ROCK-A-BYE BABY

Composer: Jerome Kern
Lyricist: Herbert Reynolds

Opened: May 22, 1918, Astor Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 85

Note: Unidentified selections also appear on Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos).

I Believed All She Said (I Believed All They Said):

1. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


I Never Thought:

1. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


A Kettle Is Singing (The Kettle Song):

1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Little Tune Go Away:

1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378 (Kaye Ballard, Arthur Siegel, and Chorus) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]
3. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Kim Criswell with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)


My Boy (cut):

1. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. The Land Where The Good Songs Go, CD/PS Classics PS-1211 (Graham Rowat and Rebecca Luker with music conducted by David Loud)


My Own Light Infantry (Nursery Fanfare):

1. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski and Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Not You (cut):

1. 78/Victor 18500 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra)
2. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Alix Korey with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
3. I Got Love: Songs Of Jerome Kern, CD/PS Classics PS-1312 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by Joseph Thalken)


One, Two, Three:

1. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Elizabeth Hoard with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


The Real Spring Drive (The Big Spring Drive):

1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Kimberley Dolanski, David Troiano, and Ben Kazez with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Rock-A-Bye Baby Dear (Lullaby) (cut for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 18500 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra) (unverified)
3. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Barbara Scanlon and Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


There’s No Better Use For Time Than Kissing (adapted from “Two Heads Are Better Than One” from COUSIN LUCY):

1. 78/Victor 35677 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 18500 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra)
3. Two Shows By Jerome Kern Vol. 1: Love O’Mike/Rock-A-Bye Baby, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CTS110P-1M (Elizabeth Hoard, Kimberley Dolanski, and Ben Kazez with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)


Unrecorded Material:

According To Dr. Holt
Bella Mia  (cut after opening)
Cretonne  (cut)
Finaletto (Act 2)
Finale
Hurry Now
I Can Trust Myself With A Lot Of Girls
Just One Kiss (cut)
Motoring Along The Old Post Road
Signorina Adelina (cut)
Stitching, Stitching
Think Of Where You Might Be Instead Of Where You Are (cut)