STEPPING STONES
Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: Anne Caldwell
Opened: November 6 1923, Globe Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 241
Note: The album Greetings
From Broadway!, AEI (M) AEI 1176 contains “A Little Broadway
Overture” that includes an unidentified selection from this
show.
Babbling Babette:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Diane McEwen Martin with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Because You Love The Singer:
1. The First Rose Of
Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003 (Stephanie Rhoads, Steve
Rhyne, and Bill Fahrner with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)
2. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Diana
McEwen Martin, Tom Petiet, and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Cane Dance (inst.):
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Dear Little Peter Pan:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Kimerica Parr and Greg
Wakefield with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
DeWolfe’s Entrance:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
2. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Entr’acte:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Entrance Of Rougette And Prince:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Finale (Act 1):
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale (Act 2):
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
In Love With Love (same music as “Die
Susse Pariserin” in DIE BALLKONIGIN and “If You’re A Friend
Of Mine” in LADY MARY):
1. 78/Edison 51283 L
(Broadway Dance Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia 38 D (The Silver Slipper Orchestra)
3. 78/Cameo 479 (Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Puretone 11328 (Broadway Melody Makers)
5. 78/Victor 19187 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
6. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Kelly Lester and
Kevin McMahon with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
7. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M
(Kimerica Parr and Michael Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
In Love With Love Dance:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos and celeste)
Little Angel Cake:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Michael Parr, Kirsten Kunkle,
and Maria Bentley with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Little Angle Cake Dance:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
(Everybody Call Me) Little Red Riding
Hood:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Kimerica Parr and Kirsten
Kunkle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Nursery Clock (inst.):
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Once In A Blue Moon:
1. 78/Columbia 38 D (The
Silver Slipper Orchestra)
2. 78/Apex 653 (The Diamond Trio)
3. Once In A Blue Moon, Monument (M) MLP 8036 (Johnny Janis with
orchestra conducted by Dick Marx)
4. Once In A Blue
Moon, Atlantic SD-1301 (Mabel Mercer with George Cory, piano,
and orchestra conducted by George Cory) [reissued on Midnight At
Mabel Mercer's/Once In A Blue Moon, CD/Collectables COL-CD-6603]
5. Just Kern, CD/Elba CACD 5005-2 (Andrea Marcovicci with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Mehrbach)
6. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Jenean Chandler,
Jason Graae, and Alix Korey with musical direction by Glenn
Mehrbach)
7. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Michael
Parr, David Troiano, and Diane McEwen Martin with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
8. Gershwin & Kern, CD/Foghorn Classics FCL 2008 (Alexander
String Quartet)
9. Gershwin & Kern: Together Again, CD/Amcam 10304 (American
Classics String Quartet)
10. I Got Love: Songs Of Jerome Kern, CD/PS Classics PS-1312 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by Joseph Thalken)
11. Timeless Tunes Etched In Granite, CD/Downey Disks
08234 08182 (KT Sullivan with Jon Weber, piano)
12. Love Songs For A Late Evening, CD/DRG 91451 (Portia
Nelson with The Norman Paris Trio)
Once In A Blue Moon Polka:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Our Lovely Rose:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Diane McEwen Martin with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Palace Dance (inst.):
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Pie:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Greg Wakefield, Tom Petiet, and
David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Greg
Wakefield, Tom Petiet, and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos) (encore)
Prelude To Puppet Scene (inst.):
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Raggedy Ann:
1. 78/Edison 51283 L
(Broadway Dance Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia 38 D (The Silver Slipper Orchestra)
3. 78/Puretone 11328 (Broadway Melody Makers)
4. 78/Victor 19187 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Cameo 451 (Johnny Johnson & His Orchestra)
6. 78/Brunswick 2566 (Carl Fenton’s Orchestra)
7. 78/Victor 20-2915 (Helen Carroll and The Satisfiers with Russ
Case and His Orchestra)
8. 78/Vocalion 14723 (Ben Selvin and His Moulin Rouge Orchestra)
9. 78/Okeh 40009 (Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania
Orchestra)
10. Just Kern, CD/Elba CACD 5005-2 (Andrea Marcovicci with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Mehrbach)
11. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (Patricia Wilson
with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
12. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M
(Kimerica Parr, Greg Wakefield, and David Troiano with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Rougette’s Escape:
1. The Stepping Stones,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Stepping Stones (Coronation Dance):
1. The First Rose Of Summer, CD/42nd
Street Moon MBR 04003 (Patrick Leveque and The Good Fellows
with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)
2. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M
(Diane McEwen Martin, Tom Petiet, and David Troiano with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Wonderful Dad:
1. The First Rose Of
Summer, CD/42nd Street Moon MBR 04003 (Craig Jessup and
Alexandra Kaprielian with musical direction by Dave Dobrusky)
2. The Stepping Stones, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSS06P-2M (Greg
Wakefield and Kimerica Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
Dolls (cut)
The Growing Man (cut)
I Saw The Roses And Remembered you (L: Herbert Reynolds) (cut)
Little Gypsy Lady (cut)
The Magician Does His Stuff (cut)
The Mystic Hussars (dance)
The National Dish (cut)
The Skeleton Janitor (dance)
When I Went To School (cut)
The White Cavaliers (cut)
The Wood Nymphs (dance)