Abbott & Costello Soundtracks
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- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLee BowmanTwo sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033436/soundtrack
Tap! (Andrews Sisters)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Hugh Prince
Performed by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited)
Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Hugh Prince
Performed by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited)
When Private Brown Becomes a Captain
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Hugh Prince
Performed by Lou Costello (uncredited), Shemp Howard (uncredited) and the kitchen crew
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Hugh Prince and Sonny Burke
Performed by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited)
I Wish You Were Here
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Hugh Prince (uncredited) and Vic Schoen (uncredited)
Performed by Jane Frazee
(I'll Be with You) In Apple Blossom Time
(1935)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Neville Fleeson
Performed by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited) - DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloTom BrownTwo ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDorothy ShayBud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043425/soundtrack
Agnes Clung
(uncredited)
Written by Hessie Smith and Dorothy Shay
Performed by Dorothy Shay
Why Don't Someone Marry Mary Ann?
(uncredited)
Written by Britt Wood and George Beatty
Performed by Dorothy Shay
Sagebrush Sadie
(uncredited)
Written by Britt Wood and George Beatty
Performed by Dorothy Shay
You Broke Your Promise
(uncredited)
Written by George Wyle, Irving Taylor and Eddie Pola
Performed by Dorothy Shay
You'll Be Jes' Another Notch on Father's Shotgun
(uncredited)
Written by Lyn Duddy, Jerry Bresler and Joan Edwards
Performed by Dorothy Shay - DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloRobert PaigeTwo workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPeggy RyanTwo bumblers become caretakers at an all-girls' college. During their misadventures, the duo raise money to free the school from its traditionally-minded landlord.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037771/soundtrack
Tap! (Peggy Ryan)
Jumping On A Saturday Night
Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Music by Edgar Fairchild
Performed by Peggy Ryan
Let's Play House
Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Music by Edgar Fairchild
Performed by Peggy Ryan and Lou Costello - DirectorCharles LamontErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGinny SimmsTwo newspaper photographers get mixed up with gangsters at a ski resort.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036004/soundtrack
Happiness Bound
(1943)
(Also known as "Happiness Ahead")
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Played during the opening and closing credits
Played on a sleigh ride by Johnny Long and His Orchestra (uncredited) and sung by them, the Four Teens (uncredited) and Ginny Simms (uncredited)
I'm Like a Fish Out of Water
(1943)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Played on the train by Johnny Long and His Orchestra (uncredited) and sung by the Four Teens (uncredited) and Ginny Simms (uncredited)
I'd Like to Set You to Music
(1943)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Played by Johnny Long and His Orchestra (uncredited) and sung by them, the Four Teens (uncredited) and Ginny Simms (uncredited) at poolside in Sun Valley
The Slap Polka
(1943)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Played on a sleigh ride by Johnny Long and His Orchestra (uncredited) and sung by them, the Four Teens (uncredited) and Ginny Simms (uncredited) at the skating rink skated by the resort guests - DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloRichard CarlsonAfter inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033723/soundtrack
When My Baby Smiles at Me
(1920) (uncredited)
Music by Bill Munro
Lyrics by Ted Lewis & Andrew B. Sterling
Played during the opening credits
Played by Ted Lewis and His Orchestra (as Ted Lewis' Orchestra) and sung by Ted Lewis at the nightclub
Me and My Shadow
(1927) (uncredited)
Written by Al Jolson, Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer
Played by Ted Lewis and His Orchestra (as Ted Lewis' Orchestra) and sung by Ted Lewis at the nightclub
Sleepy Serenade
(1941) (uncredited)
Music by Lou Singer
Lyrics by Mort Greene
Played by Ted Lewis and His Orchestra (as Ted Lewis' Orchestra) and sung by The Andrews Sisters at the nightclub
The Blue Danube Waltz
(1867) (uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauss
Played on a record
Danced to by Lou Costello and Joan Davis
Aurora
(uncredited)
Written by Mário Lago and Roberto Roberti (1940)
English lyrics by Harold Adamson (1941)
Played by Ted Lewis and His Orchestra (as Ted Lewis' Orchestra) and sung by The Andrews Sisters at the new health spa
Played as background music at the end - DirectorJean YarbroughErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarion HuttonTwo bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036953/soundtrack
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
Music by Vic Mizzy
Lyrics by Mann Curtis
Sung by Marion Hutton
What a Change in the Weather
Written by Kim Gannon & Walter Kent
Sung by Kirby Grant
No Bout Adout It
Music by Vic Mizzy
Lyrics by Mann Curtis
Sung by Marion Hutton accompanied by Will Osborne and his orchestra
Rehearsin
Written by Bobby Worth, Stanley Cowan
Sung by Ann Gillis and The Three (Fontane) Sisters, accompanied by Will Osborne and his orchestra - DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPatricia MedinaTwo Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick PowellRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033754/soundtrack
Tap! (Condos Brothers) Where do they dance?
