SOMETHING IN THE AIR

Composer: Manning Sherwin
Lyricists: Harold Purcell; Max Kester

Opened: September 23, 1943, Palace Theatre, London; closed on July 8, 1944 due to German bombing raids and reopened on October 5, 1944
Performances: 499 (combined run)

The Air Force Didn't Want Me (M: Max Kester):

1. 78/HMV B9353 (Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with the London Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Lew Stone)


Home (Is The Place Where Your Heart Is) (L: Max Kester; monologue by Harold Purcell):

1. 78/HMV B9354 (Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert) [reissued on The Water Gipsies, CD/Must Close Saturday Records 3033]
2. 78/Decca MW.145 (Harry Fryer And His Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work, CD/Guild Light Music 5128]


It's Going To Take A Lot Of Getting Used To (aka It'll Take A Lot Of Getting Used To) (L: Harold Purcell):

1. 78/HMV B9353 (Jack Hubert with the London Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Lew Stone)


Something In The Air (L: Harold Purcell):

1. 78/HMV B9353 (Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with the London Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Lew Stone)
2. 78/Decca MW.145 (Harry Fryer And His Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work, CD/Guild Light Music 5128]


You Happen Once In A Lifetime (L: Harold Purcell):

1. 78/HMV B9353 (Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with the London Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Lew Stone)
2. 78/Decca MW.145 (Harry Fryer And His Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work, CD/Guild Light Music 5128]
3. You Must Remember This: The Great Love Songs, CD/Happy Days 262 (Hutch)
4.First Lady Of The Ballroom, CD/Pearl 7092 (Josephine Bradley and Her Orchestra)
5. Famous Piano Medleys, CD/Empress 855 (Charlie Kunz)


You've Done Something To Me:

1. 78/Decca MW.145 (Harry Fryer And His Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work, CD/Guild Light Music 5128]


Yum Pom Pom (L: Harold Purcell):

1. 78/HMV B9353 (Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with the London Palace Theatre Orchestra conducted by Lew Stone)


Unrecorded Numbers:

Bloopsie (L: Harold Purcell)
Finale
Ladies' Day (L: Harold Purcell)
Nineteen Thirty-Nine (L: Harold Purcell)
Opening Act 2 (L: Harold Purcell)
Parlourmaids' Dance
Potato Oratorio
She's That Kind Of Gal (cut)
The Xylophones (specialty, music arranged by Robert Probst)