1879-1943 Flashcards
Gypsy Love Song
from: The Fortune Teller (1898)
composer/lyricist: Herbert and Smith
performances: 40
Modern Major General
from: Pirates of Penzance (1879)
composer/lyricist: Gilbert and Sullivan
Life’s a Funny Proposition, After All
from: Little Johnny Jones (1904)
composer/lyricist: George M. Cohan
performances: 52
vocalist: George M. Cohan
You Made Me Love You
from: Honeymoon Express (1913)
composer/lyricist: Schwartz and Atteridge
vocalist: Al Jolson
Till the Clouds Roll By
from: Oh Baby! (1917)
composer/lyricist: Kern and Wodehouse
A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody
from: The Ziegfeld Follies (1919)
composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin
vocalist: John Steel
Fascinating Rhythm
from: Lady, Be Good! (1924)
composer/lyricist: The Gershwin Brothers
performances: 130
vocalist: Fred and Adele Astaire
Someone to Watch Over Me
from: Oh, Kay! (1926)
composer/lyricist: The Gershwin Brothers
vocalist: Gertrude Lawrence
I Want to be Happy
from: No! No! Nanette! (1925)
composer/lyricist: Youmans, Ceasar and Harbarch
based on: His Lady Friends by Frank Mandel
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
from: Show Boat (1927)
composer/lyricist: Kern and Hammerstein
based on: novel by Edna Ferber
Old Man River
from: Show Boat (1927)
composer/lyricist: Kern and Hammerstein
based on: novel by Edna Ferber
I’ve Got a Crush on You
from: Strike Up the Band (1927)
composer/lyricist: The Gershwin Brothers
Makin’ Whoopee
from: Whoopee (1928)
composer/lyricist: Donaldson and Kahn
vocalist: Eddie Cantor
I Got Rythym
from: Girl Crazy (1930)
composer/lyricist: Gershwin Brothers
vocalist: Ethel Merman
Of Thee I Sing, Baby
from: Of Thee I Sing (1931)
composer/lyricist: Gershwin Brothers
Night and Day
from: Gay Divorce (1932)
composer/lyricist: Cole Porter
vocalist: Fred Astaire
based on: unproduced play, “An Adorable Adventure” by Hartley Manners
Suppertime
from: As Thousands Cheer (1933)
composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin
vocalist: Ethel Waters
I Get a Kick Out of You
from: Anything Goes (1934)
composer/lyricist: Cole Porter
vocalist: Ethel Merman
Bess, You is My Woman Now
from: Porgy and Bess (1935)
composer/lyricist: Dubose and Gershwin Brothers
performances: 124
based on: Porgy by Dubose Heyward
There’s a Small Hotel
from: On Your Toes (1936)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hart
vocalist: Jack Whiting
Johnny One-Note
from: Babes in Arms (1937)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hart
vocalist: Wynn Murray
Chain Store Daisy
from: Pins and Needles (1937)
composer/lyricist: Harold J. Rome
performances: 1,108
vocalist: Ruth Rubenstein
Friendship
from: Dubarry was a Lady (1939)
composer/lyricist: Cole Porter
vocalist: Ethel Merman
Louisiana Purchase
from: Louisiana Purchase (1940)
composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
from: Pal Joey (1940)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hart
based on: a series of short stories by John O’Hara in New Yorker Magazine
vocalist: Vivienne Segal
Jenny
from: Lady in the Dark (1941)
composer/lyricist: Weill and Gershwin
vocalist: Gertrude Lawrence
based on: play “I Am Listening” by Moss Hart
Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
from: This is the Army (7/4/1942)
composer/lyricist: Irving Berlin
performances: 113
vocalist: Irving Berlin and company (enlisted servicemen)
Dat’s Love
from: Carmen Jones (1940)
composer/lyricist: Bizet and Hammerstein
Oklahoma
from: Oklahoma (1943)
composer/lyricist: Rodgers and Hammerstein
performances: 2,212
vocalist: Alfred Drake and company
based on: play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs
