OH, BOY!
Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: P.G. Wodehouse
Opened: February 20, 1917, Princess Theatre, N.Y.C.;
transfered on November 19, 1917 to the Casino Theatre, N.Y.C.;
January 27, 1919, Kingsway Theatre, London
Performances: 463 (N.Y.C.); 167 (London)
Note: The London production was entitled OH, JOY!
Ain't It A Grand And Glorious Feeling (cut):
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Kristin Walukas with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (George Dvorsky,
Kelly Lester, and Jeffrey Rockwell with musical direction by
Glenn Mehrbach)
Be A Little Sunbeam (cut):
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Kim Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Entr'acte:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
(selections arranged by Charles N. Grant)
Finale Act I:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act II:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
The First Day Of May:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Kim Dolanski, Greg Wakefield, and David
Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Flubby Dub The Cave Man:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Kim Dolanski, Greg Wakefield, and David
Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. The First Rose Of Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003 (Lisa
Peers, Michael Austin, and Bill Fahrner with musical direction
by Dave Dobrusky)
The Land Where The Good Songs Go (cut;
later used in MISS 1917):
1. 78/Victor 18410 (Alice
Green and Charles Harrison with orchestra)
2. Till The Clouds Roll By, CD/Sony Music Special Products AK
47029 (Trudi Erwin and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Lennie
Hayton)
3. Jerome Kern Revisited, Volume II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1378
(Blythe Walker and Chorus)
4. Till The Clouds Roll By: Peggy King Sings Jerome Kern, Stash
(S) ST246 (Peggy King) [reissued on Oh, What A Memory We
Made…Tonight, CD/Jazz Classics CD-JZCL-6011]
5. Lost In His Arms, Spring SPR 1980 (Meredith d'Ambrosio)
[reissued as CD/Sunnyside 1018]
6. George Gershwin Plays Gershwin and Kern, CD/Klavier 122
(George Gershwin, piano)
7. Kickin' The Clouds Away: Gershwin At The Piano, CD/Klavier K
77031 (George Gershwin and Rudolph O. Erlebach, piano duet)
8. Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook, CD/Philips 442 129-2
(Sylvia McNair with Andre Previn, piano, and David Finck, double
bass)
9. Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook, CD/Philips 442 129-2
(Sylvia McNair with Andre Previn, piano, and David Finck, double
bass) (reprise)
10. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal
Cazalet with Steven Blier, piano)
11. Jerome Kern: Life Upon The Wicked S.T.A.G.E., CD/LML Music
LML CD-202 (Pamela Myers with musical direction by Ron Abel)
12. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-134
(Ann Hampton Callaway and Chorus)
13. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Andrea
Marcovicci with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
14. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and
Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
15. The Land Where The Good Songs Go, CD/PS Classics PS-1211
(Company with orchestra conducted by David Loud)
Let's Make A Night Of It:
1. Oh Boy!, CD/Comic Opera
Guild COB05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos) (as "Opening Act 1")
The Letter Song:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
A Little Bit Of Ribbon:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Kristin Walukas and Girls with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Loving By Proxy (added to the London production):
1. 78/Columbia L1290 (Tom
Payne, Tom Powers, and Dot Temple with the Kingsway Theatre
Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey) [reissued on Jerome Kern
In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
March Quarter Day (added to the London
production):
1. 78/Columbia L1289
(Billy Leonard, Beatrice Lillie, and Tom Powers) [reissued on
Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
Nesting Time In Flatbush (L: P.G.
Wodehouse; Jerome Kern):
1. 78/Columbia 729
(Kingsway Theatre Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey)
2. 78/Columbia L1286 (Billy Leonard and Beatrice Lillie)
[reissued on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
3. 78/Victor 18270 (Ada Jones and Billy Murray with orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
5. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378 (Jerry
Stiller and Ann Meara) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]
6. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and
Kim Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
7. The Land Where The Good Songs Go,
CD/PS Classics PS-1211 (Heidi Blickenstaff and Philip Chaffin
with orchestra conducted by David Loud)
An Old-Fashioned Wife (L: Guy Bolton;
P.G. Wodehouse):
1. 78/Columbia 729
(Kingsway Theatre Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey)
2. 78/Columbia L1287 (Dot Temple) [reissued on Jerome Kern In
London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
3. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
4. 78/Victor 18259 (Alice Green)
5. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
6. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Suzanne Galer and
Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
A Package Of Seeds (L: Herbert
Reynolds; P.G. Wodehouse) (originally used in 90 IN THE
SHADE):
1. 78/Columbia L1289
(Billy Leonard) [reissued on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23,
World (M) SHB 34]
2. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and
Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
A Pal Like You (originally titled
"We're Going To Be Pals"):
1. 78/Columbia 729
(Kingsway Theatre Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey)
2. 78/Columbia L1286 (Billy Leonard and Beatrice Lillie)
[reissued on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
3. 78/Columbia A-2238 (Anna Wheaton) [reissued on Music From The
New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
4. 78/Victor 12414 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden
(M) CAL-243]
5. 78/Victor 35630 (Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra)
6. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378
(Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]
7. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and
Kim Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Rolled Into One:
1. 78/Columbia L1290
(Kingsway Theatre Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey)
[reissued on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
2. 78/Columbia L-1285 (Bea Lillie and Billy Leonard) [reissued
on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
3. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
4. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378
(Angelina Reaux and the Boys) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-111]
5. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Kim Dolanski and
Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
6. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
7. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Sylvia McNair with Steven
Blier, piano)
8. Silver Linings: Songs By Jerome Kern, CD/Arabesque Z6515
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
9. The Land Where The Good Songs Go,
CD/PS Classics PS-1211 (Heidi Blickenstaff, Kate Baldwin, and
Rebecca Luker with orchestra conducted by David Loud)
'Till The Clouds Roll By (L: Guy Bolton; Jerome Kern; P.G.
Wodehouse):
1. Click here for
recordings of "'Till The Clouds Roll By"
Wedding Bells (added to the London
production):
1. 78/Columbia 729
(Kingsway Theatre Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey)
2. 78/Columbia L1288 (Billy Leonard, Tom Payne, and Tom Powers
and the Kingsway Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Jerome Kern In
London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
When The Orchestra's Playing Your
Favorite Dance (cut; titled "When The Orchestra's Playing
Your Favorite Waltz" during tryouts of this show and LEAVE
IT TO JANE; retitled as "There It Is Again" when used in
LEAVE IT TO JANE):
For recordings of "There It Is Again" see:
1. Leave It To Jane,
Strand (S) SLS-1002 (Art Matthews, Jean Speers et al. with
orchestra directed by Joseph Stecko) [reissued as CD/AEI AEI-CD
038]
2. Leave It To Jane, CD/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with piano accompaniment)
3. Jerome Kern: Life Upon The Wicked S.T.A.G.E., CD/LML Music
LML CD-202 (Karen Culliver and David Holladay with Chris Holly
& Tracy Powell and with musical direction by Ron Abel)
4. Jerome Kern Collection, CD/Silva Screen 3006 (Eric Parkin,
piano)
Words Are Not Needed (originally titled
"Every Day"):
1. 78/Columbia 729
(Kingsway Theatre Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey)
2, 78/Columbia L1287 (Tom Powers and Dot Temple) [reissued on
Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
3. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (Suzanne Galer and
Boys with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
You Never Knew About Me (L: Guy Bolton;
P.G. Wodehouse):
1. 78/Columbia 729
(Kingsway Theatre Orchestra directed by Leonard Hornsey)
2. 78/Columbia L1288 (Tom Powers and Dot Temple with the
Kingsway Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Music From The New York
Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
3. 78/Victor 18259 (Edna Brown and Edward Hamilton)
4. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
5. Songs From Movie Movie/Doin' The Obscuriana, Filmscore (M) FS
7914 (Buster Davis) (as "I Never Knew About You")
6. Jerome Kern Revisited" Columbia (S) OS-2840 (Barbara Cook and
Cy Young) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-113]
7. These Charming People, RCA (S) ARL1-2491 (Joan Morris, Max
Morath, and William Bolcom)
8. Oh Boy!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COB05P-2C (David Troiano and
Suzanne Galer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
9. Leave It To Jane, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CLJ04P-2C (unknown
performer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
10. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal Cazalet and Sylvia McNair
with Steven Blier, piano)
11. Just Kern, CD/Elba CACD 5005-2 (Andrea Marcovicci with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Mehrbach)
A radio transcription performed by the Norman Cloutier Orchestra
is also known to exist.
Unrecorded Material:
The Bachelor (cut; now
lost)
Dance
Koo-La-Loo
Oh, Daddy, Please
Why Can't They Hand It To Me? (cut)