MISS 1917
Composer: Jerome
Kern; Victor Herbert
Lyricist: P.G. Wodehouse
Opened: November 5, 1917, Century Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 40
Go Little Boat (cut; subsequently used in OH, MY DEAR!):
1. Jerome Kern Revisited,
Volume III, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1379 (Joanne Woodward)
2. The Melodies Of Jerome Kern Volume 2, Walden (M) 309 (David
Daniels accompanied by the Ben Ludlow Orchestra) [reissed on
Melodies Of Jerome Kern, CD/Harbinger HCD 1804]
3. Keith Ingham Plays The Music Of Jerome Kern, World (S) WRS
1003 (Keith Ingham)
4. Andre Previn Plays Songs By Jerome Kern, Contemporary (M) M
3567 (Andre Previn, piano) [reissued as CD/Contemporary/OJC
1787]
5. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Judy Kaye with
musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
6. Marni Nixon Sings Classic Kern, CD/Reference Recordings
RR-28CD (Marni Nixon with Lincoln Mayorga, piano, and ensemble)
7. Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook, CD/Philips 442 129-2
(Syvia McNair with Andre Previn, piano, and David Finck,
double-bass)
8. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Sylvia McNair with Steven
Blier, piano)
9. Silver Linings: Songs By Jerome Kern, CD/Arabesque Z6515
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
10. A Sure Thing, Angel (S) SZ-37723 (Barry Tuckwell, horn,
Richard Rodney Bennett, keyboards, and orchestra conducted by
Neil Richardson)
11. Mike Wofford Trio & Quartet Plays the Music of Jerome
Kern, Vol. 1-3 (Mike Wofford Trio & Quartet)
12. Jerome Kern Collection, CD/Silva Screen 3006 (Eric Parkin,
piano)
13. A Bird In The Hand, CD/Jardis 9922 (Steve Rochinski Quartet)
14. Old Fashioned Love, CD/Sackville 2042 (Barbara Sutton
Curtis, piano)
15. The Land Where The Good Songs Go, CD/PS Classics PS-1211
(Rebecca Luker, Graham Rowat, and Company with orchestra
conducted by David Loud)
The Land Where Good Songs Go
(originally cut from OH, BOY!):
1. 78/Victor 18410 (Alice
Green and Charles Harrison with orchestra)
2. Till The Clouds Roll By, CD/Sony Music Special Products AK
47029 (Trudi Erwin and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Lennie
Hayton)
3. Jerome Kern Revisited, Volume II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1378
(Blythe Walker and Chorus)
4. Till The Clouds Roll By: Peggy King Sings Jerome Kern, Stash
(S) ST246 (Peggy King) [reissued on Oh, What A Memory We
Made…Tonight, CD/Jazz Classics CD-JZCL-6011]
5. Lost In His Arms, Spring SPR 1980 (Meredith d'Ambrosio)
[reissued as CD/Sunnyside 1018]
6. George Gershwin Plays Gershwin and Kern, CD/Klavier 122
(George Gershwin, piano)
7. Kickin' The Clouds Away: Gershwin At The Piano, CD/Klavier K
77031 (George Gershwin and Rudolph O. Erlebach, piano duet)
8. Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook, CD/Philips 442 129-2
(Sylvia McNair with Andre Previn, piano, and David Finck, double
bass)
9. Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook, CD/Philips 442 129-2
(Sylvia McNair with Andre Previn, piano, and David Finck, double
bass) (reprise)
10. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal
Cazalet with Steven Blier, piano)
11. Jerome Kern: Life Upon The Wicked S.T.A.G.E., CD/LML Music
LML CD-202 (Pamela Myers with musical direction by Ron Abel)
12. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-134
(Ann Hampton Callaway and Chorus)
13. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Andrea
Marcovicci with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
14. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and
Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Picture I Want To See (subsequently
used in OH LADY! LADY!):
1. The First Rose Of
Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003 (Douglas Santana and
Alexandra Kaprielian with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)
Tell Me All Your Troubles, Cutie (cut
or added after opening):
1. 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)
We're Crooks:
1. The Land Where The Good Songs Go,
CD/PS Classics PS-1211 (Rebecca Luker and Graham Rowat with
orchestra conducted by David Loud)
You-oo, Just You: (M: George Gershwin, L: Irving Caesar)
(not in programs; also used in HITCHY-KOO OF 1918):
1. And Then I Wrote, Coral
(S) CL 57083 (Irving Caesar with piano accompaniment)
Unrecorded Material:
The Beauty Doctor (M:
Victor Herbert)
A Dancing Courtship (M: Unknown)
A Dancing M.D.
Falling Leaves Ballet (inst.) (M: Victor Herbert)
Good-Bye Broadway (M: Billy Baskette; L: Benny Davis and C.
Francis Reisner) (originally used in THE PASSING SHOW OF 1917)
The Honor System
I'm The Old Man In The Moon
Irish Jig (The Singing Blacksmith Of Curriclough) (inst.) (M:
Victor Herbert arranged from a tune by his grandfather)
Maja Dance (M: Unknown)
Midnight In Dreamy Spain (M/L: Joseph McCarthy, Gus Van, and
Joseph Schenck)
The Mosquito Frolic (inst.) (M: Victor Herbert)
Oh What A Beautiful Baby (M: Harry Tierney; L: Stanley Murphy)
The Palm Beach Girl
(Papa Would Persist In Picking) Peaches
The Society Farmerettes (M: Victor Herbert)
Toy Clog Dance (inst.)
We Want To Laugh
Who's Zoo In Girl Land
You're The Little Girl I've Looked So Long For (not in programs)
Note: Kern's "The
Land Where Good Songs Go" was used to introduce the first
act's finale that consisted of a medley of song favorites
sung by the original performers who made them famous (or by
cast members who impersonated them). No attempt has been
made to provide discological information for these numbers:
(Be My
Little Baby) Bumble Bee (M: Henry I. Marshall; L: Stanley
Murphy) (originally used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1911 and A
WINSOME WIDOW)
Dinah (M: John Stromberg; L: Edgar Smith and Harry B.
Smith) (originally used in HURLY-BURLY)
Follow On (aka "They All Follow Me") (M: Gustave Kerker; L: Hugh
Morton) (originally used in THE BELLE OF NEW YORK)
In The Good Old Summertime (M: George Evans; L: Ren Shields)
(originally used in THE DEFENDER)
Kiss Me Again (M: Victor Herbert; L: Henry Blossom) (originally
used in MLLE. MODISTE)
March Of The Toys (M: Victor Herbert) (originally used in BABES
IN TOYLAND)
Sammy (M: Edward Hutchinson; L: James O'Dea) (originally used in
THE WIZARD OF OZ)
Under The Bamboo Tree (M/L: Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson)
(originally used in SALLY IN OUR ALLEY)
The Yama Yama Man (M: Karl Hoschna; L: Otto Harbach) (originally
used in THREE TWINS)