MERCENARY MARY
Composers: Con
Conrad; William B. Friedlander
Lyricists: Con Conrad; William B. Friedlander
Opened: April 13, 1925, Longacre Theatre, N.Y.C.; October
7, 1925, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Performances: 136 (N.Y.C.); 446 (London)
Beautiful Baby:
1. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack
Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on Light Music From The
Variety Stage, 1925-1928: Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)]
Charleston Mad:
1. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on Light Music From The Variety Stage, 1925-1928: Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)]
Dipping In The Moonlight (added to the
London production):
1. 78/Columbia 9067
(Columbia Vocal Gems Chorus with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Light Music From The Variety Stage,
1925-1928: Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)]
Honey I’m In Love (With You):
1. 78/Columbia 3807 (June
and Sonnie Hale with the London Hippodrome orchestra conducted
by Leonard Hornsey) [reissued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties
Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M) 19796]
2. 78/Gennett 3059 (Frank Cornwell with Perley Breed’s
Orchestra) [reissued on Those Fabulous Gennetts, Vol. 1:
1923-1925, CD/Timeless CBC 1063]
3. 78/Perfect 14439 (Billy Jones with Sam Lanin and His
Orchestra)
4. 78/Okeh 40423 (Goofus Five) [reissued on Goofus Five
1924-1925, CD/Timeless 42]
5. 78/Edison 51568 (Ernie Golden and His Hotel McAlpin
Orchestra)
6. 78/Vocalion 15039 (Ambassadors)
7. 78/Victor 19671 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
8. 78/Columbia 9067 (Columbia Vocal Gems Chorus with orchestral
accompaniment)
9. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Light Music From The Variety Stage, 1925-1928: Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)]
I Am Thinking Of You (M: Louis Hirsch;
L: Irving Caesar) (added to the London production;
originally used in BETTY LEE and also used in THE GREENWICH
VILLAGE FOLLIES (1923)):
1. 78/Columbia 3807 (June
and Sonnie Hale with the London Hippodrome orchestra conducted
by Leonard Hornsey)
2. 78/Columbia 9067 (Columbia Vocal Gems Chorus with orchestral
accompaniment)
3. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Light Music From The Variety Stage, 1925-1928: Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)]
I’m A Little Bit Fonder Of You Than Of
Myself (M/L: Irving Caesar) (added to the London
production):
1. 78/Victor 20393 (Tom
Waring with Waring’s Pennsylvanians) [reissued on The Great
Ones, CD/Pearl 7075]
2. 78/Columbia 3808 (A.W. Baskcomb and
Peggy O’Neill with the London Hippodrome orchestra conducted by
Leonard Hornsey)
3. 78/Columbia 9067 (Columbia Vocal Gems Chorus with orchestral
accompaniment)
4. A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square, CD/Dutton/Vocalion CDEA 6139
(Percival Mackey & His Band)
5. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Light Music From The Variety Stage, 1925-1928: Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)]
Mercenary Mary:
1. 78/Gramophone B 2118
(Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia 3809 (Peggy O’Neill and Chorus with the London
Hippodrome orchestra conducted by Leonard Hornsey) [reissued on
Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M)
19796]
3. 78/Columbia 9067 (Columbia Vocal Gems Chorus with orchestral
accompaniment)
4. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Light Music From The Variety Stage, 1925-1928: Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)]
Over My Shoulder (M: Vivian Ellis; L:
Graham John):
1. 78/Columbia 3810 (June
and Chorus with the London Hippodrome orchestra conducted by
Leonard Hornsey) (added to the London production)
2. 78/Columbia 9067 (Columbia Vocal Gems
Chorus with orchestral accompaniment)
3. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Light Music From The Variety Stage, 1925-1928: Jack Hylton and
His Orchestra)]
Shake Your Daddy (added to the London
production):
1. 78/Columbia 9067
(Columbia Vocal Gems Chorus with orchestral accompaniment)
There’s Nothing Left To Live For (M/L:
Jack Waller) (added to the London production):
1. 78/Columbia 3810 (A.W.
Baskcomb with the London Hippodrome orchestra conducted by
Leonard Hornsey)
They Still Look Good (To Me):
1. 78/Columbia 3808 (Lew Hearn and Chorus with the London
Hippodrome orchestra conducted by Leonard Hornsey) [reissued on
Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M)
19796]
Tie A String Around Your Finger (added
to the London production):
1. 78/Columbia 3809 (June with the London Hippodrome orchestra
conducted by Leonard Hornsey)
2. 78/Columbia 9067 (Columbia Vocal Gems Chorus with orchestral
accompaniment)
3. 78/HMV C1221 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Vol. 4: I’m Perfectly Satisfied, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6104]
4. A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square, CD/Dutton/Vocalion CDEA 6139
(Percival Mackey & His Band)
Unrecorded Material:
(I Want To Be A) Chaste Woman (I’ve Got To Be A Chaste Woman)
Cherchez La Femme (Get Your Woman)
Come On Along
Everything’s Going To Be All Right
Finale (Act I)
Finale (Act II)
Just You And I And The Baby
Over A Garden Wall
That’s When A Fellow Needs A Friend (added to the London
production)
Tomorrow (based on Chopin’s 12th Nocturne)