SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
Composer: James F.
Hanley
Lyricist: Eddie Dowling
Opened: October 3, 1927, Knickerbocker
Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 112
Headin’ For Harlem:
1. 78/Path 36717 (Jimmy
Lytell)
2. 78/Harmony 521 H (Brown-Morris Orchestra with vocal chorus)
3. 78/Victor 20976 (Franklyn Baur with Nat Shilkret and The
Victor Orchestra) [reissued on The Hot Dance Sides, CD/Swing
Time 9912]
4. Booze And Broads: Music Of The Roaring 20’s, CD/Gold 20
(unknown performer)
Playground In The Sky:
1. 78/Columbia 1133 D
(Lewis James and Franklyn Baur with Ben Selvin and His
Orchestra)
2. 78/Path 36704 (Ken Christie with the Deep River Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 21041 (Whispering Jack Smith with piano
accompaniment)
4. Original Recordings 1925-1929, CD/Bygone Days BYD 77075
(Vaughn DeLeath)
Sidewalks Of New York (M: C.B. Lawlor;
L: J.W. Blake):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
Wherever You Are:
1. 78/Path 36704 (Ken
Christe with the Deep River Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 20976 (Franklyn Baur with Nat Shilkret and the
Victor Orchestra) [reissued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties
Volume 2 (1927), JJA (M) 19803]
3. 78/Columbia 1133 D (Lewis James, Franklyn Baur, and Elliot
Shaw with Ben Selvin and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Diva 2538 G (Andy Sannella and His All Star Trio)
5. 78/Brunswick 3757 (Franklyn Baur with orchestra)
6. Original Recordings 1925-1929, CD/Bygone Days BYD 77075
(Vaughn DeLeath)
Unrecorded Material: