ZIP GOES A MILLION

Composer: Jerome Kern
Lyricist: B.G. DeSylva

Opened: February 2, 1920, Liberty Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 313

Bill (new lyric to the music for "Bill" cut from OH, LADY! LADY!!; music also reused in SHOW BOAT with revised lyric to "Bill" from OH, LADY! LADY!!):

1. Life’s A Funny Present: More Broadway Flops & Roadkills 1919-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9306 (George Dvorsky with musical direction by David Holcenberg)


A Business Of Our Own:

1. Early Kern, CD/Rialto Recordings SLRR-9102 (George Dvorsky and Alix Korey with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)


Look For The Silver Lining (subsequently used in SALLY):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this standard.


The Mandolin And The Man:

1. Fascinating Nights, Vol. 1, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1012 (Robin De Leon, Peter Halverson, and Julie Wright with Victoria Kirsch, piano)


When You’re Smiling (What A Smile Can Do):

1. Get Happy, CDr/No label (Debbie Saloman with Ben Oliver, piano) (unverified)


Whip-Poor-Will (subsequently used in SALLY):

1. 78/Columbia F-1077 (Dorothy Dickson & Gregory Stroud with The Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra) [reissued on Sally, Monmouth Evergreen (M) MES 7053]
2. 78/Columbia DB-2094 (Jessie Matthews with orchestra conducted by Debroy Somers) [reissued on Over My Shoulder, CD/Living Era 5663]
3. 78/Harmony 1036 (Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Brunswick 5045 (Isham Jones Orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 20-2924 (Garry Stevens with Tex Beneke and His Orchestra) [reissued on Gary Stevens Sings, CD/Sounds Of Yesteryear DSOY 727]
6. 78/Emerson 10332 (Merry Melody Men)
7. 78/Victor 12417 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by Leonard Joy) [reissued on The Music Of Jerome Kern, Camden (M) CAL 243]
8. Andre Previn Plays Songs By Jerome Kern, Contemporary (S) S-7567 (Andre Previn, piano) [reissued as CD/Contemporary/OJC 1787]
9. On Stage, EMI (M) EM 29 0573 3 (Peter Dawson with Bessie Jones and orchestra conducted by George Byng)
10. Keith Ingham Plays The Music Of Jerome Kern, World (S) WRS 1003 (Keith Ingham)
11. Sally/Good News, World Records (M) 7073 (Betty Parker and Jimmy Parkinson with orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey)
12. Sally, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CSA05P-2M (Milena Grubor and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
13. The Complete Fran Warren With Claude Thornhill, CD/Collectors' Choice Music 154 (Fran Warren with orchestra conducted by Claude Thornhill)
14. Jerome Kern Treasury, CD/Angel CDC 7 54883 2 (Jeanne Lehman and George Dvorsky with the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
15. The Melody Lingers On, CD/Barbara Lea BL6613 (Barbara Lea with Wes McAfee, piano, Boots Maleson, bass, and Dave Ratajczak, drums)
16. The Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2, CD/Nonesuch 79370-2 (George Gershwin, piano)
17. Ain't We Got Fun: Jerry Laird Sings, Ted Simons Plays, CD/FSM (Jerry Laird with Ted Simons, piano) (unverified)
18. Sound Off, CD/Magic 73 (Jerry Gray And His Orchestra) (unverified)
19. A Tribute To Tex Beneke, CD/Halcyon DHDL 132 (The Glenn Miller Orchestra)
An unverified radio transcription performed by the Norman Cloutier Orchestra is also known to exist.


Unrecorded Material:

Forget-Me-Not
Furnished For Monty
Give A Little Thought To Me
Hail To Monty
It’s A Bother To Be A Man
Language Of Love
The Little Backyard Band
A Man Around The House
Producers
Telephone Girls
You Tell ‘Em