Rudolf Friml  (1879-1972)
Last updated: 13.09.24
According to the Internet source given below, Rudolf Friml was a Czech-born American pianist and composer of popular songs and operettas. He studied music at the Prague conservatory and accompanied the violinist Jan Kubelik, performing both in Europe and America. Friml settled in New York as a composer in 1906. His best known works include The Firefly (1912), Katinka (1915), Rose Marie (1924), The Vagabond King (1925) and The Three Musketeers (1930). Amongst his songs Donkey Serenade and Indian Love Call. have since become evergreen standards. He was an active pianist well into his eighties until his death in Hollywood.


Websites:
url15.gif Rudolf Friml Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Rudolf Friml List of 394 historic recordings from 1905 to 1951.
Rudolf Friml  (1879-1972) has at least 23 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
b00b7pjsza_m.jpgAllah's Holiday
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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Printed: 1917. Sheet Music 5 pages.
b00btmvjps_m.jpgBring Back My Blushing Rose
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Gene Buck
Publisher: Harms Inc.
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Printed: 1921. Sheet Music.
b000yow1c2_m.jpgBubble, The
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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Printed: 1913. Sheet Music.
b00115n3dy_m.jpgChansonette
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Dailey Paskman, Sigmund Spaeth, Irving Caesar
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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 ⇑ Printed: 1923. Sheet Music.
b003e1ifr2_m.jpgDonkey-Serenade The Firefly
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Co-Author: Herbert Stothart
Words by: Otto A. Harbach, Bob Wright
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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Printed: 1937. Sheet Music.
b000ne7mls_m.jpgEtude - A Glee - Op. 85 Bis - No. 5
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Publisher: Arthur P. Schmidt & Co.
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Printed: 1916. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Evening Breeze
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Publisher: The Boston Music Co
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Printed: 1920. Sheet Music.
b00a33dyfc_m.jpgGiannina Mia Italian Street Song
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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 ⇑ Printed: 1912. Sheet Music.
b0000cvzq2_m.jpgI Love You, Dear
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Al. M. Kendall
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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Printed: 1918. Sheet Music.
b00b0w1vic_m.jpgI Want the World to Know
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Gus Kahn
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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Printed: 1937. Sheet Music.
b001evjo7e_m.jpgIndian Love Call
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Publisher: Harms Inc.
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Printed: 1924. Sheet Music 7 pages.
b00k0lv4k4_m.jpgKatinka
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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 ⇑ Printed: 1916. Sheet Music 4 pages.
b00c74ukl6_m.jpgMa Belle
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Clifford Grey
Publisher: Harms Inc.
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Printed: 1928. Sheet Music.
b0000cvzql_m.jpgMoon Dawn
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
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Printed: 1923. Sheet Music.
b000ragp66_m.jpgOnly a Rose
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Brian Hooker
Publisher: Famous Music Corp.
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Printed: 1925. Sheet Music 5 pages.
b001i12eky_m.jpgRackety Coo!
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Hauerbach
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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 ⇑ Printed: 1915. Sheet Music 5 pages.
b004mjvffy_m.jpgRose-Marie
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Publisher: Harms Inc.
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Printed: 1924. Sheet Music.
b001kktpiw_m.jpgSome Day
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Brian Hooker
Publisher: Famous Music Corp.
Suppliers: flag15us.gif
Printed: 1925. Sheet Music.
b009srjosk_m.jpgSong of the Vagabonds
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Brian Hooker
Publisher: Henry Waterson Inc.
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Printed: 1925. Sheet Music 5 pages.
b000yt1zt2_m.jpgSympathy
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto A. Harbach, Gus Kahn
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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 ⇑ Printed: 1912. Sheet Music.
b0018aykgq_m.jpgTwilight
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Publisher: Arthur P. Schmidt & Co.
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Printed: 1908. Sheet Music.
b009xng4b4_m.jpgValse Christine
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
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Printed: 1923. Sheet Music 5 pages.
b0000cvzpj_m.jpgWhen a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach
Publisher: G. Schirmer
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Printed: 1912. Sheet Music.
