THE NEWCOMERS
(aka "Will Morrissey's Newcomers")



Composer: Will Morrissey
Lyricist: Will Morrissey

Opened: August 8, 1923, Ambassador Theatre, N.Y.C.

Performances: 21

Note: This show was called THE NEWLYWEDS out of town.


Covered Wagon Days (M/L: Will Morissey; Joe Burrowes):

1. 78/Triangle 11316 (Schubert’s Dance Orchestra) [also 78/Broadway 11316]
2. 78/Gennett 5290 (Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
3. 78/Cameo 399 (Arthur Lange’s Orchestra)
4. 78/Apex 8117 (The Master Players) [also 78/Apex 8129]
5. 78/Okeh 4946 (Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra)
6. 78/Victor 19212 (Ted Weems and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Ted Weems, Vol. 1: My Gal Sal, CD/Renovation 7005]
7. 78/Vocalion 14707 (Frank Banta and Cliff Hess
8./ 78/Victor 216448 (Melody Kings Dance Orchestra)
9 . 78/Edison 51237 (Don Parker’s Dance Orchestra)
10. Melanie’s Melodies Of The Rockies, CD/Melanie (Melanie)
11. The Story Of Stewart Pletcher, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8055 (Stew Pletcher)


Unrecorded Material:

California Sunshine
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2) (“Forgive Us”)
Mother, Me And The Flag (To My Pal, George M.)
(Down On) Pango, Pango Bay
(The Ultra) Peacock Strut
Sun And Rain
Take This Little Rosebud
Teach Me To Dance
Time Wasted
Washington Square - Long Ago
When I Think Of You