TWO
LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE
Composers: Paul
Lannin; Vincent Youmans
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin
Opened: May 3, 1921, Cohan Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 135
Note: An
unidentified medley appears on 78/Aeolian Vocalion 35004
(Aeolian Light Opera Company).
Dolly (M: Vincent Youmans; L: Ira Gershwin; Schuyler Greene):
1. 78/Columbia A 3430
(Frank Crumit with the Paul Biese Trio)
2. Through The Years With Vincent Youmans, CD/Audiophile ACD-89
(Bob Quint with musical direction by Paul Trueblood)
Just Like You (M: Paul Lannin):
1. Delishious: Lyrics By
Ira Gershwin, CD/Oakton ORCD0002 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford
Conner, piano)
Oh Me, Oh My, Oh You (M: Vincent
Youmans):
1. 78/Columbia A 3430
(Frank Crumit with the Paul Biese Trio)
2. 78/Hytone K 85 (Julius Lenzberg and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 18778 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia 38954 (Doris Day and Gene Nelson with the Page
Cavanaugh Trio) [reissued on Tea For Two: The Songs Of Vincent
Youmans, CD/Living Era CD AJA 5379]
5. Vincent Youmans Revisited, Painted Smiles PS-1352 (Blossom
Dearie and Charles Rydell with musical direction by Norman Paris
and Dick Hyman) [reissued on CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-142]
6. Through The Years With Vincent Youmans, CD/Audiophile ACD-89
(Paul Trueblood and Rita Segree, pianos)
7. Barbara Lea & Keith Ingham Celebrate Vincent Youmans,
CD/A Records AL 73238 (Barbara Lea with Keith Ingham, piano, and
Greg Cohen, bass)
8. Orchids In The
Moonlight: Songs Of Vincent Youmans, CD/Arabesque Z6670 (Joan
Morris and Robert White with William Bolcom, piano)
9. The Ira Gershwin Album, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-2113-SE
(Christiane Noll with music conducted by Lanny Meyers)
10. Volume 7: Fascinating Rhythm, CD/Dutton Vocalion CDEA 6140
(Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans) (unverified)
11. Remember The Night, CD/Flare SPEC 1026 (Kathryn Grayson)
12. Frog Spawn: The White Hot Batch, CD/Frog DGF 76 (New Orleans
Owls)
13. Live At The Algonquin, CD/Elektra
60743 (Michael Feinstein)
14. Midnight Caravan, CD/LML Music LML CD-274 (Linda Purl with
musical direction by Ted Firth)
Rice And Shoes (M: Vincent Youmans;
L: Ira Gershwin; Schuyler Green) (called “Sweetest Girl”
during tryouts):
1. Music Of Kern,
Gershwin, Rodgers, Youmans, Arthur Schwartz, Folkways (M) FS
3857 (Milton Rettenberg at the piano)
2. Delishious: Lyrics By Ira Gershwin, CD/Oakton ORCD0002
(Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
Three O’Clock In The Morning (M: Julian
Robledo; L: Dorothy Terris) (sheet music only):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this number beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia 2246-D (Ted Lewis)
[reissued on Classic Jazz/Everybody’s Happy, CD/Collectables
7466]
2. 78/Decca 2110 (Ted Lewis) [also 78/Brunswick 02756; reissued
on Ted Lewis’ Greatest Hits, MCA 258]
Two Little Girls In Blue (M: Vincent
Youmans):
1. 78/Edison 50802 (Harry
Raderman’s Jazz Orchestra)
You Started Something (When You Came
Along) (M: Vincent Youmans) (music later used for “Waiting
For You” in NO! NO! NANETTE!):
1. The Carioca: Songs Of
Vincent Youmans Volume 2, CD/Arabesque Z6692 (Joan Morris and
Robert White with William Bolcom, piano)
2. Delishious: Lyrics By Ira Gershwin, CD/Oakton ORCD0002
(Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
Unrecorded Material: