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"Stairway to Paradise", also known as "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", is a song composed in 1922 by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (under the name Arthur Francis) and Buddy DeSylva (under the name of B. G. De Sylva) for the Broadway revue George White's Scandals.
After the reunion in June 1922, Gilliland and Robertson traveled to New York City, auditioned for and received a recording contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company. [1] On Friday, June 30, 1922, Robertson and Gilliland recorded four fiddle duets for Victor. These probably represent the first commercial recordings of country music ...
The Cabaret Girl (Music: Jerome Kern, Book and Lyrics: P. G. Wodehouse and George Grossmith, Jr.) London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 19 and ran for 361 performances The Hotel Mouse Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on March 13 and ran for 88 performances
"Chicago" is a popular song written by Fred Fisher and published in 1922. The original sheet music variously spelled the title "Todd'ling" or "Toddling." The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known versions are by Frank Sinatra, Ben Selvin and Judy Garland.
The most successful early recording of the song took place in the summer of 1922 (the exact date has been lost), when aspiring composer and band leader, Isham Jones, along with his popular dance Orchestra, recorded two instrumental sides for Brunswick Records in New York City (the B-side was "Eleanor"), released in October on Brunswick 2313.
Anthony was born to an Italian family in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied the trumpet.He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940 to 1941 [2] and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie Sun Valley Serenade before joining the U.S. Navy during World War II as Miller joined the Army, organizing another famous military band before his 1944 ...
Little Nellie Kelly opened at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, on 31 July 1922 [6] and arrived at the Liberty Theatre on Broadway on 13 November 1922, where it ran for nine months. [3] Its total of 276 performances in New York was more than for any of George M. Cohan's other musicals.
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