SHOWBOAT
Composer: Jerome Kern
Lyricist: Oscar
Hammerstein II
Opened: December 27, 1927,
Ziegfeld Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 575
Note: Only numbers not
found on the 1988 studio cast album, Show Boat, CD/Angel 49018,
are noted below.
At A Georgia Camp Meeting (M/L: Kerry Mills) (used in the 1936 film version):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
Bully Song (M/L: Traditional) (cut):
1. 78/Columbia 15302 D
(Vernon Dalhart with novelty accompaniment)
Coon, Coon, Coon (M/L: Gene Jefferson;
Leo Friedman) (written for the 1929 film version):
1. 78/Victor 26546 (Victor
Mixed Chorus with instrumental accompaniment directed by Emile
Cot)
Deep River (M/L: ?) (used in the 1929
film version):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond film
cast member renditions.
1. 78/Joe Davis 8002 (Jules Bledsoe)
Down South (M/L: Sigmund Spaeth;
William H. Myddleton) (written for the 1929 film version):
1. 78/Mercury 70470
(Sophie Tucker with David Carroll and His Orchestra) [also
45/Mercury 70470-X45; reissued on The Golden Jubilee
Album, CD/Sepia 1054]
2. 78/Victor 47-4568 (Spike Jones with His Country Cousins)
3. 78/Perfect 14943 (Pete Killeen with Sam Lanin and His
Orchestra)
4. 78/Cameo 1269 (Sam Lanin and His Troubadours)
5. 78/Harmony 604 (Manhattan Dance Makers)
6. 78/Apex 8789 (Leroy Montesanto with Markel's Society
Orchestra)
7. 78/Victor 21321 (Tom Stacks with Harry Reser's Banjo Boys)
8. Flamin’ Guitars, CD/Bear Family Records BCD 15956 (Speedy
West and Jimmy Bryant)
Hello Ma Baby (M/L: Joe Howard) (cut;
used in the 1936 film version):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
composer renditions.
1. 78/Vocalion 3357 (Joe Howard with Gene Kardos and His
Orchestra) [reissued on The Ultimate Show Boat, CD/Pavilion GEMS
0060]
2. 78/Brunswick mx P-22447 (Joe Howard) [reissued on
Personalities On Parade Volume 1, no label (M) PP-1]
3. Joe Howard’s Gay Nineties Revue, 78/Deluxe album 18 (Joe
Howard)
4. Carousel Of American Music, CD/Music & Arts CD-971
(Joseph E. Howard)
Here Comes The Show Boat (M: Maceo
Pinkard; L: Billy Rose) (written for the 1929 film version):
1. 78/Diva 2502 G (Lou
Golf and His Orchestra) [also 78/Harmony 502; reissued on It’s
Tight Like That, CD/Rivermont 1147]
2. 78/Columbia 1835 D (Harry Reser's Syncopators)
3. 78/Brunswick 3699 (Six Jumping Jacks with vocal chorus)
[reissued on Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks, CD/The Old Masters
128]
4. 78/Victor 21166 (Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra) [reissued
on Jean Goldkette Bands 1924-29, CD/Timeless CBC 1084]
5. 45/Fraternity 763 (Margie Meinert)
6. Tunes Of The Delta Queen's Steamboat Calliope, 45EP/Decca ED
9-38231 (Billy Menke)
7. Jean Goldkette Bands 1924-29, CD/Timeless CBC 1084 (Jean
Goldkette) (second rendition)
8. David Stumpf Arranges For The Wurlitzer band Organ Again,
CAS/Carousel Music DW-1 (David Stumpf)
9. The Way We Were, CD/Masters of Harmony (Masters Of Harmony)
10. More Of The Wonderful Belgian Band Organ, Vol. 2, CD/Gold 20
(Paul Eakins)
11. Classic Carnival Circus Calliope Music, CD/Gold 20 38781
(unknown performer)
Radio transcriptions performed by the New World Singers with
instrumental accompaniment and by the Ray Block Orchestra are
also known to exist.
Look Down That Lonesome Road (M:
Nathaniel Shilkret; L: Gene Austin) (written for the 1929
film version):
I have
not attempted to compile discological information for this
standard beyond film cast member and composer renditions.
1. 78/Decca F-5939 (Jules Bledsoe)
2. 78/Victor 21996 (Willard Robinson with Nat Shilkret and the
Victor Orchestra)
3. 78/Fraternity F-779 (Gene Austin)
4. 78/Victor 21098 (Gene Austin with orchestra)
5. Gene Austin, Sunbeam P-507 (Gene Austin)
6. Singer And Songwriter, CD/Collectors’ Choice Music CCM 10402
(Gene Austin)
7. Voice Of The Southland, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5217 (Gene
Austin)
8. 2 Shows Nightly/Live At The Copa, CD/EMI 509996-95372-2-6
(Peggy Lee with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael)
Unrecorded Material: