ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1921
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: June 21, 1921, Globe Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 119
Are (Ain’t) You Coming Out Malinda? (M: Harry Von Tilzer; L: Raymond B. Egan):
1. 78/Columbia A-3427 (Gus
Van and Joe Schenck with orchestra)
2. 78/Hytone K 92 A (Vernon Dalhart with
orchestral accompaniment) [also 78/Clarion 3005]
3. 78/Okeh 4516 (Blue Diamond Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 18812 (Peerless Quartet)
5. 7”/Columbia 1-775 (Robert Q. Lewis with orchestra and quartet
directed by Archie Bleyer)
Bring Back My Blushing Rose (M: Rudolf
Friml; L: Gene Buck):
1. 78/Victor 18813 (John
Steel)
2. 78/Edison 50832 (Broadway Dance Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 3453 (Ted Lewis, vocal, with Ted Lewis and His
Orchestra)
4. 78/Gennett 4802 A (Merry Melody Men)
5. 78/Okeh 4408 (Sam Ash with orchestra)
6. 78/Brunswick 2120 (Carl Fenton’s Orchestra)
7. 78/Victor 18797 (Shilkret Orchestra)
8. 78/Regal 9118 (Harry Curtis with orchestral accompaniment)
I Hold Her Hand And She Holds Mine (M:
Irving Bibo; L: Billy Rose; Ben Ryan):
1. 78/Path 020680 (Billy
Jones and Ernest Hare)
2. 78/Puritan 11092 (Arthur Fields with orchestral
accompaniment)
3. 78/Columbia A 3507 (Al Herman)
4. 78/Columbia A 3531 (The Happy Six)
In Khorossan (M: Victor Herbert; L:
Gene Buck):
1. Victor Herbert:
Collected Songs, CD/New World Records 80726-2 (Zachary Stains
with William Hicks, piano)
In My Tippy Canoe (M/L: Fred Fisher)
(sheet music only):
1. 78/Edison 50800 (Green
Bros. Novelty Band)
2. Polkas & Foxtrots: Authentic Band
Organ Recordings, CAS/Carousel Music W146-3 (unknown band)
3. Hawaiians In Paris 1916-1926, CD/ Frémeaux & Associés FA
066 (Frank Ferera and Nathan Glantz)
In The Old Town Hall (M: Ed G. Nelson;
L: Howard Johnson; Harry Pease) (sheet music only):
1. 78/Columbia A-3461
(Van and Schenck)
2. 78/Columbia A 6203 (Prince’s Dance Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 18810 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
4. A Night At The Palace, Take Two (M) TT 108 (Gus Van and Joe
Schenck)
5. 2 Vaudevillians Find Buried Treasure, CD/Blue Pumpkin (Bill
Taylor) (unverified)
The Legend Of The Cyclamen Tree (The
Legend Of The Golden Tree) (M: Victor Herbert; L: Gene
Buck):
1. Victor Herbert:
Collected Songs, CD/New World Records 80726-2 (Ron Raines with
William Hicks, piano)
My Man (M: Maurice Yvain; L: Channing
Pollock) (also used in ZIEGFELD GIRLS OF 1920, ZIEGFELD 9
O’CLOCK FROLIC (1920) (9th EDITION), and ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT
FROLIC (1st 1929 EDITION)):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Victor 45263 (Fanny Brice with orchestra) [reissued on
Original Cast! The Early Years, CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 801CD]
2. 78/Victor 21168 (Fanny Brice with orchestra) [reissued on
Great Personalities Of Broadway, RCA Camden (M) CAL-745]
3. The Great Ziegfeld, CIF-3005 (Fanny Brice with orchestra
conducted by Arthur Lange) [reissued on That’s Entertainment!,
CD/Turner Classic Movies R2 72192]
4. The Original Torch Singers, Take Two (M) TT-207 (Fanny Brice)
(two versions)
5. Great Musicals Of The 30’s: The Ziegfeld Follies Of The Air,
Nostalgia Special Release (M) 001 (Fanny Brice) [reissued on
Hollywood Talkies: The First 15 Years, CD/Nostalgia NOS 3681]
