ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1934 (1933-1934)
Composer: Vernon
Duke
Lyricist: E.Y. Harburg
Opened: January 4, 1934,
New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 182
Note: Only recordings of songs not otherwise found on Ziegfeld Follies Of 1934, CD/AEI AEI-CD 39, are noted below.
The House Is Haunted (By The Echo Of Your Last Goodbye) (M: Basil Adlam; L: Billy Rose) (added after opening):
1. 78/Brunswick 6858 (Kenneth
Sargent with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra)
2. 78/Capitol 15235
(The Sportsmen with orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 24597 (Ramona with the Park
Avenue Boys) [reissued on Ramon And Her Grand Piano, JJA (M) 19754]
4.
45/Columbia 4-42797 (Mitch Miller with the Sing Along Gang and Kids)
5.
45/Victor 47-8331 (Ketty Lester)
6. Blue Starr, RCA Victor LPM-1549 (Kay
Starr) [reissued on CD/BMG 37389]
7. With Bells On, Camden CAS 501 (Sid
Bass) (unverified)
8. Keep Your Undershirt On, CD/Rialto SLRR-9001 (Andrea
Marcovicci with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
9. Flight,
CD/Dreamworld 31529/2 MMP 10441 (Dane Vannetter with Doug Hammet, piano; Peter
Kontrimas, bass; Jim Gwin, drums; and Keny Wentzel, flugelhorn, trumpet,
trombone, and flute)
10. The Gracie Fields Collection, CD/Signature 2252
(Gracie Fields)
11. Strange Weather, CD/PS Classics 418 (Jack Donohue)
12. Now And Then, CD/Orchard 803359 (The Studebakers)
A radio
transcription performed by the Melodeers Quartet is also known to exist.
Moon About Town (M: Dana
Suesse):
1. 78/Brunswick 6744 (Elmer
Feldman with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia 2859 D (Jerry
Cooper with Emil Coleman and His Riviera Orchestra)
3. The Music Of
Broadway: 1933-34, JJA (M) 19823 (Richard Himber's Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Orchestra)
4. Vernon Duke Revisited, Vol. 1, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1372
(Tammy Grimes) [reissued on Hold On To Your Hats, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-120]
5. Bolcom, Morris & Morath Sing Yip Harburg, CD/Original Cast OC 6063
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
6. Vernon Duke Revisited, Vol. 1,
Painted Smiles (S) PS-1372 (Tammy Grimes) [reissued on Hold On To Your Hats,
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-120]
7. Double Standards, CD/Avilus #10504Y43 (Dane
Vannatter)
8. Yours For A Song: Here's To The Ladies!, CD/Premier 1065
(Peter Mintun)
Rose Of Washington Square
(M: James F. Hanley; L: Ballard Macdonald) (added after opening; originally
used in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1920 and ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC OF
1919):
1. I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
Then I'll Be Tired Of You (M:
Arthur Schwartz) (not in program):
1. Click here for recordings of
"Then I'll Be Tired Of
You".
Why Am I Blue (M: Peter De Rose;
L: Billy Hill) (added for the tour):
1. 78/Perfect 15996 (Mildred
Monson with Joe Reichman and His Orchestra) [also 78/Banner 33186]
2.
78/Decca 261 (Isham Jones' Orchestra)
3. 78/Brunswick 6985 (Skinny Ennis
with Hal Kemp and His Orchestra)
Winter
Wonderland (M/L: Felix Bernard; Dick Smith):
I have not attempted to compile
discological information for this standard.
You Oughta Be In Pictures (M: Dana Suesse; L: Edward Heyman)
(added after opening; originally used in the film NEW YORK
TOWN):
1. Click here for recordings of
"You Oughta Be In
Pictures".
Unrecorded
Material:
All Quiet In Havana (sketch by
H.I. Phillips)
Baby Snooks (sketch by David Freedman)
Barnyard Theatre,
Inc. (sketch by Fred Allen and Hary Tugend)
Before The Black Cire Curtain
Careful With My Heart (M: Samuel Pokrass) (dropped during the run)
Goo-Goo Da Da (Goo Good G'Da) (M: Ernest Breuer; L: Billy Frisch; Raymond
Leveen; Frank Loesser) (cut)
Ivory And Old Gold (dance)
Just A Barefoot
Boy (A'Whistlin' To His Dog) (M: James F. Hanley; L: Chris Taylor) (added after
opening)
The Man Who Came Back (sketch by David Freedman)
Poor Fellow
(M/L: Ben Oakland) (cut)
Rain In My Heart (M: Louis Alter; L: Arthur
Swanstrom) (cut)
Reviewing Stand (sketch by H.I. Phillips)
Sailor,
Behave! (sketch by David Freeman)
Shim Sham (M: Louis Alter; L: Arthur
Swanstrom) (cut)
A Sidewalk In Paris (aka "Fifth Avenue - A Sidewalk In
Paris) (M: Arthur Swanstrom)
(It's) Smart To Be Smart (cut)
Stop That
Clock (cut)