SINBAD
Composer: Sigmund
Romberg
Lyricist: Harold Atteridge
Opened: February 14, 1918, Winter Garden Theatre, N.Y.C.
and closed on July 6, 1918
Performances: 164
Note: This show reopened on September 2, 1918 at the Century Theatre, transferred on October 14, 1918 to the Casino Theatre, transferred on November 11, 1918 to the Winter Garden Theatre, and transferred on February 10, 1919 to the 44th Street Theatre before closing on March 29, 1919 for an additional 240 performances.
Alexander’s Band Is Back In Dixieland (M: Albert Gumble; L: Jack Yellen) (added for the national tour):
1. 78/Columbia A 2787
(Harry Fox with orchestra)
2. 78/Emerson 1075 (Premier-American Quartet)
3. 78/Path 22218 (Patricola with orchestra)
4. 78/Edison 50601 (Premier Quartet with orchestra)
5. Son Of The Sea: The 1997 Top 20 Barbershop Quartets,
CD/Intersound 3706 (unknown performers)
Avalon (M: Vincent Rose; L: Al Jolson)
(added for the national tour; subsequently used in BOMBO):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia A-2995 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Jolie’s Finest
Columbia Recordings, CD/Columbia 53419; Music From The New York
Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Decca 23714 (Al Jolson with orchestra directed by Morris
Stoloff) [reissued on The Best Of The Decca Years, CD/Decca
MCAD-10505]
3. 78/Emerson 10274 (Ernest Hare)
4. 78/Brunswick 2050 (Ernest Hare)
5. 78/Pathe 22449 (Ernest Hare)
6. 78/Vocalion 14109 (Ernest Hare)
7 . Al Jolson, Epitaph 4008 (Al Jolson)
8 . The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson)
9. The Man And The Legend, CD/Parade PAR-2004 (Al Jolson)
10. Bing Crosby Meets Al Jolson, CD/Sepia 1053 (Al Jolson and
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra)
11. Live!, CD/Delta Laserlight 12585 (Al Jolson)
Bagdad (M: Al Jolson; Sigmund Romberg)
:
1. 78/Victor 18477
(Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra directed by Joseph Knecht)
Chloe (M: Al Jolson; L: B.G. DeSylva)
(added for the national tour):
1. 78/Columbia A 2861 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Music From
The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. Dave “Fingers” McKenna, CD/Chiaroscuro 175 (Dave McKenna)
3 . Complete Associated Transcriptions, Vol. 1: 1941,
CD/Storyville 2047 (John Kirby Sextet)
Cleopatra (M: Harry Tierney; L: Alfred
Bryan):
1. 78/Emerson 927 (Arthur
Collins with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Columbia A 2550 (Marimbaphone Band)
Dixie Rose (M: George Gershwin; L:
Irving Caesar; B.G. DeSylva) (not in programs):
1. Gershwin Arrangements,
More Gershwin, CD/Metier 92030 (Michael Finnissy with Ian Pace,
piano)
Hello, Central, Give Me No Man’s Land
(M: Jean Schwartz; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young) (added after
opening):
1. 78/Columbia A 2542 (Al
Jolson with orchestra) [reissued on Music From The New York
Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS
9059-61]
2. 78/Victor 18479 (Edna Brown with orchestra)
3. 78/Little Wonder (unidentified tenor)
4. Beauties Of 1918, World Pacific WP 1245 (Charlie Mariano)
[reissued as CD/EMI 0688857]
5. Country Carnival Classics, CAS/Country Carnival CM 1537
(Country Carnival Classics)
6. Jolson & Company, CD/Original Cast OC-6062 (Stephen Mo
Hanan with musical direction by Peter Larson)
7. Over There! American Songs And Marches Of The Great War
1917-1918, Vol. 1, CD/CD41 045 (Henry Burr)
8. Satan Takes A Holiday, CD/Amarillo 594 (Anton LaVey)
How’d You Like To Be My Daddy (M:
Ted Snyder; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young) (added during the
run):
1. 78/Columbia A
2525 (Farber Sisters with orchestral accompaniment)
[reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920,
CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Pathe 20355 (Farber Sisters)
I Gave Her That (M: Al Jolson; L: B.G.
DeSylva) (added for the national tour):
1. 78/Columbia A 2835 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Music From
The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Pathe 22258 (Ernest Hare)
3. 78/Vocalion 14028 (Ernest Hare)
4. Ian Whitcomb’s Ragtime America, CD/Audiophile Records 277
(Ian Whitcomb)
5. Live! At The Royal Albert Hall, CD/Rhino 7710 (Tiny Tim)
I Wonder Why She Kept On Saying
Si-Si-Si-Si Senor! (M: Ted Snyder; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe
Young):
1. 78/Columbia A 2671 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Music From
The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
I’ll Say She Does (M/L: B.G. DeSylva;
Al Jolson; Gus Kahn) (added after opening):
1. 78/Columbia A 2746 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Music From
The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61;
You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Jolie’s Finest Columbia Recordings,
CD/Legacy/Columbia 53419]
2. 78/Pathe 22064 (Ernest Hare with orchestral accompaniment)
[also 78/Operaphone 21103]
3. 78/Columbia A 2752 (Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band)
[reissued on Jazzin’ Straight Thru’ Paradise, CD/Archeophone
ARCH 6004]
4. 78/Emerson 1056 (Six Brown Brothers) [reissued on Those
Moaning Saxophones, CD/Archeophone 6002]
5. 78/Victor 18527 (All Star Trio)
6. A Tribute To Al Jolson, MGM E 3773 (Maurice Chevalier with
orchestra conducted by Ray Ellis)
I’m Not Jealous (But I Just Don’t Like It) (M: Ed. G.
Nelson; Fred Mayo; L: Harry Pease) (added after the
opening; also used in GOOD MORNING, JUDGE):
1. 78/Edison 50572
(Rachael Grant and Billy Murray with orchestra)
I’ve Got The Blue Ridge Blues (M:
Charles L. Cook; Richard A. Whiting; L: Charles A. Mason)
(ASCAP/Library of Congress only):
1. 78/Path 22082 (Lieut.
Jim Europe’s 369th U.S. Inf. “Hell Fighters” Band) [reissued on
James Reese Europe Featuring Noble Sissle, CD/IAJRC Records
1012]
My Mammy (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Sam
M. Lewis; Joe Young) (added for the national tour;
subsequently used in BOMBO):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for anything other than
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Brunswick 3912 (Al Jolson) [also 78/Brunswick 3790;
reissued on The Jazz Singer, CD/Halcyon DHDL-102]
2. 78/Decca 23614 (Al Jolson) [reissued on The Best Of The Decca
Years, CD/Decc a MCAD-10505]
3. 78/V-Disc 773 (Al Jolson)
4. 78/Arto 9040 (Ernest Hare)
5. 78/Grey Gull L-2046 (Ernest Hare)
6. 78/Gennett 4679 (Ernest Hare)
7. Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Two, Totem 1012 (Al Jolson)
[reissued on You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet, Living Era AJA-5038]
8. The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson)
9. The Jolson Story, Pelican 129 (Al Jolson)
10. The Man And The Legend, CD/Parade PAR-2004 (Al Jolson)
‘N Everything (M/L: B.G. DeSylva; Al
Jolson; Gus Kahn) (also used in TAILS UP!):
1. 78/HMV B1011 (Davy
Burnaby with orchestra conducted by C.B. Yearsley)
2. 78/Columbia A-2519 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Music From The
New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
3. 78/Columbia A 2550 (Marimbaphone Band)
4. 78/Emerson 932 (Eddie Nelson)
5. 78/Victor 18502 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra) [also 78/Victor
18507]
6. Star!, 20th Century Fox DTCS 5102 (Garrett Lewis with the
20th Century Fox orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton)
[reissued on CD/20th Century Fox 07882-11009-2]
(Why Do They All Take The) Night Boat
To Albany (M: Jean Schwartz; L: Same M. Lewis; Joe Young):
1. Al Jolson: The
Vitaphone Years, A-Jay Records 3749 (Al Jolson)