Starlight, Starbright
(1941)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Sung by Dick Powell (uncredited) at his radio broadcast
Reprised by Dick Powell and The Andrews Sisters (uncredited) at the end
We're Off to See the World
(1941)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Sung by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited) and the sailors
Played as background music
Gimme Some Skin, My Friend
(1941)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Sung by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited) at the dance hall
A Sailor's Life for Me
(1941)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Sung by Dick Powell (uncredited), Dick Foran (uncredited), Shemp Howard (uncredited), Lou Costello (uncredited) and the sailors aboard ship
We're in the Navy
(1941)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Sung by Dick Powell and sailors aboard ship
Reprised by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited) at the end
Played during the end credits
The Oceana Roll
(1911) (uncredited)
Music by Lucien Denni
Lyrics by Roger Lewis
Played aboard ship during the "Sons of Neptune" sequence
Hula-Ba-Luau
(1941)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Played during the Hawaiian luau
Sung by The Andrews Sisters (uncredited) and the chorus of hula dancers - DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGrace McDonaldThe horse of a street vendor is replaced by a racehorse.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036047/soundtrack
Tap! (Lou Costello, Four Step Brothers, Grace McDonald, Patsy O'Connor)
Old Timer
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Patsy O'Connor
Hang Your Troubles on a Rainbow
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Leighton Noble
Danced by The Four Step Brothers
Glory Be
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Grace McDonald and other cast
Danced by The Four Step Brothers
Saratoga Cafe
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by The Vagabonds
Sunbeam Serenade
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Patsy O'Connor, Grace McDonald and Leighton Noble - DirectorArthur LubinRalph CederStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMartha RayeWhen a barnstorming stunt pilot joins the Air Corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033781/soundtrack
Old Timer
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Patsy O'Connor
Hang Your Troubles on a Rainbow
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Leighton Noble
Danced by The Four Step Brothers
Glory Be
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Grace McDonald and other cast
Danced by The Four Step Brothers
Saratoga Cafe
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by The Vagabonds
Sunbeam Serenade
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Patsy O'Connor, Grace McDonald and Leighton Noble - DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBrenda JoyceLou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like The Time of Their Lives (1946), in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMitzi GreenTwo volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide. However, once they discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder, they travel with the prospector to Alaska to help chase his girl. Once they arrive, the men discover that most of the town wants the prospector dead. It's up to Abbott and Costello to keep him alive, or else San Francisco is ready to hang them for the murder.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044851/soundtrack
I'm Just a Country Gal
Music by Henry Mancini
Sung by Mitzi Green
A Hot Time in the Igloo Tonight
Music by Henry Mancini
Sung by Mitzi Green - DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBoris KarloffTwo bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045469/soundtrack
Till We Women Get to Vote
(uncredited)
Performed by Helen Westcott - DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBoris KarloffTwo employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.
- DirectorCharles BartonWalter LantzStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloNancy GuildTwo bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloFred ClarkHarry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarie WindsorTwo bumbling Americans stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047795/soundtrack
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
Written by Bob Russell and John Benson Brooks
Sung by Peggy King - DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloVirginia GreyTwo con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040582/soundtrack
Is It Yes, or Is It No?