6. Stars Of The Ziegfeld Follies, Pelican 102 (Fanny Brice)
My Midnight Frolic Girl (M: Dave
Stamper; L: Gene Buck) (added for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/Brunswick 2049 A
(Vernon Trio)
O’Reilly(, I’m Ashamed Of You) (M: Ed
G. Nelson; Elsie White; L: Harry Pease) (sheet music only):
1. 78/Columbia A-3490 (Van
and Schenck)
Princess Of My Dreams (M: Victor
Herbert; L: Gene Buck):
1. Victor Herbert:
Collected Songs, CD/New World Records 80726-2 (George Dvorsky
with William Hicks, piano)
Sally, Won’t You Come Back (Come Back To Our Alley,
Sally?) (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene Buck) (dropped for the
subsequent tour):
1. 78/Columbia A-3478 (Joe
Schenck with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Victor 18813 (John Steel with orchestra)
3. 78/Edison 50832 (Broadway Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia A 3453 (Ted Lewis, vocal, with Ted Lewis and His
Orchestra)
5. 78/Gennett 4802 A (Merry Melody Men)
6. 78/Mercury 5113 (Danny Ryan with Ted Weems and His Orchestra
with Elmo Tanner, whistling)
7. 78/Bluebird B 11126 (M. Greene and The Three Varieties with
Earl Hines and His Orchestra) [also 78/Victor 20-2635; reissued
on The Chronological Earl Hines And His Orchestra 1941,
CD/Classics 621]
8. 78/Brunswick 20092 (The Five Pennies with Red Nichols and His
Orchestra) [reissued on The Chronological Red Nichols 1929,
CD/Classics 1332]
9. 78/Vocalion 14229 (Billy Jones)
10. Florenz Ziegfeld And The Ziegfeld Follies, Mark 56 Records
(M) 737 (John Steel)
11. The Follies Girl, Decca (M) DL-8495 (Bill Snyder Orchestra)
12. Cavalcade Of American Music, Ariel (M) CAM-11 (John Charles
Thomas with Dave Stamper, piano, and the San Francisco Symphony)
[reissued on Carousel Of American Music, CD/Music & Arts
971]
13. The Lighter Side Of Julian Patrick And Friends, CD/Take Two
TT2002 (Julian Patrick with the Vintage Music Theatre Orchestra
and Chorale conducted by Bill McKenna)
A radio transcription performed by the Norman Cloutier Orchestra
is also known to exist.
Second Hand Rose (M: James F. Hanley;
L: Grant Clarke):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this number beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Victor 45263 (Fanny Brice with orchestra conducted by
Rosario Bourdon) [reissued on Original Cast! The Early Years,
CD/Metropolitan Opera MET 801CD]
2. The Original Torch Singers, Take Two (M) TT-207 (Fanny Brice)
So This Is Venice (M: Harry Warren; L:
Edgar Leslie) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only) (also used in
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1923 and CHARLOT’S REVUE OF 1925):
1. 78/HMV C1206 (Gertrude
Lawrence and Beatrice Lillie with violin, piano, banjo, and alto
saxophone accompaniment) [reissued on Noel And Gertie And Bea,
Parlophone PMC7135]
2. 78/Gennett 5360 (Freddie Keppard with Doc Cook’s Dreamland
Orchestra) [reissued on The Complete Set: 1923-1926,
CD/Retrieval Recordings RTR 79017]
3. 78/Gennett 5416 (Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians) [reissued on
Those Fabulous Gennetts, Vol. 1: 1923-1925, CD/Timeless CBC
1063]
4. 78/Columbia 87 D (Billy Jones and Ernest Hare with orchestral
accompaniment)
5. 78/Brunswick 2549 (Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
6. 78/Victor 19252 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra with vocal
