. Mon Truc En Plume, CD/Polygram 8367082 (Zizi Jeanmarie)
8. Viva La France: Celebrated French Songs, CD/Empire/Joker 1914
(Batman)
9. Chansons Des Rues, CD/EPM 1099 (Francis Lemarque)
10. Le Petit Bal Du Samedi Soir, CD/Forlane 13153 (Louis
Corchia)
11. Reine De Musette, CD/Sony/Versailles 4768102 (Yvette Horner)
Red-Hot Mama (M/L: Gilbert Wells; Bud
Cooper; Fred Rose) (added after opening):
1. 78/Gennett 5473 (Miami
Lucky Seven)
2. 78/Coral 60234 (Georgia Gibb with orchestra) [reissued on Red
Hot, CD/Sepia 1016]
3. 78/Decca 1309 (Freddie Fisher and His Orchestra) [also
78/Decca 5331]
4. 78/Disc 5055 (Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Cliff Jackson, piano
and cornet; Bob Casey, bass; Joe Grauso, drums; and Vic
Dickenson, trombone) [reissued on The Chronological Pee Wee
Russell, 1935-1946, CD/Classics 1204]
5. 78/Abbey 15013 (Lawrence Cook, piano roll)
6. 78/Banner 1364 (Fletcher Henderson’s Dance Orchestra) [also
78/Regal 9658; reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson
& His Orchestra 1924, Vol. 1, CD/Classics 673]
7. 78/Brunswick 2681 (Ray Miller and His Orchestra) [reissued on
1924-1929, CD/Timeless CBC 1066]
8. 78/Columbia 38772 (Beatrice Kay and Her Kay Jammers) [also
7”/Columbia 1-592]
9. 78/King 15041 (Sister Slocum and Her Little Brother)
10. 78/Vocalion 14853 (Ben Selvin and His Orchestra) [reissued
on 1924-26: Sounds From The Roaring Twenties, CD/Timeless CBC
1089]
11. 78/Paramount 12246 (Jimmy O’Bryant, clarinet; Jimmy Blythe,
piano; Jasper Taylor, washboard, clarinet)
12. 78/OKeh 40129 (Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro, piano)
[reissued on Last Of The Red Hot Mamas, CD/Living Era/Sanctuary
CDAJA 5611]
13. Dorothy Loudon At The Blue Angel, Coral (M) CRL 757265
(Dorothy Loudon with the Norman Paris Trio) [reissued on Dorothy
Loudon At The Blue Angel And Other Rarities, CD/Stage Door STAGE
2320]
14. Muggsy Spanier, CD/Avid AMSC 695 (Muggsy Spanier)
15. The Carnegie Hall Tour, CD/Bear Family BCD 16828 (Ronnie
Dawson and High Noon)
16. Tall Tales, CD/Hightone/Shout! Records HCD 8104 (The Hot
Club Of Cowtown)
17. Flappers, Vamps & Sweet Young Things, CD/ASV/Living Era
CDAJA 5015 (The Brox Sisters)
18. Rockinitis, CD/Pink & Black Records NOHITCD 04 (Ronnie
Dawson)
19. The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, Vol. 1, CD/The Old Masters 111
(The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks)
20. Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band, Vol. 1 (1924-1925), CD/RST
Records 1518 (Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band)
21. Carousel Breezes, Vol. 2, CD/Dynamic 135 (Wurlitzer Band
Organ)
Su L’Boul’vard (M/L: Aristide Bruant?):
1. Montmerte, CD/EPM 983302
(Aristide Bruant) (unverified)
Unrecorded Material:
American Jazz (cut)
Apache Dance (inst.)
The Bal Tabarin (cut)
Ballet Dance
Bang Up Time (cut)
Buck (cut)
Chiquette (M: J. Fred Coots; Jean Schwartz; L: McElbert
Moore) (originally used in BAL-TABARIN)
Ballet Dance (inst.)
Damn Clever, These Chinese
Dance Of Beauty (inst.)
Danse De Volstead (inst.)
Day Dreams (cut after opening)
Dear Old Moulin Rouge (cut after opening)
Fan Number
A Few Fast Steppers
Finale
Fountain Of Youth (cut)
The Franco-American Step (cut)
Garden Of Love (M: Jean Schwartz; L: Tot Seymour)
Hula Dance (inst.)
Hula, Hula, Sailor Man (cut after opening)
Hurry Up (cut)
I Love A Lark (cut)
I Love The Boys (cut)
I Loved Her Best Of All
Inspiration
A Lesson In Love (cut)
Let’s Have A Good Time
Lolita (cut)
Love Is Like A Pinwheel
Maybells (cut)
(Behind) Milady’s Fan
The Millennium (cut)
Musical Shoes (cut)
My Rose (M: J. Fred Coots; Jean Schwartz; L: McElbert Moore)
(originally used in BAL-TABARIN)
Organdy Days (M: Jean Schwartz; L: Tot Seymour)
Our Emblem Is The Lily
Peacock Strut
Perfume Waltz (inst.)
Pianologue
Powder Your Nose (cut)
Pretty Ankle (cut)
Rin-Tin-Tin (cut)
Sextette
Spanish Dance (inst.)
Spoony Croony Tune (cut after opening)
Surrounded By The Girls
Take Me (cut)
Tweet, Tweet (added during the run)
We Are Puritans (cut)
Yankee Strut