SALLY
Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: Clifford Grey; P.G. Wodehouse
Opened: December 21, 1920, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.;
September 10, 1921, Winter Garden Theatre, London
Performances: 570 (N.Y.C.); 387 (London)
Note: The 1942 London revival was called
WILD ROSE. Unidentified selections appear on
78/HMV B-3358 (New Mayfair Orchstra), 78/Edison Bell
5175 (Paramount Rhythm Boys and unidentified tenor), 78/Okeh
4258 (Rega Dance Orchestra), 78/Victor 35706 (Joseph C.
Smith’s Orchestra), 78/Edison 50739 (Harry Rademan's Jazz
Orchestra), and Greetings From Broadway!, AEI (M) AEI 1176
(part of “A Little Broadway Overture”).
All I Want To Do, Do, Do Is Dance (M: Joe Burke; L: Al Dubin) (written for the film version):
1. 78/Variety VA 617 (Leon
LaFall with Billy Kyle and His Swing Club Band)
2. 78/V Disc 484 (Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His
Orchestra)
3. A Jerome Kern Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9767 (Emmanuel
Stakery's Regal Cinema Orchestra with Quentin Maclean, organ)
Bill (cut; also cut from OH, LADY!
LADY!!; subsequently revised and used in SHOW BOAT; same
music used for song of same name in ZIP! GOES A MILLION):
1. Oh Lady! Lady!,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild COL05P-2C (Lynn Bishop and Girls with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Broadway Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (Jeanne
Lehman with the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
3. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal Cazalet with Steven Blier,
piano)
4. Blah Blah Blah And Other Trifles…, CD/Hyperion CDA66289
(Sarah Walker with Roger Vignoles, piano)
5. A Song Parade
Through The Years, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKSP-VOL.1- 1M (Loree
Capper with the Comic Opera Guild Orchestra)
6. I Got Love: Songs Of Jerome Kern, CD/PS Classics PS-1312
(Rebecca Luker with musical direction by Joseph Thalken)
7. The Land Where The Good Songs Go, CD/PS Classics PS-1211
(Kate Baldwin with orchestra conducted by David Loud)
8. Let’s Do It: Bolcom & Morris At Aspen, CD/Omega OCD 3004
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
9. April In My Heart, CD/Flare ROYCD 236 (Frances Langford with
orchestra conducted by Harry Sosnick)
Note: No attempt has been made to compile recordings of the
version with lyric revisions by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Eccentric Dance:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Entrance Of Girls And Sally:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act I:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (The Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act II:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (The Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act III ("The Wedding Day"):
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
French Taught In A Hurry (sketch;
subsequently used in PRIORITIES OF 1942 and MY DEAR PUBLIC):
1. Willie Howard: A Gala
Record Revue, 78/Gala 1000 (Willie Howard)
2. 78/Jubilee 3507 (Willie Howard and Al Kelly)
Incidental Music:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
If I'm Dreaming (Don't Wake Me Too
Soon) (M: Joe Burke; L: Al Dubin) (written for the film
version):
1. 78/Columbia 2049 D (Vic
Meyer's Music)
2. 78/Path 37076 (Buddy Blue with The Clevelanders) [also
78/Banner 0540; 78/Regal 8910; 78/Conqueror 7458]
3. 78/Brunswick 4691 (Lew White)
4. 78/Brunswick 4715 (Earl Burtnett's Biltmore Trio (Bush,
Gibbons, Seckler) with string accompaniment)
5. 78/Brunswick 4657 (Abe Lyman and his California Orchestra
with vocal chorus)
6. 78/Parlophone PNY 24006 (Joe Curran's Band)
7. 78/Victor 22240 (Elmo Tanner with Wayne King and His
Orchestra)
8. Legends Of The Musical Stage, Take Two (M) TT 104 (Marilyn
Miller and Alexander Gray)
9. A Jerome Kern Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9767 (Emmanuel
Stakery's Regal Cinema Orchestra with Quentin Maclean, organ)
Joan Of Arc ("You Can't Keep A Good
Girl Down") (L: P.G. Wodehouse):
1. 78/Columbia F-1075
(Dorothy Dickson with orchestra) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth
Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
2. 78/Columbia 873 (Herman Finck & His Orchestra) [reissued
on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
3. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Milena Grubor with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Land Of Butterflies Ballet (inst.) (M: Victor Herbert)
[Introduction and Entrance Of The Butterflies; Entrance Of
The Bat; Entrance Of The Moths; Valse And Galop]:
1. 78/Columbia 881 (Winter
Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansel) [reissued on
Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In
London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Little Church Around The Corner (L:
P.G. Wodehouse) (added to the 1974 revival of OH, LADY!
LADY!!):
1. 78/Columbia F-1074
(George Grossmith & Heather Thatcher with the Winter Garden
Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Answell) [reissued on George
Grossmith Volume Two, CD/Palaeophonics 86]
2. 78/Columbia 873 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
3. Sally/Good News, World (M) 7073 (Jimmy Parkinson and Betty
Parker with orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey)
4. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Diane McEwen-Martin
and Dennis Eagle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
5. Jack Payne Remembers, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6022 (Jack Payne)
(unverified)
Look For The Silver Lining (L: B.G.
DeSylva) (cut from ZIP! GOES A MILLION):
Note: I have not
attempted to compile discographical information for this Kern
standard beyond cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia F1076 (Dorothy Dickson and George Stroud with the
Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell)
[reissued on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World (M) SHB 34]
2. 78/HMV C2946 (Dorothy Dickson with orchestra conducted by
Ronnie Munro) [reissued on Jerome Kern In London, World (M)
SH-171]
3. 78/Columbia DB-2094 (Jessie Matthews with orchestra conducted
by Debroy Somers) [reissued on Great Singers Of
Yesteryear, CD/EMI CC-207; Over My Shoulder, CD/Living Era
CDAJA 5663]
4. Legends Of The Musical Stage Take Two (M) TT-104 (Marilyn
Miller and Alexander Gray with studio orchestra) [reissued on
The Song Is Jerome Kern, CD/ASW CD AJA 5036; Star Spangled
Rhythm, CD/Smithsonian RD 111]
5. Sally/Good News, World Records (M) 7065 (Betty Parker and
Jimmy Parkinson with orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey)
6. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (David Troiano and
Milena Grubor with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Lorelei (L: Anne Caldwell) (cut
from THE NIGHT BOAT):
1. 78/Columbia F-1075
(George Grossmith, Heather Thatcher, and Seymour Beard with the
Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on George Grossmith
Volume Two, CD/Palaeophonics 86]
2. Sally/Good News, World Records (M) 7073 (Betty Parker and
Jimmy Parkinson with orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey)
3. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Diane McEwen-Martin,
Greg Wakefield, David Troiano, and Dennis Eagle with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Nervous Wrecks (aka "Nerves") (cut;
subsequently used in THE CABARET GIRL):
1. 78/HMV C1086 (Winter
Garden Theatre Orchestra conducted by John Ansell) [reissued on
Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In
London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. The Cabaret Girl, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CCG05P-2C (Milena
Grubor, Dennis Eagle, and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. The Cabaret Girl, CD/Albany TROY 1103/04 (Jacob Allen,
Anthony Buck, and Sahara Glasener-Boles with the Ohio Light
Opera orchestra conducted by Michael Borowitz)
4. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Dennis Eagle and Tom
Petiet with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (as
"Nerves")
5. The First Rose Of Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003
(Michael Patrick Gaffney, Craig Jessup, and Alexandra Kaprielian
with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)
(It's) The Night Time (cut):
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (Greg Wakefield and Girls with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
On With The Dance:
1. 78/Columbia 873 (Herman
Finck & His Orchestra) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth
Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
2. Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES
70543 (Herman Finck & His Orchestra)
3. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Dennis Eagle with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4. Improviserat!: A Phontastic Music Party, CD/Phontastic 8869
(Ove Lind with Jan Allan, Arne Domnerus, Lars Erstrand, Rune
Gustafsson, Bengt Hallberg, and Ole Holmquist)
Opening Chorus (Act II):
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (The Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Opening Ensemble:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (The Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Sally (same music as "Catamarang" from
KING OF CADONIA):
1. 78/Columbia F-1077 (George Stroud
and Chorus) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES
7053]
2. 78/Columbia 873 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra)
[reissued on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
3. 78/Brunswick 4657 (Abe Lyman and his California Orchestra
with vocal chorus)
4. 78/Victor 22240 (Tony Hills with Wayne King and His
Orchestra)
5. 78/Edison Bell 5175 (Paramount Rhythm Boys and
unidentified tenor)
6. 78/Edison 50741 R (Betsy Lane
Shepherd and Lewis James with orchestra)
7. 78/Edison 50739 (Harry Rademan’s Jazz Orchestra)
8. Sally/Good News, World Records (M) 7073 (Betty Parker and
Jimmy Parkinson with orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey)
9. On Stage, EMI (M) EM 29 0573 3 (Peter Dawson with Bessie
Jones, Nellie Walker, Walter Glynne, and orchestra conducted
by George Byng)
10. Command Performance, DRG Archive DARC-1-1106 (Gracie
Fields) [reissued on Hail Variety, CD/Lismor LCOM 5249]
11. A Jerome Kern Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9767
(Emmanuel Stakery's Regal Cinema Orchestra with Quentin
Maclean, organ)
12. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (David Troiano
and Boys with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Sally (M: Joe Burke; L: Al Dubin)
(written for the film version)
1. 78/Brunswick 4657
(Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra with vocal chorus)
2. 78/Victor 22240 (Tony Hills with Wayne King and His
Orchestra)
(On The Banks Of) The Schnitza Komisski:
