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Whoopee

Title
Whoopee [sound recording] / [music and lyrics by Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson, and others].
Author
Donaldson, Walter, 1893-1947.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Collection, [1978]

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Additional Authors
  • Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941.
  • Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964.
  • Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978.
  • Olsen, George, 1893-1971.
  • Davis, Owen, 1874-1956.
  • Colonial Club Orchestra.
  • Victor Light Opera Company.
Description
1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.
Series Statement
Smithsonian American musical theater series
Uniform Title
Whoopee. Selections
Alternative Title
Whoopee.
Subject
Note
  • Musical comedy.
  • "An archival reconstruction of the original 1928 Ziegfeld production"--Container.
  • Music by Donaldson, lyrics by Kahn, with interpolations by other songwriters included in the original production.
  • Based on: The nervous wreck / Owen Davis.
  • Program notes by Stanley Green on and ([2] p. : ill.) bound in container.
Contents
Prologue, Whoopee medley (Colonial Club Orchestra) -- I'm bringing a red, red rose -- Making' [sic] whoopee! -- Until you get somebody else -- Come west little girl come west -- Gypsy song (Victor Light Opera Company) -- Hungry women / Yellen, Ager -- Eddie Cantor's automobile horn song / Gaskill ... [et al.] -- I faw down an' go boom! / Brockman, Stevens, Berman -- Love me or leave me -- My blackbirds are bluebirds now / Friend, Caesar -- Reprise, Come west little girl come west (the Ritz Quartet) -- Reprise, Makin' whoopee! (Paul Whiteman and his orchestra)
Call Number
*LRX 6620
LCCN
89752603
OCLC
20092171
Author
Donaldson, Walter, 1893-1947.
Title
Whoopee [sound recording] / [music and lyrics by Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson, and others].
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Collection, [1978]
Series
Smithsonian American musical theater series
Performer
Featuring performances by Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, and George Olsen and his Music.
Added Author
Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941. Librettist
Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964. Performer
Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978. Performer
Olsen, George, 1893-1971. Conductor
Davis, Owen, 1874-1956. Nervous wreck.
Colonial Club Orchestra.
Victor Light Opera Company.
Publisher No.
R 012 Smithsonian Collection
Research Call Number
*LRX 6620 Program notes on container.
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