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:

Alibi Blues (M/L: Arthur Swanstrom) (cut after opening)
Annie Laurie (cut after opening)
Around The Town
Danse Eccentrique
Danse Orientale
Finale (Act 2)
I’m Glad To Be Back Again (cut after opening)
I’ve Got A Sentry (I’m Just A Sentry) (M: Oliver G. Wallace; L: Arthur Freed)
I’ve Shaken Everything I’ve Got
Life Was Worth While
Midsummer Maiden
My Rose Of Memory (M: Leon Rosebrook; L: Lloyd Garrett)
Nanking Blues (M: Leon Rosebrook; L: Louis Weslyn; William Rock)
Opening Chorus (Act 1
Signora (cut)
Step Along (With Me)
Sunday’s Child
 (At) That Colored Jassboray (M: Oliver G. Wallace; L: Arthur Freed)
They Auto Know Better (cut after opening)
Tommy Atkins
Was Mrs. MacBeth Really Sleeping When She Took That Famous Walk? (cut)