OH LADY! LADY!!

OH, LADY! LADY!!

Composer: Jerome Kern
Lyricist: P.G. Wodehouse

Opened: February 1, 1918, Princess Theatre, N.Y.C.; transferred on June 17, 1918 to the Casino Theatre
Performances: 219

Note: An unreleased studio cast recording conducted by the late John McGlinn is known to exist, as well as a private recording of a 1985 concert production also conducted by McGlinn.

Before I Met You:

1. 78/Victor 18477 (Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra directed by Joseph Knecht)
2. 78/Victor 35672 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
3. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS 1378 (Sara Rice and John O'Hurley) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]

Bill (cut; also cut from SALLY; subsequently revised and used in SHOW BOAT; same music used for song of same name in ZIP! GOES A MILLION):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Broadway Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (Jeanne Lehman with the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
3. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G. Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal Cazalet with Steven Blier, piano)
4. Blah Blah Blah And Other Trifles…, CD/Hyperion CDA66289 (Sarah Walker with Roger Vignoles, piano)
5. A Song Parade Through The Years, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKSP-VOL.1- 1M (Loree Capper with the Comic Opera Guild Orchestra)
6. I Got Love: Songs Of Jerome Kern, CD/PS Classics PS-1312 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by Joseph Thalken)
7. The Land Where The Good Songs Go, CD/PS Classics PS-1211 (Kate Baldwin with orchestra conducted by David Loud)
8. Let’s Do It: Bolcom & Morris At Aspen, CD/Omega OCD 3004 (Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
9. April In My Heart, CD/Flare ROYCD 236 (Frances Langford with orchestra conducted by Harry Sosnick)
10. You’d Be Surprised, CD/Globe GLO 6045 (Barbara Kennedy with Peter Lockwood, piano)
Note: No attempt has been made to compile recordings of the version with lyric revisions by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Do It Now (in vocal score only):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Greg Wakefield, Dennis Eagle, and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

Do Look At Him (in vocal score only):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

Finale Act II (Finale Ultimo):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

Finaletto Act I ("Jubilate" introduction later used as "I Watch The Love Parade" in THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

For recordings of "I Watch The Love Parade" see:

1. 78/HMV(E) C-2398 (The Light Opera Company) [reissued on Americans In London In The 1930's, CD/Encore's Box Office ENBO-CD #3/92]
2. The Cat And The Fiddle/Give Us This Night, Caliban 6049 (Ramon Navarro and Jeanette MacDonald) [reissued on The Broadway Musical Volume 2: 1930-1938, CD/Chansons Cinema CIN 026]
3. Excerpts From Vincent Youman's Hit The Deck And Jerome Kern's The Cat And The Fiddle, Epic (M) LN 3569 (Doreen Hume and Denis Quilley with the Mike Sammes Singers and Orchestra under the direction of Johnny Gregory)
4. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (George Dvorsky with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)

Greenwich Village (same music as "A Little Thing Like A Kiss" from A DOLL GIRL):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (David Troiano, Dennis Eagle, and Kim Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Greg Mackelland, Paige O'Hara, and George Dvosky with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
3. Jerome Kern: Lost Treasures, CD/Centaur CRC2371 (Anne Sciolla with Brian Kovach, piano) (as "A Little Thing Like A Kiss")

I'm To Be Married Today (Opening Chorus Act 1):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CD/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

It's A Hard, Hard, World (For A Man):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (David Troiano, Greg Wakefield, and Tom Petiet with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. The First Rose Of Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003 (Steve Rhyne, Greg MacKellan, and Bill Fahrner with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)

The Little Church 'Round The Corner (added to the 1974 revival; originally used in SALLY):

1. 78/Columbia F-1074 (George Grossmith & Heather Thatcher with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Answell) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
2. 78/Columbia 873 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
3. Sally/Good News, World (M) 7073 (Jimmy Parkinson and Betty Parker with orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey)
4. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Diane McEwen-Martin and Dennis Eagle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
5. Jack Payne Remembers, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6022 (Jack Payne) (unverified)

Melodrama:

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

Moon Song (Opening Act II):

1. A Memo From Jerome Kern To George Byron, 10"/Desto D 501 (George Byron with piano accompaniment by William Roy)
2. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Milena Grubor and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

Napoleon (added to the 1974 revival; originally used in HAVE A HEART):

1. 78/Victor 18242 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia A-2307 (Billy B. Van with the Peerless Quartet) (in two parts) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 3: 1913-1917, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9056-8]
3. Have A Heart, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHH04P-2C (David Troiano and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

Not Yet (same music as "You're The Only Girl He Loves" from A POLISH WEDDING):

1. 78/Victor 35672 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS 1378 (John O'Hurley) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]

An Old Fashioned Wife (L: Guy Bolton; P.G. Wodehouse) (added to the 1974 revival; originally used in OH, BOY!):

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)

Oh, Lady! Lady!!:

1. 78/Victor 18477 (Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra directed by Joseph Knecht)
2. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Dennis Eagle and Kim Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. The Land Where The Good Songs Go, CD/PS Classics PS-1211 (Rebecca Luker and Grahm Rowat with orchestra conducted by David Loud)

Overture:

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Gershwin/Porter Overture & Film Music/Kern Overture & Film Music, CD/EMI 5 68589 2 (National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)

The Picture I Want To See (originally used in MISS 1917):

1. The First Rose Of Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003 (Douglas Santana and Alexandra Kaprielian with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)

The Sun Starts To Shine Again (cut; same music as "The Land Where The Good Songs Go" from MISS 1917 and OH BOY!):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and the Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

See the Keeping Score website entries for the shows MISS 1917 & OH BOY! for recordings of "The Land Where The Good Songs Go."

Those Dear Old Prison Days (cut):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Dennis Eagle and Kim Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

Tulip Time In Sing Sing (added to the 1974 revival; originally used in SITTING PRETTY):

1. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, Painted Smiles PS 1379 (Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles 134]
2. Sitting Pretty, CD/New World 80387-2 (Merwin Goldsmith with orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)

Waiting Around The Corner (sometimes titled "Some Little Girl"):

1. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and Kristin Walukas with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

When The Ships Come Home (listed in program as "Little Ships Come Sailing Home"):

1. 78/Victor 35672 (Victor Light Opera Company) (two renditions) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

You Found Me And I Found You:

1. 78/Victor 35672 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Oh, Lady! Lady!!, CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Kristin Walukas and Greg Wakefield with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS 1378 (John O'Hurley, Sarah Rice, and Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]

You're Here And I'm Here (added to the 1974 revival; originally used in THE LAUGHING HUSBAND):

1. 78/Victor 35379 (Victor Light Opera Company) (two versions) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Decca 18156 (Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson with orchestra conducted by Harry Sosnik)
3. 78/Victor 17553 (Europe's Society Orchestra)
4. 78/Edison 50183 (unidentified orchestra)
5. 78/Columbia A 1511 (Agnes Kimball and Charles W. Harrison with orchestral accompaniment)
6. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS 1378 (Sandy Stewart and Arthur Siegel) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]
7. Rusty Rags, CD/Saydisc 253 (unknown performer)
A radio transcription performed by the Norman Cloutier Orchestra is also known to exist.