NICE GOINGS ON
Composer: Arthur
Schwartz
Lyricist: Frank Eyton
Opened: September 13, 1933, Strand Theatre, London
Performances: 221
Twixt The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea:
1. 78/HMV B6388 (Jack
Jackson and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia CB653 (Debroy Somers Band)
What A Young Girl Ought To Know:
1. 78/Parlophone R1624
(Patricia Rossborough, piano)
Whatever You Do:
1. 78/Columbia CB653
(Debroy Somers Band)
With You Here And Me Here:
1. 78/HMV B6388 (Jack
Jackson and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Decca F3670 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia CB653 (Debroy Somers Band)
4. 78/Parlophone R1624 (Patricia Rossborough, piano)
You're An Old Smoothie (M: Nacio Herb
Brown; Richard A. Whiting; L: B.G. DeSylva) (originally used
in TAKE A CHANCE):
1. 78/Decca F3670 (Jack
Hylton and His Orchestra) [reissued on Cream Of Jack Hylton,
CD/Pearl Flapper 9775]
2. 78/Columbia CB658 (Debroy Somers Band)
3. 78/HMV B8008 (Ramona and Her Grand Piano with Paul Whiteman
and His Orchestra) [also 78/Victor 24202]
4. 78/Parlophone R1624 (Patricia Rossborough, piano)
5. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 356 (Chauncey Gray and His El Morocco
Orchestra)
6. 78/Coral 60608 (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) [reissued
on Blue Skies, Vol. 2, CD/Blue Moon BMCD 3047]
7. 78/Bluebird B 10279 (Babs, Charlie, and Little with The
Smoothies)
8. 78/Brunswick 6484 (Billy Hughes and Lee Wiley with Victor
Young and His Serenaders) [reissued on American Songbook Series:
Richard Whiting, CD/Smithsonian RD 048-22]
9. 45/Capitol F809 (Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and His
Orchestra) [also found on Love Songs By Margaret Whiting,
Capitol (M) T-410; reissued on Love Songs By Margaret
Whiting/Margaret Whiting Sings For The Starry-Eyed, CD/EMI
493064]
10. 45/Columbia B-13341 (The Ray Conniff Singers) [reissued on
It's The Talk Of The Town, CD/Columbia CK-8143]
11. 7"/Columbia S7 31367 (The Mitch Miller Gang) [reissued on
Strolling Down Memory Lane, CD/Reader's Digest Music]
12. Hey…Let Yourself Go!, Capitol (M) T-814 (Nelson Riddle and
His Orchestra) [reissued on Hey…Let Yourself Go!/C'mon…Get
Happy!, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 145]
13. Goldie's 2 Pianos, Ruby (S) FRS-1736 (Goldie Hawkins &
Wayne Sanders, pianos)
14. Provocative Percussion, Vol. 4, Command 834 (Command
All-Stars)
15. A Gala Tribute To Joshua Logan, Friends Of The Theatre And
Music Collection Of The Museum Of The City Of New York AC (Ethel
Merman with music direction by Colin Romoff)
16. Best Beat Forward, Vik (M) LX-1131 (Diahann Carroll with
orchestra conducted by George Siravo)
17. A Musical Autobiography, Decca (M) DX 153 (Ethel Merman with
the Buddy Cole Quartet) [reissued on Memories, CD/Sepia 1131]
18. Merman: Her Greatest!, Reprise 6032 (Ethel Merman with
orchestra conducted by Billy May)
19. Merman In Vegas, Reprise (S) R9-6062 [reissued as
CD/Collectables 6193]
20. Together On Broadway: Ethel Merman & Mary Martin,
Private LP (S) AG-77 (Ethel Merman)
21. The Fleischman Yeast Hour March 16, 1933, CD/Redmond
Nostalgia CD-1260 (Rudy Valee and Alice Faye)
22. Manhattan Nights: The Complete Golden Years Studio Sessions,
CD/Definitive Records DRCD11157 (Lee Wiley)
23. Jimmy's Happy/Jimmy's Blue, CD/Ace 2042 (Jimmy Clanton)
24. Ella Swings Lightly, CD/Verve 517535 (Ella Fitzgerald)
25. First Lady Of Song, CD/Verve 517898 (Ella Fitzgerald)
(alternate take)
26. Mermania!, Vol. 2, CD/Harbinger Records 1806 (Ethel Merman)
27. The Very Thought Of You, CD/Discovery Records 70969 (Frank
Strazzeri)
28. NBC Bandstand Live: Feb. 1957, CD/Collectors' Choice Music
32 (The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra)
29. Autumn Serenades, CD/Alanna 5586 (Michael Fortunato)
30. Everything The Traffic Will Allow, CD/Lunch Money
Productions (Klea Blackhurst)
31. Great Songs Of 1932, CD/Delta BYD 77035 (unknown performer)
32. Together With Music, CD/DRG CDXP1103 (Mary Martin and Noel
Coward with musical direction by Tutti Camarata)
A radio transcription performed by Gloria De Haven is also known
to exist.
Unrecorded Material:
I Know The Kind Of Girl (A
Girl Like You) (L: Douglas Furber)
The Life-Saver's Song
Nice Goings On
Place In The Sun
Sweet One (L: Arthur Swartz) (sheet music only)
We've Got To Get On