MISS DOLLY DOLLARS
Composer: Victor
Herbert
Lyricist: Harry B. Smith
Opened: September 4, 1905, Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.C.;
moved on October 16, 1905 to the New Amsterdam Theatre
Performances: 56
Note: Unidentified
selections appear on CYL/Twentieth Century Talking Machine 85051 (Figure 5 Orchestra), 78/Columbia A 5063
(Prince’s Orchestra), 78/Columbia A 5064 (Prince’s Orchestra),
and 78/Decca 2685 (Harry Horlick and His Orchestra [reissued on
A Victor Herbert Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9798].
A radio transcription of selections performed by the Ralph
Ginsburgh Orchestra is also known to exist.
An American Heiress:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Marla Bentley, Laurence Bryk,
Blake Bard, and Phil Kitchell with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Barney McGuire (sheet music only):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Barbara Scanlon with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Dolly Dollars:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (David Troiano and Girls with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Dream On, Dream On (not in programs):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Marla Bentley and Greg Wakefield
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
An Educated Fool (It Keeps Me Guessing
All The Time):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Mitch Gilette with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Entr’acte (Valse Lente):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Entrance Of Dolly:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Chorus with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Entrance Of The Friendly Rivals’ Club:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Laurence Bryk, Blake Bard, and
Phil Kitchell with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act I:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act II:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
It’s All In The Book You Know
(Ollendorff Duet):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Marla Bentley and Tom Petiet
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Just Get Out And Walk:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Marla Bentley and Chorus with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Life’s A Masquerade:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle, Nick Fitzer,
Barbara Scanlon, and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
The Moth And The Moon:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Marla Bentley and Chorus with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
My Fair Unknown:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Greg Wakefield and Men with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
No One Will Steal Him (sheet music
only):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Christina Gurne with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus Act I:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Chorus with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus Act II:
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Chorus with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Queen Of The Ring (dropped during
the subsequent tour):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Marla Bentley and Chorus with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Self-Made Family (She’s A Lady With Money):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle, Nick Fitzer, and
David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
(American Music) ‘Tis Better Than Old
Parsifal To Me):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Principals and Chorus with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Walks (dropped during the subsequent
tour):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars,
CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (David Troiano and Girls with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Waltz Me Around Again Willie (M: Ren
Sheilds; L: Will D. Cobb) (written for the 1906 revival):
1. 78/Madison 1931 (Harmony Dance Orchestra
with vocal chorus)
2. 78/Mercury 1152 (Benay Venuta with
Carmen Dragon’s Orchestra) [also 78/Mercury 1045; reissued on
Hazel Flagg, CD/Sepia 1035]
3. 78/Victor 4738 (Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet) [also
78/Victor 5006; reissued on The Phonographic Yearbook 1906:
When Things Was Lookin’ Bright, CD/Archeophone 9013]
4. 78/Columbia 3450 (Columbia Quartette with orchestra
accompaniment) [also 78/Standard Disc A 359]
5. 78/Radiex 4174 (Vel Veteran)
6. Stop! Stop! Stop!/Waltz Me Round Again Willie, 10”/Lincoln
515 (Enoch Light Orchestra)
7. Memories, Decca DL9028 (Ethel Merman with orchestra
conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued as CD/Sepia 1131]
8. Banjos, Banjos, Banjos, Kapp KL 1469 (Happy Harts Singing
Banjo Band)
9. Have A Laugh On Me, RCA Victor 3504 (Archie Campbell)
10. After The Ball, Nonesuch H-71304
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano) [reissued as
CD/Nonesuch 79148]
11. Tintypes, DRG S2L 5196 (cast with orchestra conducted by
Mel Marvin) [reissued as CD/DRG 5196]
12. Bill Seibert’s Artizan Band Organ Plays Sweet Happy Music,
CAS/Carrousel Music SA46-1 (William C. Sebiert, band organ)
13. Miss Dolly Dollars, CD/Comic Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Marla
Bentley with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
14. Foyo, CD/Betsy Stern Kids’ (Betsy Stern)
15. Classics From R Romantic Era, CD/Gala (Carole Koenig,
Hammond dulcimer)
16. Darby & Tarlton, CD/JSP JSPCD 7746 (Tom Darby and
Jimmie Tarlton)
17. All Good Men, CD/Collectors’
Choice Music CCM 642 (Beaver & Krause)
18. Bird In A Gilden Cage, CD/Orchard
4142 (Molly Watson with Eugene Cline, piano)
Radio transcriptions performed by the Fireside Quartet and by
Irving Kaufman with the Music Hall Varieties are also known to
exist.
A Woman Is Only A Woman, But A Good Cigar Is
A Smoke (Puff, Puff, Puff):
1. Miss Dolly Dollars, CD/Comic
Opera Guild CDD07P-2C (Greg Wakefield and Men with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
Entrance Of Dorothy (not
in programs; possibly the same number as “Entrance Of Dolly”)
My Word! (It Surely Was A Treat) (not in programs)