Recommended Materials
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Original Motion Picture soundtrack starring James Cagney. This 1941 film is a biopic of composer George M. Cohan featuring his hit songs including "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Over There" and "You're a Grand Old Flag."
Turner Classic Movies Music # 78210, 2002.
THE DENVER NIGHTINGALE: BILLY MURRAY ANTHOLOGY
30 recordings by Billy Murray from 1903 through 1940. Tracks include the 1905 #1 hit “Give My Regards to Broadway,” the 1907 #1 “Harrigan” and the 1905 #1 hit “Yankee Doodle Boy.”
Archephone Records # 5501, 2003.
GEORGE M! Original Broadway Cast Album
Starring Joel Grey and Berndette Peters. Tracks incude “All Aboard for Broadway,” “Musical Comedy Man,” “Twentieth Century Love,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “Nellie Kelly.”
Columbia Records # 3200, 1987.
THE PHONOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK: THE 1890’S, VOL. 1 - WIPE HIM OFF THE LAND
30 #1 hits from the 1890’s, including 1899's “I Guess I’ll Have to Telegraph My Baby.”
Archeophone Records # 9004, 2003.
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
3 Disc collection of America’s most patriotic songs. Tracks include the 1906 #1 hit “You’re a Grand Old Flag.”
Columbia River Entertainment Group # 318001, 2002.
THE GREAT WAR
24 Recordings of orchestras, bands, theater shows and spoken sketches from the World War I era. Tracks include the 1917 #1 hit recording by Enrico Carusa, “Over There.”
Pearl Records # 9355, 2001.
THE ONES YOU ALWAYS WANTED: 1941-1945
Collection of 26 recordings by Spike Jones and His Orchestra. Tracks include a George Cohan medley.
Harlequin # 167, 2001.