(uncredited)
Music by Walter Scharf
Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Played during the opening and end credits
Played by Flores Brothers Trio and sung by Luba Malina - DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloAlan CurtisWhen their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show star Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must put things right.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037939/soundtrack
Tap! (Uncredited lrish jig number on showboat)
On a Sunday Afternoon
(1902) (uncredited)
Music by Harry von Tilzer
Lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling
Played by the showboat band and sung at the dock by Lois Collier (dubbed)
I'd Leave My Happy Home for You
(uncredited)
Written by Will A. Heelan and Harry von Tilzer
Sung by an unidentified female at the Gilded Cage
Nora Malone
(uncredited)
Written by Junie McCree and Harry von Tilzer
Sung by an unidentified male on the showboat
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(1908) (uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Jack Norworth
Sung a cappella by Bud Abbott prior to the "Who's on First?" routine
I Can't Get You Out of My Mind
(1945) (uncredited)
Music by Edgar Fairchild
Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Sung by Lois Collier (dubbed) on the showboat
Uncle Tom's Cabin
(uncredited)
Music by Edgar Fairchild
Lyrics by Jack Brooks
Sung by the Uncle Tom's Cabin cast on the showboat at the end - DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsAllan JonesNancy KellyRobert CummingsJim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancee, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran), and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe (William Frawley), who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned. Everyone involved in the situation winds up sailing or flying to San Marcos (a fictional South American country), where another complication arises, when Lucky falls for Cynthia. Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia, but Roscoe does not have to pay the $1-million because Steve ends up marrying Mickey.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032873/soundtrack
You and Your Kiss
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Allan Jones aboard ship
Played as background
Remind Me
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Sung by Peggy Moran (dubbed)
Played as background music
Back in My Shell
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Sung by Allan Jones
Played as background music
Your Dream
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Nancy Kelly (dubbed) and Allan Jones
Farandola
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Played, sung and danced to by hotel guests after the wedding
Sung by an unidentified baritone, Allan Jones - DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloVirginia BruceA pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035173/soundtrack
Tap! (Tip, Tap and Toe)
Do I Worry
(uncredited)
Written by Stanley Cowan and Bobby Worth
Played and sung by The Ink Spots at the Seaside Yacht Club
Shout, Brother, Shout
(uncredited)
Written by Clarence Williams
Played and sung by The Ink Spots at the Seaside Yacht Club
Danced to by Tip Tap & Toe at the Seaside Yacht Club
Java Jive
(uncredited)
Written by Milton Drake and Ben Oakland
Played and sung by The Ink Spots at the Seaside Yacht Club
Lovely Luana
(1942)
Written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul
Sung by Nan Wynn (uncredited) and the chorus of natives on the island
Vingo Jingo
(1942) (uncredited)
Written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul
Sung and danced to by Nan Wynn and the chorus of natives on the island
Island of the Moon
(1942) (uncredited)
Written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul
Sung by an offscreen chorus at the end - DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick ForanTwo peanut vendors at a traveling rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that both know nothing about cowboys, horses, or much of anything.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035252/soundtrack
Tap! (Uncredited)
Give Me My Saddle
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Performed by Dick Foran
Wake Up, Jacob
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Performed by The Merry Macs
Beside the Rio Tonto Shore
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Performed by The Merry Macs
I'll Remember April
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Performed by Dick Foran
Ride 'em Cowboy
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Don Raye
Music by Gene de Paul
Performed by Dick Foran and The Merry Macs
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
by Ella Fitzgerald and Van Alexander (as Al Feldman)
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald (uncredited)
Rockin' and Reelin'
(uncredited)
Words and Music by Don Raye and Gene de Paul
Performed by The Merry Macs and Ella Fitzgerald - DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarjorie ReynoldsA psychiatrist stays in a mansion haunted by prankish ghosts from the Revolutionary War.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPatric KnowlesTwo dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder after the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarjorie MainChester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal Fred Hawkins is murdered and the two are charged with the crime. They are quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to die by hanging. The head of the local citizens' committee, Jim Simpson (William Ching), recalls a law whereby the survivor of a gun duel must take responsibility for the deceased's debts and family. The law spares the two from execution, but Chester is now responsible for the widow Hawkins (Marjorie Main) and her seven children. They go to her farm, where she works Chester from dawn to dusk, and at night he must work at the saloon to repay Hawkins' debt to its owner, Jake Frame (Gordon Jones). Her plan is to wear Chester down until he agrees to marry her. Chester quickly learns that no one will harm him, for fear that they will need to support Mrs. Hawkins and her family. Simpson makes Chester the sheriff hoping that fear of him will help clean up the lawless town. For protection, Chester carries around a photograph of Mrs. Hawkins and her kids. The approach works for a while, and Chester is heralded as a hero. Meanwhile, Duke still plans to go to California and tries to get Judge Benbow (George Cleveland) to marry Mrs. Hawkins to free him and Chester from their obligations. He starts a rumor that Mrs. Hawkins is about to become rich once the railroad buys her land to lay tracks. The rumor spreads quickly, and everyone tries to kill Chester hoping to marry Mrs. Hawkins(and share, or manage, her expected fortune). Frame eventually confesses to Hawkins' murder; Duke and Chester are cleared and allowed to leave town, but not before they admit that they fabricated the railroad rumor. Benbow still wants to marry Mrs. Hawkins, and she agrees. She then announces that the railroad actually did offer her substantial money, and she is now wealthy.