1. 78/Columbia F-1076
(Leslie Henson) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES
7053]
2. Ziegfeld Follies On The Air, Mark56 Records 737 (Leon Errol)
3. Stage Musicals: Strike Up The Band, CD/Larrikin D24103
(Charles Norman)
4. The First Rose Of Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003 (Greg
MacKellan with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)
5. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Tom Petiet with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
6. A Song Parade
Through The Years, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKSP-VOL.1- 1M (Matthew
Grace with Margaret Counihan and Dana Sadava, pianos)
Silver Lining Dance:
1. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CSA05P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
What Will I Do Without You? (M: Joe
Burke; L: Al Dubin) (written for the film version):
1. Gold Diggers In
Dixieland, Warner Bros. 1374 (Marty Matlock with The Paducah Patrol)
[reissued on And They Called It Dixieland/Gold Diggers In
Dixieland, CD Collectables 7867]
Whip-Poor-Will (L: B.G. DeSylva) (cut
from ZIP! GOES A MILLION):
1. 78/Columbia F-1077 (Dorothy Dickson &
Gregory Stroud with The Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra)
[reissued on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
2. 78/Columbia DB-2094 (Jessie Matthews with orchestra
conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on Over My Shoulder,
CD/Living Era 5663]
3. 78/Harmony 1036 (Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 5045 (Isham Jones Orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 20-2924 (Garry Stevens with Tex Beneke and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Gary Stevens Sings, CD/Sounds Of
Yesteryear DSOY 727]
6. 78/Emerson 10332 (Merry Melody Men)
7. 78/Victor 12417 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, Camden
(M) CAL 243]
8. Andre Previn Plays Songs By Jerome Kern, Contemporary (S)
S-7567 (Andre Previn, piano) [reissued as
CD/Contemporary/OJC 1787]
9. On Stage, EMI (M) EM 29 0573 3 (Peter Dawson with Bessie
Jones and orchestra conducted by George Byng)
10. Keith Ingham Plays The Music Of Jerome Kern, World (S)
WRS 1003 (Keith Ingham)
11. Sally/Good News, World Records (M) 7073 (Betty Parker
and Jimmy Parkinson with orchestra conducted by Geoff
Harvey)
12. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Milena Grubor
and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
13. The Complete Fran Warren With Claude Thornhill,
CD/Collectors' Choice Music 154 (Fran Warren with orchestra
conducted by Claude Thornhill)
14. Jerome Kern Treasury, CD/Angel CDC 7 54883 2 (Jeanne
Lehman and George Dvorsky with the London Sinfonietta
conducted by John McGlinn)
15. The Melody Lingers On, CD/Barbara Lea BL6613 (Barbara
Lea with Wes McAfee, piano, Boots Maleson, bass, and Dave
Ratajczak, drums)
16. The Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2,
CD/Nonesuch 79370-2 (George Gershwin, piano)
17. Ain't We Got Fun: Jerry Laird Sings, Ted Simons Plays,
CD/FSM (Jerry Laird with Ted Simons, piano) (unverified)
18. Sound Off, CD/Magic 73 (Jerry Gray And His Orchestra)
(unverified)
19. A Tribute
To Tex Beneke, CD/Halcyon DHDL 132 (The Glenn Miller
Orchestra)
An unverified radio transcription performed by the Norman
Cloutier Orchestra is also known to exist.
The Wild Rose:
1. 78/Columbia F-1074
(Dorothy Dickson and Chorus) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth
Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
2. 78/HMV C-2946 (Dorothy Dickson with orchestra conducted by
Ronnie Munro) [reissued on Jerome Kern In London, World Record
Club 171]
3. 78/Columbia DB-2094 (Jessie Matthews with orchestra conducted
by Debroy Somers) [reissued on Great Singers Of Yesteryear,
CD/EMI CC-207]
4. 78/Columbia A 3401 (Columbia Saxophone Sextette)
5. 78/Victor 12417 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, Camden (M)
CAL 243]
6. 78/Columbia 873 (Herman Finck & His Orchestra) [reissued
on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
7. 78/Vocalion 14169 (Selvin's Dance Orchestra)
8. 78/Victor 22250 (Frank Luther with The High Hatters conducted
by Leonard Joy)
9. Sally/Good News, World Records (M) 7073 (Betty Parker and
Jimmy Parkinson with orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey)
10. Jerome Kern: A Musical Tribute, Ariel (M) JKT 12 (Nelson
Eddy)
11. Let Me Entertain You, Columbia (S) CS 8253 (Sandra Church
with Luther Henderson and His Orchestra) [reissued on Gyspy
Meets Gypsy, CD/Sepia 1164]
12. A Jerome Kern Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9767 (Emmanuel
Stakery's Regal Cinema Orchestra with Quentin Maclean, organ)
13. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Milena Grubor and
Boys with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
After Business Hours (M:
Joe Burke; L: Al Dubin) (written for the film version)
At The Play (cut)
Dance
Don’t Wake Me Up Too Soon (M: Joe Burke; L: Al Dubin) (written
for the film version)
Schnitza Dance ("Pzcherkatrotsky")
Slavic Dance
The Social Game
Song And Dance (added after opening)
This Little Girl (cut after opening)
Violin Solo
Walking Off Those Balkan Blues (M: Joe Burke; L: Al Dubin)
(written for the film version)
Way Down East (cut after opening)