SILKS AND SATINSsic)
Composer: Leon
Rosebrook
Lyricist: Louis Weslyn
Opened: July 15, 1920, George M. Cohan Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 60
Chili Bean (Eenie-Meanie-Minie-Mo) (M: Albert Von Tilzer; L: Lew Brown) (subsequently used in POT LUCK):
1. 78/HMV C1062 (Mayfair
Orchestra conducted by Philip Braham)
2. 78/Decca 24012 (Nat Brandwynne and His Orchsetra with vocal
chorus)
3. 78/Arto 9021 (Ernest Hare with orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 2047 (Fred Whitehouse with orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 18698 (The Benson Orchestra of Chicago) [reissued
on Volume 1: 1920-1921, CD/Archephone ARCH 6001]
6. 78/Okeh 4170 (Billy Jones with orchestra)
7. The Phonographic Yearbook: 1920 - Even Water’s Getting
Weaker, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9001A (Frank Crumit with the Paul
Biese Trio)
He Went In Like A Lion (M/L: Jules Von
Tilzer) (cut after opening; originally used in SHUBERT
GAIETIES OF 1919):
1. 78/Victor 18657 (Billy
Murray with orchestra) [also 78/Medallion 8168; reissued on
Anthology (The Denver Nightingale), CD/Archeophone ARCH 5501]
2. Walter Smith And Friends, Vol. 2
(1930-1931), CD/Document DOCD 8063 (Walter “Kid” Smith with The
Carolina Buddies)
I Want To Be Somebody’s Baby (M: Jesse
Greer; L: Ed Smalle):
1. 78/Medallion 8247 (Palace Trio)
I Wish That I’d Been Born In Borneo
(M: Walter Donaldson; L: Grant Clarke) (ASCAP only, not in
program; also used in BROADWAY BREVITIES OF 1920 and THE
MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS OF 1921):
1. 78/Emerson 10301 (Eddie
Cantor with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Columbia A 3324 (Frank Crumit with orchestral
accompaniment)
(I’ll Be With You) In Apple Blossom
Time (M: Albert Von Tilzer; L: Neville Fleason):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard
beyond original cast member performances.
A radio transcription performed by Aileen Stanely with the Music
Hall Varities Orchestra is known to exist.
My Little Bimbo (Down On The Bamboo
Isle) (not in programs):
1. 78/Victor 18691
(Aileen Stanley) [also 78/Edison 50707]
2. 78/Path 022412 (Joseph Samuels’ Music Masters)
3. 78/Columbia A 2981 (Frank Crumit with orchestral
accompaniment) [reissued on Return Of The Gay Cabellero,
CD/Hallmark Recordings]
4. 78/Gennett 4647 A (Yerkes’ Jazzarimba Orchestra)
5. 78/Down Home 6 (Lu Watters Jazz Band) [reissued on At Hambone
Kelly’s 1949-50, CD/Merrymakers 10]
6. 78/Columbia A 3304 (The Happy Six) [reissued on
Dance-O-Mania: 1919-1923 Harry Yerkes And The Dawn Of The Jazz
Age, CD/Rivermont BSW1150]
7. 78/Okeh 4170 (Billy Jones with orchestra)
8. 78/Victor 18698 (The Benson Orchestra of Chicago) [reissued
on Volume 1: 1920-1921, CD/Archeophone ARCH 6001]
9. 78/Emerson 10234 (Arthur Fields with orchestra)
10. Cruisin’ Down The River, CAS/Unknown label (Charles Michael
Vreeland)
11. Live In Dresden, CD/Storyville SLP 815/6 (Papa Bue’s Viking
Jazz Band) [reissued as CD/Storyville STCD 5530]
12. The Toot Sweet Jazz Band, CD/Unknown label 93567 (The Toot
Sweet Jazz Band)
13. I’ll See You In My Dreams, CD/Talent Records 102 (Aspheim
Oldtimers)
14. The Best Of Vestre Jazzvaerk, CD/Storyville STCD 5505
(Vestre Jazzvaerk)
15. Oh By Jingo, CD/Delmark DE 210
(Clancy Hayes & The Salty Dogs)
16. Saturday Night Function, CD/Document 201637 (Blue Note
Juniors)
17. Carousel Breezes: Seabreeze Park,
CD/Dynamic 100 (Wurlitzer Band Organ)
18. Are You Ready Hezzie, CD/Circle 905
(Hoosier Hot Shots)
19. Remembering Clancy, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1349 (Bob Schultz and
His Frisco Jazz Band)
20. Shake ‘Em Loose, CD/Lake LACD 45
(Mike Durham)
21. American Music In The Beginning, CD/Rice 004 (unknown
performer)
Unrecorded Material: