ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919
Composer: Irving
Berlin
Lyricist: Irving Berlin
Opened: June 16, 1919, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 171
Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes (cut; subsequently used in BROADWAY BEAUTIES OF 1920):
1. Irving Berlin
Revisited, MGM SE-4435 OC (Bobby Short, William H. Elliott, and
Miles Kreuger with musical direction by Norman Paris) [also
Painted Smiles PS-1356; reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-118]
2. Golden Age Of American Dance Bands: Spin A Little Web Of
Dreams, CD/Jasmine 12 (Griff Williams)
3. Easter Parade, CD/Sony Classical 88697638362 (MGM Studio
Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green)
4. Everybody Step: Irving Berlin’s Music Box Revues And Other
Songs From 1921-1925, CD/Oakton ORCD0008 (Benjamin Sears with
Bradford Conner, piano)
A recording by the Queen’s Dance Orchestra is also known to
exist.
Bring Back Those Wonderful Day ( M/L:
Nat Vincent; Darl MacBoyle) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A 2710
(Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [also 78/Columbia
35591; reissued on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone
ARCH 5002]
2. 78/Gennett 4521 A (Harry Frankel with orchestral
accompaniment)
3. 78/Victor 18555 (Arthur Fields with orchestra)
Checkers (It’s Your Move Now) (M: Paul
Rubens; L: Billy Curtis) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A- 2877
(Bert Williams with orchestra) [also 78/Columbia A-2710;
reissued on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH
5002]
Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar
(M/L: Lew Pollack; Billy Baskette; Ed Rose) (not in
programs):
1. 78/Columbia A-2750
(Bert Williams with orchestra) [also 78/Columbia 35591; reissued
on His Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]
2. 78/Gennett 4544 A (Al Bernard with orchestra)
3. 78/Edison 50545 (Al Bernard with orchestra)
Goodbye Sunshine Hello Moon (M: Dave
Stamper; L: Gene Buck) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only):
1. 78/Columbia A 2971 (Yerkes Happy Six) [reissued on Dance-O-Mania: 1919-1923 Harry Yerkes And The Dawn Of The Jazz Age, CD/Rivermont BSW1150]
Harem Life (Outside Of That Every
Little Thing’s All Right):
1. 78/Columbia A-6126
(Prince’s Dance Band)
2. 78/Victor 18654 (Paul Biese and His Novely Orchestra)
3. Chip Deffaa’s An Irving Berlin Travelogue, CD/Garrett
Mountain CDP AD 0604 (Rob Maitner with musical direction by
Richard Danley)
How Ya’ Gonna Keep ‘Em Down On The Farm
(After They’ve Seen Paree)? (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Sam M.
Lewis) (not in programs):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this song beyond original
cast member performances.
1. 78/V-Disc 358 (Eddie Cantor with Tommy Dorsey and His
Orchestra) [reissued on The Missing Sides 1938-1950, CD/Original
Cast OC-1812]
2. Songs He Made Famous, 78/Decca album 564 (Eddie Cantor with
Victor Young and His Orchestra) [reissued on Makin’ Whoopee With
“Banjo Eyes,” CD/ASV/Living Era 5357]
3. The Best Of Eddie Cantor, Vik LX-1119 (Eddie Cantor)
[reissued as CD/RCA 07863-66033-2]
4. The Eddie Cantor Radio Show 1942-43, CD/Original Cast OC-9494
(Eddie Cantor)
5. Patron Of The Arts, CD/Viper’s Nest VN-151 (Eddie Cantor)
6. Carnegie Hall Concert, CD/Original Cast OC-9217 (Eddie
Cantor)
7. Pals, CD/Original Cast 9918 (Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, and
Dinah Shore)
8. The Complete Eddie Cantor Story, CD/Original Cast
(Eddie Cantor)
9. The Complete Eddie Cantor Story, CD/Original Cast
(Eddie Cantor) (alternate take)
I’d Rather See A Minstrel Show (part of
“The Follies Minstrels” sequence; aka “I Love A Minstrel
Show” and “I Want To See A Minstrel Show”) :
1. White Christmas, Decca
DL-8083 (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye with orchestra conducted by
J.J. Lilley) [reissued on Holiday Inn & White Christmas,
CD/Universal 1130992]
2. Come On-A My House, CD/Bear Family BCD 15895 (Rosemary
Clooney, Bing Crosby, and Danny Kaye)
3. 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)
I’m Sorry I Ain’t Got It If I Had It
You Could Have It Blues (M: Ted Snyder; L: Sam M.
