TELL ME MORE!
Composer: George
Gershwin
Lyricists: Ira Gershwin and B.G.
DeSylva
Opened: April 13, 1925, Gaiety Theatre, N.Y.C.; May 26,
1925, Winter Garden Theatre, London, England
Performances: 100
(N.Y.C.); 263 (London)
Note: Only recordings of numbers not found on the 1995 New York concert cast album are noted below.
Love, I Never Knew (L: Desmond Carter) (added for the London production):
1. George Gershwin - A
Celebration: Fascinating Rhythm, CD/Avid AMSC 639 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted
by George Byng)
Murderous Monty (And
Light-Fingered Jane) (L: Desmond Carter) (written for but not used in the
London production):
1. The Broadway Musicals Of 1925,
CD/Bayview RNBW024 (Stephanie J. Block and Walker Jones with the Ross Patterson
Little Big Band)
Oh, Sole, Oh Me! (M/L: Lou
Holtz):
1. 78/Victor 19079 (Part 1) (Lou
Holtz with orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 19403 (Part 2) (Lou Holtz with orchestra)
Unrecorded Material:
Gushing (Gush, Gush, Gushing) (L:
Ira Gershwin and possibly Brian Hooker) (not used; later considered for but
also not used in ROSALIE)
Have You Heard (L: Claude Hulburt) (added for the
London production)
The He-Man (cut)
I'm Somethin' On Avenue A (cut; no
music survives)
Once (M: William Daly; L: Ira Gershwin) (added after the
opening; lyric later reset to new music for use in FUNNY FACE)
The Poetry Of
Motion (per Bloom; later dropped from THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY)