- Artist: Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
- Rating:
- Release Date: March 29, 2005
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Vocal Music
Review
Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth were considered the leading couple in vaudeville during 1909-1912. Although their marriage only lasted five years and they only recorded three duets, they were warmly remembered as a couple for many decades. They introduced "Shine On, Harvest Moon," but ironically never recorded it. This double CD has their duets, all of Bayes' solo recordings from 1910-1917, all of Norworth's recordings of 1910-1911, and a strong sampling of the rarer titles that he recorded in England during 1914-1916. The 51 selections on this double CD include the earliest version of "Over There," two renditions of "You Can't Get Away from It" (a tribute to ragtime), and a variety of obscure vaudeville numbers. It concludes with a previously unissued tape from 1950 in which Norworth talks a little and performs "Shine On, Harvest Moon." Overall, the recording quality is more than excellent for the period and the solo routines of Bayes and Norworth show their appeal. As is usual with an Archeophone release, the 32-page booklet is full of information and photos. Highly recommended to collectors of early vaudeville. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? [From the Folly Bachelors] | Nora Bayes | (3:11) | |
| Come Along, My Mandy | (3:44) | ||
| College Medley (Parody on College Songs) | (2:59) | ||
| Back to My Old Home Town | Nora Bayes | (3:01) | |
| Daffydils | Nora Bayes | (2:33) | |
| Young America | Nora Bayes | (4:14) | |
| That Lovin' Rag | Nora Bayes | (2:45) | |
| Sadie Brady, Listen Good to Me | (3:05) | ||
| Rosa Rosetta | Nora Bayes, |
(3:40) | |
| What Good Is Water, When You're Dry? | Nora Bayes | (3:34) | |
| For Months and Months and Months | (2:50) | ||
| How Can They Tell That Oi'm Irish? | Nora Bayes | (3:45) | |
| Turn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon Man [From Little Miss Fix It] | Nora Bayes, |
(3:45) | |
| Strawberries [From Little Miss Fix It] | Nora Bayes | (2:28) | |
| Harmony Baby | Nora Bayes | (2:49) | |
| You Can't Get Away from It | Jean Schwartz | Nora Bayes | (3:17) |
| The Good Ship Mary Ann | Nora Bayes | (2:34) | |
| We Take Our Hats Off to You, Mr Wilson! | Nora Bayes | (2:51) | |
| I Work Eight Hours, Sleep Eight Hours, That Leaves Eight Hours for ... | Nora Bayes | (2:48) | |
| Sunbeam Sal | Nora Bayes | (2:34) | |
| The A.O.H.'s of the U.S.A. | Nora Bayes | (2:46) | |
| Molly McCarthy | (3:12) | ||
| Kitty, The Telephone Girl | (3:01) | ||
| Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers | (2:56) | ||
| Mother's Sitting Knitting Little Mittens | (3:02) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Sally from Calais | (3:44) | ||
| Safe in Our Wardrobe for Two | (3:45) | ||
| You Can't Get Away from It [From a Syncopated Romace] | (3:27) | ||
| Go Away, Mr. Moon [From a Syncopated Romance] | (3:12) | ||
| Cassidy [From a Syncopated Romance] | (3:13) | ||
| On His First Day Home on Leave | (3:07) | ||
| Keep Your Head Down | (2:50) | ||
| Homesickness Blues | Nora Bayes | (3:17) | |
| Are You Prepared for the Summer | Nora Bayes | (2:51) | |
| The Greatest Battle Song of All | Nora Bayes | (3:02) | |
| For Dixie and Uncle Sam | Nora Bayes | (2:28) | |
| Hello, Hawaii, How Are You? | Nora Bayes | (3:05) | |
| When Old Bill Bailey Playes the Ukulele | Nora Bayes | (3:05) | |
| Broken Doll | Nora Bayes | (3:20) | |
| When John McCormack Sings a Song | Nora Bayes | (3:02) | |
| Hicki Hoy | Lewis F. Muir, |
Nora Bayes | (2:50) |
| Cheer Up! Eat and Grow Thin | Nora Bayes | (3:11) | |
| Please Keep Out of My Dreams | Nora Bayes | Nora Bayes | (3:17) |
| Ragging the Songs Mother Used to Sing | Nora Bayes | Nora Bayes | (2:38) |
| Pull the Cork Out of Erin (Let the River Shannon Flow) | Fred Fisher | Nora Bayes | (2:58) |
| Daniel in the Lion's Den | Fred Fisher | Nora Bayes | (3:00) |
| My Little Motor Car | Nora Bayes | (1:46) | |
| Over There | George M. Cohan | Nora Bayes | (3:01) |
| (Goodbye; and Luck Be With You) Laddie Boy | Nora Bayes | (3:15) | |
| Our Bungalow | (3:20) | ||
| Shine on, Harvest Moon | (1:55) |
