LEAVE IT TO JANE
Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: P.G. Wodehouse
Opened: August 28, 1917, Longacre Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 167
Atwater College Songs (aka "Good Old Atwater"):
1. 78/Columbia 18260
(Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)) [reissued on Theatre Lyrics Of
P.G. Wodehouse, CDr/Folkways F-RF601]
2. 78/Vic 35624 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
3. Have A Heart, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHH04P-2C (Michael Parr
and Suzanne Galer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Andrea Marcovicci
with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
Atwater (reprise):
1. Leave It To Jane,
CD/AEI AEI-CD 038 (Ensemble with orchestra directed by Joseph
Stecko)
Cleopatterer:
1. Till The Clouds Roll
By, 10"/MGM (M) E-501 (June Allyson, Ray McDonald, and Chorus
with the M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton)
[reissued on Till The Clouds Roll By, CD/Sony Music Special
Products AK 47029]
2. Leave It To Jane, Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Dorothy Greener with
orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD
038]
3. Judy Garland: The Greatest Duets, Broadcast Tributes 0002
(Judy Garland and June Allyson)
4. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
5. Silver Linings: Songs By Jerome Kern, CD/Arabesque Z6515
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
The Crickets Are Calling (same main
theme as "Whistling Dan" in 90 IN THE SHADE):
1. 78/Victor 35666 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company conducted by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
3. 78/Emerson 7303 (Jack Warner with orchestra)
4. Leave It To Jane, Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Kathleen Murray and
Art Matthews with orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued
as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
5. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
6. You'd Better Love Me, CD/Audiophile ACD-121 (Marlene Ver
Planck with the Loonis McGlohon Trio)
Finale Act I:
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Ensemble with orchestra directed by Joseph
Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
Finale Act II:
1. 78/Victor 35666
(Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Leave It To Jane, Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Company with orchestra
directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
3. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Football Song (Opening Act II):
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Jeanne Allen and Ensemble with orchestra
directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Football Song (reprise):
1. Leave It To Jane,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown performer with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
I'm Going To Find A Girl Someday (same
tune as "Little Billie" from GLORIA'S ROMANCE):
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (George Segal, Angelo Mango, and Rau Tudor
with orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI
AEI-CD 038]
2. Our Musical Past, Volume 2, CD/Library Of Congress OMP 103
(The Music Crafters Orchestra conducted by Frederick Fennell)
(as "Little Billie")
3. Our Musical Past, Volume 2, CD/Library Of Congress OMP 103
(The Music Crafters Orchestra conducted by Frederick Fennell)
(as "Overture" including "Little Billie")
4. Off Broadway, CD/Decca Broadway 012 159 254-2 (Jerry Orchach
with orchsetra conducted by Norman Paris)
Just You Watch My Step:
1. 78/Victor 35666 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Leave It To Jane, Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Angelo Mango and
Jeanne Allen with orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued
as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
3. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Leave It To Jane:
1. 78/Victor 35666 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company conducted by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
3. 78/Edison 80382 (Gladys Rice and Helen Clark with chorus and
orchestra)
4. 78/Edison 80382 (Jaudas' Society Orchestra)
5. Till The Clouds Roll By, 10"/MGM (M) E-501 (June Allyson, Ray
McDonald, and Chorus with the M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted
by Lennie Hayton) [reissued on Till The Clouds Roll By, CD/Sony
Music Special Products AK 47029]
6. Leave It To Jane, Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Kathleen Murray,
Angelo Mango, Jeanne Allen, et al. with orchestra directed by
Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
7. The Essential Jerome Kern, Vanguard (S) VSD 87/88 (George
Feyer, piano, with rhythm accompaniment)
8. Music Of Kern, Gershwin, Rodgers, Youmans, Arthur Schwartz,
Folkways (M) FS 3857 (Milton Rettenberg at the piano)
9. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Leave It To Jane (reprise):
1. Leave It To Jane,
CD/AEI AEI-CD 038 (unknown performer with orchestra directed by
Joseph Stecko)
Overture:
