PRINCESS CHARMING (1926)



Composer: Albert Sirmay
Lyricist: Arthur Wimperis

Opened: October 21, 1926, Palace Theatre, London
Performances: 362

Note: A complete song list is not available at this time.  A substantially revised version of the score opened on Broadway on October 13, 1930.  See the entry for Princess Charming (1930) for recordings of songs in that score.


Babying You (M: Harry Ruby; L: Bert Kalmar):

1. 78/Columbia 4187 (Alice Delysia with W.H. Berry and the Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]
2. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)
3. 78/Gramophone B 5160 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)


Brave Hearts (M: Ray Noble; L: Max Kester) (written for the 1937 film version ALEXANDRA):

1. 78/HMV B-8136 (Evelyn Laye) [reissued on Gaiety Girl, CD/Living Era AJA-5211]


Every Little Maid:

1. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


Everybody Loves A Lover:

1. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


Good On Sunday:

1. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


I Want You So:

1. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


Life And Love:

1. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


Lips May Deny:

1. 78/Columbia 4186 (John Clarke and Winnie Melville with the Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)
2. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


Love Is A Song (M: Ray Noble; L: Max Kester) (written for the 1937 film version ALEXANDRA):

1. 78/HMV B-8138 (Evelyn Laye) [reissued on Gaiety Girl, CD/Living Era AJA-5211]


Near And Yet So Far (M: Ray Noble; L: Max Kester) (written for the 1937 film version ALEXANDRA):

1. 78/HMV B-8136 (Evelyn Laye) [reissued on Gaiety Girl, CD/Living Era AJA-5211]


Ninepence A Week (M: R.P. Weston; L: Bert Lee):

1. 78/Columbia 4188 (W.H. Berry with the Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


Not Old Enough To Be Old (The Middle-Aged Man) (M: R.P. Weston; L: Bert Lee):

1. 78/Columbia 4188 (W.H. Berry with the Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


Palace Of Dreams:

1. 78/Columbia 4186 (Winnie Melville with the Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)
2. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)


The Princess Is Awakening (M: Ray Noble; L: Max Kester) (written for the 1937 film version ALEXANDRA):

1. 78/HMV B-8138 (Evelyn Laye) [reissued on Gaiety Girl, CD/Living Era AJA-5211]
2. Thanks For The Memory, CD/Pavilion PASTCD 7024 (Hubert Gregg) (unverified)


Swords And Sabres (M: Russell Bennett; L:  Unknown):

1. 78/Columbia 4187 (John Clarke & Chorus with the Palace Orchestra conducted by Percy Fletcher) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers (1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]
2. 78/Columbia 9162 (Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Percy E. Fletcher)
3. 78/Gramophone B 5160 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)