A
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: June 6, 1904, Aerial Gardens Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 120
Note: Shortly after the show opened, Act 3 was replaced by THE OFFENBACH REVIEW, which included numbers from LES BRIGANDS, BARBE-BLUE, LA BELLE HELENE, LA PERICHOLE, LA GRAND DUCHESSE, LA JOLIE PARFUMEUSE, GENVIEVE DEBRABANT, and ORPHEE AUX ENFERS.
Just A Little Ever-Loving Girl (M: Mullen; L: Bryan) (cut after opening):
1. 78/Zonophone 6067
(Billy Murray)
Maid Of The Mill (M/L: Stephen Adams)
(cut after opening):
1. 78/Okeh 1013 (Reed
Miller with orchestra)
2. Dreamfaces, CD/Centaur 2389 (Priscilla Gale with Andrej
Mentschufoff, guitar)
Salt Of The Sea (M/L: Arthur Penn)
(added after opening):
1. 78/Victor 4209 (Frank
C. Stanley with orchestra) [also 78/Victor 16063]
Sextette (M: Leslie Stuart; L: Owen
Hall) (added after opening; originally used in FLORADORA):
1. 78/Meteor 1106 (Meteor
Light Opera Company)
2. 78/Columbia A 6158 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
3. 78/Decca 2442 (Will Osborne and Lynn Davis with Will Osborne
and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 1799 (Florodora)
5. 78/Victor 1362 (Miss Spencer and Mr. MacDonough) [also
78/Victor 16061]
6. 78/Victor 2915/6167 (Vess Ossman, banjo solo) [also 78/Victor
3049]
7. 78/Brunswick 5010 (Brunswick Light Opera Company)
8. 78/Victor 31817 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Music from the New York Stage 1890-1920, Vol. 1: 1890-1908,
CD/Pearl 9050]
9. 78/Victor 26545 (Victor Mixed Chorus with instrumental
accompaniment directed by Emile Cot)
10. 78/Victor 35451 (Victor Light Opera Company)
11. 78/Victor 27407 (Barry Wood and The Four King Sisters with
Orchestra)
12. 78/Path 22372 (Path Light Opera Company)
13. 78/Vocalion 14065 (Florodora Sextette with the Aeolian Light
Opera Company)
14. 78/Columbia A 128 (Columbia Orchestra)
15. 78/Columbia 9093 (Leslie Stuart, piano)
16. 78/HMV 04534 (Light Opera Company) (unverified)
17. 78/HMV C-2253 (Light Opera Company) (unverified)
18. 78/Brunswick 20021 (Brunswick Light Opera Company)
(unverified)
19. 78/Columbia A-5326 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
(unverified)
20. 78/Columbia DX-126 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
(unverified)
21. 78/Berliner 4524 (Florodora chorus with Leslie Stuart, Paul
Rubens, and Landon Ronald, pianos) [reissued on Floradora,
CD/Opal CD-9835]
22. 78/Columbia A-485 (Florodora girls with piano) [reissued on
Music From The New York Stage Vol. 1: 1890-1908, CD/Pearl GEMM
CDS 9050-2]
23. 78/Columbia 7" 647 (Florodora girls)
24. CYL/Columbia 31604 (Florodora girls) [reissued on Floradora,
Opal 835]
25. Music From Shubert Alley, Sinclair OSS-2250 (Ray Walston
with orchestra conducted by Vic Schoen)
26. The Drunkard, Audio-Drama (M) 3075 (unknown performer)
27. Musical Comedy's Golden Days, All About Music (S) ABK 12
(Beth Boyd, Bryan Corrie and Chorus with musical direction by
Victor Graham)
28. Antique Music Box Collection, Vol. 9, CD/Mainya (unknown
performer)
29. Zipp!, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR3023 (Gyles
Brandreth)
30. Sing-A-Long Favourites, CD/EMI 8735922 (George Mitchell
Minstrels)
31. Treasures Of Operetta III, CD/Chandos CHAN 8759 (Marilyn
Hill Smith and Peter Morrison with the Chandos Concert Orchestra
conducted by Stuart Barry)
Radio transcriptions performed by the Master Singers and the
World Light Opera Company are also known to exist.
You Won’t Do Any Business If You
Haven’t Got A Band (M/L: George M. Cohan):
1. 78/Victor
matrix B-10268 (George M. Cohan with orchestra)
2. A Tribute To George M. Cohan, Audio Rarities (M) 2295 (George
M. Cohan) [reissued on Legendary Voices Of Vaudeville, CD/Take
Two TT504CD]
3. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon
Peterson with music direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)
Unrecorded Material:
Blue Eyed Sue (M/L: James Reese Europe) (added after opening;
originally used in MOTHER GOOSE)
Como Le Gusta Me? (M: J. Rosamond Johnson; L: Bob Cole)
Della And Ella (M: Gus Edwards; L: Robert B. Smith)
The Evolution Of Rag Time (M: J. Rosamond Johnson; L: Bob Cole)
(originally used in MOTHER GOOSE)
Finale
Fishing (M: J. Rosamond Johnson; L: Bob Cole) (cut after
opening)
Good-Bye, Little Girl, Good-Bye (M/L: Gus Edwards) (added after
opening)
Hiss, Hiss, Hiss (M: J. Fred Helf; L: Will Heelan)
I Hate To Wake Up (M/L: Frederic Solomon) (added after opening)
I Love To Hear A Yankee Doodle Tune (M/L: George M. Cohan)
(possibly the same song as “I Want To Hear A Yankee Doodle
Tune” from MOTHER GOOSE)
Just Leave It To Bill (M: J. Rosamond Johnson; L: Bob Cole)
(added after opening)
Let Him Dream (M: J. Rosamond Johnson; L: Robert Cole) (cut
after opening)
A Little Bit Of Blarney (M: J. Fred Helf; L: Will Heelan)
Oh, Joy (M: Mullen; L: Bryan)
Opening Chorus (Act 3) (M: Frederick Solomon)
Pas Seul (M/L: Frederic Solomon)
The Pretty Little Squaw From Utah (M: J. Rosamond Johnson; L:
Bob Cole)
A Stroll In The Moonlight (M/L: Harding; Kennedy)
There Is Something About You That I Love, Love, Love (M: J.
Rosamund Johnson; L: Bob Cole) (cut after opening)
Turn Those Eyes Away (M/L: Fred Solomon) (cut after opening)
Your Mother Wants You Home, Boy (M/L: Paul Dresser)