THE TALK OF NEW YORK
Composer: George
M. Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan
Opened: December 3, 1907, Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 157
Burning
Up The Boulevard:
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World Records
80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)
(part of overture)
Busy Little Broadway:
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World Records
80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)
(part of overture)
Drink With Me:
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World Records
80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)
(part of overture)
Gee, Ain’t I Glad I’m Home! (not in programs):
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World Records 80685-2
(Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin) (part of
overture)
I Want The World To Know I Love You (dropped for the
subsequent tour):
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World Records 80685-2
(Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin) (part of
overture)
I Want You (dropped for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/Victor 5463 (Henry
Burr with orchestra) [also 78/Victor 16512]
2. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World
Records 80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick
Benjamin) (part of overture)
Mr. Burns Of New Rochelle:
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World Records 80685-2
(Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin) (part of overture)
Overture:
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag,
CD/New World Records 80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed
by Rick Benjamin)
Polka:
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New
World Records 80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by
Rick Benjamin) (part of overture)
Put Down A Bet For Me:
1. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New
World Records 80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by
Rick Benjamin) (part of overture)
That’s Some Love (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/Victor matrix
B-10269 (George M. Cohan with orchestra)
Under Any Old Flag At All:
1. 78/Columbia 3768 (Billy
Murray with orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 5339 (Billy Murray with orchestra) [also 78/Victor
16150]
3. 78/Zonophone 5089 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
4. 78/Harmony 414 A (unknown performer)
5. Phonographic Yearkbook: 1908: Take Me Out With The Crowd,
CD/Archeophone ARCH 9009 (Billy Murray) (one of the above
recordings)
6. You’re A Grand Old Rag, CD/New World
Records 80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick
Benjamin) (part of overture)
When A Fellow’s On The Level With A
Girl That’s On The Square:
1. 78/Victor 5626 (Billy
Murray with orchestra)
2. You’re A Grand
Old Rag, CD/New World Records 80685-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
directed by Rick Benjamin) (part of overture)
When We Are M-A-Double-R-I-E-D:
1. 78/Columbia A 396
(Corrine Morgan and Frank C. Stanley)
2. 78/Victor 5625 (Ada Jones and Billy Murray with
orchestra) [also 78/Victor 16517; reissued on Phonographic
Yearbook 1908: Take Me Out With The Crowd, CD/Archeophone 9009]
3. Love’s Old Sweet Song, CD/Pavilion Records 7034 (Ann Zeigler)
(unverified)
Unrecorded Material:
Claremont
Follow Your Uncle Dudley
I Have A Longing For Long Acre Square (sheet music only)