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko)
[reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Gershwin/Porter Overture & Film Music/Kern Overture &
Film Music, CD/EMI 5 68589 2 (National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by John McGlinn)
A Peach Of A Life:
1. Leave It To Jane,
CD/AEI AEI-CD 038 (unidentified performers with orchestra
directed by Joseph Stecko)
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
A Peach Of A Life (reprise):
1. Leave It To Jane,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown performer with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Playout Music:
1. Leave It To Jane,
CD/AEI AEI-CD 038 (orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko)
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Poor Prune (cut; reinstated for the
1959 revival):
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Dorothy Greener with orchestra directed by
Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
Sir Galahad (aka "The Days Of
Chivalry"):
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Angelo Mango, Dorothy Greener, and Ray
Tudor with orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as
CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal Cazalet and Sylvia McNair
with Steven Blier, piano)
The Siren's Song:
1. 78/Victor 35666 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company conducted by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
3. 78/Decca 1294 (Jan Garber and His Orchestra) [reissued on Jan
Garber And His Orchestra Plays 22 Original Big Band Records,
CD/Hindsight HCD-403]
4. 78/Victor 26230 (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [reissued
on Wrappin' It Up: The Harry James Years, Vol. 2, CD/RCA 66549]
5. 45/Liberty F-55899 (Billy Maxted) [also found on Maxted Makes
It!, CD/Liberty 7474]
6. A Memo From Jerome Kern To George Byron, 10"/Desto D 501
(George Byron with piano accompaniment by William Roy)
7. Premiere Performance! George Byron Sings New And Rediscovered
Jerome Kern Songs, Atlantic (M) 1293 (George Byron with music
conducted by Andre Previn)
8. Keith Ingham Plays The Music Of Jerome Kern, World (S) WRS
1003 (Keith Ingham)
9. Song Hits Of 1917, *** (Bob Grant Orchestra)
10. C'Mon Let's Dance!, *** (Freddy Martin Orchestra)
11. Just Before Dawn, World Pacific WPM-409 (Pat Healy with
orchestra conducted by Fred Katz) [reissued as CD/Japanese
Import 9434]
12. Leave It To Jane, Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Kathleen Murray with
orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD
038]
13. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
14. Silver Linings: Songs By Jerome Kern, CD/Arabesque Z6515
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
15. Heart And Soul, CD/Nand 424 (Nancy Dussault with music
conducted by Ron Abel)
Unverified radio transcriptions performed by the Norman Cloutier
Orchestra and the Mischa Borr Orchestra are known to exist.
The Sun Shines Brighter (titled "I'm So Happy" out of town):
1. 78/Victor 35666 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company conducted by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
3. Leave It To Jane, Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Angelo Mango, Dorothy
Greener, and Jeanne Allen with orchestra directed by Joseph
Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
4. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Sun Shines Brighter (reprise):
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (unidentified performers with orchestra
directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
There It Is Again (titled "When The
Orchestra's Playing Your Favorite Waltz" out of town and
titled "When The Orchestra's Playing Your Favorite Dance" in
OH, BOY! tryout):
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Art Matthews, Jean Speers, et al. with
orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD
038]
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Jerome Kern: Life Upon The Wicked S.T.A.G.E., CD/LML Music
LML CD-202 (Karen Culliver and David Holladay with Chris Holly
& Tracy Powell and with musical direction by Ron Abel)
4. Jerome Kern Collection, CD/Silva Screen 3006 (Eric Parkin,
piano)
Wait Till To-morrow:
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Kathleen Murray and Chorus with orchestra
directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD 038]
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
What I'm Longing To Say (aka "Something
To Say") (dropped during the run):
1. 78/Victor 35666 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company conducted by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
3. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
When The Orchestra's Playing Your
Favorite Waltz (cut; same music as "There It Is Again" and
titled "When The Orchestra's Playing Your Favorite Dance" in
OH, BOY! tryout):
See listing for "There It
Is Again"
Unrecorded Material:
It's A Great Big Land
(sheet music only)
I've Had My Share (cut)
I've Never Found A Girl Like You (cut)
I've Played For You (cut)
Why (cut)