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloKathryn GraysonDoc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035259/soundtrack
Rio Rita
(1927)
Music by Harry Tierney
Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy
Played during the opening credits
Sung by John Carroll (uncredited) at the hotel
Reprised by the band at the hotel
The Ranger's Song
(1927)
Music by Harry Tierney
Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Kathryn Grayson (uncredited), John Carroll (uncredited) and rangers
Played often on a radio
Played at the end
Long Before You Came Along
(1942)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Sung by John Carroll (uncredited) from a recording, Kathryn Grayson (uncredited) and John Carroll (uncredited)
Played as background music
Ombres Légères
("Shadow Song") (1859) (uncredited)
from opera "Dinorah, ou le pardon de Ploëmel"
Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Sung by Kathryn Grayson at the hotel
Brazilian Dance
(uncredited)
Written by Nilo Barnet
Danced by Eros Volusia and ensemble at the hotel - DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarilyn MaxwellTwo bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037027/soundtrack
What Does It Take
(1944) (uncredited)
Music by Gene de Paul
Lyrics by Don Raye
Played by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra in the cafe and sung by Marilyn Maxwell
Sons of the Desert
(1944) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Sammy Fain and Ralph Freed
Sung by Adia Kuznetzoff and other followers of Prince Ramo
Advisor Kay Thompson
John Silver
(1944) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Ray Krise and Jimmy Dorsey
Arranged by Sonny Burke
Played and sung by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as a production number
Scheherezade Symphonic Suite, Op.35
(1888) (uncredited)
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Excerpts played in the harem and danced by Nimativ's wives and slaves in a production number - DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloFrances RaffertyWhen two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037492/soundtrack
I Hope the Band Keeps Playing
(uncredited)
by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
Performed by Bob Haymes and The Lyttle Sisters
The Cocabola Tree
(uncredited)
by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
Performed by Jean Porter and The Lyttle Sisters
As I Remember You
(uncredited)
by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
Performed by Bob Haymes with Arthur Schutt (piano)
Fun on the Wonderful Midway
(uncredited)
by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
Performed by Bob Haymes, Frances Rafferty and chorus
Arranged by Robert Franklyn and Kay Thompson
Orchestrated by Robert Franklyn - DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloJoseph CalleiaTwo window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloClyde BeattyTwo booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBuddy BaerAbbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.Warner Brothers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044762/soundtrack
Jack and the Beanstalk
Written by Lester Lee and Bob Russell
Sung over the opening credits
Sung again by Lou Costello, Barbara Brown and the Villagers while he is climbing the beanstalk
Danced by Johnny Conrad and The Johnny Conrad Dancers (four women)
Sung in the finale by Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Barbara Brown, James Alexander, Shaye Cogan, and the Villagers
Danced by Johnny Conrad and The Johnny Conrad Dancers
I Fear Nothing
Written by Lester Lee and Bob Russell
Sung by Lou Costello in a scene with Buddy Baer with animal voices provided by Mel Blanc
Darlene
Written by Lester Lee and Bob Russell
Sung by James Alexander to Shaye Cogan
Dreamer's Cloth
Written by Lester Lee and Bob Russell
Sung by James Alexander and Shaye Cogan
Comic dance by Lou Costello and Dorothy Ford
He Never Looked Better In His Life
Written by Lester Lee and Bob Russell
Sung by the Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, James Alexander, Shaye Cogan and Villagers
Danced by Johnny Conrad and The Johnny Conrad Dancers - DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloCharles LaughtonRocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.Warner Brothers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044320/soundtrack
Away Ay Aye Ay
by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Performed by Leif Erickson, Bill Shirley and chorus
Meet Captain Kidd
by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Performed by Charles Laughton and chorus
A Bachelor's Life
by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Performed by Bill Shirley and Leif Erickson
Tonight We Sail
by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Performed by Leif Erickson, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Speak to Me of the Tall Pine
by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Performed by Bill Shirley and Fran Warren
North of Nowhere
by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Performed by Bill Shirley and Fran Warren - DirectorCharles BartonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGigi PerreauTwo goofballs try to run a beaten-down old amusement park.United Artists
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049120/soundtrack
Libiamo ne' lieti calici
(aka Drinking Song)
from the opera "La Traviata"
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung by Gigi Perreau (dubbed by Marni Nixon)
Later sung briefly in jest by Lou Costello