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Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: Elsie Janis
Opened: October 5, 1915, Cohan Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 47
Note: An unidentified selection appears on 78/Little Wonder 642 (unknown performer).
Drigo Serenade (Waltz) (M: Riccardo Drigo) (cut after opening):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Drigo's
Seranade".
A Little Love (But Not For Me) (music
subsequently reused for “Old Boy Neutral (That’s Me, I Love
Them All”) in VERY GOOD EDDIE):
1. Very Good Eddie,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVE05P-2C (Kim Dolanski with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Very Good Eddie, DRG (S) 6100 (Cynthia Wells and David
Christmas with orchestra directed by Lynn Crigler) (as
“Old Boy Neutral”) [reissued as CD/DRG CDRG 6100]
3. Very Good Eddie, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVE05P-2C (Kim
Dolanski and Michael Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos) (as “Old Boy Neutral”)
On The Sands Of Wah-Ki-Ki (M: Henry
Kailimai; Jerome Kern) (not in programs; subsequently used
in VERY GOOD EDDIE as “On The Shore At Le Le Wi”):
1. Very Good Eddie,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVE05P-2C (Kim Dolanski and Michael Parr
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (as "Sand Of
Wah-ki-ki")
2. 78/Vic 35529 (Victor Light Opera Company) (as “On The Shore
At Le Le Wi”) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone -
Vol. III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
3. 78/Columbia A 1966 (Grace Kerns and Reed Miller with
orchestra) (as “On The Shore At Le Le Wi”)
4. Gems From Jerome Kern Musical Shows, 78/Vic 12" album C-31
[78/Victor 12413] (Victor Light Opera Company with Dorothy
Chapman, Marie Louise Quevli, Felix Knight, Alan Holt and
orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) (as “On The Shore At Le Le
Wi”) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, Camden (M) CAL 243]
5. Very Good Eddie, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVE05P-2C (Kim
Dolanski, Michael Parr, and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos) (as “On The Shore At Le Le Wi”)
6. The Earliest Black String Bands, Vol.1: Dan Kildare,
CD/Document 5622 (Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra) (as “On The Shore
At Le Le Wi”)
Some Sort Of Somebody (All Of The
Time) (subsequently used in VERY GOOD EDDIE):
1. 78/HMV C767 (Palace
Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck)
2. 78/HMV 04190 (Regine Flory and Nelson Keys) [also 78/HMV
D423; reissued on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M)
SHB-34]
3. 78/HMV B788 (Palace Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck)
4. 78/Victor 17992 (Edna Brown and Billy Murray with orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 35533 (Victor Military Band)
6. 78/HMV C791 (Light Opera Company with Peter Dawson, Bessie
Jones, Violet Oppenshaw, Ernest Pike and orchestra conducted by
George W. Byng)
7. 78/Vic 35529 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone - Vol. III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
8. Gems From Jerome Kern Musical Shows, 78/Vic 12" album C-31
[78/Victor 12413] (Victor Light Opera Company with Dorothy
Chapman, Marie Louise Quevli, Felix Knight, Alan Holt and
orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of
Jerome Kern, Camden (M) CAL 243]
9. Very Good Eddie, DRG (S) 6100 (Cynthia Wells and David
Christmas with orchestra directed by Lynn Crigler) [reissued as
CD/DRG CDRG 6100]
10. Very Good Eddie, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CVE05P-2C (Kim
Dolanski and Michael Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
11. Jerome Kern Revisited, Columbia (S) OS-2840 (Nancy Andrews
and Harold Lang) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-113]
12. The Earliest Black String Bands, Vol.1: Dan Kildare,
CD/Document 5622 (Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra)
Two Big Eyes (M: Cole Porter; L: John
Golden) (same music as “Absinthe” in THE KALEISOSCOPE):
1. Musicals Lost And Found Broadway
Sampler: 1915, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1040 (Emily Hagens
with Adam Aceto and Jan Roper, pianos)
Waltz in A-Minor (M: Chopin) (added after opening):
I have not attempted to compile discographical information
for this number.
Unrecorded Material:
(The) Banks Of Wye (M:
Frank Tours; L: Fred E. Weatherly)
Constant Lover (M: Herman Finck; L: Arthur Wimperis) (cut after
opening)
Grammatical Grievances (added after opening)
The Mix-Up Rag (cut after opening)
Pianologue
Two Big Eyes (M: Cole Porter; L: John Golden) (same music as
“Absinthe” in THE KALEISOSCOPE)