ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1922



Composer: Louis A. Hirsch
Lyricist: Gene Buck

Opened: June 5, 1922, New  Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 426


Come Along  (M: Turner Layton; L: Henry Creamer) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

1. 78/Columbia A 3671 (Ray Miller and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Vocalion A 14409 (Emil Coleman and His Montmartre Orchestra)


Dixie (M/L: Daniel Decatur Emmett):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Victor 1345 (Mary Lewis) [reissued on Ziegfeld Follies, Veritas (M) VM 107]


Fairylands (scene) (M: Victor Herbert) (cut after opening):

1. The Mario Lanza Shows, CD/On The Air OTA101910 (Mario Lanza and Gisele MacKenzie with Ray Sinatra and His Orchestra)


If I Can’t Get The Sweetie I Want (I Pity The Sweetie I Get) (M: Jean Schwartz; L: Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young) (added after opening; also used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION):

1. 78/Victor 19145 (Paul Whiteman Orchestra) [also 78/Victor 19139; reissued on Shaking The Blues Away, CD/Sounds Of Yesteryear DSOY 623]
2. 78/Grey Gull 2129 (Arthur Fields with orchestra)
3. 78/Grey Gull 1184 (Pennsylvania Syncopators) [also 78/Emerson 10668]
4. 78/Gennett 5281 (Harry Reser’s Orchestra)
5. 78/Cameo 430 (Arthur Lange’s Orchestra)
6. 78/Apex 8117 (The Master Players)
7. 78/Bell P 244 (Coreyfonic Orchestra)
8. 78/Regal 5259 (bartitone solo [Billy West?] with orchestra)
9. 78/regal 9553 (Six Black Diamonds)
10. 78/Columbia A 3986 (California Ramblers)
11. 78/Vocalion 14676 (Isabelle Patricola with Selvin’s Orchestra) [reissued on Legendary Voices Of Vaudeville, CD/Take Two TT504CD]


It’s Getting Dark On Old Broadway (M: Dave Stamper) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

1. 78/Brunswick 2340 (Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra) [reissued on Ziegfeld Follies, CD/Living Era 5619]


Mr. Gallagher And Mr. Shean (M/L: Ed Gallagher; Al Shean) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

1. 78/Victor 18941 (Ed Gallager and Al Shean with orchestra) [reissued on Star Spangled Rhythm, CD/Smithsonian RD 111]
2. 78/Victor 19007 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Path 020741 (Irving Kaufman and Jack Kaufman with orchestra) [also 78/Gennett 4870; 78/Banner 1054; 78/Regal 9210; 78/Cameo 222; reissued on Anthology: The Last Recording Pioneer, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5504]
4. 78/Path 020742 (Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra) [also 78/Gennett 4874 A]
5. 78/Columbia A 3783 (Paul Biese’s Orchestra)
6. 78/National Music Lover’s, Inc. 1032 (Master Melody Makers)
7. 78/Decca 1960 (Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer with Victor Young’s Small Fryers)  [also 78/Decca 24293; reissued on Personality: Johnny Mercer Sings, CD/Living Era ASV CD AJA 5430]
8. 78/Decca 3676 (The Jesters)
9. 78/Brunswick 2270 (Billy Jones and Ernest Hare with orchestra) [reissued on 1922: An Angel’s Voice I Hear, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9007]
10. 78/Banner 1175 (Moulin Rouge Orchestra)
11 . 78/Banner 2094 (M.Z. Feinman Bros.)
12. 78/Vocalion 14333 (Dolly & She with orchestral accompaniment)
13. 78/Columbia A 3609 (Furman and Nash)
14. 78/Edison 51054 (Broadway Dance Orchestra)
15. Ziegfeld Girl, CIF (M) 3006 (Al Shean and Charles Winninger) [reissued on Ziegfeld Girl/Every Sunday/Meet Me In St. Louis, CD/Great Movie Themes 60026]
16. Ziegfeld,  First Night (S) CAST 14 (Geoffrey Hutchings and Louise Gold with orchestra conducted by Paul Bateman)
17. The Man From Georgia, CD/Jasmine JASCD 428  (Johnny Mercer and Bing Crosby with The AFRS Orchestra)
18. Groucho: A Life In Revue, CD/Original Cast OCR-9498 (Frank Ferrante)
19. Consuming Passions, CD/CPC0001CD  (Margery Cohen and Joseph Neal) (as “Pinkham And Graham”)
20. Edison Sound Recordings: Humorous Songs, CD/A2Z CDS 632 (unknown performer)
21. Start Off Each Day With A Song, CD/JSP 701 (Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra)
22. The Ultimate Melly, CD/Candid 79843 (George Melly)
23. The Seven Little Foys, CD/Original Cast MWJL-0032 (cast with muiscal direction by Richard Danley)


