ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1923
Composer: Dave
Stamper
Lyricist: Gene Buck
Opened: October 20, 1923, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 233
Bebe (M: Abner Silver; L: Sam Coslow) (sheet music only):
1. 78/Victor 19092 (Brooke
Johns and His Orchestra directed by Jack Shilkret)
2. 78/Olympic 1444 (Original Indiana Five) [reissued on The
Original Indiana Five, Vol. 1, CD/Jazz Oracle 8019]
3. 78/Path 020996 (Golden Gate Orchestra)
4. 78/Gennett 5154 (Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
5. 78/Banner 1228 (Pavilion Royal Dance Orchestra)
6. 78/Bell P 239 (Club Deauville Orchestra)
7. 78/Brunswick 2454 (Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra) [reissued on
1923, CD/Starlight Records]
8. 78/Banner 1257 (Vernon Dalhart with orchestra) [also 78/Regal
9547]
9. 78/Triangle 11282 (Majestic Dance Orchestra)
10. 78/Vocalion 14641 (Albert E. Short and His Tivoli
Syncopaters)
11. 78/Columbia A 3913 (Billy Jones with orchestral
accompaniment)
12. 78/Edison 51181 (Atlantic Dance Orchestra)
Chansonette (M: Rudolf Friml; L: Irving
Caesar; Dailey Paskma; Sigmund Spaeth) (not in program;
music later used for “Donkey Serenade”):
1. 78/Victor 19145 (Paul
Whiteman and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Birth Of Rhapsody
In Blue: Whiteman’s 1924 Concert, CD/MusicMasters 65144]
2. 78/HMV B-1658 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Edison 51264 R (Don Parker’s Dance Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia 533 D (Rudolf Friml, piano)
5. 78/Decca 584 A (Ambrose and His Orchestra with vocal refrain)
6. 78/Schirmer 2006 (Rudolf Friml and William Kroll with piano
and violin accompaniment)
7. 78/Brunswick 2505 (Oriole Orchestra)
8. 78/Okeh 4995 (Willie Eckstein, piano)
9 . 78/Columbia A 3992 (Paul Specht and His Orchestra)
10. 78/Victor 45395 (Lambert Murphy with orchestra)
11. 45/Decca ED 422 (Schottische with Lawrence Welk and His
Champagne Music)
12. Those Sensational Swinging Sirens Of The Silver Screen,
CD/Vintage Jazz Classics 1002 (Jeanette MacDonald)
13. Rudolf Friml: Chansonette & Other Works, CD/Arabesque
6562 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Radio transcriptions performed by Jane Marcy, Frances Nevin, and
James Landry, The Norman Cloutier Orchestra, the Harry Reser
Orchestra, the Ralph Ginsburgh Orchestra, and Andre Kostelanetz
and His Orchestra are also known to exist.
I’d Love To Waltz Through Life With
You (M: Victor Herbert) (cut after opening):
1. 78/Edison 51273 R
(Kaplan Melodists)
2. Victor Herbert: Collected Songs, CD/New World 80726-2 (Daniel
Marcus)
Lady Of The Lantern (M: Victor Herbert)
(not in program):
1. Victor Herbert:
Collected Songs, CD/New World 80726-2 (Aaron Lazar)
Little Old New York (M: Victor
Herbert):
1. 78/Okeh 40009 (Vincent
Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra)
2. East Side, West Side: A Musical Tour Of The Big
Apple,CD/Book-Of-The-Month Records 31-7502 (unknown performer)
3. Victor Herbert: Collected Songs, CD/New World 80726-2 (Sara
Jean Ford)
(My) Mammy (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Sam
M. Lewis; Joe Young) (cut after opening; originally used in
SINBAD):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this number beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Victor 18737 (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra) [reissued
on Say It With Music, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5291]
2. 78/Decca 23614 (Al Jolson with orchestra directed by Morris
Stoloff) [also 78/Decca 11044; 78/Brunswick 03830; reissued on
To Mother With Love, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5351]
3. 78/Brunswick 3912 (Al Jolson with Abe Lyman’s California
Orchestra) [also 78/Brunswick 3790; 78/Brunswick 3867; reissued
on The Jazz Singer, CD/Soundtrack Factory 33533]
4. Al Jolson, Vol. 3: The Twenties From Broadway To
Hollywood,CD/Pearl Flapper PASTCD 7045 (Al Jolson with the
Vitaphone Orchestra)
5. Bing Crosby With Ella Fitzgerald & Peggy Lee, CD/Avid 624
(Al Jolson with orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter)
Mary Rose (M: Maurice Yvain) (added
after opening):
1. 78/Victor 19248 (Marcia
Freer with orchestra)
(That) Old Fashioned Garden (Of Mine)
(M: Victor Herbert) (cut after opening):
1. Victor Herbert:
Collected Song, CD/New World 80726-2 (Zachary Stains and The
Ladies)
On The Banks Of The Wabash (M/L: Paul
Dresser) (also used in THE NIGHT BOAT):
1. Click here for
recordings of "On The
Banks Of The Wabash".