refrain) [reissued on The Birth Of Rhapsody In Blue: Whiteman’s
1924 Concert, CD/MusicMasters 65144]
7. 45/Canadian Recording Industry Association C-100 (unknown
performer, possibly Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians)
8. The Chronological Jimmie Noone 1923-1928, CD/Classics 604
(Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra)
9. The Legend, CD/Pearl TPZ 1052 (Freddie Keppard)
10. Come To The Fair: Old Time Wurlitzer Carousel Music, Vol. 2,
CD/Gold 20 (Wurlitzer Band Organ)
Strut Miss Lizzie (M: Turney Layton; L:
Henry Creamer) (dropped for the subsequent tour;
subsequently used in PUT AND TAKE):
1. 78/Regal 942 (Skeeter
Sims with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Jewel L 870 (Al Starita and His Society Orchestra) [also
78/Grey Gull L 1070]
3. 78/Commodore 530 (Eddie Condon and His Band) [reissued on
Ballin’ The Jack, CD/Commodore Records 7015]
4. 78/Columbia A 3418 (Mary Stafford and Her Jazz Band)
[reissued on Female Blues Singers, Vol. 13: R/S (1921-1931),
CD/Document DOCD 5517]
5. 78/Hytone K 69 (Hegamin’s Blue Flame Syncopaters) [reissued
on Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1920-1922), CD/Document
5419]
6. 78/Ampersand 25 (Creame Bell’s Original Four)
7. 78/Art Floral 104 (Evans, coronet; Thompson, trombone; J.
McDonald, clarinet and tenor sax; Joyce McDonald, piano;
Cernardo, drums)
8. 78/Brunswick 2084 (Al Bernard with Carl Fenton’s Orchestra)
[also 78/Okeh 4371]
9. 78/Brunswick 4983 (Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang)
[also 78/Brunswick 500091; reissued on Irving Mills, Vol. 2,
CD/Sensation 25]
10. 78/Okeh 8007 (Norfolk Jazz Male Quartette) [reissued on
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1926), CD/Document 5381]
11. 78/Black Swan 2005 (Lula Whidby with Henderson’s Novelty
Orchestra) [reissued on Fletcher Henderson With The Blues
Singers, Vol. 1 (1921-1923), CD/Document 5342]
12. 78/Path 22497 (Ernest Hare with orchestra) [also 78/Lyric
5235]
13. 78/Victor 18799 (America Quartet with orchestra)
14. Art Hodes All-Star Stompers, CD/Jazzology 20 (Art Hodes
All-Star Stompers)
15. Dixieland Blues, CD/Crazy Otto Music
010 (Johnny Maddox and The Rhythmasters)
16. Black Manhattan, CD/New World Records 80611 (Rick Benjamin
with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
17. Jazz Heritage, CD/Jazzology JCD 85
(Doc Evans)
18. Live At The Jug Club,
CD/Delmark DE 219 (Paul Lingle)
19. The Jazz Banjo Of Cynthia Sayer,
Vol. 1/More Jazz Banjo , Vol. 2, CD/New York Jazz (Cynthia
Sayer)
20. Duke Heitger’s Big Four, CD/Stomp Off 1367 (Duke Heitger)
21. The Big Swing Dance: The Music Of Sid Phillips, CD/EMI
5263442 (Sid Philips & His Band)
22. Battle Of Trombones, CD/Membran/New Style 222690 (Brad
Gowans)
23. Take Us To The Land Of Jazz, CD/Diamond Stack DSCD 011809
(Yerba Buena Stompers)
24. Live And Incredible, CD/GHB Records
497 (The Original Salty Dogs)
25. Feeling Good, CD/Lake LACD 99 (Laurie Chescoe)
26. Absolutely!, Vol. 3, CD/Triangle
Jazz T 120CD (Hal Smith’s Roadrunners)
27. Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band: 1948,
CD/Harlequin Records HQCD 158 (Graeme Bell & His Australian
Jazz Band)
28. C’est MAGNAfique, CD/Jazzology 6279 (Brian White’s Magna
Jazz Band)
29. B.G. & Big Tea In NYC, CD/GRP GRD-609 (Benny Goodman and
Jack Teagarden)
30. On Revival Day, CD/Jazzology 260 (Marty Grosz and His Sugar