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Sympathy (1913) Harvey Hindermeyer
Charlotte Kirwan		 Edison Blue Amberol: 1717
cylinder15.gif The Bubble (1910) Emory B. Randolph Edison Blue Amberol: 2211
cylinder15.gif Cutie (1922) Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra Edison Blue Amberol: 4512
cylinder15.gif A Garden Matinee (1907) Edison Concert Band Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9458
cylinder15.gif Katinka (1916) W.V. Brunt Edison Blue Amberol: 2889
cylinder15.gif Something Seems Tingle-Ingleing (1914) W.V. Brunt Edison Blue Amberol: 2404
cylinder15.gif Some Time - Act , No.6 (1919) Charles Hart
Leola Lucey		 Edison Blue Amberol: 3695
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Indian Love Call (1925) R. Friml A. Case Edison: 10287
recordmp3.gif Rackety Coo! (1916) R. Friml Samuel Ash
Grace Kerns as Grace Nash		 Columbia: 46358
recordmp3.gif When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart (1913) R. Friml Olive Kline Victor: C-12907
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Brass Music CDs:
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Jazz Music CDs:
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cd15.gif Peter Bocage Peter Bocage with the Creole Serenaders flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Various Artists American Light Music Classics CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Allah's Holiday (1917) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Bubble (1913), The R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Chansonette (1923) R. Friml (music)
Dailey Paskman (words)
Sigmund Spaeth (words)
Irving Caesar (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Firefly (1912), The R. Friml (music)
Otto A. Harbach (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
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pdf15.gif		 Garden Matinee (1907), A R. Friml (music)
 Piano IMSLP
Indiana		 wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Gavotte of the Masquerade (1918) R. Friml (music) Piano Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif I'm Lonely (1919) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)
Bide Dudley (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  ⇑In Love With Love (1923) R. Friml (music)
Dailey Paskman (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
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pdf15.gif		 Indian Love Call (1924) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)
 Piano, Voice Greer
IMSLP		 wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Katinka (1916) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Love Is Like a Firefly (1912) R. Friml (w&m)
Otto Harbach [Hauerbach] (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Moon Dawn (1923) R. Friml (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Music-Box Op. 69 (1910) R. Friml (music) Piano SheetMusic Point Pub.
pdf15.gif Oh! What a Little Whopper (1919) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)
Bide Dudley (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif One Good Time (1923) R. Friml (music)
Edward Clark (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif  ⇑Only a Rose (1925) R. Friml (music)
Brian Hooker (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Rackety Coo! (1915) R. Friml (music)
Otto Hauerbach (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Rose-Marie (1924) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)		 Piano, Voice Greer Pub.
pdf15.gif Some Time (1919) R. Friml (music)
Rida Johnson Young (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Some Time - Act , No.6 (1918) R. Friml (music)
Rida Johnson Young (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Something Seems Tingle-Ingleing (1913) R. Friml (music)
Otto Hauerbach (words)		 Piano, Voice Greer Pub.
pdf15.gif Sympathy (1912) R. Friml (music)
Otto A. Harbach (words)
G. Kahn (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Tommy Atkins (1915) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  ⇑Valse Lucille (1916) R. Friml (music) Piano Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Wedding Bells (1923) R. Friml (music)
Edward Clark (words)		 Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart (1912) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif You and I (1923) R. Friml (music)
Edward Clark (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif You're in Love (1917) R. Friml (music)
Otto Harbach (words)
Edward Clark (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 107 works by Rudolf Friml (1879-1972). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Etude Fantastique 1901  wvicon.gif
Garden Matinee, A 1907 Edison Concert Band (perf.)  wvicon.gif  cylinder15.gif
Twilight 1908  amazon15.gif Pub.
Music-Box Op. 69 1910  wvicon.gif
Dawn of Love, The 1912 Otto Harbach (words)  Pub.
De Trop 1912 Otto Harbach (words)  Pub.
Firefly, The 1912 Otto A. Harbach (words)  Pub.
Giannina Mia 1912 Otto Harbach (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
In Sapphire Seas 1912 Arr. by Homer N Bartlett  Pub.
Love Is Like a Firefly (w&m) 1912 Otto Harbach [Hauerbach] (words)
from "The Firefly"		  Pub.
Sympathy 1912 Otto A. Harbach (words)
Gus Kahn (words)
Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.)
Charlotte Kirwan (perf.)
Jeanette MacDonald (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.  cylinder15.gif
⇑ When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart 1912 Otto Harbach (words)
Olive Kline (perf.)
from "The Firefly"		  amazon15.gif Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Bubble, The 1913 Otto Harbach (words)
Emory B. Randolph (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.  cylinder15.gif
Butterfly Waltz 1913  Pub.
Is This Love at Last? 1913 Otto Hauerbach (words)  Pub.
Jim 1913 Otto Hauerbach (words)  Pub.
Love's Own Kiss 1913 Otto Harbach [Hauerbach] (words)  Pub.
Something Seems Tingle-Ingleing 1913 Otto Hauerbach (words)
Walter Van Brunt (perf.) 		 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
And the Dream Comes True 1914 Herbert Reynolds (words)
Harold Atteridge (words) 		 wvicon.gif
Flame of Love, The 1914 Harold Atteridge (words)
Emma Trentini (perf.) 		 Pub.
Heart of a Rose 1914 Herbert Reynolds (words)
Emma Trentini (perf.) 		 Pub.
Listen Dear 1914 Herbert Reynolds (words)
Emma Trentini (perf.) 		 Pub.
Love Is Like a Butterfly 1914 Herbert Reynold (words)
Emma Trentini (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ Wanda 1914 Herbert Reynolds (words)
Emma Trentini (perf.) 		 Pub.
When One You Love 1914 Harold Richard Atteridge (words)
Emma Trentini (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Allah's Holiday 1915 Otto Harbach (words)
From: "Katinka"		  wvicon.gif
Rackety Coo! 1915 Otto Hauerbach (words)
Samuel Ash (perf.)
Grace Kerns as Grace Nash (perf.)
from "Katinka"		  amazon15.gif Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Tommy Atkins 1915 Otto Harbach (words)  Pub.
Buck Up! 1916 Otto Harbach (words)
Edward Clark (words) 		 Pub.
Etude - A Glee - Op. 85 Bis - No. 5 1916  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
He Will Understand 1916 Otto Hauerbach (words)
Edward Clark (words) 		 Pub.
Katinka 1916 Otto Harbach (words)
Walter Van Brunt (perf.)
from "Katinka"		  amazon15.gif Pub.  cylinder15.gif
Keep Off the Grass! 1916 Otto Hauerbach (words)  Pub.
Love-Land 1916 Otto Hauerbach (words)
Edward Clark (words) 		 Pub.
My Paradise 1916 Otto Harbach (words)
Valse Lucille 1916  Pub.
⇑ Boola Boo 1917  youtube15.jpg
I'm Only Dreaming 1917 Otto Harbach (words)
Edward Clark (words) 		 Pub.
We'll Drift Along 1917 Otto Hauerbach (words)
Edward Clark (words) 		 Pub.
You're in Love 1917 Otto Harbach (words)
Edward Clark (words) 		 Pub.
Beautiful Night 1918 Rida Johnson Young (words)  Pub.
Dearie 1918 Rida Johnson Young (words)  Pub.
Gavotte of the Masquerade 1918  Pub.
I Love You, Dear 1918 Al. M. Kendall (words)  Pub.
Keep on Smiling 1918 Rida Johnson Young (words)  Pub.
No One But You 1918 Rida Johnson Young (words)  Pub.
Picking Peaches 1918 Rida Johnson Young (words)  Pub.
So Undulating, So Fascinating 1918 Catherine Chisholm Cushing (words)  Pub.
⇑ Some Time - Act No.6 1918 Rida Johnson Young (words)
Charles Hart (perf.)
Leola Lucey (perf.)
from "Sometime"		  Pub.  cylinder15.gif
I'm Lonely 1919 Otto Harbach (words)
Bide Dudley (words) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I've Told My Love 1919 Otto Harbach (words)  wvicon.gif
Oh! What a Little Whopper 1919 Otto Harbach (words)
Bide Dudley (words) 		 Pub.
Some Time 1919 Rida Johnson Young (words)  Pub.
Dear Love, My Love 1920 Brian Hooke (words)  wvicon.gif
Evening Breeze 1920  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
Sweet Dreams 1920 Otto Harbach (words)
Bide Dudley (words) 		 Pub.
Bring Back My Blushing Rose 1921 Gene Buck (words)
from Ziegfield Follies 1921		  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
Cutie 1921 Brian Hooker (words)
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra (perf.) 		 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
L'amour, Toujours, L'amour 1922 Catherine C. Cushing (words)  wvicon.gif
Smoke Rings 1922 Otto Harbach (words)
William Carey Duncan (words) 		 Pub.
Love Everlasting 1922c Catherine Chisholm Cushing (words)  wvicon.gif
⇑ Chansonette 1923 Dailey Paskman (words)
Sigmund Spaeth (words)
Irving Caesar (words)
P. Van Buren (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.
Cinders 1923 Edward Clark (words)
from "Cinders"		  Pub.