2. Let Me Sing And I’m Happy, CD/Turner Classic Movies
Music/Rhino 72544 (Al Jolson)
On The Road To Calais (M: Al Jolson;
L: Alfred Bryan) (added after opening):
1. 78/Columbia A 2690 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Music
From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM
CDS 9059-61; You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Jolie’s Finest
Columbia Recordings, CD/Legacy/Columbia 53419]
The Rag Lad Of Bagdad (M: Al Jolson; Sigmund Romberg):
1. 78/Victor 18477
(Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra directed by Joseph Knecht)
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie
Melody (M: Jean Schwartz; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia A 2560 (Al Jolson with orchestral accompaniment)
[reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920,
CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Brunswick 6502 (Al Jolson) [reissued on You Ain’t Heard
Nothin’ Yet: Jolie’s Finest Columbia Recordings,
CD/Legacy/Columbia 53419]
3. 78/Columbia 1 (Al Jolson with Guy Lombardo and His Royal
Canadians) [also 78/Harmony 1004; 78/Brunswick 6502;
12”/Columbia 4-PE 3; reissued on The Great Stars of Vaudeville,
CD/Sony Music Special Products A 01509]
4. 78/Decca 23612 (Al Jolson with orchestra conducted by Morris
Stoloff) [also 45/Decca 23623; 45/Decca 91103]
5. Al Jolson In Songs He Made Famous, 78/Decca album 564 (Al
Jolson with orchestra conducted by Carmen Dragon)
[reissued on The Best Of The Decca Years, CD/Decca MCAD-10505]
6. The Immortal Al Jolson, Decca 9063 (Al Jolson with orchestra
and chorus directed by Lou Bring)
7. Al Jolson At Warner Bros., CD/Rhino R2-72544 (Al Jolson)
Some Beautiful Morning (M/L: Friend;
Al Jolson) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A 2940 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Music From
The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Emerson 1082 (Ernest Hare)
3. 78/Operaphone 21125 (Ernest Hare with orchestra) [also
78/Pathe 22170]
Swanee (M: George Gershwin; L: Irving Caesar) (added for the
national tour; originally used in SINBAD and subsequently
used in JIG-SAW):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this Gershwin standard
beyond composer and original cast member renditions.
78/Columbia A-2884 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Jolie’s Finest
Columbia Recordings CD/Columbia 53419; Music From The New York
Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
78/V-Disc 763 (Al Jolson)
78/WOR Recording 10-3420 (Al Jolson, Evelyn Keyes, and
Ludwig Donath with orchestra conducted by Morris Stoloff)
[reissued on The Jolson Story/Mammy, CD/Great Movie Themes
CD60021]
Al Jolson In Songs He Made Famous, 78/Decca album 564 (Al Jolson
with orchestra conducted by Carmen Dragon) [reissued on
The Best Of The Decca Years, CD/Decca MCAD-10505; I Got Rhythm:
The Music Of George Gershwin, CD/Smithsonian RD 107-1/2/3/4]
Gershwin . . . From Tin Pan Alley To Broadway, Mark56 Records
680 (George Gershwin, piano) [reissued on Gershwin Plays
Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, CD/Elektra Nonesuch 79287-2]
Show Biz, RCA LOC-1011 (Irving Caesar)
And Then I Wrote, Coral (S) CRL 57083 (Irving Caesar)
George Gershwin Memorial Concert, Citadel CT-7025 (Al Jolson
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor
Young) [reissued as CD/North American Classics NAC 4001]
Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Three, Totem 1019 (Al Jolson)
Al Jolson On The Air, Volume Two, Totem 1012 (Al Jolson)
[reissued on ‘S Wonderful: The Music Of George Gershwin,
CD/Flapper PAST CD 9777]
The Gershwins In Hollywood, 1931-1964, JJA Records 19773 (Joan
Leslie, Robert Alda, and Al Jolson)
Al Jolson Radio Rarities, Radiola 3MR-2 (Al Jolson) (two
renditions)
