POT LUCK
Composers: Philip
Braham; Kenneth Duffield; Helen Trix; R.P. Weston; Bert Lee
Lyricists: Philip Braham; Kenneth
Duffield; Helen Trix; R.P. Weston; Bert Lee
Opened: December 24, 1921, Vaudeville Theatre, London
Performances: Unknown
Note: A complete song list is not available at this time.
Calypso (M: Kenneth Duffield):
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
Chili Bean (M: Von Tilzer; L: Brown)
(previously used in SILKS
AND SATINS:
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
2. 78/Decca 24012 (Nat Brandwynne and His Orchsetra with vocal
chorus)
3. 78/Arto 9021 (Ernest Hare with orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 2047 (Fred Whitehouse with orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 18698 (The Benson Orchestra of Chicago) [reissued
on Volume 1: 1920-1921, CD/Archephone ARCH 6001]
6. 78/Okeh 4170 (Billy Jones with
orchestra)
7. The Phonographic Yearbook: 1920 - Even Water’s Getting
Weaker, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9001A (Frank Crumit with the Paul
Biese Trio)
Go To London (M/L: R.P. Weston; Bert
Lee):
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
No-One’s Ever Kissed Me (M: Philip
Braham; L: Ronald Jeans):
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
2. 78/HMV B1346 (Violet Essex and George Baker (as Walter
Jefferies) with orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
3. 78/Victor 19948 (International Novelty Orchestra)
Somewhere In Soho (M: Kenneth
Duffield):
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
Ten Little Fingers And Ten Little
Toes (M/L: H. Pease; J. White; I. Schuster; Ed.G. Nelson):
1. 78/HMV B1320 (Billy
Murray and Ed. Smalle with orchestra conducted by Rosario
Bourdon)
2. 78/Gramophone 216357 (Munro’s Jardin de Danse Orchestra)
3. 78/Coral 60228 (Cliff Steward and the San Francisco Boys
with the Johnny Blowers Orchestra)
4. 78/Emerson 10457 (Ernest Hare and Billy Jones with
orchestral accompaniment) [also 78/Clarion 3010; 78/Okeh 4456]
5. 78/Apex 4502 (Erdody and His Famous Orchsetra)
6. 78/Banner 1001 (Arthur Hall with Lenzberg’s Riverside
Orchestra) [also 78/Puritan 11081]
7. 78/Victor 18830 (Billy Murray and Ed Smalle with orchestra)
8. 78/Regal 9136 (Henry Jones and Billy West)
9. 78/Victor 18871 (Benson Orchestra of Chicago directed by
Roy Bargy with Roy Bargy and Charley Straight, pianos)
10. 78/Vocalion 03588 (Frank Novelty and His Rootin’-Tootin’
Boys)
11. 78/Capitol 2422 (Jerry Shard and His Music)
12. 78/Columbia A 3477 (Irving Kaufman with orchestral
accompaniment) [reissued on Irving Kaufman Anthology: The Last
Recording Pioneer, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5504]
13 . Song Hits Of 1921, Vocalion 3633 (Carmen Cavallaro)
14. Old Bones, CD/Stomp Off, CD/SOSCD
1283 (Ernie Carson and the Castle Jazz Band)
Radio transcriptions performed by the Lenny Herman Orchestra
and by Bob Grant’s Orchestra are also known to exist.
Those Tortoiseshell Rims (M/L: Whiby;
Parker; Hilman; Penso):
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
Twice One Are Two (M/L: R.P. Weston;
Bert Lee):
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
Yoo-Hoo (M: Al Jolson) (originally
used in THE PASSING SHOW OF 1921 and BOMBO
and also used in BRIGHTER LONDON):
1. 78/Columbia 932
(Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia A-3513 (Al Jolson with orchestra) [reissued on
Al Jolson Vol. II: The Salesman Of Song 1911-1923,
CD/Pearl Flapper PASTCD 9796]
3. 78/Puritan 11072 (Al Colombo’s Golden Glades Orchestra)
4. 78/Bluebird B 11264 (Tony Pastor, vocal, with Tony Pastor
and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Bell P 88 (Lanin’s Roseland Orchestra) [also 78/Edison
50856]
6. 78/Grey Gull 1086 (Arthur Hall with Lenzberg’s Riverside
Orchestra)
7. 78/Connorized 3020 (Arthur Fields with orchestral
accompaniment)
8. 78/Victor 18802 (Irving Kaufman with the Hackel-Berge
Orchestra)
9. 78/Rich Tone 7008 (O. Doris with orchestra)
10. 78/Cameo 201 (Velvetone Trio)
11. 78/Phantasie 14260 (Chas. Pauly’s Dance Orchestra)
12. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Philip
Braham)
13. 45/Coral 83017 (Gene Pursell with Lawrence Welk and His
Champagne Music)
14. Song Hits Of 1921, Vocalion VL73633 (Carmen
Cavallaro) [reissued on Stairway To The Stars: More Cocktail
Piano Favorites, CD/Jasmine JASCD 430]
15. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Three, Totem 1019 (Al Jolson)
16. Rose Of Washington Square, CD/Varese Sarabande 66089 (Al
Jolson)
17. Barbershop Melodies, Vol. 3, CD/Saxony Records (The
Melloemn with Thurl Ravenscroft)
18. The Organ, The Danceband & M, CD/Sounds Of The
World 516 (David Lobban)