THE RAINBOW GIRL
Composer: Louis A.
Hirsch
Lyricist: Renold Wolf
Opened: April 1, 1918, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 160
Alimony Blues:
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos) (part of overture)
2. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CRG06P-1M (Greg Wakefield with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
3. Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theater
Music Of Louis A. Hirsch, CD/New World Records 80707-2 (Paul
Murphy, cornet, with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by
Rick Benjamin)
Beautiful Lady (Tell Me):
1. 78/Columbia A-6055
(Columbia Light Opera Company)
2. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (part of overture)
3. The Rainbow
Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Kimberly Dolanski with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act II:
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act III:
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
I Wonder (Opening Act III):
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Marla Bentley with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
I'll Think Of You:
1. 78/Victor 35677
(Victor Light Opera Company) (two renditions) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS
0084]
2. 78/Columbia A-6055 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
3. 78/Edison 80427 (Gladys Rice and Vernon Dalhart with
orchestra)
4. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (part
of overture)
5. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Kirsten
Kunkle and Mitchell Gillet with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
In A Month Or Two:
1. 78/Columbia A-6055
(Columbia Light Opera Company)
2. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (part
of overture)
3. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Michael
Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Just You Alone:
1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Columbia A-6055 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
3. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (part
of overture)
4. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Kimberly
Dolanski and Michael Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Let's Go Down To The Shop (Opening Act
II):
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos) (part of overture)
2. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CRG06P-1M (Mitchell Gillet with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Love's Ever New:
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Michael Parr and Kimberly
Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Mister Drummer Man:
1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (part
of overture)
3. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Marla
Bentley with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
My Love Is For Thee (cut):
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos) (part of overture)
2. The Rainbow
Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Kimberly Dolanski and
Michael Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
My Rainbow Girl:
1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Columbia A-6055 (Columbia Light Opera Company)
3. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Jason Graae and
Andrea Marcovicci with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
4. The
Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos) (part of overture)
5. The Rainbow
Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Kimberly Dolanski and
Michael Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
6. Midnight
Frolic: The Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A. Hirsch, CD/New
World Records 80707-2 (Paul Murphy, cornet, with the Paragon
Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)
Overture:
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Rainbow Girl (Opening Act I):
1. 78/Edison 80427
(Jazzarimba Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 35675 (Victor Military Band)
3. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Kimberly
Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Soon We'll Be Seen Upon The Screen:
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Kirsten Kunkle and Mitchell
Gillet with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
We Fear You Will No Do, Lady
Wetherell:
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (David Troiano, Mitchell Gillet,
Kirsten Kunkle, Diane McEwen-Martin, and Marla Bentley with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Wedding Ceremony (Finaletto Scene I
- Act I):
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Won't Someone Marry Me? (aka "Won't
Some Nice Boy Marry Me?"):
1. The Rainbow Girl,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Marla Bentley with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
You're The Finest Of Them All (cut):
1. 78/Columbia A-6055
(Columbia Light Opera Company)
2. The Rainbow Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CRG06P-1M (Marla
Bentley and Greg Wakefield with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
I Don't Know How To Pick
The Proper Girl (cut)
Many A Time (cut)
Nurse Me (cut)