ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1911
Composers: Raymond
Hubbell; Maurice Levi
Lyricist: George V. Hobart
Opened: June 26, 1911, Jardin De Paris Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 80
Doggone
That Chili Man (M/L: Irving Berlin) (originally used in
JARDIN DE PARIS):
1. Chip Deffaa's Irving Berlin Songbook: Rare And Unrecorded
Songs, CD/Garret Mountain Records GMRD CDP 0729 (Chloe Brooks
with musical direction by Richard Danley)
Ephraham (Played Upon The Piano) (M: Irving Berlin; L:
Vincent Bryan) (originally used in JARDIN DE PARIS):
1. Brooks Kerr Salutes
Irving Berlin, Bluewail (S) BWLP 1002 (Brooks Kerr, piano and
vocals, Sonny Greer, drums)
2. Chip Deffaa’s Irving Berlin: Ragtime Rarities, CD/Garret
Mountain Records CDP MJ 0314 (Mary Cantoni Johnson with musical
direction by Richard Danley)
My Beautiful Lady (M: Ivan Caryll; L:
C.M.S. McLellan) (not in programs; originally used in THE
PINK LADY):
1. 78/Victor 31823 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [also 78/Victor 35423; [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Columbia A 1008 (Idelle
Patterson with orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 22117 (The Troubadors)
4. 78/Victor 24450 (Jesse Crawford, organ)
5. 78/Victor 27721 (Dick Leibert, organ)
6. 78/Victor 60040 (Lucy Isabelle Marsh and the Victor Chorus
with orchestra) [reissued on Memories Of Old Broadway, CD/Take
Two TT510CD]
7. Arthur Murray’s Favorite Waltzes, 45EP/Capitol EBF 262
(Francis Scott Orchestra)
8. Serenade To A Lady, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1216 (Wayne King
Orchestra)
9. Stage Musicals: Strike Up The Band, CD/Larrikin D24103 (Max
Oldaker)
10. Fascinating Nights, Vol. 1,
CD/Operetta Archives OA 1012 (Robin De Leon and Julie Wright
with Victoria Kirsch, piano)
11. Edwardian Echoes, CD/Chandos 9110 (Marilyn Hill Smith with
the Southern Festival Orchestra directed by Robin White)
12. The Golden Age Of Light Music: Beyond The Blue Horizon,
CD/Guild Light Music GLCD 5129 (Melachrino Strings &
Orchestra)
13. British Light Music Classics, Vol. 3, CD/Hyperion 67148 (New
London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp)
14. Dancing On A Summer Lawn, CD/Dal Segno (DSPRCD 401 (Palm
Court Orchestra)
Radio transcriptions performed by Max Hollander and the Salon
Concert Players, the Allen Roth Orchestra, the Daniel Lieberfeld
Orchestra, and Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra are also
known to exist.
Shine On Harvest Moon (M: Nora Bays;
M/L: Jack Norworth) (not in program; originally used in
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1908):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard.
Texas Tommy (Swing) (M/L: Sid Brown;
Val Harris):
1. CYL/Edison 1017 (Billy
Murray and Chorus) [reissued on Comic Songs By Billy Murray
& Co. Vol. 4 - The Ragtime Era, CAS/Vintage Music
Productions]
2. 78/Columbia A 1073 (Arthur Collins
and Byron G. Harlan with orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 17079-B (American Quartet)
4. Rising Star, CD/Stomp Off 1274 (Tom Brier)
The Widow Wood (M: Maurice Levi; L:
Channing Pollock; Rennold Wolf):
1. 78/Columbia A 1024
(Columbia Quartette with orchestral accompaniment)
Woodman, Woodman, Woodman Spare That
Tree (M: Irving Berlin; L: Vincent Bryan) (originally used
in JARDIN DE PARIS) (not in programs):
1. CYL/Amberol 4M-837
(Bob Roberts)
2. 78/Columbia A-1321 (Bert Williams) [reissued on Music From
The New York Stage Vol. 2: 1908-1913, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9053-5]
3. 78/Victor 16909 (Bob Roberts)
4. 78/ARA 153 (Phil Harris, vocal, with Phil Harris and His
Orchestra) [also 78/Okeh 6325; 78/Victor 20-2075; 78/Victor
20-2683; 78/Vocalion 3466; reissued on My Kind Of Country,
CD/Pearl Flapper PASTCD 7831]
5. 78/Victor 26779 (“Broadway” Jones with the Victor Salon
Orchestra directed by Nathaniel Shilkret)
6. Brooks Kerr Salutes Irving Berlin, Bluewail (S) BWLP 1002
(Brooks Kerr, piano and vocals, Sonny Greer, drums)
7. She’s So Beautiful: Irving Berlin Songs For Florenz Ziegfeld
1910-1927 And Other Songs From 1919-1921, CD/Oakton ORCD0007
(Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
8. Ha! Ha!: 24 Great Comedy Songs, CD/Prism 443 (unknown
performer)
A radio transcription performed by Arthur Fields, vocal, with
Fields and Hall, is also known to exist.
Unrecorded Material:
The Bumble Bee (M: James
B. Blyker; L: A. Donnelly; Jean Havez)
Cake Walk (inst.) (M: Raymond Hubbell) (not in programs)
Finale
The Girl In Pink (M: Raymond Hubbell)
How Would You Like To Be My Pony? (M: Raymond Hubbell) (not in
programs)
I’m A Crazy Daffy-Dill (M: Jerome Kern; L: Bessie McCoy)
The Imitation Rag
It Was Me (M: Seymour Furth; L: George W. Day) (not in programs)
Kiss Duet (added for the subsequent tour)
New York (You’re The Best Town In Europe) (M: Raymond Hubbell;
L: Raymond W. Peck)
Opening Chorus (Act 2, Scene 1) (selection from H.M.S. Pinafore)
(M: Arthur Gilbert; L: W.S. Gilbert)
Pots And Pans (M: Jean Schwartz; L: Charles Grapewin) (not in
programs)
Take Care, Little Girl, Take Care (M: Raymond Hubbell)
That’s Harmony (M: Bert Williams; L: Grant Clarke) (not in
programs)
Turkey Gobbler’s Ball (M: James B. Blyer; L: A. Donnelly; Jean
Havez) (not in prgrams)
Whippoorwill (Never Again For Me) (M: James Blyler; L: Barney
Fagan) (not in programs)
You’ve Built A Fire Down In My Heart (M/L: Irving Berlin)
(originally used in JARDIN DE PARIS; also used in THE
FASCINATING WIDOW)