Nat Shilkret - Rio Rita 1927 Lewis James "Ziegfeld Broadway Musical"

Victor (20474 A) Recorded 2/7/1927 New York, New York.
Harry Tierney (composer)
Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)
Victor Orchestra (Musical group)
Lewis James (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)
Fox trot (Title descriptor)
Rio Rita (Work title)

Rio Rita is a 1927 stage musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, music by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. This musical united Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as a comedy team and made them famous.
It premiered on Broadway on February 2, 1927, at the new Ziegfeld Theatre and, after moving to the Lyric Theatre and Majestic Theatre, closed on April 7, 1928 after 494 performances, a very long run for its time. In Sydney, Gladys Moncrieff appeared in a successful production at the St James Theatre. The musical premiered in London's West End on April 3, 1930, at the then newly opened Prince Edward Theatre.
The musical was made into a film in 1929, Rio Rita, starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles along with the team of Wheeler & Woolsey. Based on the success of this film, Wheeler & Woolsey were also given contracts to star in a series of comedies. Another film based on the musical was made in 1942.
Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director.
He composed and arranged thousands of pieces. His best-known popular composition was "The Lonesome Road", first sung by co-writer Gene Austin.
Shilkret (originally named Natan Schüldkraut was born in New York City to parents who emigrated from Lemberg (now Lvov in the Ukraine).
He lived in his son's home in Franklin Square, NY, from the mid-1950s until his death in 1982 and was a great-uncle of actress Julie Warner.
Lewis Lyman James (July 27, 1892 – February 19, 1959) was a vocalist and among the most active of recording artists in the United States from 1917 through much of the 1930s. He was a member of The Shannon Four, The Revelers, and The Criterion Trio. He had many Top Ten hits during that time, including "My Baby Boy", "Till We Meet Again", "What'll I Do", "All Alone)" and "Pal of My Cradle Days", among others.
He was born in Scio, Michigan on July 27, 1892.
He died on February 19, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois.

Lyrics:
Down by the river Rio Grande
On silver sand, that's where I found you
And now my heart's at your command
Want to be near your hand, lingering round you
Your love like mine, it has no returning
Give me one sign, tell me you are yearning, learning
Rio Rita
Life is sweeter, Rita, when you are near
Rio Rita
Life's completer, Rita, to have you here **
All I ask from above
Is one day your lips will say "I love you"
Rio Rita
Senorita, here is my heart
Rio Rita
Life is sweeter, Rita, when you are near
Rio Rita
Life's completer, Rita, to hold you, dear
All I ask from above
Is one day your lips will say "I love you"
Rio Rita
Senorita, here is my heart

**In some versions this line is sung as
"Life's completer, Rita, to hold you, dear"

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