SING OUT THE NEWS
Composer: Harold
Rome
Lyricist: Harold Rome
Opened: September 24, 1938,
Music Box Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 105
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones (aka "F.D.R. Jones") (also used in THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, CLOWN JEWELS, and TO BROADWAY WITH LOVE):
1. 78/Decca F7297 (Bud Flanagan
& Chesney Allen with Jay Wilbur and His Orchestra) [reissued on Lambeth
Walk: Songs From The London War Time Shows, CD/Spectrum 544 319-2]
2.
78/Victor 26038 (Hal Kemp and his Swing-a-roosters with Hal Kemp and His
Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1938, JJA (M) 1988-1]
3.
78/Decca 2105 (Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and his Orchestra) [78/Brunswick
02818; reissued on The Early Years, Pt. 1, CD/Verve 618]
4. 78/Decca 4072
(Judy Garland with Orchestra directed by David Rose) [reissued on The Complete
Decca Masters, CD/MCA 11059]
5. 78/Bluebird B 10092 (Jayne Dover with Van
Alexander and his Orchestra)
6. 78/Odeon 283.379 (Charlie Kunz, piano, with
rhythm accompaniment)
7. 78/Vocalion v 4498 (Cab Calloway with Orchestra
conducted by Cab Calloway) [reissued on The Best Of The Big Bands: Cab
Calloway, CD/Columbia/Legacy 45336]
8. 78/HMV C3114 (orchestra conducted by
Clifford Greenwood)
9. 78/Decca F7185 (Sam Browne and Chorus with Lew Stone
and His Band)
10. A Touch Of Rome, 10"/Heritage LP-H-0053 (Harold Rome
piano and voice) [reissued on CD/DRG 5249]
11. And Then I Wrote, Coral (M)
CRL 57082 (Harold Rome, piano and voice)
12. To Broadway With Love,
Columbia (S) OS 2630 (Rod Perry and vocal ensemble with orchestra conducted by
Franz Allers) [reissued on CD/DRG 19122]
13. Where Did The Night Go, RCA
Camden (M) CAL 738 (The Living Strings conducted by Johnny Douglas) [reissued
as CD/Dulcima DLCD 121]
14. The Carroll Gibbons Story, World Records
SH-167/8 (George Melachrino with Carroll Gibbons, piano, and the Savoy Hotel
Orpheans) [reissued on Carroll Gibbons Calls The Tunes, CD/Castle Pulse 591]
15. Big Hearted Arthur, CD/Castle Pulse 734 (Arthur Askey)
16. Swing
Tanzen Verboten!, CD/Proper 1322 (Charlie And His Orchestra)
17. The
History of Pop Radio, Vol. 5: 1937-1938, CD/OSA 205519 (Ella Fitzgerald)
18. Judy Garland On Radio 1936-1944, Vol. 1: All the Things You Are,
CD/Jazz Classics 5006]
19. Judy Garland in Hollywood: Her Greatest Movie
Hits, CD/Rhino 75292 (Judy Garland)
20. The Complete Early Transcriptions
Of The King Cole Trio: 1938-1941, CD/Vintage Jazz Classics 1026 (The King Cole
Trio)
21. Treffpunkt Tanzmusik, CD/TMK 007977 (Erwin Lehn)
22. You
Leave Me Breathless, CD/Buddah 99602 (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra)
23.
Down South Camp Meetin': Broadcast Archives, Vol. 1, CD/Avid 682 (Glenn Miller
& His Orchestra)
24. Live at the Carnegie Hall 6 October 1938, CD/Jazz
Band 2013 (Benny Goodman & Glenn Miller)
25. Be Happy: Glenn Miller
& His Orchestra Live 1940, CD/Magic 95 (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra)
26. Chronological, Vol. 6: 1935-1939, CD/Storyville 3015 (The Mills
Brothers)
27. London Sessions 1934-1939, CD/Fabulous 252 (The Mills
Brothers)
28. Songs of Wartime, CD/Empress 825 (Harry Roy & His
Orchestra)
29. Swing, Teddy, Swing!, CD/Bob's 0000006 (Teddy Stauffer)
30. Travelin' Light: Cookin' with Frank & Sam, CD/Concord 4647 (Frank
Vignola and Sam Pilafian)
31. Swingin' Strings, CD/Riff Raff no number
(Riff Raff)
32. Underneath The Arches, CD/That's Entertainment Records
CDTER 1015 (Company)
33. As Time Goes By, CD/Pegasus 0000321 (unknown)
34. Hits of the Blitz, CD/Pavilion 9754 (unknown)
35. Songs from the
Shows, CD/Empress 8002 (unknown)
Radio transcriptions performed by The
Master Singers, Ray Bloch's Swing Fourteen, Kay Thomson with the Rhythm Singers
and Orchestra, and Basil Fromeen Orchestra are also known to exist.
How Long Can Love Keep
Laughing?:
1. 78/Brunswick 8219 (Stanley
Worth with Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway:
1938, JJA (M) 1988-1]
2. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Greg
MacKellan and Steven Yudson with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
My Heart Is
Unemployed:
1. 78/Brunswick 8219 (Stanley
Worth with Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 26038 (Bob Allen
with Hal Kemp & His Orchestra) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1938,
JJA (M) 1988-1]
3. 78/Decca 2106 (Skip Morr with Henry Busse and His
Orchestra)
4. And Then I Wrote…, Coral (M) CRL 57082 (Harold Rome,
piano and voice)
One Of These Fine Days:
1. A Touch Of Rome, 10"/Heritage
LP-H-0053 (Harold Rome piano and voice)
2. And Then I Wrote…, Coral
(M) CRL 57082 (Harold Rome, piano and voice)
3. Where Did The Night Go, RCA
Camden (M) CAL 738 (The Living Strings conducted by Johnny Douglas) [reissued
as CD/Dulcima DLCD 121]
Plaza
6-9423:
1. 78/Decca 23078 (Harold J.
Rome, piano and voice) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1938, JJA (M)
1988-1; Composers Do Their Own Thing, Pelican (M) LP 120]
2. 78/Varsity
8203 (Rudy Vallee with piano accompaniment)
Yip Ahoy, Or Adrift On The Old
Prairie:
1. 78/Decca 23078 (Harold J.
Rome, piano and voice) [reissued on The Music Of Broadway: 1938, JJA (M)
1988-1]
Unrecorded
Material:
Entre-Nous
Just An Ordinary
Guy
Peace And The Diplomat Ballet (M: Will Irwin)
Rhumba On The Right
(cut)
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Modern Florodora Girls)
We've Got The
Song