ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1918
Composers: Louis A.
Hirsch; Dave Stamper
Lyricist: Gene Buck
Opened: June 18, 1918, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 105
1. 78/Columbia A-2658
(Peerless Quartet)
2. 78/Victor 18487 (Helen Clark and The
Shannon Four with orchestra)
3. Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A.
Hirsch, CD/New World Records 80707-2 (Colte Julian with Paragon
Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)
But After The Ball Was Over! (Then He
Made Up For Lost Time) (M/L: B.G. DeSylva; Arthur Jackson)
(not in programs):
1. 78/Pathe 20424 (Louis
Winsch with orchestral accompaniment)
Come On Papa (M: Harry Ruby; L: Edgar
Leslie) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A 2692
(Avon Comedy Four)
2. 78/Gennett 4527 (Riley’s Cabaret Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 18533 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra)
4. Three Little Words, CD/Rhino 7779 (Anita Ellis and Chorus
with orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton)
5. Great Film And Show Tunes, CD/Living Era CD AJA 5469 (George
Melachrino and His Orchestra)
The Garden Of Your Dreams (The Garden
Of My Dreams) (M: Louis A. Hirsch; Dave Stamper):
1. 78/Victor 18487
(Charles Hart with orchestra)
I’ll Pin My Medal On The Girl I Left
Behind (I’m Gonna Pin A Medal On The Girl I Left Behind)
(M/L: Irving Berlin):
1. 78/Victor 18486
(Peerless Quartet) [reissued on Songs Of WWI: From Original
Recordings 1914-1926, CD/Take Two 501]
2. 78/Pathe 20413 (Louis Winsch with orchestral accompaniment)
3. Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin 1915-1918, CD/Oakton
ORCD0003 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
4. Irving Berlin & Co., CD/Garrett Mountain Records GMRD CDP
715 (Will Conard with music direction by Richard Danley)
5. Irving Berlin Revisited: Rare Songs Of Love, Loss, And
Revenge, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP 0928 (Tyler DuBoys with
musical direction by Richard Danley)
6. Irving Berlin: In Person, CD/Garret Mountain Records GMRD CDP
0113 (Jed Peterson with accompaniment by Richard Danley)
The Navy Will Bring Them Back! (M: Ira
Schuster; L:Howard Johnson) (interpolated for the subsequent
tour):
1. 78/Victor 18514
(Peerless Quartet with orchestra)
Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning
(M/L: Irving Berlin) (added after opening; originally used
in YIP! YIP! YAPHANK!):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this Berlin standard
beyond composer recordings.
1. 78/Decca album 340 (Irving Berlin and Chorus with orchestra
conducted by Milton Rosenstock) [reissued on This Is The
Army/Call Me Mister/Winged Victory, CD/Decca Broadway
B0000831-02]
2. 78/V-Disc 780 (Irving Berlin with the John Scott Trotter
Orchestra)
3. This Is The Army, Hollywood Soundstage 408 (Irving Berlin
with orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein) [reissued on The
Sound Of The Movies: Irving Berlin, CD/History 20.3117-HI]
Poor Little Me:
1. 78/Columbia A 3593
(Marion Harris)
2. This Is The Army, Hollywood
Soundstage 408 (George Tobias and Chorus with orchestra
conducted by Leo F. Forbstein) [reissued on The Sound Of The
Movies: Irving Berlin, CD/History 20.3117-HI]
3. Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin 1915-1918, CD/Oakton
ORCD0003 (Benjamin Sears with Bradford Conner, piano)
Roaming Romeo (not in programs):
1. 78/Banner 1709 (Missour
Jazz Band) (unverified)
(When I Hear A) Syncopated Tune (M:
Louis A. Hirsch):
1. Universal Song Roll
3091 (George Gershwin, piano roll)
2. Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A.
Hirsch, CD/New World Records 80707-2 (Bernadette Boerckel with
James Musto III, xylophone, with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
directed by Rick Benjamin)
Tackin’ ‘Em Down (M: Albert Gumble; L:
B.G. DeSylva) (sheet music only):
1. 78/Columbia A 2570 (Van
and Schenck with orchestra) [reissued on That Devilin’ Tune,
Vol. 1, CD/West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6003]
2. 78/Pathe 22067 (Green Brothers Xylophone Orchestra)
3. Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man: A Tribute To Freddie Keppard,
CD/Stomp Off 1311 (Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf Jazz Band)
Would You Rather Be A Colonel With An Eagle On Your
Shoulder Or A Private With A
Chicken On Your Knee? (M: Archie Gottler; L: Sidney D.
Mitchell) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A-2669
(Eugene Buckley)
2. 78/Capitol 127 (Six Hits And A Miss with Gordon Jenkins and
His Orchestra)
3. To Broadway With Love, Columbia (S) OS-2630 (Patti Karr and
Girls with orchestra conducted by Franz Allers) [reissued on
CD/DRG
4. Over There!: Songs From America’s Wars, CD/Newport Classic
85662 (Jon English with Rob Carriker, piano)
5. Seems Like Old Times: The 1994 Top-20 Barbershop Quartets,
CD/Intersound 3532 (unknown Barbershop Quartet)
6. Over There, CD/Angel 49768 (Michael Feinstein, piano and
voice)
You Keep Sending ‘Em Over And We’ll
Keep Knocking ‘Em Down (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A 2636
(Arthur Fields with orchestra)
Unrecorded Material:
The Blue Devils (Of
France) (M/L: Irving Berlin)
Broadway’s Not A Bad Place After All (M/L: Harry Ruby; Eddie
Cantor) (not in programs)
A Dream (scene) (M: Victor Jacobi)
Finale
I Want To Learn (How) To Jazz Dance (M: Dave Stamper)
I’m Making A Study Of Beautiful Girls (And Still In My A.B.C.’s)
(M/L: Eddie Cantor; Jack Glogau; Al Piantadosi) (sheet music
only)
If She Means What I Think She Means (M: Arthur Jackson; L: B.G.
DeSylva) (not in programs)
In Old Versailles (M: Louis A. Hirsch)
Mine Was A Marriage Of Convenience (M: Louis A. Hirsch) (also
interpolated into the 1976 revival of GOING UP but cut before
the Broadway opening)
A Prairie Frolic
Save Your Money, John (M: Eubie Blake; L: Noble Sissle) (not in
program; sheet music credits Les Copeland and Alex Rogers)
Since The Men Have Gone To War
Starlight (M: Dave Stamper)
We Are The Follies (sheet music only)
We’re Busy Building Boats (Ship Building Song) (M: Louis A.
Hirsch)
When I’m Looking At You (M: Dave Stamper)
A Yankee Doodle Dance