SWEET ADELINE
Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II
Opened: September 3, 1929, Hammerstein's Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 234
Note: The film soundtrack can be found on High, Wide And Handsome/Sweet Adeline, Titania 506.
Don't Ever Leave Me:
1. Click here for
recordings of "Don't Ever Leave
Me".
Down Where The Wurtzburger Flows (M:
Harry Von Tilzer; L: Vincent Bryan) (used in the film
version):
1. Jerome Kern In
Hollywood 1934-1938, JJA (M) 19747 (Chorus)
Here Am I:
1. 78/Victor 12416
(Dorothy Chapman and Marie Louise Ouevli with the Victor Light
Opera Company conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music
Of Jerome Kern, RCA Camden (M) CAL-243]
2. 78/Columbia 2024 D (Ben Selvin and His Orchestra with vocal
refrain)
3. 78/Brunswick 4570 (Libby Holman with orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 4583 (Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra with
vocal chorus)
5. 78/Victor 22187 (Leo Reisman and His Orchestra)
6. Melodies Of Jerome Kern Volume 2, Walden (M) 309 (Christina
Lind with the Ben Ludlow Orchestra) [reissued Melodies Of Jerome
Kern, CD/Harbinger HCD 1804]
7. Hollywood On The Air Presents The Feminine Touch, Star-Tone
(M) ST-205 (Irene Dunne)
8. High, Wide And Handsome/Sweet Adeline, Titania 506 (Irene
Dunne)
9. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378 (Karen
Wyman) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]
10. Broadway Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (Judy
Kaye and Rebecca Luker with the London Sinfonietta conducted by
John McGlinn)
A radio transcription performed by Thomas Hayward with the Norma
Cloutier Orchestra is also known to exist.
I'd Leave My Happy Home For You (M:
Harry Von Tilzer; L: ?) (used in the film version):
1. Jerome Kern In
Hollywood 1934-1938, JJA (M) 19747 (Child singer)
2. The 1890's, Vol. 1: Wipe Him Off The Land, CD/Archeophone
ARCH 9004 (Arthur Collins)
3. Antique Music Box Collection, Vol. 4, CD/Mainya (unknown
performer)
4. The Man On The Flying Trapeze, CD/Arabesque 6588 (Robert
DeCormier Singers)
Indestructible Kate (M: Jerry
Jarnagin; L: Irene Franklin):
1. Life's A Funny Present:
More Broadway Flops & Roadkills 1919-1955, CD/Rialto
SLRR-9306 (Susan Johnson with musical direction by David
Holcenberg)
Lonely Feet (originally written for
THREE SISTERS and subsequently added to the film version of
SWEET ADELINE):
1. 78/HMV C2661 (New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Ray Noble)
2. 78/Decca 466 (Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo and His Royal
Canadians)
3. 78/Brunswick 7349 (Kay St. Germaine with Anson Weeks and His
California Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 24802 (Jack Jackson and His Orchestra with vocal
refrain)
5. 78/HMV C-2772 (Olive Groves and Brian Lawrence with the New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Scott Wood) [reissued on A Jerome
Kern Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9767 ]
6. Oscar Hammerstein Revisited, Painted Smiles PS 1365 (Blossom
Dearie and Alfred Drake) [reissued on CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-136]
7. Jerome Kern 1934-28, JJA (M) 19747 (Irene Dunne) [reissued on
Musical Ladies & The Music Of Jerome Kern, CD/Encore's Box
Office ENBO-CD #4/92]
8. Jerome Kern 1934-28, JJA (M) 19747 (Irene Dunne, Phil Regan
and Chorus)
9. Where, Oh Where: Rare Songs Of The American Theater,
CD/Premier PRCD 1001 (Judy Kaye with Peter Howard, piano)
10. Jerome Kern In London And Hollywood, CD/Rialto Recordings
SLRR-9201 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by David
Holcenberg)
11. Liza Minnelli At Carnegie Hall, CD/Telarc CD-85502 (Liza
Minnelli)
12. The Decca Years: Vol. 4: Melody In Spring, CD/Vocalion CDEA
6143 (Lew Stone)
A radio transcription performed by Andre Kostelanetz and His
Orchestra is also known to exist.