Shake Your Feet (First Act Finale):
1. 78/Victor 19185 (Paul
Whiteman and His Orchestra) [reissued on Shaking The Blues Away,
CD/Sounds Of Yesteryear DSOY 623]
2. 78/Edison 51276 L (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra)
[reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His
Orchestra 1923, CD/Classics 697]
3. 78/Columbia 30 D (The Georgians) [reissued on The Georgians
1922-23, CD/Retrieval Recordings
79003]
4. 78/Path 036027 (Henderson’s Dance Orchestra) [also 78/Perfect
14208; reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His
Orchestra 1923-1924, CD/Classics 683]
5. 78/Cameo 454 (Varsity Eight)
6. 78/Banner 1309 (Original Memphis Five) [also 78/Regal 9601]
7. 78/Vocalion 14707 (Frank Banta and Cliff Hess, pianos)
So This Is Venice (M: Harry Warren; L: Grant Clarke; Edgar
Leslie) (not in program) (originally used
in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1921 and subsequently used in
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)
Swanee River Blues (cut after opening):
1. 78/Victor 19185 (Paul
Whiteman and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Okeh 40017 (Olga Steck)
3. 78/Columbia 30 D (The Georgians) [reissued on The Georgians
1922-23, CD/Retrieval Recordings
79003]
4. 78/Path 036027 (Henderson’s Dance Orchestra) [also 78/Perfect
14208; reissued on The Chronological Fletcher Henderson And His
Orchestra 1923-1924, CD/Classics 683]
5. 78/Bluebird B 6921 (Boots and His Buddies) [reissued on
The Chronological Boots And His Buddies 1936-1937, CD/Classic
723]
6. 78/Apex 643 (Lanin and His Orchestra) [also 78/Regal 9570]
7. 78/Banner 1283 (Roseland Dance Orchestra)
Sweet Alice (M/L: Frank Crumit) (sheet
music only; also used in BERNARD & COLLIER’S NIFTIES OF
1923):
1. 78/Victor 19236 (Frank
Crumit)
(Take, O) Take Those Lips Away (M:
Harry Tierney; L: Joseph McCarthy):
1. 78/Victor 19204 (Brooke
Johns and His Orchestra directed by Jack Shilkret)
2. 78/Vocalion 14723 (Ben Silvin and His Moulin Rouge Orchestra)
3. 78/Edison 51281 R (California Entertainers)
4. 78/Columbia 27 D (Paul Specht and His Hotel Almanac
Orchestra)
5. 78/Gennett 5308 (Bailey’s Lucky Seven)
6. 78/Cameo 444 (Varsity Eight) [reissued on Varsity Eight
1923-26, CD/Timeless CBC 1062]
7. 78/Perfect 14193 (Lanin’s Arcadians) [also 78/Regal
9570]
8. 78/Banner 1283 (Roseland Dance Orchestra)
9 . 78/Vocalion 14723 (Ben Selvin and His Moulin Rouge
Orchestra)
When You Know You’re Forgotten By The Girl You Can’t Forget (M/L: Unknown):
1. 78/Oxford 3617 (Albert
Campbell with orchestra)
2. You Are My Sunshine: 1937-1948, CD/Bear Family 16216 (Jimmie
Davis)
3. Oh It’s A Lovely War, Vol. 4, CD/CD41 011 (unknown performer)
4. One Night With Fanny Brice, CD/Garret Mountain Records CDP VC
0103 (Mary Cantoni Johnson with musical direction/piano by Mark
Goodman and Jonathan Russells, violin)
Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey?)
