Al Jolson Medley: Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / Carolina in the Morning / Pretty Baby / Toot Toot Tootsie Goo’bye / I’m Sitting on Top of the World / I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Chinatown My Chinatown / Baby Face / California Here I Come / Avalon
~ Recording by [mechanical instruments]
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.12 | Al Jolson Medley: Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / Carolina in the Morning / Pretty Baby / Toot Toot Tootsie Goo’bye / I’m Sitting on Top of the World / I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Chinatown My Chinatown / Baby Face / California Here I Come / Avalon | 6:53 | Muir, Gilbert / Donaldson / Van Alstyne, Jackson / Erdman, Fiorito, King / Henderson / Woods / Schwartz / Davis, Akst / Meyer, De Sylva, Jolson / Jolson, Rose, De Sylva | The Fun of the Fair, Vol. 1 | [mechanical instruments] | Album + Compilation |
| Sovereign Music | SOV007CD |
Relationships
| organ [Mortier]: | [mechanical instruments] (music boxes, mechanical harmoniums, clocks, etc) |
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| recorded at: | Turner’s Musical Merry‐Go‐Round in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom |
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| recording of: | 1. Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee (instrumental, medley) 2. Carolina in the Morning (instrumental, medley) 3. Pretty Baby (instrumental, medley) 4. Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’ Bye) (instrumental, medley) 5. I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”) (instrumental, medley) 6. I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (instrumental, medley) 7. Chinatown, My Chinatown (instrumental, medley) 8. Baby Face (instrumental, medley) 9. California Here I Come (instrumental, medley) 10. Avalon (instrumental, medley) |
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Related works
Avalon
| writer: | B. G. DeSylva Al Jolson Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader) |
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| publisher: | Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) Stephen Ballentine Music Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Avalon - Just Like a Gypsy Medley (order: 1) |
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Baby Face
| lyricist: | Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) (in 1926) |
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| composer: | Harry Akst (in 1926) |
| publisher: | B & G Akst Publishing Co. Benny Davis Music |
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California Here I Come
| lyricist: | Buddy DeSylva Al Jolson |
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| composer: | Joseph Meyer (US songwriter) |
| publisher: | M. Witmark & Sons (on 1924-01-07) |
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Carolina in the Morning
| lyricist: | Gus Kahn (in 1922) |
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| composer: | Walter Donaldson (in 1922) |
Chinatown, My Chinatown
| lyricist: | William Jerome (in 1910) |
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| composer: | Jean Schwartz (in 1910) |
| publisher: | Beuscher Sim (Related to Éditions Sim) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Royal Garden Blues Medley (order: 4) Bugle Call Rag Medley (order: 14) |
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I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
| writer: | Mort Dixon (in 1927) |
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| composer: | Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter) (in 1927) |
| referred to in medleys: | The Roaring 20's (order: 4) A Salute to Jolson Medley: Salute to Jolson / Toot Toot Tootsie / California Here I Come / Baby Face / Salute to Jolson / Swanee / I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover / Let Me Sing a Funny Song / Salute to Jolson / I’m Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / Salute to Jolson / Mammy / Salute to Jolson (order: 7) Bugle Call Rag Medley (order: 19) |
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| later translated versions: | Trevo de Quatro Folhas |
| is the basis for: | I'm Looking Over a Key Called 'Clover' |
I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”)
| lyricist: | Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) Joe Young (US lyricist) |
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| composer: | Ray Henderson |
| publisher: | EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Leo Feist, Inc. |
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Pretty Baby
| lyricist: | Gus Kahn (in 1916) |
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| composer: | Egbert Van Alstyne (in 1916) Tony Jackson (New Orleans ragtime pianist) (in 1916) |
| referred to in medleys: | Themes Like Old Times II |
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| part of: | Broadway Rhythm (film) |
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’ Bye)
| writer: | Ernie Erdman (Songwriter/composer and pianist) Gus Kahn Dan Russo (1920s–30s violinist, songwriter, and big band leader) |
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| publisher: | Salabert |
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Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee
| lyricist: | L. Wolfe Gilbert |
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| composer: | Lewis F. Muir |
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