Main Title:
1. Jerome Kern 1934-8,
JJA (M) 19747 (orchestra)
Mollie O'Donahue (same music as "All
You Need Is A Girl" in SITTING PRETTY):
1. 78/Columbia 2990-D
(Phil Regan) [reissued on Jerome Kern in Hollywood 1934-38, JJA
(M) 19747]
2. 78/HMV C-2772 (Olive Groves and Brian Lawrence with the New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Scott Wood) [reissued on A Jerome
Kern Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9767]
My Husband's First Wife (L: Irene
Franklin):
1. The Broadway Musicals
Of 1929, CD/Bayview RNBW038 (Leslie Anderson with the Ross
Patterson Little Big Band)
2. Live From London, CD/Cabaret Records 5023 (Andrea Marcovicci)
3. I Got Love: Songs Of Jerome Kern,
CD/PS Classics PS-1312 (Rebecca Luker with musical direction by
Joseph Thalken)
Oriental Moon (titled "Oriental Dreams"
in FUN AT THE FAYRE and THE CABARET GIRL):
1. The Cabaret Girl,
CD/Comic Opera Guild (Michael Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
2. The Cabaret Girl, CD/Albany Troy 1103/04 (Ohio Light Opera
with orchestra conducted by Michael Borowitz)
Overture:
1. Gershwin/Porter
Overture & Film Music/Kern Overture & Film Music, CD/EMI
5 68589 2 (National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John
McGlinn)
Play Us A Polka Dot (Let Us Play A
Polka Dot):
1. Jerome Kern In
Hollywood 1934-1938, JJA (M) 19747 (orchestra and chorus)
Some Girl Is On Your Mind (aka "Pretty Jennie Lee"):
1. Jerome Kern In
Hollywood 1934-1938, JJA (M) 19747 (Male quartet)
2. Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (Cris Groenendaal,
Brent Barrett, George Dvorsky, Davis Gaines, Judy Kaye, the
Ambrosian Chorus, and the London Sinfonietta conducted by John
McGlinn)
The Sultan's Palace (M/L: ?):
1. Jerome Kern 1934-8, JJA
(M) 19747 (bass soloist - rehearsal sequence)
The Sun About To Rise:
1. Jerome Kern Revisited
Vol. II, Painted Smiles PS-1378 (John O'Hurley)
2. Life's A Funny Present: More Broadway
Flops & Roadkills 1919-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9306 (Susan
Watson, Michael Piontek, and Men with musical direction by David
Holcenberg)
'Twas Not So Long Ago:
1. 78/Victor 12416
(Dorothy Chapman and Marie Louise with Victor Light Opera
Company conducted by Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of
Jerome Kern, RCA Camden (M) CAL-243]
2. 78/Brunswick 4614 (Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra with
vocal chorus)
3. 78/Victor 20-1854 (Mary Martha Briney with Al Goodman and His
Orchestra) [also 45/Victor 552-0039; 45/Victor EKB 1003]
4. 78/Victor 22188 (Frank Mann with Nat Shilkret and the Victor
Orchestra)
5. Jerome Kern In Hollywood 1934-1938, JJA (M) 19747 (Joseph
Cawthorn, Irene Dunne, Phil Regan, Hugh Herbert and Nydia
Westman)
A radio transcription performed by the World Light Opera Company
is also known to exist.
We Were So Young (written for the film
version):
1. 78/Columbia 2990-D
(Phil Regan)
2. 78/Brunswick 7349 (Kay St. Germaine with Anson Weeks and His
California Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 25230 (Noel Coward with orchestra conducted by
Clifford Greenwood) [reissued on The Master's Voice: Noel
Coward, CD/Angel CDP 7 54919 2]
4. 78/HMV C-2772 (Olive Groves and Brian Lawrence with the New
Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Scott Wood) [reissued on A Jerome
Kern Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9767]
5. Oscar Hammerstein Revisited, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1365
(Gloria Swanson) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-136]
6. Jerome Kern In Hollywood 1934-1938, JJA (M) 19747 (Irene
Dunne)
7. Jerome Kern In Hollywood 1934-1938, JJA (M) 19747 (Irene
Dunne, Phil Regan, and Chorus)
8. The World Of Jerome Kern: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, CD/Trace
0401552 (Anne Lenner with Carroll Gibbons and The Orpheans)
9. The Chronoligical Django Reinhardt 1934-1935, CD/Melodie Jazz
Classics 703 (Django Reinhardt)
10. Sing Baby Sing, CD/Dutton Vocalion 6016 (Sam Browne with Jay
Wilbur and His Band)
Why Was I Born?:
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
original cast performances.
1. 78/Victor 22199 (Helen Morgan with orchestra directed by
Leonard Joy) [also 78/Victor 27682; reissued on Original Cast!
The Early Years, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET-801CD; American
Popular Song, CD/Smithsonian RD 031-1]
2. Irene Dunne In Songs By Jerome Kern, 78/Decca album 484
(Irene Dunne with Victor Young and His Orchestra) [also 78/Decca
40017; reissued on Musical Ladies & The Music Of Jerome
Kern, CD/Encore ENBO-CD-4/92]
3. Jerome Kern In Hollywood, Volume 2, JJA (M) 19784 (Irene
Dunne)
4. Ziegfeld Follies On The Air, Mark 56 Records (M) 737 (Helen
Morgan)
5. Let's Have Fun, Nostalgia 002 (Helen Morgan)
6. Irene Dunne Sings Kern And Other Rarities, CD/Sepia 1171
(Irene Dunne) (alternate take)
Unrecorded Material:
Act Two Finale
Adeline Belmont (introduction to "The Sun About To Rise")
Fin De Siecle
Finaletto
First Mate Martin
I Get That Way (inst.) (written for the film verison)
I'm Dreaming (number lost)
I've Got A New Idea (cut)
Just A Little Bit Of String (The Fishhook Number) (M: Lionel
Monckton; L: Harry Greenbank; Adrian Ross) (originally used in
THE CIRCUS GIRL)
Naughty, Naughty Boy
Out Of The Blue
She's Doing It All For Baby (M: ?; L: Irene Franklin)
Spring Is Here
Take Me For A Honeymoon Ride (titled "Take Me For A Bicycle
Ride" out of town) (lyric lost)
Winter in Central Park (lyric lost)