ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC (1915) (1st Edition)
Composers: Louis A.
Hirsch; Dave Stamper
Lyricist: Gene Buck
Opened: March 1915, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown
Note: This show was also called NOTHING BUT GIRLS.
For a recording of “My
Midnight Frolic Girl,” see:
1. 78/Brunswick 2049 A (Vernon Trio)
My Spooky Girl (possibly the same or
similar song to “My Spooky Girl” in MY HOME TOWN GIRL):
For a recording of the
version of “My Spooky Girl” used in MY HOME TOWN GIRL, see:
1. My Home Town Girl, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1031 (Brian Maples
with Adam Aceto and Stephanie Assisi, pianos)
My Tango Girl (possibly the same or
similar song to “My Tango Girl” in HULLO, TANGO):
For recordings of “My
Tango Girl,” see:
1. 78/HMV 03376 (Ethel Levy with orchestra) [also 78/HMV C573;
reissued on British Musical Comedies By American Composers
(1912-35), JJA (M) 19794]
2. 78/Victor 35422 (Victor Military Band)
Red, White And Blue (possibly the
same or similar song to “The Red , White & Blue” in
THE MIDNIGHT GIRL):
For a recording of “The
Red, White & Blue,” see:
78/Victor 17652 (Peerless Quartet with orchestra)
The Ziegfeld One-Step:
1. Midnight Frolic: The
Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A. Hirsch, CD/New World Records
80707-2 (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)
(part of overture)
Unrecorded Material:
Gee I Only Wish I Could
Make My Dreams Come True (M: Dave Stamper) (ASCAP/Library of
Congress only)
The Girl From My Home Town (M: Dave Stamper)
Humpty Dumpty Drag (M: Dave Stamper)
I Want Someone To Make A Fuss Over Me
I’m Sober
Jungle Ball (M: Dave Stamper)
My Ziegfeld Midnight Girl (M: Dave Stamper) (ASCAP/Library of
Congress only; possibly the same song as “My Midnight Girl”)
Scaddle-De-Mooch (M/L: Cecil Mack; Chris Smith) (sheet music
only; possibly used in the second edition)