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First Time on CD! The early history of Broadway performance from stars Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Beatrice Lillie, Eddie Cantor, and more (including Cole Porter singing "You're the Top") is preserved on this exclusive CD reissue.
Originals – Musical Comedy 1909-1935 is the perfect introduction to a lost world: the Broadway musical just as it was changing from a vaudeville-style entertainment to an art form. This unique collection from 1968 includes legendary names and recordings from the era: Blanche Ring’s “Rings on My Fingers,” Cole Porter himself singing “You’re the Top” and Fanny Brice in “Second Hand Rose,” along with Helen Morgan, Libby Holman, Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Beatrice Lillie and the comedy team of
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Gallagher and Shean in the number that stopped The Ziegfeld Follies, “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean.” Collectors will want to own this long-unavailable set and for younger listeners, it will be a fascinating piece of cultural archeology.
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Works on This Recording
1.
The Midnight Sons: I've Got Rings on My Fingers by Maurice Scott
Performer:
Blanche Ring (Voice)
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/24/1909
Notes: Composed by Maurice Scott, R.P. Weston and F.J. Barnes. 1909
2.
Little Miss Fix-It: Turn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon-Man by Nora Bayes
Performer:
Jack Norworth (Voice),
Nora Bayes (Voice)
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 04/24/1911
Notes: Composed by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. 1911
3.
Vera Violetta: That Haunting Melody by George M. Cohan
Performer:
Al Jolson (Voice)
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 12/22/1911
4.
The Slim Princess: Fo' de Lawd's Sake, Play a Waltz by Elsie Janis
Performer:
Elsie Janis (Voice)
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 10/22/1912
5.
Irene: Alice Blue Gown by Harry Tierney
Performer:
Edith Day (Soprano),
Howard Rattay (Violin)
Conductor:
Rosario Bourdon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: 1919, revival 1973; USA
Date of Recording: 02/02/1920
Notes: Composed by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy. 1919
6.
Ziegfeld Follies of 1921: Second Hand Rose by James Hanley
Performer:
Fanny Brice (Voice)
Conductor:
Rosario Bourdon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 11/08/1921
Notes: Composed by James Hanley and Grant Clarke. 1921
7.
Ziegfeld Follies of 1922: Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean by Ed Gallagher
Performer:
Ed Gallagher (Voice),
Al Shean (Voice)
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 08/18/1922
Notes: Composed by Ed Gallagher and Al Shean. 1922
8.
Chocolate Dandies: Manda by Eubie Blake
Performer:
Noble Sissle (Voice),
Eubie Blake (Piano)
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 10/22/1924
9.
Oh, Please!: Like He Loves Me by Vincent Youmans
Performer:
Beatrice Lillie (Voice),
Vincent Youmans (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chorus
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 11/27/1926
10.
Rio Rita: Rio Rita and the Rangers' Song by Harry Tierney
Performer:
J. Harold Murray (Voice)
Conductor:
Rosario Bourdon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra,
Chorus
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 02/21/1927
11.
Hit the Deck: Sometimes I'm Happy by Vincent Youmans
Performer:
Louise Groody (Voice),
Charles King (Voice),
Frank Banta (Piano)
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 04/12/1927
Notes: Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Irving Caesar. 1927
12.
Whoopee: Hungry Women by Milton Ager
Performer:
Eddie Cantor (Voice)
Conductor:
Nathaniel Shilkret
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 12/18/1928
Notes: QAdditional music composed by Walter Donaldson
and Gus Kahn. Lyrics by Jack Yellen.1928
13.
Sweet Adeline: Why Was I Born? by Jerome Kern
Performer:
Helen Morgan (Voice)
Conductor:
Leonard Joy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 10/16/1929
Notes: Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. 1929
14.
Anything Goes: You're the Top by Cole Porter
Performer:
Cole Porter (Voice),
Cole Porter (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 10/26/1934
15.
Revenge With Music: You and the night and the music by Arthur Schwartz
Performer:
Libby Holman (Voice)
Conductor:
Richard Himber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ritz-Carlton Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Date of Recording: 12/19/1934
16.
At Home Abroad: What a Wonderful World by Arthur Schwartz
Performer:
Eleanor Powell (Voice)
Conductor:
Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 10/14/1935
Notes: Lyrics by Howard Dietz. 1935
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