A WINSOME WIDOW



Composer: Raymond Hubbell
Lyricist: Various

Opened: April 11, 1912, Moulin Rouge Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 172


Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee (M: Henry Marshall; L: Stanley Murphy) (added after opening):

1. 78/Victor 17152 (Ada Jones and Billy Murphy with orchestra) [reissued on Phonographic Yearbook: 1912  - Waitin’ On The Levee, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9003]
2. 45/Columbia 1-244 (Bob Crosby and Marian Morgan with orchestra directed by Jerry Gray)
3. 45/Coral 65591 (Teresa Brewer with orchestra conducted by Dick Jacobs)
4. Benay Venuta Sings Al-Time Old-Time Favorites,  10”/Mercury (M) 25006 (Benay Venuta)
5. Songs We Sang On The Andy Williams Show, MGM Records E-4146 (The Osmond Brothers with orchestra conducted by George Wyle) [also 45/MGM K13162]
6. Day In Hollywood/Show Time, CD/Columbia 475750 (Doris Day)
7. On Moonlight Bay/By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, CD/Collectables 6667 (Doris Day)
8. The Eddie Cantor Story, CD/Original Cast (Eddie Cantor)
9. Songs From The Light Of The Silvery Moon, CD/Sepia 1040 (Gordon MacRae and June Hutton)
10. Swing Me An Old Song, CD/EMI TOCJ9669 (Julie London)
11. Jane Morgan Sings Showstoppers, CD/Sepia 1119 (Jane Morgan)
12. Moon Garden, CD/Honey Bunch (Jane Labanz)
13. Jonathan And Darlene’s Greatest Hits, CD/Corinthian 1010 (Jonathan & Darlene Edwards)
14. Grandma Rita’s Songbook, Vol. 4: Ten Little Indians & Much More, CD/Celebrations By Rita’s Digest (Rita Mizrahi Shamie)
15. Ragtime Fun: Early Century Favourites, CD/Reader’s Digest Music (unknown performer)
16. From The Garden: A Bouquet Of American Flower Songs, CD/Unknown label  (Alice Evans)
17. Greensleeves/Beer Barrel Polka, CD?Documents 232816 (Mitch Miller)
18. Celebrity, CD/Audiophile Records 122 (Toni Carroll)
19. At The Microphone, CD/Take Two TT 428CD (The Andrews Sisters)
20.One Night With Fanny Brice, CD/Original Cast OC3831 (Kimberly Faye Greenberg with Mark Goodman, piano, and Jonathan Russell, violin)


Call Me Flo (M/L: John Golden; Jerome Kern) (not in program):

1. Jerome Kern: Lost Treasures, CD/Centaur CRC2371 (Anne Sciolla with Brian Kovach, piano)
2. Call Me Flott, CD/Champs Hill Records 003 (Felicity Lott with Graham Johnson, piano)


When I Waltz With You (M: Albert Gumble; L: Alfred Bryan) (sheet music only):

1. 78/Victor 17298 (Helen Clark with orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Fascinating Girl
The Frisco (Finale Act 2)
(Could You Love) A Girl Like Me? (L: Robert B. Smith)
I Never Knew What Eyes Could Do (Till Yours Looked Into Mine) (M: Henry Marshall; L: Stanley Murphy) (cut after opening)
I Take After Dad
Opening Chorus (Act 2)
(Toodle-oodle-oodle On Your) Piccolo (M/L: Griffin; Murtagh)
Pousse Café (cut after opening)
Purity Brigade March (Finale Act 1)
The Skate Boy
Songs Of Yesterday
String A Ring Of Roses (Round Your Rosie) (M: Jean Schwartz; L: William Jerome)
Teach Me Everything You Know
They Mean More (cut after opening)
When You’re Away (added after opening)
A Winsome Widow Am I (M: Gus Edwards; L: Edward Madden) (added after opening)
You’re A Regular Girl (cut after opening)