Hitchy-Koo of 1919
A Musical Revue
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by George V. Hobart
Tryouts began August 18, 1919 at Nixon's Apollo Theatre, Atlantic
City
September 1, 1919 at the Colonial Theatre, Boston
Opened October 6, 1919 at the Liberty Theatre, NYC
Ran for 56 performances
Produced by Raymond Hitchcock
Staged by Julian Alfred
Orchestrations by Stephen Jones
Cast
Raymond Hitchcock, Lilian Kemble Cooper, Ruth Mitchell, Joe Cook,
Florence O'Denishawn, Elaine Palmer, Ursula O'Hare, Eleanor Sinclair, and
Sylvia Clark
Musical Numbers
- "Pagliacci" - Lillian Kemble Cooper, Elaine Palmer,
Ursula O'Hare and Ensemble
- "When Black Sallie Sings Pagliacci" - Ruth Mitchell
and Ensemble
- "I Introduced" [aka "I Presented"]
- Raymond Hitchcock and Ensemble
- "Hitchy's Garden of Roses" [aka "In Hitchy's
Garden"] - Lillian Kemble Cooper and Ensemble
- "When I Had a Uniform On" [aka "Demobilization
Song"] - Joe Cook, Eleanor Sinclair and Ensemble
- "I've Got Somebody Waiting" - Ruth Mitchell and Ensemble
- "Peter Piper" - Raymond Hitchcock and Ensemble
- "The Sea is Calling" [sung in counterpoint with "Peter
Piper"] - Ruth Mitchell and Ensemble
- "I'm an Anesthetic Dancer" - Sylvia Clark
- "My Cozy Little Corner in the Ritz" - Raymond Hitchcock
and Ensemble
- "Old-Fashioned Garden" - Lillian Kemble Cooper and
Ensemble
- "Bring Me Back My Butterfly" - Lillian Kemble Cooper
and Ensemble
Cut Songs
- "Another Sentimental Song" [dropped before the New
York opening]
- "Ah Fong Lo" [dropped before the New York opening;
later used in Hitchy-Koo of 1922]
- "That Black and White Baby of Mine" [dropped before
the New York opening]
- "You and Me" [unused; not the same song in La
Revue des Ambassadeurs]
- "Since Ma Got the Craze Espagnole" [unused]
- "Oh So Soon" [unused]
- "Since Little Baby Brother Became a Movie Star" [unused]
- "China Doll" [unused]
- "Tired of Living Alone" [unused]
Contemporaneous Recordings
"Old Fashioned Garden " / "Peter Piper" -
Prince's Band / Orchestra
- 78 RPM, 1919 [Columbia A-2874]
"Old Fashioned Garden" - Olive Kline
- 78 RPM, 1919 [Victor 45201]
"Old Fashioned Garden" - Joseph M. Knecht
- 78 RPM, 1920 [Emerson 10319]
"Old Fashioned Garden" - Yerkes Jazarimba Band
- 78 RPM, 1920 [Paramount 200043]
"Old Fashioned Garden" - Palace Trio
- 78 RPM, 1920 [Victor 35696]
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