MURRAY ANDERSON'S ALMANAC (1880-1930) (1929)



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: August 14, 1929, Erlanger Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 69


Golden Rod (M/L: Traditional):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this number.


(Wait For) The Happy Ending (M: Milton Ager; L: Jack Yellen):

1. 78/Brunswick 4510 (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies)
2. 78/Victor 22105 (Frank Luther with The High Hatters conducted by Leonard Joy)


I Can't Remember The Words (M: Milton Ager; Henry Cabot Lodge; L: Jack Yellen):

1. The Broadway Musicals Of 1929, CD/Bayview RNBW038 (Nancy Anderson, Emily Skinner, Bryan Batt, Noah Racy, Jeffry Denman, and Leslie Anderson with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) (M: Henry Sullivan; L: Harry Ruskin) (subsequently used in THE STREET SINGER):

I have not attempted to compile discological information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Brunswick 4500 (Scrappy Lambert with Red Nichols and His Five) [also 78/Brunswick 6753; reissued on The Chronological Red Nichols 1929, CD/Classics 1332]
2. 78/Brunswick Brevities Broadcast 30 (Red Nichols Orchestra) [reissued on Radio Transcriptions, 1929-30, CD/IAJRC CD-1011]


In The Village By The Sea (M/L: Stanley Crawford?):

1. 78/Columbia A 330 (J. W. Meyers with orchestra) (unverified)
2. 78/Victor 2567 (Byron G. Harlan) (unverified)


The New Yorkers (M: Milton Ager; L: Jack Yellen):

1. 78/Brunswick 4500 (Scrappy Lambert with Red Nichols and His Five Pennies) [reissued on The Chronological Red Nichols 1929, CD/Classics 1332]


Unrecorded Material:

The Almanac Covers (M: Henry Sullivan; L: Edward Eliscu)
Builders Of Dreams (M: Henry Sullivan; L: John Murray Anderson)
Educate Your Feet (M: Milton Ager; L: Jack Yellen)
Getting Into The Talkies (M/L: Neville Fleeson)
Jazz In The Kitchenette (inst.) (M: Jack Powell)
Metropolis (scene) (M: Henry Sullivan)
Page Nine (M: Henry Sullivan; L: Jack Yellen)
The Polka Dot (M: Henry Sullivan; L: Clifford Orr)
Same Old Moon (M: Henry Sullivan; L: John Murray Anderson; Clifford Orr)
Schrafft's University (M: Henry Sullivan; L: Edward Eliscu)
The Song Of The Nightingale (M: Milton Ager; L: Jack Yellen)
Tiller, Foster, Hoffman, Hale And Albertina Rasch (M: Henry Sullivan; L: Henry Myers)
Tinkle-Tinkle (M: Milton Ager; L: Jack Yellen)
The Young King (scene) (M: Henry Sullivan)