ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1917

ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1917

Composers: Raymond Hubbell; Dave Stamper
Lyricist: Gene Buck

Opened: June 12, 1917, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 111

Because You Are Just You (Just Because You’re You) (M: Jerome Kern) (cut after opening; same music as “When Three Is Company” in THE DOLL GIRL):

1. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]

Becky Is Back In The Ballet (not in program):

1. 78/Victor 45323 (Fanny Brice with orchestra) [reissued Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. Kaye Ballard Sings Fanny Brice, CD/Original Cast 9364 (Kaye Ballard)

Can’t You Hear Your Country Calling? (M: Victor Herbert):

1. Victor Herbert: Collected Songs, CD/New World Records 80726-2 (Mary Jane Wray with William Hicks, piano)

Chu Chin Chow (M: Dave Stamper):

1. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 18334 (Joseph Smith’s Orchestra)

The Dixie Volunteers (M/L: Edgar Leslie; Harry Ruby) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. 78/Edison 50474 (Premier Quartet with orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 18429 (American Quartet with orchestra)
3. Early Days 1917-1921, CD/Original Cast 9872 (Eddie Cantor)
4. Hello, Frisco!, CD/Lovers Point Jazz (Ann Gibson with Frederick Hodges, piano)
5. From Ragtimie To Jazz, Vol. 4: 1896-1922, CD/Timeless 0853 (unknown performer)

Everybody’s Crazy ‘Bout The Doggone Blues But I’m Happy (M: Turner Layton; L: Henry Creamer):

1. 78/Columbia A 2481 (Geo. H. O’Connor)
2. 78/Victor 18443 (Marion Harris with orchestra) [reissued on Look For The Silver Lining, CD/Living Era CDAJA 5330]
3. 78/Columbia A 2548 (Wilber C. Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band) [also 78/Columbia 2908; reissued on Wilbur Sweatman Recorded In New York 1916-1935, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8046]
4. That’s How I Love The Blues!, CD/Original Jazz Classics 367 (Mark Murphy)
5. Radio & Recording Rarities, Vol. 25, CD/Lowlights (Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan)
6. Tiger Rag, CD/Membran 223700 (unknown performer)

Hello, (My) Dearie! (M: Dave Stamper):

1. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 18334 (Joseph Smith’s Orchestra)
3. 78/Edison 50446 (Jaudas’ Society Orchestra)

Home Sweet Home (No Place Like Home) (M/L: Ring Lardner):

1. 78/Columbia A-2438 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]

Jealous Moon (Same Old Moon) (M: Dave Stamper):

1. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Columbia 990 D (Charles Kaley with Don Voorhees and His Earl Carroll’s Vanities Orchestra)
3. 78/Brunswick 3508 (Carl Fenton’s Orchestra with vocal chorus)

Just You And Me (M: Dave Stamper):

1. 78/Victor 35651 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]

(That’s) The Kind Of Baby For Me (M: Jack Egan; L: Alfred Harriman):

1. 78/Victor 18342 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra) [reissued Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Aeolian Vocalion 1220 (Eddie Cantor)
3. 78/Rex 8389 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra) [reissued on The Best Of Broadway – The Revues, CD/Flapper PAST CD 7813]
4. 78/Decca F 6748 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra)
5. Florenz Ziegfeld And The Ziegfeld Follies, Mark 56 Records (M) 737 (Eddie Cantor imitation)
6. Carnegie Hall Concert, CD/Original CastOC-9217 (Eddie Cantor)

The (Modern) Maiden’s Prayer (M: James F. Hanley; L: Ballard Macdonald):

1. Music Of Old New York, CD/Museum Music MM161 (Richard Dowling, piano)

Unrecorded Material:

The Arabian Fox Trot (Ensemble Dance)
Auto Girls Song (M: Raymond Hubbell) (sheet music only)
(In The) Beautiful Garden Of Girls (M: Raymond Hubbell)
Beautiful Girl, Good-Bye (M: Dave Stamper)
Egyptian (M: Leo Edwards; L: Blanche Merrill) (not in program)
Finale Ensemble
I Ain’t Married No More (M: Les Copeland; L: Rennold Wolf) (not in programs)
I’ll Be Somewhere In France (M: Raymond Hubbell) (not in programs)
The Spirit Calling (M: Victor Herbert) (possibly the same song as “Can’t You Hear Your Country Calling?)
The March Of The Continentals
My Arabian Maid (M: Raymond Hubbell)
The Potato Bug (M: Dave Stamper) (cut after opening)
Spirit Of The Garden (scene) (M: Victor Herbert)
Unhappy (I’m So Happy) (M: Turner Layton; L: Henry Creamer)