KID BOOTS
Composer: Harry
Tierney
Lyricist: Joseph McCarthy
Opened: December 31, 1923, Earl Carroll Theatre, N.Y.C.;
moved on September 1, 1924 to the Selwyn Theatre; February 2,
1926, Winter Gardens Theatre, London
Performances: 479 (N.Y.C.); 172 (London)
Am I? (added for the London production):
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
Charley, My Boy (M: Ted Fiorito; L: Gus
Kahn):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Charley, My Boy".
Dinah (M: Harry Akst; L: Sam M. Lewis;
Joe Young):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. Songs He Made Famous, 10”/Decca 4431 (Eddie Cantor) [reissued
on Makin’ Whoopee With “Banjo Eyes,” CD/ASV/Living Era 5357]
2. Carnegie Hall Concert, Audio Fidelity 702 (Eddie Cantor)
3. Cantor Meets Jolson, CD/Original Cast 9753 (Eddie Cantor and
Al Jolson)
4. The Missing Sides 1938-1950, CD/Original Cast OC-1812 (Eddie
Cantor) (two renditions)
5. Chase and Sanborn Radio Show, CD/Original Cast 8715 (Eddie
Cantor)
The Dumber They Come The Better I
Like ‘Em (M/L: Fred E. Ahlert; Eddie Cantor; Harry
DeCosta):
1. Boardwalk Empire, Vol.
1, CD/Elektra 88259 (Stephen DeRosa with Vince Giordano and The
Nighthawks)
2. Songs To Offend Almost Everyone, CD/Jezebel Music (Sharon
McNight)
He’s The Hottest Man In Town (M: Jay
Gorney; L: Owen Murphy):
1. 78/Victor 19375 (George
Olsen and His Music) [reissued on George Olsen & His
Music, Vol. 1: 1924-25, CD/Renovation 7001]
2. 78/Path 032088 (Cliff Edwards, ukulele and voice) [also
78/Perfect 11557; 78/Perfect 12167; reissued on Fascinating
Rhythm 1922-1935, Retrieval Recordings RTR 79068]
3. 78/Brunswick 2758 (Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia 209 D (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His
Orchestra 1924, Vol. 3, CD/Classics 647]
5. 78/Hollywood Record 1028 (Major and His Orchestra)
6. Hot Moonlight!: Karen Lynn Gorney Sings The Music Of Jay
Gorney, CD/Gorney Music (Karen Lynn Gorney)
7. New York Horns 1923-1931, CD/Jazz Edition/Jazz Tribune 55482
(Red Nichols and Phil Napoleon)
8. Svensk Jazzhistoria, Vol. 1: Swedish Jazz 1899-1930,
CD/Caprice 22037 (The Chrystal Band)
If You Do What You Do (M: J. Russel
Robinson; L: Eddie Cantor; Roy Turk :
1. 78/Columbia 56-D
(Eddie Cantor with The Georgians) [reissued on The Columbia
Years: 1922-1940, CD/Columbia C2K-57148]
2. 78/Cameo 482 (Arthur Lange and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Brunswick 2639 (Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra)
4. 78/Vocalion 14771 (Ben Selvin and His Moulin Rouge Orchestra)
5. Living In Sin, CD/Coeur De Jeanette Productions 4 (Janet
Klein and Her Parlor Boys)
If You Knew Susie (M: Joseph Meyer; L:
Buddy G. DeSylva):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia 364-D (Eddie Cantor) [reissued on The Columbia
Years: 1922-1940, CD/Columbia C2K-57148]
2. 78/Columbia 35325 (Eddie Cantor with Jerry Joyce and His
Orchestra) [also 78/Columbia 2; reissued on The Columbia Years:
1922-1940, CD/Columbia C2K-57148]
3. Songs He Made Famous, 10”/Decca 4431 (Eddie Cantor) [reissued
on If You Knew Susie, CAS/MCA Special Products MCAC-20276]
4. Club Richman: Harry Richman & Eddie Cantor, Torrington
JRS-1019 (Eddie Cantor)
5. The Best Of Eddie Cantor, Vik LX-1119 (Eddie Cantor)
[reissued on CD/RCA 07863-66033-2]
6. Club Durant, Decca 9049 (Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante)
7. Eddie Cantor, Mark56 Records 757 (Eddie Cantor)
8. Carnegie Hall Concert, Audio Fidelity 702 (Eddie Cantor)
9. Carnegie Hall Concert, CD/Original Cast OC-9217 (Eddie
Cantor)
10. The Show That Never Aired, CD/Original Cast OC-9347 (Eddie
Cantor)
11. Pals, CD/Original Cast 9918 (Eddie Cantor and George Jessel)
(three renditions)
12. Makin’ Whoopee, CD/Pro-Arte Records CDD-460 (Fanny Brice and
Eddie Cantor)
13. The Missing Sides 1938-1950, CD/Original Cast OC-1812 (Eddie
Cantor)
If Your Heart’s In The Game (When Your
Heart’s In The Game):
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
In The Swim (At Miami):
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
Is It True What They Say About Dixie?:
1. Carnegie Hall Concert,
Audio Fidelity 702 (Eddie Cantor)
2. Singin’ In The Rain And Other Great Standards, CD/Hallmark