Lewis) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A-2877
(Bert Williams with orchestra) [reissued on His Final Releases,
1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]
2. 78/Columbia A 2949 (Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra)
I’m The Guy Who Guards The Harem (And
My Heart’s In My Work) (I Am The Guy Who Guards The Harem):
1. A Treasury Of Early
Musical Comedy: Volume One, AEI Records 1170 (Eddie Dowling and
Chorus) [reissued on CD/AEI AEI-CD 014]
2. Unsung Irving Berlin, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5632 (Gregory
Jbara with musical direction by Lanny Meyers)
3. Irving Berlin Revisited: Rare Songs Of Love, Loss, And
Revenge, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP 0928 (Michael Kasper
with musical direction by Richard Danley)
I’ve Got My Captain Working For Me Now
(not in programs; subsequently used in OH, WHAT A GIRL!):
1. 78/Columbia
A-2794 (Al Jolson) [reissued on There’s No Business Like Show
Business: The Magical Songs Of Irving Berlin,
Book-Of-The-Month Records 60-5256]
2. 78/Victor 18604 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
3. 78/Emerson 1042 (Billy Murray)
4. 78/Vocalion 12208 (Billy Murray)
5. 78/Paramount 33020 (Billy Murray)
6. 78/Silvertone 5042 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
7. 78/Pathe 22201 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra) [reissued on
Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM
CDS 9059-61]
8. 78/Decca 23649 (Bing Crosby with
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra) [reissued on Blue Skies,
Decca (M) DL-4259]
9. 78/Columbia 815 (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
10. 78/MSS LD 6 (Roger & Graeme Bell and Sid Phillips)
11. 78/Victor 18630 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra)
12. Blue Skies/Rhythm On The River, CD/Great Movie Themes CD
600025 (Bing Crosby and Billy De Wolfe)
13. Irving Berlin’s America, CD/Original Cast OC2013 (Michael
Townsend with musical direction by Richard Danley)
14. Irving Berlin Revisited: Rare Songs Of Love, Loss, And
Revenge, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP 0928 (Jack Saleeby)
It’s Nobody’s Business But My Own (M/L: Skidmore; Walker)
(not in programs; also used in ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC
(2nd 1919 EDITION):
1. 78/Columbia A-2750
(Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [also 78/Columbia
35593; reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4:
1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
(Oh! She’s The) Last Rose Of Summer (M:
Harry Ruby; L: Eddie Cantor; Manuel Ponce) (not in
programs):
1. 78/Pathe 22163 (Eddie
Cantor) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4:
1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Emerson 1071 (Eddie Cantor with orchestral accompaniment)
[also 78/Emerson 10134; reissued on The Early Days 1917-1921,
CD/Original Cast 9872]
Mandy (M/L: Irving Berlin) (original
version used in YIP! YIP! YAPHANK as “The Sterling Silver
Moon” and subsequently used in THIS IS THE ARMY):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this Berlin standard
beyond original cast member and composer performances.
1. 78/Rex 8390 (Eddie Cantor with chorus and orchestra) [also
78/Melotone M-13183; 78/Conqueror 8427; reissued on The Columbia
Years, CD/Columbia C2K-57148]
2. An Irving Berlin Tribute, Famous Personality 1001 (Irving
Berlin with Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor) [reissued on Alexander’s
Ragtime Band, CD/Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1010-2]
3. 78/Victor A-2780 (Gus Van and Joe Schenck with orchestral
accompaniment) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol.
