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Who wrote the novel “Oh James!” and when?
May Edgington, 1914
Who wrote the play ‘My Lady Friends’ and when?
Frank Mandel and Emil Nyitray, 1919
Who was the producer for No, No, Nanette?
Harry Frazee
Why did Frazee not want Youmans to work on No, No, Nanette?
He was not interested in Youmans’s previous work
How much did Youmans’s mother give Frazee?
$9k or $10k
What did Youmans give his mother in exchange for her support?
Half his future royalties
Who created the book for No, No, Nanette?
Frank Mandel and Otto Harbach
What is a dummy lyric?
A poem with the right rhyme scheme and rhythm for a tune
Tea For Two captures the ______ of the twenties
Optimism and light-heartedness
In what city did Frazee realize he had a hit?
Chicago
How long did No, No, Nanette remain in Chicago?
Almost a year
What was the first recorded version of Tea for Two?
Jazz orchestra
What position did the FIRST version of Tea for Two reach on the billboard, for how long, when?
No.5 for 5 weeks in January 1925
The vocal version of Tea for Two reached what spot on billboard, for how long, and when?
No.1 for 11 weeks in January 1925
Who recorded the vocal version of Tea for Two?
Marion Harris
When did No, No, Nanette reach Broadway?
September 1925
What New York paper complained about No, No, Nanette’s popularity?
The New York Daily News
What aspect of No, No, Nanette was “Shockingly new” do British audiences?
The dance numbers’ jazzy flavor
Who claimed No, No, Nanette as the “quintessential American 1920s musical”?
Kurt Ganzl
How long was Youmans in Broadway?
13 years
Why did Youmans have to retire?
Health issues stemming from tuberculosis
Boris Fomin wove Tea for Two into his…
1926 operetta
When did Shostakovich make his orchestral arrangement of Tea for Two?
1927
How long did it take Shostakovich to make the orchestral arrangement of Tea for Two?
40 minutes
Who was a champion for jazz in the USSR?
Nikolai Malko
Who was Art Tatum?
A jazz piano virtuoso
Which of Art Tatum’s recordings of Tea for Two was put in the GHF?
1939
When was Tatum’s Tea For Two put in the GHF?
1986
What spot did Tatum’s version of Tea for Two reach?
No.18
In _____, Theolonious Monk released Tea For Two “Skippy” with bebop jazz
1952