300742 (Tommy Steele)
3. Wingy Sings, Mamone Plays ‘Isle Of Capri’ & Other Great
Hits, CD/Jasmine JASMCD 2563 (Wingy Manone)
It’s Just That Feeling For Home (M:
Fred E. Ahlert; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young):
1. 78/Columbia 386 D
(Blossom Seeley)
2. 78/Cameo 747 (Broadway Broadcasters)
Keep On (added for the London production):
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
Keep Your Eye On The Ball:
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
Let Me Introduce You To My Rosie (M/L:
Lew Brown; Eddie Cantor; Henry W. Santly):
1. 78/Brunswick 3026
(Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra) [also 78/Vocalion 15205;
reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His
Orchestra 1925-1926, CD/Classics 610]
Let’s Do And Say We Didn’t (Let’s Don’t
And Say We Did) (dropped for the national tour):
1. The Definitive Hoosier
Hotshots Collection, CD/Collectors’ Choice Music 378 (Hoosier
Hot Shots) (unverified)
Ma, He’s Making Eyes At Me (M: Con Conrad; L Sindey Clare) (originally used in THE ROSE GIRL and also used in THE MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1921):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Decca 23723 (Eddie Cantor) [reissued on Songs He Made
Famous, 10”/Decca 4431; Makin’ Whoopee With “Banjo Eyes,”
CD/ASV/Living Era 5357]
2. The Best Of Eddie Cantor, Vik LX-1119 (Eddie Cantor)
[reissued on CD/RCA 07863-66033-2]
3. Carnegie Hall Concert, Audio Fidelity 702 (Eddie Cantor)
4. Carnegie Hall Concert, CD/Original Cast OC-9217 (Eddie
Cantor)
5. Hits & Rarities, CD/Original Cast 72 (Eddie Cantor)
6. Pals, CD/Original Cast 9918 (Eddie Cantor and George
Jessel)
7. The Missing Sides 1938-1950, CD/Original Cast OC-1812 (Eddie
Cantor)
8. The Complete Eddie Cantor Story, CD/Original Cast (Eddie
Cantor)
9. The Radio Songs, Vol. 1: The Thirties, CD/Storyville 3109
(Eddie Cantor)
(Since Ma Is Playing) Mah Jong (M/L:
Con Conrad; Billy Rose):
1. 78/Paramount 20320
(Arthur Fields with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Emerson 10741 (John Ryan Pennsylvania Syncopators)
3. 78/Columbia 74 D (Billy Jones with The Original Memphis Five)
[reissued on Columbias 1923-1931, CD/Retrieval Recordings RTR
79026]
4. 78/Brunswick 2586 (Morey Pearl and His Orchestar)
5. 78/Pennington 1378 (Chas. Dale and The Golden Gate Orchestra)
My Best Girl:
1. Carnegie Hall Concert,
CD/Original Cast OC-9217 (Eddie Cantor)
(Along) The Old Lake Trail:
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
2. 78/Edison 51404 (The Top Notchers)
3. 78/Victor 19244 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
A Play-Fair Man:
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
Polly Put The Kettle On:
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
2. 78/Edison 51404 (The Top Notchers)
3. 78/Victor 19322 (American Quartet)
Run Away From Me (added for the London
production):
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
The Same Old Way:
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
Someone Loves You After All (The Rain
Song):
1. 78/Edison 51404
(The Top Notchers)
2. 78/Victor 19244 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Cameo 482 (Arthur Lange and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 2565 (Ray Miller and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Perfect 14221 (Don Parker’s Entertainers)
6. Gennett Records Greatest Hits Collectino,
CD/Starr-Gennett/Sanyo 04 (Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra)
Why Don’t You Say So? (added for the
London production):
1. 78/Columbia 9089
(orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
Unrecorded Material:
Bet On The One You Fancy
A Birdie
The Cake-Eaters’ Ball
The Cocoanut Ball (dropped for the national tour)
A Day At The Club
Down ‘Round The 19th Hole
En Route (dropped for the national tour)
The Fountain Of Youth
(We’ve) Got To Have More
Goin’ Home Blues (M: George Olsen; Edward Kilfeather; L: Willie
Raskin) (dropped for the national tour)
Hot Ziggity (M/L: Eddie Cantor; Jerry Benson)
I’m In My Glory
In The Rough
The Intruder Dance
On With The Game
Skipping The Skips (added for the subsequent tour)
Social Observer
That’s All There Is
When The Cocoanuts Call
Win For Me