SONS O' GUNS

Composer: J. Fred Coots
Lyricist: Benny Davis; Arthur Swanstrom

Opened: November 26, 1929, Imperial Theatre, N.Y.C.; June 26, 1930, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Performances: 295 (N.Y.C.); 211 (London)

Cross Your Fingers:

1. 78/Columbia 2077 D (Moran and Feldkamp, piano duo, with Ben Selvin and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Gramophone B 5839 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 22276 (Burt Lorin with Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra)
4. 78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)


Grand Finale:

1.  78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)


I'm That Way Over You:

1. 78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)
2. Ray Starita And His Ambassadors Band, Vol. 2: 1929-1932, CD/Mellotone MELLO 013 (Ray Starita and His Ambassords Band)


It's You I Love (C'est Vous Que J'Aime):

1. 78/Brunswick 4621 (Ranny Weeks with the Colonial Club Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 22205 (Frank Luther with Victor Arden-Phil-Ohman and Their Orchestra) [reissued on Arden and Ohman (Volume 2), JJA Records JJA 1975-3]
3. 78/Victor 22313 (Olga Albani with orchestra)
4. 78/Decca F1893 (Carl Brisson with small orchestral accompaniment) [reisued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 3 (1928-29), JJA (M) 19803]
5. 78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)
6. Nitta- Jo 1930-1935, CD/Chansophone 701332 (Nitta-Jo)
7. The Broadway Musicals Of 1929, CD/Bayview RNBW038 (Nancy Anderson with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)


Let's Merge (Opening, Act 2):

1.  78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)


May I Say I Love You?:

1. 78/Victor 22276 (Frank Munn with Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra)


Red Hot And Blue Rhythm:

1.  78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)


Sentimental Melody:

1. 78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)


Why?:

1. 78/Columbia 2077 D (Moran and Feldkamp, piano duo, with Ben Selvin and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Columbia House Bands: Ben Selvin, Vol. 2, CD/The Old Masters 117]
2. 78/Gramophone B 5839 (Jack Hylton and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Brunswick 4621 (Ranny Weeks with the Colonial Club Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 22205 (Frank Luther with Victor Arden-Phil-Ohman and Their Orchestra) [reissued on Arden and Ohman (Volume 2), JJA Records JJA 1975-3]
5. 78/Perfect 15249 (Irving Kaufman with Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra) [also 78/Romeo 1127; 78/Banner 0509]
6. 78/Diva 3084 G (Perley Stevens and His Orchestra) [also 78/Harmony 1084 H; 78/Velvet Tone 2084 V]
7. 45/Columbia 1-629 (Toni Arden with orchestra conducted by Percy Faith)
8. 78/Decca F1893 (Carl Brisson with small orchestral accompaniment) [reisued on Music Of Broadway: The Twenties Volume 3 (1928-29), JJA (M) 19803]
9. 78/HMV C1982 (New Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)
10. 45EP/Victor EPA 537 (Harry Prime and the Singing Winds with Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra)
11. And Then I Wrote, Coral (M) CRL 57084 (J. Fred Coots with piano accompaniment)
12. The Best Of Anthony Newley, CD/GNP/Crescendo 2243 (Anthony Newley)
13. Daybreak, CD/Storyville STCD 4160 (Niels Lan Doky)


Unrecorded Material:

The Can-Canola
Over Here
There's A Rainbow On The Way
The Victory Parade (inst.)
We'll Be There
When Two Hearts Are True Hearts (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
The Younger Set (Opening)