LOVE O'MIKE
Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: Harry B. Smith
Opened: January 15, 1917, Sam M. Shubert Theatre, N.Y.C.;
transferred on March 19, 1917 to the Maxine Elliott’s Theatre
Performances: 192
Note: This show was called GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS out of
town. It reopened on August 27, 1917 at the Casino Theatre
for an additional 41 performances. Unidentified selections
also appear on Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love
O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos).
The Baby Vampire (Poor Little Baby Vampire) (added after opening):
1. Two Shows By Jerome
Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild
CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
2. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Craig Bierko,
Mark D.Kaufmann, Jeffrey Rockwell, and Brian Lane Green with
musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
Don’t Tempt Me:
1. Two Shows By Jerome
Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild
CTS110P-1M (Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Drift With Me (L: Harry B. Smith;
Herbert Reynolds):
1. 78/Victor 35624 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378 (Joann
Woodward)
3. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Girls with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4. The First Rose Of Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003(Susan
Himes Powers with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)
5. Jerome Kern Treasury, CD/Angel CDC 7 54883 2 (Jeanne Lehman
and the London Sinfonietta Women’s Chorus with the London
Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
I Wonder Why:
1. 78/Victor 35624 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Operaphone 4109 (Rexas Jass Band)
3. 78/Victor 18270 (Marion Harris and Billy Murray with
orchestra)
4. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
It Can’t Be Done (added for the return
engagement):
1. Two Shows By Jerome
Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild
CTS110P-1M (Men with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
It Wasn’t My Fault (L: Herbert
Reynolds) (same tune as “It Isn’t Your Fault” cut from 90 IN
THE SHADES):
1. 78/Victor 35624
(Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378 (Kaye
Ballard) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]
3. Two Shows By
Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski and Ben Kazez with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
It’s In The Book (aka “Look In
The Book”) (same music as “Paris Is A Paradise For Coons” in
LA BELLE PAREE):
1. 78/Victor 35624 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
A Lonesome Little Tune (A Simple Little
Tune) (dropped for the return engagement):
1. Two Shows By Jerome
Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild
CTS110P-1M (Barbara Scanlon with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
We’ll See:
1. 78/Victor 35624 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Barbara Scanlon and David
Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Who Cares? (added for the return
engagement):
1. Two Shows By Jerome
Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild
CTS110P-1M (Barbara Scanlon and David Troiano with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. A Tale Of Three Cities, CD/Keytone Records (David Renter and
Kurt Ellenberger) (unverified)
Unrecorded Material:
Dance Through Life With Me
(cut)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Hoot Mon
How Was I To Know? (added after opening)
I Am Human After All (cut)
Life’s A Dance
Lulu (dropped for the return engagement)
Moo Cow
Take The Eyes Of Mabel (cut)
Tell Me (Why The World) (cut after opening)