OH, WHAT A GIRL!



Composers: Charles Jule; Jacques Presburg
Lyricists: Edward Clark; Edgar Smith

Opened: July 28, 1919, Shubert Theatre, N.Y.C.; suspended performances on August 6, 1919; resumed performances on September 15, 1919; transferred on October 6, 1919 to the Central Theatre
Performances: 68

Note: Out of town this show was called THE WRONG NUMBER and then OH! UNCLE.


(Such A) Baby (M: Egbert Van Alstyne; L: Gus Kahn) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC (2nd 1919 EDITION):

1. 78/Emerson 9213 (Arthur Fields with orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 18592 (Arthur Fields with orchestra)
3. 78/Gramophone 216066 (Henri’s Orchestra)


I’ve Got My Captain Working For Me Now (M/L: Irving Berlin) (cut after opening; originally used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919):

1. 78/Columbia A-2794 (Al Jolson) [reissued on There’s No Business Like Show Business: The Magical Songs Of Irving Berlin, Book-Of-The-Month Records 60-5256]
2. 78/Victor 18604 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
3. 78/Emerson 1042 (Billy Murray)
4. 78/Vocalion 12208 (Billy Murray)
5. 78/Paramount 33020 (Billy Murray)
6. 78/Silvertone 5042 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
7. 78/Pathe 22201 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
8. 78/Decca 23649 (Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra) [reissued on Blue Skies, Decca (M) DL-4259]
9. 78/Columbia 815 (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
10. 78/MSS LD 6 (Roger & Graeme Bell and Sid Phillips)
11. 78/Victor 18630 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra)
12. Blue Skies/Rhythm On The River, CD/Great Movie Themes CD 600025 (Bing Crosby and Billy De Wolfe)


Oh, What A Girl!:

1. 78/Emerson 10109 (Sam Ash) [also 78/Vocalion 12213; 78/Pathe 22216; 78/Okeh 4043; reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Vocalion 12213 (Sam Ash)
3. 78/Pathe 22216 (Sam Ash)
4. 78/Okeh 4043 (Sam Ash with orchestra)


You’d Be Surprised (M/L: Irving Berlin) (added after opening; also used in AFGAR, SHUBERT GAIETIES OF 1919 and ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this Berlin standard.


Unrecorded Material:

At The Wheel Of An Auto (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Birds Of A Feather (cut)
Breeze In The Trees (The Breeze Through The Trees) (L: Edgar Smith)
Chirp Along (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Could You Teach Me?
Dainty Little Girl (Like You) (L: Edgar Smith)
A Fine Guy (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Get Him Up
Gimme (This-Gimme This-Gimme That) (M/L: L. Wolfe Gilbert; Alex Sullivan; Nat Vincent)
Hard To Be A Lady (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Here We Are Dance (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
I Hate A Fly (L: Edgar Smith) (not in programs)
I Want To Dance My Way In (cut)
I’m A Shy Little Innocent Thing (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
In The House (cut)
It Isn’t The Moonlight (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Life On A Farm (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Madelon (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
The Movies (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Musical Poker Game
(I’d Like To Give) A Nice Sweet Kiss (L: Edgar Smith) (cut after opening)
Oh, That Shimmy!
Oh, Uncle (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Once In A Blue Moon (cut)
One  Little Girl (cut)
Pot Pourri
Prince Charming (L :Edward Clark)
Purity (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Sweetheart (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)
Travesty Opera
Yip Yip (L: Edgar Smith) (cut)