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)