The Jolson Story, Take Two 103 (Al Jolson and Rudy Wissler with
orchestra conducted by Morris Stoloff)
Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935,
CD/Musicmasters 5062-2-C (George Gershwin, piano)
George And Ira Gershwin In Hollywood, CD/Rhino Movie Music R2
72732 (Al Jolson and the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra conducted
by Leo F. Forbstein)
Tell That To The Marines (M: Al
Jolson; Jean Schwartz):
1. 78/Columbia A 2657 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Jolie’s
Finest Columbia Recordings CD/Columbia 53419; Music From The New
York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
That Lullaby Of Long Ago (not in
programs):
1. 78/Pathe 22170 (Ernest
Hare)
There’s A Lump Of Sugar Down In Dixie
(M: Albert Gumble; L: Alfred Bryan; Jack Yellen) (not in
programs):
1. 78/Columbia A 2491 (Al
Jolson with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on Music From
The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Pathe 20355 (Farber Sisters)
3. 78/Vocalion 12017 (Dabney’s Band)
4. 78/Victor 18482 (Marion Harris with orchestra) [reissued on
The Complete Victor Releases, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5001A]
5. 78/Columbia A 2550 (Marimbaphone Band)
6. Country Carnival Classics, CAS/Country Carnival CM 1537
(Country Carnival Classics)
7. Turn On The Heat, CD/Stomp Off 1333 (Frederick Hodges, piano)
8. Southern Comfort, CD/GHB Records 162 (Ernie Carson and The
Castle Jazz Band)
9. All Time Jamboree Bag, CD/Castle Music PDSCD 518 (Chas &
Dave)
The Worst Is Yet To Come (M: Bert
Grant; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young) (ASCAP /Library of
Congress only):
1. 78/Columbia A 2672
(Peerless Quartette with orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 18515 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet (M: Al
Jolson; L: B.G. DeSylva; Gus Kahn) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia 2836 (Al
Jolson) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4:
1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Pathe 22237 (Ernest Hare) [also 78/Operaphone 21135]
3. 78/Gramophone B 1155 (All Star Trio (W. Wadsworth, G.H.
Green, and V. Arden) [also 78/Victor 18659]
4. 78/Emerson 10134 (Eddie Cantor with orchestral accompaniment)
5. 78/Little Wonder 1238 (unidentified tenor)
You’re A Better Man Than I Am Gungadin”
(M: Nat Osborne; L: Sam Ehrlich) (added for the subsequent
tour):
1. 78/Emerson 931 (Henry Lewis)
Unrecorded Material:
Beauty And (The) Beast
The Bedalumbo (M: Al Jolson)
Butterfly Ballet
By The Honeysuckle Vine (M: Al Jolson; L: B.G. DeSylva) (added
for the national tour)
Darktown Dancing School (M: Albert Gumble; L: Jack Yellen) (not
in programs)
Everybody Wonders Why They Love Me? (added for the national
tour)
Fox Trot (M: Al Jolson; Sigmund Romberg) (not in programs)
Guests Ballet
Hold Me (added for the national tour)
I Hail From Cairo
I Love The Heart Of Dixie (M: Al Jolson; Jean Schwartz; L:
Alfred Bryan) (not in programs)
I’ll Sing You A Song About Dear Old Dixie Land (M: Turner
Layton; L: Henry Creamer) (not in programs)
I’ll Tell The World (M: B.G. DeSylva)
Isle Of Youth
It’s Wonderful (M: B.G. DeSylva)
A Little Bit Of Every Nationality
Love Ahoy!
A Night In The Orient
On Cupid’s Green
Our Ancestors
Raz-Ma-Taz (M: Al Jolson)
Rose (added for the national tour)
Snake Dance
They Can’t Fool Me (M: Al Jolson; L: B.G. DeSylva) (not in
programs)
A Thousand And One Arabian Nights
Where Do They Get Those Guys? (M: Albert Gumble; L: Alfred
Bryan; Jack Yellen) (dropped for the subsequent national tour)
Why Do You Think You’re Fooling With That Million Dollar Talk
(M: Ted Snyder; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young) (ASCAP/Library of
Congress only)