4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
4. Carnegie Hall Concert, CD/Original
Cast OC-9217 (Eddie Cantor)
5. Irving Berlin
In Hollywood, CD/Rhino R2 75614 (Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman,
George Murphy, Ann Sothern, The Nicholas Brothers, and The
Goldwyn Girls with the Samuel Goldwyn Studio Orchestra conducted
by Alfred Newman)
6. Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin)
My Baby’s Arms (M: Harry Tierney; L:
Joseph McCarthy):
1. 78/Victor 18611 (John
Steel with orchestra) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage
Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Columbia 805 (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band) [reissued
on In London 1919-1920 Plus The Okeh Sessions 1922-1923,
CD/Challenge Records RTR 79033]
3. 78/Columbia A 2811 (Art Hickman’s Orchestra) [reissued on The
San Francisco Sound, CD/Archeophone ARCH 6003]
4. 78/Pathe 22181 (Tuxedo Syncopators)
5. 78/Gennett 4555 A (Duane Sawyer, saxophone, with piano)
6. 78/Emerson 9226 (Arthur Fields with orchestra)
7. 78/Paramount 33025 A (Vernon Dalhart with orchestral
accompaniment)
8. 78/Victor 18625 (Pietro, piano-accordion) (unverified)
9. Blue Roses Of Far And Near, CD/Stomp Off 1361 (Dan Levinson)
Oh, How She Can Sing (M/L: Joe
Schenck; Gus Van; Jack Yellen) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A-2757 (Gus Van and Joe
Schenck with orchestra) [reissued on Ziegfeld Follies Of
1919, Smithsonian R-009]
2. 78/Pathe 22124 (Billy Murray and Ed. Smalle with
orchestra)
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody:
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this Berlin standard
beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Victor 18588 (John Steel with orchestra conducted by
Joseph Pasternack) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage
Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. An Irving Berlin Tribute, Famous Personality 1001 (John Steel
with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Al Goodman) [reissued on
Alexander’s Ragtime Band, CD/Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1010-2]
3. Florenz Ziegfeld And The Ziegfeld Follies, Mark 56 Records
(M) 737 (John Steel)
Shimmy Town (Shimmee Town) (M: Dave
Stamper; L: Gene Buck):
1. 78/Victor 18618 (Joseph
C. Smith’s Orchestra)
Skadatin-Dee (Just a Funny Sound And
A Melody) (M/L: Tobias; Bernard; Siras) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia 1492-D (Gus
Van and Joe Schenck with piano accompaniment) [reissued on
Ziegfeld Follies, Veritas (M) VM-107]
2. 78/Harmony 698 (Frank Bessinger with Lou Gold & His
Orchestra) [also 78/Velvet Tone 1698 V]
3. 1924-33, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8045 (Lud Gluskin)
Somebody (Else, Not Me) (M: James F. Hanley: L: Ballard
Macdonald) (not in programs):
1. 78/Columbia A-2849
(Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [reissued on His
Final Releases, 1919-1922, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5002]
2. 78/Capitol 15105 (Pee Wee Hunt, vocal, with Pee Wee Hunt and
His Orchestra) [also 78/Mirror 44; reissued on Twelfth Street
Rag, CD/Living Era CDAJA 5607]
3. 78/Victor 20-2821 (Phil Harris, vocal, with Phil Harris and
His Orchestra) [reissued on My Kind Of Country, CD/Pearl Flapper
PASTCD 7831]
4. The Jubilee Shows, Vol. 3: Nos. 207 & 217,
CD/Storyville 5011003 (Nat King Cole and Benny Carter)
5. Somebody Else Not Me, CD/Philo CDPH 1065 (Dave Van Ronk)
6. The Transcriptions Performances 1935, CD/Hep HEPCD 1049
(Claude Hopkins)
7. Hairy Jazz, CD/Water Music WATER 214CD (Shel Silverstein
& The Red Onions)
8. I’m A Moody Guy, CD/See For Miles Records SEECD 369 (Shane
Fenton & The Fentones)
9. Hollywood Goes To War, CD/Vintage Jazz Classics 1048 Eddie
“Rochester” Anderson)
Sweet Kisses (That Came In The Night)
(M: Albert Von Tilzer; L: Lew Brown; Eddie Buzzell) (sheet
music only):
1. 78/Columbia A-2792 (Gus
Van and Joe Schenck with orchestra) [reissued on Music From The
New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Victor 18619 (Esther Walker with orchestra)
Sweet Sixteen (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene
Buck):
1. 78/Columbia A-6120
(Sherbo’s Orchestra)
They’re All Sweeties (M: Harry Von
Tilzer; L: Lew Brown; Eddie Buzzell) (not in programs;
subsequently used in SHUBERT GAIETIES OF 1919):
1. 78/Columbia A 2792
(Gus Van and Joe Schenck)
2. 78/Emerson 1042 (Irving Kaufman and Jack Kaufman)
3. 78/Pathe 22213 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
4. New Science Of Sound, CD/Naked Voice (Acoustix)
5. Initial Public Offering (I.P.O.), CD/Chairman Of The Chord
(Chairman Of The Chord)
Tulip Time (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene
Buck):
1. 78/Victor 18588 (John
Steel with orchestra) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage
Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Gennett 4555 A (Duane Sawyer, saxophone)
3. 78/Brunswick 2021 (Thornely Crane with orchestra)
4. 78/Empire 21122 (Henry Burr)
5. 78/Victor 18618 (Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra)
6. Florenz Ziegfeld And The Ziegfeld Follies, Mark 56 Records
(M) 737 (John Steel)
7. The Follies Girl, Decca (M) DL-8495 (Bill Snyder Orchestra)
8. The Welte Mignon Mystery, Vol. 28: Swinging Welte, CD/Tacet
200 (unknown performer)
9. Capitol Collectors Series, CD/Capitol C2-94078 (The Andrews
Sisters) (unverified)
An unverified radio transcription performed by the Norman
Cloutier Orchestra is also known to exist.
