ROSALIE (1928)
Composer: George
Gershwin
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin
Opened: January 10, 1928, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 335
Beautiful Gypsy (cut; same music as "Wait A Bit, Susie" in PRIMROSE):
For recordings of "Wait A
Bit, Susie" (L: Desmond Carter; Ira Gershwin), see:
1. 78/Columbia 9007 (Percy
Heming with the Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by
John Ansell) [reissued on The Ultimate George Gershwin - Volume
I, CD/Pearl GEM 0113]
2. 78/Columbia 9006 (Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted
by John Ansell) [reissued on British Musical Comedies By
American Composers (1912-1935), JJA Records (M) 19794]
3. 78/HMV C-1180 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by George W. Byng)
Ev'rybody Knows (I Love Somebody)
(added after opening; same music as "Dance Alone With You"
dropped from FUNNY FACE):
For a recording of "Dance
Alone With You," see
1. Lady, Be Good, CD/Pro-Arte Records 365 (Kevin Cole)
How Long Has This Been Going On?
(dropped from FUNNY FACE):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Gershwin standard.
The Man I Love (not used; also not
used in LADY, BE GOOD; used in STRIKE UP THE BAND):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this Gershwin standard
beyond composer performances.
1. Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935,
CD/Musicmasters 5062-2-C (George Gershwin, piano)
Merry-Andrew (inst.):
1. Discovery, RCA Victor
(S) LSC-2986 (Larry Adler, harmonica, and Morton Gould and his
Orchestra)
2. George Gershwin: Piano Music & Songs By George And Ira
Gershwin, CD/Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79151-2 (William Bolcom, piano)
3. Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin's Complete Solo Piano Music,
CD/Vista CPD942 (Paul Bisaccia, piano)
4. Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim
& George Gershwin, CD/Concord Jazz CCD-42005 (Carlos
Barbosa-Lima)
5. That Certain Feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett Plays Gershwin,
CD/Classics for Pleasure 3523462 (Richard Rodney Bennett)
6. World's Greatest Piano Rags, CD/Klavier Records 77035
(Richard Dowling)
7. American Piano, CD/EMI Classics 5099908293428 (Joshua Rifkin)
8. Fazil Say, CD/Teldec 26202 (Fazil Say)
9. Frank Braley Plays George Gershwin, CD/Harmonia Mundi 901883
(Frank Braley)
10. George Gershwin: Complete Piano Works, CD/BIS 404 (Dag
Achatz)
11. Main Street USA, CD/Channel Crossings (New Century Saxophone
Quartet)
12. Sebastian Knauer Plays George Gershwin, CD/Glissando 779000
(Sebastian Knauer)
13. Showstoppers: Gershwin, Grainger, Eubie Blake, CD/Titanic
170 (Nigel Coxe)
New York Serenade:
1. Songs Of New York,
CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502 (Debbie Shapiro with
orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
Oh Gee! Oh Joy! (L: Ira Gershwin; P.G.
Wodehouse):
1. 78/Victor 21224 (Harry
Shackleford, Sam Brown & Bob Treaster with Johnny Johnson,
piano, and His Statler Pennsylvanians) [reissued on Fascinating
Rhythm: The Broadway Gershwin 1919-1933, CD/BMG 09026 63294-2]
2. 78/Columbia 1285 D (Lewis James with Ben Selvin and His
Orchestra) [reissued on From Gershwin's Time, CD/Sony Classical
MH2K 60648]
3. 78/Victor 12336 (Jane Froman and Felix Knight with Victor
Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) [also 45/Victor
947-0156; reissued on Magic Key Program: Gems From Gershwin,
CD/RCA Victor 09026 63275-2]
4. 78/Harmony 611 (Lou Raderman & His Pelham Health Inn
Orchestra) [reissued on Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: At The Jazz
Band Ball, CD/Columbia CK-46175]
5. 78/Brunswick 3804 (Scrappy Lambert with Harry Archer and His
Orchestra)
6. George Gershwin Revisited, MGM E-4375 OC (Bobby Short with
musical direction by Norman Paris) [also Painted Smiles PS-1357;
reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-101]
7. Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin, CD/Concord
Jazz CCD-4849-2 (Michael Feinstein, piano and voice, with Chuck
Berghofer, bass, Jim Fox, guitar, Albie Berk, drums, Gary
Foster, alto saxophone, flute, and alto flute, and Novi Novog,
viola)
8. Nobody But You, CD/WEA 3984235882 (Michael Feinstein, piano
and voice, with Adrian Rosen, bass, Federico Ramos, guitar,
David Tobocman, guiar, Mike Fletcher, drums, and Novi Novog,
viola)
9. For George And Ira, CD/Audiophile ACD-116 (Frances Gershwin
with Alfred Simon, piano)
10. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal Cazalet and Slyvia McNair
with Steven Blier, piano)
11. Somebody Loves Me, CD/Fanfare 3530 (John Arpin)
12. Benny Rides Again, CD/MCA CHD-31264 (Benny Goodman)
13. Yale Recordings, Vol. 4, CD/Musicmasters 5017-2-C (Benny
Goodman)
14. Yale Recordings, Vol. 10, CD/Musicmasters 65129 (Benny
Goodman)
Say So! (L: Ira Gershwin; P.G.
Wodehouse) (music previously used for "When The Right One
Comes Along" not used in FUNNY FACE):
1. 78/Columbia 1285 D
(Lewis James with Ben Selvin and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Gershwin For Dancing, JJA (M) 19845]
2. 78/Brunswick 3804 (Scrappy Lambert with Harry Archer and His
Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 21224 (Harry Shackleford, Sam Brown & Bob
Treaster with Johnny Johnson, piano, and His Statler
Pennsylvanians) [reissued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties
Volume 3 (1928-29), JJA (M) 19803]
4. 78/Electrola EG 1130 (Marek Weber and His Orchestra)
5. These Charming People, RCA (S) ARL1-2491 (Joan Morris, Max
Morath, and William Bolcom)
West Point Song (M: Sigmund Romberg; L:
P.G. Wodehouse):
1. Music Of Broadway: The
Twenties Volume 3 (1928-29), JJA (M) 19803 (Warren Galjour and
the Robert Shaw Chorale with Sigmund Romberg's Orchestra)
[reissued on Romberg Conducts Romberg 1, CD/Naxos 8.110866]
Why Must We Always Be Dreaming? (M:
Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse) (not in program?) :
1. The Broadway Musicals Of 1928, CD/Original Cast OC 6827
(Max von Essen with musical direction by Ross Patterson)
Yankee Doodle Rhythm (not used; originally used in STRIKE UP
THE BAND (1927)):
1. If Bix Played Gershwin,
CD/Arbors ARCD 19283 (Dick Hyman)
2. He Loves And She Loves: Songs And Duets, CD/Koch
International 7028 (Williamm Sharp with Steven Blier, piano)
3. Strike Up The Band, Elektra 7559-79273-2 (Jeff Lyons and
Chorus with orchestra conducted by John Mauceri)
Unrecorded Material:
Abdication (Finale, Act 2)
(M: Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse)
At The Ex-Kings' Club
The Ballet Of The Flowers
Cadet Song (M: Sigmund Romberg or George Gershwin) (not used)
Enjoy Today (M: probably George Gershwin) (cut portion of Act I
Finale)
Entrance Of Hussars (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse)
Finale Act 1 (M: Sigmund Romberg)
Finalette, Scene 1
Follow The Drum (added after opening)
Glad Tidings (In The Air) (M: Sigmund Romberg or George
Gershwin) (cut portion of Act I Finale)
The Goddesses Of Crystal
Here They Are (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse)
Hussar March (M: Sigmund Romberg: L: Ira Gershwin; P.G.
Wodehouse)
I Forget What I Started To Say (aka "What I Started To Say")
(cut)
The King Can Do No Wrong (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: Ira Gershwin;
P.G. Wodehouse)
Kingdom Of Dreams (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse)
Let Me Be A Friend To You (The Kind Of Friend)
Now That The Dance Is Over (M: Sigmund Romberg or George
Gershwin) (cut portion of Act I Finale)
Opening Valse (Act 2)
Rosalie (cut)
Setting Up Exercises (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse)
Show Me The Town (written for but not used in OH KAY!)
True To Them All (M: probably George Gershwin) (cut portion of
Act II opening)
Two Hearts Will Blend As One (M: Sigmund Romberg or George
Gershwin) (cut portion of Act I Finale)
Under The Furlough Moon (M: Sigmund Romberg) (not used)
West Point Bugle (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse)
West Point March (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: P.G. Wodehouse)
What Could I Do? (not used; same music as "Oh Gee! Oh Joy!")
When Cadets Parade (not used; music originally set to a Clifford
Grey lyric titled "When The Mites Go By" for FLYING ISLAND)
When The Right One Comes Along (not used)
You Know How It Is (cut; no music survives)