In Love With Love 1923 Dailey Paskman (words)  wvicon.gif
Moon Dawn 1923  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
On Hawaiian Shores 1923 Edward Clark (words)
from "Cinders"		  Pub.
One Good Time 1923 Edward Clark (words)
from "Cinders"		  Pub.
Valse Christine 1923  amazon15.gif Pub.
Wedding Bells 1923 Edward Clark (words)
from "Cinders"		  Pub.
You and I 1923 Edward Clark (words)
from "Cinders"		  Pub.
Door of Her Dreams, The 1924 Oscar Hammerstein (words)
Otto Harbach (words) 		 Pub.
Door of My Dreams 1924 Herbert Stothart (co-author)
Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words) 		 Pub.
Indian Love Call 1924 Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)
Anna Case (perf.)
Nelson Eddy (perf.)
Jeanette MacDonald (perf.)
Rose Marie (perf.)
From: "Rose-Marie"		  amazon15.gif Pub.  recordmp3.gif
⇑ Lost World, The 1924 Harry Bache Smith (words)
Arr. by Jeanne Gravelle		  Pub.
Mounties, The 1924 Herbert Stothart (co-author)
Oscar Hammerstein (words)
Otto Harbach (words) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
On the Blue Lagoon With You 1924 Dailey Paskman (words)  wvicon.gif
Rose-Marie 1924 Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)
Nelson Eddy (perf.)
Jeanette MacDonald (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
Totem Tom Tom 1924 Herbert Stothart (co-author)
Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words) 		 Pub.
Why Shouldn't We 1924 Herbert Stothart (co-author)
Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein II (words) 		 Pub.
Love For Sale! 1925 Brian Hooker (words)  wvicon.gif
Only a Rose 1925 Brian Hooker (words)
Kathryn Grayson (perf.)
Dennis King (perf.)
Jeanette MacDonald (perf.)
Oreste (perf.)
from "Vagabond King"		  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
Some Day 1925 Brian Hooker (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Song of the Vagabonds 1925 Brian Hooker (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Florida, the Moon and You 1926 Gene Buck (words)  Pub.
No Foolin' 1926 James F. Hanley (co-author)
Gene Buck (words)
Irving Caesar (words) 		 Pub.
Vagabond King Waltz, The 1926 Brian Hooker (words)  Pub.
⇑ We'll Have a Kingdom 1926 Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein II (words) 		 wvicon.gif
Wild Rose, The 1926 Otto Harbach (words)
Oscar Hammerstein II (words) 		 Pub.
Give Me One Hour 1928 Brian Hooker (words)  wvicon.gif
Love Is the Sun 1928 Clifford Grey (words)  Pub.
Ma Belle 1928 Clifford Grey (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
March of the Musketeers 1928 Clifford Grey (words)
P.G. Wodehouse (words) 		 Pub.
Queen of My Heart 1928 Clifford Grey (words)  Pub.
Regimental Song 1928 Brian Hooker (words)  Pub.
White Eagle 1928 Brian. Hooker (co-author)
Albert Barbelle (co-author)
Edwin Milton Royle (co-author) 		 Pub.
I'll Follow the Trail 1930 J. Keirn Brennan (words)  wvicon.gif
Luana 1930 J. Keirn Brennan (words)  wvicon.gif
One Wonderful Night 1932  wvicon.gif
⇑ And Still I Love You 1933 Irving Caesar (words)  wvicon.gif
Annina 1934 Rowland Leigh (words)
William Thiele (words)
John Shubert (words) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
My Heart Is Yours 1934 Rowland Leigh (words)
William Thiele (words)
John Shubert (words) 		 wvicon.gif
Donkey-Serenade 1937 Herbert Stothart (co-author)
Otto A. Harbach (words)
Bob Wright (words)
Chet Forrest (words)
Allan Jones (perf.)
Jeanette MacDonald (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.
He Who Loves and Runs Away 1937 Gus Kahn (words)  Pub.
I Want the World to Know 1937 Gus Kahn (words)
Joan Fontaine (perf.)
Nino Martini (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.
Darling, Je Vous Adore 1952 Dailey Paskman (words)  wvicon.gif
Bon Jour 1956 Johnny Burke (words)  wvicon.gif
Marche Grotesque ?  wvicon.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg R. Friml Boola Boo (3:39) Ragtime Dorian Henry