SHUBERT GAIETIES OF 1919



Composer: Jean Schwartz
Lyricist: Alfred Bryan

Opened: July 7, 1919, 44th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 87


And He ‘d Say “Oo-La-La! Wee-Wee” (M: Harry Ruby; L: George Jessel) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Pathe 22156 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia A 6123 (Billy Murray with Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra) [also 78/Columbia A 2765]
3. 78/Empire 404 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 18610 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
5. Comic Songs By Billy Murray & Co. Vol. 3 - The Ragtime Era, CAS/Vintage Music Productions  (Billy Murray)
6. The Earliest Black String Bands, Vol. 3 (1919-1920), CD/Document (unknown performer)


Beale Street Blues (M/L: W.C. Handy) (dropped for the subsequent tour and then reinstated):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard.


Everybody Shimmies (Now)  (M: Joe Gold; Edmund J. Porray; L: Eugene West) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Aolian-Vocalion B12099 (Sophie Tucker) [reissued on Origins Of The Red Hot Mama: 1910-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5010]
2. Early Jazz 1917-1923, CD/Fremeaux & Associes FA 181 (L’Orchestre Scrap Iron Jazzerinos)
3. From Ragtime To Jazz, Vol. 3: 1902-1923, CD/Timeless Historical CBC 1070 (Savoy Quartet)


He Went In Like A Lion And Came Out Like A Lamb (M: Harry Von Tilzer; L: Andrew B. Sterling) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Medallion 8168 (Billy Murray with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Victor 18657 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
3. The Denver Nightingale, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5501 (Billy Murray)


I’ve  Made Up My Mind To Mind A Maid Made Up Like You (A Maid Like You):

1. 78/Vocalion 12184 (Aeolian Dance Orchestra)


(At The) Jazz Babies Ball (M: Maceo Pinkard; L: Charles Bayha) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Columbia A 2908 (Kentucky Serenaders) [reissued on Hits Of 1920, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120635]
2. 78/Pathe 22357 (Noble Sissle with orchestra)
3. At The Hookers’ Ball, CD/GHB Records 125 (Ernie Carson and The Castle Jazz Band)


The Lamp Of Love:

1. 78/Columbia A 2784 (Campbell and Burr with the Columbia Saxophone Quartette)


Rainbow Ball:

1. 78/Vocalion 12184 (Aeolian Dance Orchestra)


She Was Bred In Old Kentucky (M: Stanley Carter; L: Harry Braisted) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Edison 51116 R (Walter Scanlan with mix chorus accompaniment)
2. 78/Sunrise 33064 (Francis Crowell)
3. 78/Perfect 11033 (Apollo Male Trio)
4. 78/Banner 0705 (Carson Robison Trio) [also 78/Regal 9015; 78/Conqueror 7732; 78/Perfect 12630]
5. 78/Victor 35825 (Victor Mixed Chorus)
6. The 1890’s, Vol. 1: Wipe Him Off The Land, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9004 (George J. Gaskin)


They’re All Sweeties (M: Harry Von Tilzer; L: Andrew B. Sterling) (added for the subsequent tour; originally used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919):

1. 78/Columbia A 2792 (Gus Van and Joe Schenck)
2. 78/Emerson 1042 (Irving Kaufman and Jack Kaufman)
3. 78/Pathe 22213 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
4. New Science Of Sound, CD/Naked Voice (Acoustix)
5. Initial Public Offering (I.P.O.), CD/Chairman Of The Chord (Chairman Of The Chord)


You’d Be Surprised (M/L: Irving Berlin) (interpolated after opening; also used in OH, WHAT A GIRL, ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919, and AFGAR):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this Berlin standard.


You’ll See The Day (M/L: Bud Green; Charlie Pierce; Ted Fiorito) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Okeh 4153 (McCarthy Sisters with orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Baby Vampire (Land)
Beautiful American Girl
(Little) Boy Blue
Chanson Apache (cut)
Cherry Blossom (Lane)
Coat O’Mine (Coat Of Mine) (M: M.K. Jerome; L: Blanche Merrill)
Cosy Corner
Crazy Quilt (Dippy-Doodle-Um) (M: M.K. Jerome; L: Blanche Merrill)
(Please) Don’t Take Away The Girls
(For) The Freedom Of The C’s
Girl You Marry (added late to the subsequent tour)
Grand Finale
He Does Me So Much Good (not in programs)
Heart-Breakers (not in programs)
A Little Bull (not in programs)
Military Decoration (dance)
A Mouth Full Of Kisses (added late in the subsequent tour; subsequently used in THE MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1920)
My (Beautiful) Tiger Girl
Oh, How She Can Dance (not in programs)
On My Private Telephone (not in programs)
Peachie (cut)
Roller Skating Waltz
(Let Us Keep) The Shimmy
This Is The Day (M: J.K. Jerome; L: Blanche Merrill)
Valparaiso
Vamp A Little Lady
What Are We Going To Do?
You Know What I Mean (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene Buck) (added for the subsequent tour; subsequently used in ZIEGFELD GIRLS OF 1920)