LADY FINGERS

Composer: Joseph Meyer
Lyricist: Edward Eliscu

Opened: January 31, 1929, Vanderbilt Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 132

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (M: Ralph Erwin; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young) (added after opening; originally used in BROADWAY NIGHTS and subsequently used in the film THE EMPEROR WALTZ):

1. Click here for recordings of "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame".


I Love You More Than Yesterday (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart) (cut after opening; also cut from PRESENT ARMS):

1. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles PS-1367 (Lynn Redgrave) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]
2. Rodgers And Hart Rarities, CD/Bygone Records BG-1001 (unidentified singer)


Sing (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart) (added after opening; same music as "First We Throw Moe Out"; originally used in BETSY and also used in LADY LUCK):

1. 78/Columbia 4340 (Laddie Cliff with Three Pianos, H.B. Hedley, J. Clarke, and G. Myddleton) [reissued on The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0110]
2. 78/Brunswick 3431 (Park Lane Orchestra with vocal chorus)
3. 78/HMV C-1346 (Light Opera Company) (two renditions)
4. 78/Columbia 4346 (The Singing Sophomores)
5. 78/Columbia 4344 (Percival Mackey's Band)
6. 78/EB Winner 4668 (Alfred's Band)
7. It's Smooth, It's Smart. It's Rodgers, It's Hart!, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MES-7069 (Ronny Whyte and Travis Hudson) [reissued as The Songs Of Rodgers And Hart, CD/Audiophile ACD-57]


Slow Down (sheet music only):

1. Album Of Mae West Songs, 10"/Mezzotone 21 (Mae West) (unverified) [reissued on Come Up And See Me Sometime, CD/Living Era 5604]


Something To Live For (added after opening):

1. 78/Victor 21905 (Dick Robertson with the Victor Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret) [reissued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 3 (1928-29), JJA (M) 19803]


You're Perfect (cut after opening):

1. 78/Victor 21905 (Dick Robertson with the Victor Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret


Unrecorded Material:

All Aboard
Ballet
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Follow Master
Ga-Ga
I Want You All To Myself (added after opening)
Let Me Weep On Your Shoulder (not in program)
The Life Of A Nurse
My Wedding
An Open Book
Shah!
Shah! Raise The Dust!
Sing Boom (cut after opening)
There's Something In That (cut after opening)
Turn To Me (not in program)