When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine
(M: Robert Hood Bowers; L: Francis DeWitt) (not in
programs):
1. 78/Columbia
A-2849 (Bert Williams with orchestral accompaniment) [also
78/Columbia A 35590; reissued on Music From The New York Stage
Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Columbia A-2927 (Ted Lewis Jazz Band) [also 78/Columbia
79047]
3. 78/Edison 50672L (Al Bernard and Ernest Hare with orchestra)
4. 78/Emerson 10215 (Ernest Hare with orchestral accompaniment)
5. 78/Victor 18672 (Sidney Phillips with orchestra)
6. Where The Morning Glories Grow, CD/Loup Garous 1002 (Dan
Levinson)
When They’re Old Enough To Know Better
It’s Better To Leave Them Alone (M: Harry Ruby; L: Sam M.
Lewis; Joe Young) (not in programs):
1. 78/Emerson 1094 (Eddie Cantor with
orchestra) [reissued on The Early Days 1917-1921,
CD/Original Cast 9872]
2. 78/Pathe 22201 (Eddie Cantor with orchestra) [reissued on
Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920, CD/Pearl
GEMM CDS 9059-61]
3. I’ve Never Seen A Straight Banana: Rare Moments, Vol. l,
CD/Collectors’ Choice Music CCM 2058 (Tiny Tim)
You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake On Tea (part of the “Prohibition” sequence):
1. 78/Columbia A-6126
(Prince’s Dance Band)
2. 78/Pathe 22310 (Jacobs’ Dance Orchestra)
You Don’t Need The Wine To Have A
Wonderful Time (M: Harry Akst; L: Howard Rogers) (not in
programs):
1. 78/Pathe 22163 (Eddie
Cantor) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4:
1917-1920, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. 78/Emerson 1071 (Eddie Cantor) [reissued on The Early Days
1917-1921, CD/Original Cast 9872]
3. 78/Pathe 22165 (Nicholas Orlando’s Orchestra)
4. Max Morath At The Turn Of The Century, RCA Victor (S)
LSO-1159 (Max Morath)
You’d Be Surprised (not in programs;
subsequently used in AFGAR, SHUBERT GAIETIES, and OH! WHAT A
GIRL):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this Berlin standard
beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Emerson 10102 (Eddie Cantor with orchestral accompaniment)
[reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 4: 1917-1920,
CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9059-61]
2. Songs He Made Famous, 78/Decca album 564 (Eddie Cantor with
orchestra directed by Victor Young) [reissued on The Missing
Sides 1938-1950, CD/Original Cast OC-1812]
Unrecorded Material:
Bevo (sheet music
only; previously used in YIP! YIP! YAPHANK! and subsequently
used in THIS IS THE ARMY)
The Circus Ballet (inst.) (M: Victor Herbert)
The Follies Salad (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene Buck)
Grand Finale (Act 1)
Look Out For The Bolsheviki Man (cut)
Minstrel Show Finale (part of “The Follies Minstrels”
sequence) (M/L: Irving Berlin)
My Orchard Of Girls (M/L: Unknown) (sheet music only)
My Tambourine Girl
The Near Future (lost)
The Popular Pests (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene Buck)
Save Your Money, John (M: Les Copeland; L: Alex Rogers) (sheet
music only)
A Syncopated Cocktail
We Made The Doughnuts Over There (M/L: Unknown)
Who Was King Solomon’s Favorite Wife (cut; no music survives)
Willie Or Will He Not (M: Maurice Abrahams; L: Sam M. Lewis;
Joe Young) (not in programs)
The World Has Gone Shimmy Mad (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene Buck)
(ASCAP/Library of Congress only)