THE LITTLE SHOW

Composer: Arthur Schwartz
Lyricist: Howard Dietz

Opened: April 30, 1929, Music Box Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 321

Can't We Be Friends (M: Kay Swift; L: Paul James):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard besides original cast and composer performances.
1. 78/Brunswick 4506 (Libby Holman) [reissued on Vintage Libby Holman, Take Two 212; possibly also found on Something To Remember Her By, CD/Jasmine Records JASCD 129]
2. 78/Brunswick mx XE-31350 (Libby Holman) [reissued on Moanin' Low, CD/Take Two TT-415]
3. Libby Holman Sings, 10"/MB Records (M) MB-101 (Libby Holman)
4. The Legendary Libby Holman, Monmouth-Evergreen (S) MRS-6501 (Libby Holman with Gerald Cook)
5. Fine And Dandy: The Music Of Kay Swift, Mark 56 Records (S) 700 (Louise Carlyle with Kay Swift, piano)


Hammacher Schlemmer, I Love You:

1. Music From The 1972-1973 Exhibition Honoring The Career Of Howard Dietz, Friends Of The Theatre And Music Collection Of The Museum Of The City Of New York mx AC-731/4 (Howard Dietz)
2. Lost Broadway And More Volume 3, CD/Original Cast Records (Michael Lavine)


I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (same music as camp song "I Love To Lie Awake In Bed" with lyrics by Lorenze Hart):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard beyond composer renditions.
1. From The Pen Of… Arthur Schwartz, RCA (S) LPL1-5121 (Arthur Schwartz with music direction by Tony Osborne)


I've Made A Habit Of You:

1. 78/Brunswick 4476 (Zelma O'Neil with orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Arthur Schwartz 1929-1934 Volume I, JJA (M) 19756]
2. 78/Victor 22017 (Burt Lorin with Victor Arden and Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra) [reissued on Arden and Ohman (Volume 2), JJA Records JJA 1975-3]
3. 78/Path 37000 (Chester Hale with Sam Lanin and His Troubadours) [also 78/Perfect 15181]
4. 78/Brunswick 4383 (Al Goodman and His Orchestra with vocal chorus)
5. Alone Together, Monmouth (S) MRS-6604/5 (Nancy Dussault and Neal Kenyon with music direction by Paul Trueblood)
6. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Rebecca Luker and George Dvorsky with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)


Moanin' Low (M: Ralph Rainger):

1. Click here for recordings of "Moanin' Low".


Or What Have You? (M: Morris Hamilton; L: Grace Henry):

1. 78/Victor 22017 (Burt Lorin with Victor Arden and Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra) [reissued on Arden and Ohman (Volume 2), JJA Records JJA 1975-3]
2. 78/Path 37000 (Chester Hale with Sam Lanin and His Troubadours) [also 78/Perfect 15181]
3. 78/Brunswick 4383 (Al Goodman and His Orchestra with vocal chorus)
4. 78/Harmony 932 (Arthur Ross & His Westerners)
5. Only These People…, Riverside (M) RLP 847 (Ralph Strain, piano)
6. Feelin' Good: The Edison Collection, CD/Document DOCD 1106 (Piccadilly Players)
7. What Is Love?, CD/DRG 91401 (Andrea Marcovicci)
A radio transcription performed by The Music Of Manhattan conducted by Norman Cloutier is also known to exist.


Song Of The Riveter (L: Lew Levenson):

1. 78/Brunswick 20097 (Brunswick Salon Orchestra directed by Louis Katzman with vocal quartette)


Whistling In The Dark (M: Kay Swift; L: Paul James) (cut):

1. Fine And Dandy, CD/PS Classics PS-9419 (Jack Donahue with Peter Eldridge, pinao, Marcus Parsely, trumpet)


Unrecorded Material:

Caught In The Rain (M: Henry Sullivan)
Finale
Get Up On A New Routine
High Finance (M: Arthur Schwartz; L: Harry Ruskin)
Hut In Hoboken (M/L: Herman Hupfeld)
Little Old New York
Man About Town
Six Little Sinners (M: Frank Grey; L: Earle Crooker)
Stick To Your Dancing, Mabel (M/L: Charlotte Kent)
The Theme Song
The Tiller Girls At Home Sketch (inst.)
What Every Little Girl Should Know (L: Henry Myers)
Work Alike (M: Frank Grey; L: Earle Crooker)