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Harry Delmar's Revels

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Harry Delmar's Revels
Program for Harry Delmar's Revels (1927)
MusicJimmy Monaco, Jesse Greer, Lester Lee
LyricsBilly Rose, Ballard MacDonald
BookWilliam K. Wells

Harry Delmar's Revels was a Broadway revue that ran from Nov 28, 1927 - Mar 1928 for 112 performances. It was produced by Samuel Baerwitz and Harry Delmar. The music is by Jimmy Monaco, Jesse Greer, and Lester Lee. The book is by William K. Wells and the lyrics are by Billy Rose and Ballard MacDonald.[1]

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Songs

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  • Four Walls
  • Golden Memories of Perfume
  • I Love a Man in a Uniform
  • The Jigaboo Jig
  • Laff 'Em Away
  • Limbs of the Law
  • My Rainbow
  • Nagasaki
  • Say It with a Solitaire

The well-known standard I Can't Give You Anything But Love by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields was cut before the opening. It was later used for Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Harry Delmar's Revels – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  2. ^ "Harry Delmar's Revels – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  3. ^ https://castalbums.org/shows/Harry-Delmars-Revels/8625/