THE VOICE OF MCCONNELL
(Play with Songs)



Composer: George M. Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan

Opened: December 25, 1918, Manhattan Opera House, N.Y.C.
Performances: 30


I’m True To Them All, And They’re Just As True To Me (ASCAP/Library of Congress only; originally used in THE GIRL BEHIND THE GUN):

1. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)


Ireland, My Land Of Dreams:

1. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)


I Want To Hear A Yankee Doodle Tune (M/L: George M. Cohan) (sheet music only):

1. 78/Victor 60045 (George M. Cohan) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage, 1890-1920, CD/Pearl CD-9050/9061]
2. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)
3. Over There, CD/Angel Records 49768 (Michael Feinstein)


Mother Machree (M: Ernest R. Ball; Chauncey Olcott; L: Rida Johnson Young) (originally used in BARRY OF BALLYMORE and ISLE O’ DREAMS):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia A 1337 (Chauncey Olcott with orchestra) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 2: 1908-1913, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9053-5]


That Tumble Down Shack In Athlone (M: Monte Carlo; Alma Sanders; L: Richard W. Pascoe):

1. 78/Columbia A 2698 (Sterling Trio with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Gramophone 216060 (W. Eckstein’s Strand Trio)
3. 78/Perfect 12836 (Dennis Olcott with orchestra)
4. 78/Decca 28048 (Bing Crosby with orchestra directed by John Scott Trotter) [also 45/Decca 9-28048; reissued on Top O’ The Morning: His Irish Collection, CD/MCA MCD 11406]
5. 78/Victor 18545 (Sterling Trio) with orchestral accompaniment)
6. 78/Victor 64837 (John McCormack with orchestra) [reissued on Come Back To Erin, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120748]
7. 78/Brunswick 3711 (Frank Munn with orchestra) [reissued on A Little Bit Of Heaven, CD/ASV/Living Era 5202]
8. 78/Columbia 6104 A (Columbia Orchestra directed by Charles A. Prince)
9. 78/Victor 21013 (Colin O’More with orchestra)
10. 78/Edison 50586 (Will Oakland and Chorus with orchestra)
11. A Little Bit Of Heaven: Three Tenors Sing Songs Of Erin, CD/Flare ROYCD 273 (Felix Knight)
12. Mother Ireland, CD/Memoir Classics 530 (Cavan O’Connor with Fred Hartley’s Quintet)
13. The Girl From Donegal, CD/Sharpe RBCD 503 (Bridie Gallagher)
14. A Man And His Guitar: Selected Sides 1927, CD/JSP 77158 (Bradley Kincaid)
15. A Night At The Fair, CD/Two Tap (The Two Tap Trio)
16. Galway Bay, CD/Rosanne Halloran (Rosanne Halloran)


Unrecorded Material:

When I Look Into Your Eyes, Mavourneen
You Can’t Deny You’re Irish