QUEEN
HIGH!
Composer: Lewis E.
Gensler
Lyricist: B.G.
DeSylva
Opened: September 8, 1926, Ambassador Theatre, N.Y.C.;
November 2, 1926, Queen’s Theatre, London
Performances: 367 (N.Y.C.); 198 (London)
Note: An unidentified medley can be found on 78/Brunswick 20047 (Carl Fenton’s Orchestra).
Always On The Job:
1. 78/Brunswick 20047
(Gaiety Musical Comedy Chorus) [reissued on Broadway Through
The Gramophone Volume IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
Beautiful Baby (M: James F. Hanley):
1. 78/Columbia 4204
(A.W. Baskcomb & Joyce Barbour with the Queen’s Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Percival Mackey) [reissued on Music Of
Broadway: The Twenties Volume 1 (1925-26), JJA (M) 19796]
2. 78/Columbia 9150 (Percival Mackey and His Band)
3. 78/Columbia 9183 (Percival Mackey’s Carnival Singers)
4. 78/HMV C-1306 (Savoy Orpheans)
Brother, Just Laugh It Off (M: Arthur
Schwartz; Ralph Rainger; L: E.Y. Harburg) (written for the
film version; also used in the film FOLLOW THE LEADER):
1. Beyond The Rainbow:
Lyrics By E.Y. Harburg, CD/Oakton ORCD0005 (Benjamin Sears
with Bradford Conner, piano)
Cross Your Heart (dropped during
the subsequent national tour):
1. 78/Brunswick 20047
(Gaiety Musical Comedy Chorus) [reissued on Broadway Through
The Gramophone Volume IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
2. 78/Victor 20435 (Edgar Fairchild and Ralph Rainger, pianos)
[reissued on Duo Piano 1926 – 1939, JJA (M) JJA 19771]
3. 78/Columbia 9150 (Percival Mackey and His Band) [reissued
on A Tiny Flat Near Soho Square, CD/Dutton/Vocalion CDEA 6139]
4. 78/Columbia 9183 (Percival Mackey’s Carnival Singers)
5. 78/HMV C-1306 (Savoy Orpheans) (two renditions)
6. 78/Victor 26763 (Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five) [also
45/Victor 547-0937; 45EP/Victor EPBT 3013; 78/V Disc 468;
reissued on The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions, CD/RCA 87637]
7. 78/Columbia 711 D (Vaughn De Leath and Ed Smalle with piano
accompaniment)
8. 78/Gramophone B 5154 (The Sylvians)
9. 78/Dot 15207 (Al Lombardy, his clarinet and orchestra)
10. 78/Harmony 273 H (Jimmy Flynn with Manhattan Dance Makers)
11. 78/Perfect 14671 (Arthur Hall with John Sylvester and His
Orchestra)
12. 78/Banner 1812 (Imperial Dance Orchestra)
13. 78/Regal 8126 (Missouri Jazz Band)
14. 78/Victor 20071 (Henry Burr with Roger Wolfe Kahn and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Crazy Rhythm, CD/Living Era CDAJA
5682]
15. 78/Columbia 762 D (Frank Harris with Howard Lanin and His
Orchestra)
16. 78/Vocalion 15357 (The Ambassadors)
17. 7”/Columbia 1-632 (Janette Davis with orchestra directed
by Archie Bleyer)
18. I Feel Pretty, Philips (M) PHM 200-137 (Marily Burroughs
with orchestra conducted by Bob Florence) [reissued on
CD/Universal 9147]
19. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Gregg
Edelman and Rebecca Luker with musical direction by Glenn
Mehrbach)
20. June Christy And The Johnny Guarnieri Quintet 1949,
CD/Storyville 2012084 (June Christy and The Johnny Guarnieri
Quintet)
21. Byrd In The Wind, CD/Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 10862
(Charlie Byrd)
22. It’s Been So Long, CD/Vanguard VCD 79605 (Mel Powell)
23. A, CD/Prestige/Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1706-2 (Jimmy
Raney)
24. I Hear Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, CD/Lone Hill Jazz LHJ
10281 (Buddy DeFranco)
25. The Mel Torme Collection, CD/Rhino 71589 (Mel Torme)
26. King King, CD/Warner Bros. 26795 (The Red Devils)
27. Richest Man In Town, CD/Word/Epic 420 (Bruce Carroll)
28. Bluegrass Gospel At Its Finest, CD/Brentwood Records 5183
(New Tradition)
29. Afterglow, CD/Arbors ARCD 19198 (Johnny Varro)
30. Jazzin’ With Jackie, CD/Arbors 19110 (Jackie Coon)
31. Steeling Love, CD/Bellaire/Glad 7025 (Herb Remington)
32. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034
(orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto) (two
versions)
An unverified radio transcription performed by the George
Towne Orchestra is also known to exist.
Don’t Forget (Your Auntie) (M: James
F. Hanley):
1. 78/Victor 20435
(Edgar Fairchild and Ralph Rainger, pianos) [reissued on Duo
Piano 1926 – 1939, JJA (M) JJA 19771]
2. 78/Columbia 9150 (Percival Mackey and His Band)
3. 78/Columbia 9183 (Percival Mackey’s Carnival Singers)
4. 78/HMV C-1306 (Savoy Orpheans)
5. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034
(orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)
Everything Will Happen For The Best:
1. 78/Brunswick 20047
(Gaiety Musical Comedy Chorus) [reissued on Broadway Through
The Gramophone Volume IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
2. 78/Victor 20435 (Edgar Fairchild and Ralph Rainger, pianos)
[reissued on Duo Piano 1926 – 1939, JJA (M) JJA 19771]
3. 78/Columbia 9150 (Percival Mackey and His Band)
4. 78/Columbia 9183 (Percival Mackey’s Carnival Singers)
5. 78/HMV C-1306 (Savoy Orpheans)
6. 78/Vocalion 15357 (The Ambassadors)
7. 78/Gramophone B 5169 (The Sylvians)
8. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Nancy
Anderson, Bill Daugherty, Marc Kudisch, Eddie Korbich, Nancy
Opel, and Sutton Foster with the Ross Patterson Little Big
Band)
9. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034
(orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (cut after
opening):
1. 78/Brunswick 20047
(Gaiety Musical Comedy Chorus) [reissued on Broadway Through
The Gramophone Volume IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
2. 78/Columbia 9150 (Percival Mackey and His Band)’
3. 78/HMV C-1306 (Savoy Orpheans)
4. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Sutton
Foster, Nancy Anderson, and Nancy Opel with the Ross Patterson
Little Big Band)
5. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034
(orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)
I’m Afraid Of You (M: Arthur
Schwartz; Ralph Rainger; L: Edward Eliscu) (written for
the film version):
1. Svensk Jazzhistoria,
Vol. 1: Swedish Jazz 1899-1930, CD/Caprice 22037
(Paramountorkestern)
It Pays To Advertise:
1. 78/Columbia 9150
(Percival Mackey and His Band)
2. 78/Columbia 9183 (Percival Mackey’s Carnival Singers)
3. The Broadway Musicals Of 1926, CD/Bayview RNBW031 (Eddie
Korbich with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
My Lady (M: Ben Jerome; L: Frank
Crumit) (added after opening):
1. 78/Victor 20486
(Frank Crumit with Frank Banta, piano) [reissued on Frank
Crumit Returns, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120620]
2. 78/Diva 2538 (Andy Sannella and His All Star Trio)
3. 78/Columbia 1176 D (Lewis James with Cass Hagan and His
Park Central Orchestra)
4. 78/Okeh 40920 (Mike Markel’s Orchestra)
Opening (Act 2):
1. 78/Columbia 9150
(Percival Mackey and His Band)
Surplus Women (M/L: Bernard Green) (cut in London):
1. 78/Columbia 4204
(A.W. Baskcomb with the Queen’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by
Percival Mackey)
The Weaker Sex:
1. 78/Columbia 9150
(Percival Mackey and His Band)
2. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034
(orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)
Who’ll Mend A Broken Heart?:
1. 78/Columbia 9183
(Percival Mackey’s Carnival Singers)
2. 78/HMV C-1306 (Savoy Orpheans)
3. 78/Gramophone B 5161 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
You’ll Never Know:
1. 78/Brunswick 20047
(Gaiety Musical Comedy Chorus) [reissued on Broadway Through
The Gramophone Volume IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
2. 78/Columbia 9150 (Percival Mackey and His Band)
3. 78/Columbia 9183 (Percival Mackey’s Carnival Singers)
4. Broadway Tuned Up, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1034
(orchestra with musical direction by Adam Aceto)
Unrecorded Material:
Everything Will Happen
For The Best (L: Billy Rose) (written for the film version)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Finale (Act 3)
Get In Touch With Me (cut)
I Can’t Stand The Spring (added during the subsequent national
tour)
I Love The Girls In My Own Peculiar Way (M: Henry Souvaine; L:
E.Y. Harburg) (written for the film version)
It Seems To Me (M: Ralph Rainger; L: Howard Dietz) (written
for the film version)
Oh, What A Lovely Day (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
One Never Knows (cut)
One Smile From Polly (cut)
Opening (Act 1)
Sez You! Sez I!
Springtime (In The Spring) (dropped during the subsequent
national tour)
Who? You
You Must Come Over Blues (added for the subsequent national
tour)