Daddies
31. The Classic Jazz Quartet, CD/Jazzology JCD 138/39 (Classic
Jazz Quartet)
32. Strut Miss Lizzie, CD/Stomp Off 1264 (Down Home Five)
33. California, Here I Come, CD/Jazzology 182 (Hal Smith’s
Rhythm Masters)
34. Live At Hambone Kelly’s, Vol. 2,
CD/GHB Records BCD97 (Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band)
35. Echoes From The Snowball Club,
CD/Ragtime (Adam Swanson, piano)
36. Firecracker Jazz Band Explodes, CD/Euphonian (Firecracker
Jazz Band)
Wang-Wang Blues (M: Henry Busse;
Buster Johnson; Gustave Mueller; L: Leo Wood):
I have not attempted to compile
discographical information for this number beyond original
cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia A-3427 (Van and Schenck with orchestra)]
2. The Livin’ End, CD/Collectables COL-CD-7736 (Barbara
McNair with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael)
What’s A-Gonna Be Next?:
1. 78/Columbia A-3461 (Gus
Van and Joe Schenck)
2. A Night At The Palace, Take Two (M) TT 108 (Gus Van and Joe
Schenck)
While Miami Dreams (M: Richard A.
Whiting; L: Raymond B. Egan):
1. 78/Edison 50912
(Imperial Marimba Band)
2. 78/Columbia A 3539 (Billy Jones with orchestra)
3. 78/Banner 1035 (Golden Gate Orchestra)
4. 78/Okeh 4547 (California Ramblers)
5. 78/Victor 18878 (Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra)
Unrecorded Material:
Ain’t Nature Grand (M:
Irving Berlin; L: Billy Rose; Ben Ryan) (sheet music only)
Allay Up (M: James F. Hanley; L: Ballard Macdonald) (cut after
opening)
The Birthday Of The Dauphin (scene) (M: Victor Herbert)
Butterfly Dance (added during the run)
The Championship Of The World (M: Victor Herbert; L: Gene Buck)
(ASCAP/Library Of Congress only; now lost)
Come Back To Our Alley Sally (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene Buck)
Every Time I Hear A Band Play (M: Rudolf Friml; L: Gene Buck)
(dropped for the subsequent tour)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Four Little Girls With A Future And Four Little Girls With A
Past (M: Rudolf Friml; L: B.G. DeSylva)
I Can’t Resist Them When They’re Beautiful (sheet music only)
If Plymouth Rock Had Landed On The Pilgrims Instead Of The
Pilgrims Landing On The Rock (aka “If The Plymouth Rock Had
Landed On The Pilgrims” and “Plymouth Rock”) (M: Dave Stamper;
L: Channing Pollock) (dropped for the subsequent tour)
I’m A Hieland Lassie (M: Leo Edwards; L: Blanche Merrill) (not
in program)
In That Little Irish Home, Sweet Home (M: Harry Von Tilzer; L:
William Jerome) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Mr. Ziegfeld’s Idea Of Chorus Men (M: Rudolf Friml; L: Buddy G.
DeSylva)
Now I Know (M: James V. Monaco; L: Grant Clarke)
Our Home Town (M: Harry Carroll; L: Ballard Mcdonald)
Raggedy Rag (M: Dave Stamper; L: Gene Buck) (dropped for the
subsequent tour)
Rosemary (M: Dave Stamper; L: Buddy G. DeSylva) (added for
the subsequent tour)
Roses In The Garden (M: Rudolf Friml; L: Brian Hooker) (sheet
music only)
Scotch Lassie (Scotch Song) (M: Leo Edwards; L: Blanche Merrill)
Some Day The Sun Will Shine (M: James V. Monaco; L: Grant
Clarke) (cut after opening)
Spring (added for the subsequent tour)
Two Lovely Lying Eyes (M: Rudolf Friml; L: Gene Buck) (sheet
music only)
What A World This Would Be (M: Dave Stamper; L: B.G. DeSylva)
(sheet music only)
You Must Come Over (M: Jerome Kern; L: B.G. DeSylva)