Old Folks At Home (M/L: Stephen Collins Foster):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Victor 1345 (Mary Lewis) [reissued on Ziegfeld Follies, Veritas (M) VM 107]


(Listening On Some) Radio (M: Dave Stamper) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

1. 78/Victor 18923 (Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra)
2. 78/Banner 1085 (Roy Collins’ Orchestra)
3. 78/Broadway 11146 (Frisco Syncopators)
4. Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theatre Music Of Louis A. Hirsch, CD/New World Records 80707-2 (Colte Julian with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)


(My) Rambler Rose (M: Louis A.  Hirsch; Dave Stamper) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

1. 78/Victor 18923 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Banner 1085 (Roy Collins’ Orchestra)
3. 78/Broadway 11146 (Frisco Syncopators)
4. 78/Columbia A 3649 (Ray Miller and His Orchestra)
5. 78/Brunswick 5143 (Dorothy Jardon with orchestra)
6. 78/Edison 51008 (Atlantic Dance Orchestra)
7. St. Louis, 1922, CD/Starlight Records (Gene Rodemich)


Songs I Can’t Forget (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

Note: The number “Songs I Can’t Forget” appears to include renditions of “Glow Worm,” “Bedelia,” “La Paloma,” “School Days,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “Annie Rooney,” “Robert E. Lee,” “Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight,” “In The Good Old Summer Time,” and “Sweet Adeline.”  I have not attempted to compile discographical information for these standards.


(‘Neath The) South Sea Moon (M: Louis A. Hirsch; Dave Stamper) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

1. 78/Victor 18911 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Rondo 45210 (Harmony Hawaiian Quartet)
3. 78/Puritan 11142 (Majestic Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Gennett 4922 A (Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
5. 78/Columbia A 3649 (Ray Miller and His Orchestra)
6. 78/Brunswick 5143 (Dorothy Jardon with orchestra)
7. 78/Victor 45332 (Lambert Murphy with Frank Ferera, Hawaiian guitar, and orchestra)
8. 78/Edison 51008 (Atlantic Dance Orchestra)
9. 78/Okeh 4660 (Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra)
10. The Follies Girl, Decca (M) DL-8495 (Bill Snyder Orchestra)
11. St. Louis, 1922, CD/Starlight Records (Gene Rodemich)
12. American Roadsongs, CD/Document 223238 (Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians)
13. Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theatre Music Of Louis A. Hirsch, CD/New World Records 80707-2 (Colte Julian with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)


Weaving My Dreams  (M: Victor Herbert) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION)):

1. Victor Herbert: Collected Songs, CD/New World 80726-2 (Marnie Breckenridge)


Unrecorded Material:

Bulesk-Ballet (cut after opening)
Blunderland (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION))
Bring On The Girls (M: Dave Stamper) (ASCAP credits this number to Victor Herbert) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION))
Dreams For Sale (M: James F. Hanley; L: Herbert Reynolds) (cut after opening)
Eccentric Dance
Ensemble Finale (M: Louis A. Hirsch; Dave Stamper) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION))
Everybody’s Making It Now (M/L: Jimmy Duffy)  (cut after opening)
Farljandio (scene) (M: Victor Herbert)
Finale (Act 1, Scene 1)
Flappers (M: Dave Stamper) (cut after opening)
Frolicking Gods (M: Pyotor Ilyich Tchaikowsky) (originally used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1922)
Hello, Hello, Hello (M: Dave Stamper) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION))
I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without You (sheet music only)
I Don’t Want To Be In Dixie (M: Louis A. Hirsch; Dave Stamper)
I’m Satisfied (cut after opening)
Inebriated Dance (cut after opening)
Marches (inst.) (M: Victor Herbert) (not in program)
My Melody (added after opening and subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION))
Russian Dance
Sing A Song Of Sunshine (not in programs)
Sing A Swanee Song (aka “Suanee”) (M: Louis Breau; L: Nat Sanders) (added after opening and then cut)
Sitting In A Corner  (cut)
Some American Buck Dancing
The Sons Of Jesse James (cut after opening)
Sunny South (cut after opening)
Throw Me A Kiss (M: Louis A. Hirsch; Dave Stamper; Maurice Yvain) (subsequently used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1922/23) (SUMMER EDITION))