(M/L: Hughie Cannon):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard.
Your Eyes Have Told Me (That You Love
Me) (M: Walter Blaufuss; L: Gus Kahn; Egbert Van Alystyne
(added after opening; originally used in DERE
MABLE):
1. 78/Columbia 6139 A
(Columbia Orchestra directed by Charles A. Prince)
2. 78/Decca 1069 (Jan Garber and His Orchestra with vocal
chorus)
3. 78/Columbia A 2933 (Margaret Romaie with orchestra)
4. 78/Decca 354 (Walter Preston with Justin Ring and His
Orchestra)
5. 78/Decca 3838 (Robert Hammon with Harry Horlick and His
Orchestra)
6. 78/Columbia A 2989 (Eddy Brown, violin)
7. 78/Victor 64860 (John McCormack) [also 78/Victor 787]
8. 78/Zonophone 327 (Mr. David Boyd)
9. 78/Columbia 36046 (Kate Smith with orchestra conducted by
Jack Miller)
10. 78/Edison 80597 (Gladys Rice with orchestra)
11. 45/Decca 9-27195 (Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His
Orchestra)
12. 45EP/Victor EPB 3143 (Ken Wilson and Bill Green)
13. Song Hits Of 1919, 10”/Decca DL5163 (Ted Straeter Orchestra)
14. The Voices And Strings Of Lawrence Welk, Dot 25200 (Joe
Feeney with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra)
15. By The Light Of The Silv’ry Moon, Columbia P-18421 (Doris
Day with the Paul Weston Orchestra) [reissued on On Moonlight
By/By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, CD/Collectables 6667]
Radio transcriptions performed by Richard Leibert, organ, the
Norman Cloutier Orchestra, and the Harry Horlick Concert
Orchestra are also known to exist.
Unrecorded Material:
As Long As He Loves Me (M:
James F. Hanley; L: Lew Brown) (sheet music only)
Broadway Indians
Cane Dance (cut)
Cheer Up, Mary (M/L: Unknown)
Dancing Mad (M: Leo Edwards; L: Blanche Merrill) (cut after
opening)
Everlovin’ Bee (cut; added to the Fall Edition of ZIEGFELD
FOLLIES OF 1924 and also used in ZEIGFELD FOLLIES OF 1925)
Ex-Ray (added after opening)
Fencing (M: Victor Herbert)
The Fool (M: Lee David; L: Benton Ley) (cut after opening)
Glorifying The Girls
Good Night Finale (cut after opening)
Harlequin’s Doll (M: Gabriel Daray)
Hearts And Flowers (M/L: Unknown)
I Don’t Care (M/L: Unknown)
I Must Go To Moscow (M: Ernest Breuer; L: Mort Dixon; Leon
Flatow) (not in program)
I Want ‘Em Wild, Weak, Warm And Willing (M/L: Eddie Cantor; Sam
Coslow) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
I Wonder How They Get That Way (cut after opening)
I’m A Manicurist (M/L: Blanche Merrill) (cut after opening)
I’m Bugs Over You (cut after opening)
Just A Lullaby (added after opening)
Kayo Tortoni (cut after opening)
Lady Fair (M: Rudolf Friml) (cut after opening)
Legend Of The Drums (M: Victor Herbert)
Lonesome Cinderella (M: James F. Hanley; L: Lew Brown) (sheet
music only)
Maid Of Gold (M: Rudolf Friml)
Moonlight Ballet (inst.) (M: Victor Herbert) (added after
opening)
Pretty Flowers From You To Me (cut after opening)
Red Light Annie (not in program)
Russian Art (M: Leo Edwards; L: Blanche Merrill) (added after
opening)
Springtime (added after opening)
(That) Society Bud (I’m A Society Bud) (M: Harry Ruby; L: Bert
Kalmar) (cut after opening)
Webbing (M: Victor Herbert)
Wedding Scene (M: Victor Herbert) (cut after opening)
What Thrills Can There Be (L: Harry Ruskin)
Why Did I Buy That Morris Chair For Morris? (M/L: Bert Kalmar;
Murray Kissen; Harry Ruby) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Won’t You Come Over And Tramp Down The Clover (M/L: Unknown)
You Gotta Yes ‘Em To Know Them (M/L: Blanche Merrill; Dave
Stamper) (not in program)