Briefly Lyrical

[Princess of Tap]

 Ironically, Jack Buchanan introduced this song on Broadway.

 But you and I both know only one person really knew how to sing it.😆

 I Think It's Judy's best singing performance in the movies!

Star, Now it all depends on you.....

[starliteyes]

Make it sooner

Don't you stop to tune 'er

[starliteyes]

Song was performed by the two stars of the picture as part of a vaudeville montage.

[starliteyes]

Song's composer had a penchant for writing songs about holidays.

[MilesArcher]

It's called "Ragtime Violin".  It was written by Irving Berlin and performed by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in "Easter Parade", which was shown recently on TCM.  Here is a short clip:

 

  

 

 

[starliteyes]

As usual, Miles, you are right, right right! 

And, once again, the thread reverts to you.

[MilesArcher]

You all should know this one.

Don't dance all night with me
'Til the stars fade from above
They'll see it's all right with me  

[starliteyes]

It's People Will Say We're in Love by Rodgers & Hammerstein from Oklahoma! and sung by Shirley Jones & Gordon MacRae.

[MilesArcher]

Very good as usual, Starlit.  Here are Shirley and Gordon: 

 

 

 

They sure don't make musicals like they used to!  Starlit, you have the thread.

[starliteyes]

Like the lights of home before me

Or an angel watching o'er me

[MilesArcher]

The song is "My Shining Hour".  It was written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for "The Sky's The Limit", and sung by a dubbed Joan Leslie.  Here it is:

 

 

I wonder if they got the idea for those neon lighted instruments from Busby Berkeley. 

Later, Joan and Fred Astaire do a short version with different lyrics.

 

 

 

[starliteyes]

I thought that might be a fairly easy one.  

The ball's back in your court, Miles.

[MilesArcher]

This one should be familiar, but it's movie debut may surprise you.

Without your love
It's a h-o-n-k-y - tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played in a penny arcade 

 

[starliteyes]

The song is It's Only a Paper Moon with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Billy Rose.   It was originally written for a 1932 Broadway show called The Great Magoo that flopped.  A year later it made its movie debut in Take a Chance, where it was sung by June Knight and Charles "Buddy" Rogers.

[MilesArcher]

That is correct, Starlit.    Of course, the song was heard as background music in the movie "Paper Moon", but few people knew where it was first heard.  We all remember June Knight from "Broadway Melody Of 1936" and Buddy Rogers from "Wings".  He was also a singer and bandleader who married Mary Pickford.  She was still married to Douglas Fairbanks at the time this clip was filmed.  It seems that perhaps Buddy was doing a Douglas Fairbanks imitation in it.  Check it out:

 

 

Nice going, Starlit.  You're up next.

 

 

 

[starliteyes]

Thanks for the clip, Miles.  That's one I've never seen.

Next:

You can see a summer sky

You can touch a friendly hand

[MilesArcher]

That's from a very familiar song.  It's "Aren't You Glad You're You?".  It was written by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen for the 1945 film "The Bells Of St. Mary's" and sung by Bing Crosby to young Joan Carroll.  It's one of those "words to live by" songs.  Check out this clip:

 

  

And when you wake up each morn,
Aren't you glad that you were born?
Think what you've got the whole day through,
Aren't you glad you're you? 

 

[starliteyes]

You are right, Miles, as if you didn't know.  It's back to you.

[MilesArcher]

Here's one that you all probably know.

And I could take you to places you'd like to go
But outside of that I've no use for dough.
It's the root of all evil, of strife and upheaval, 

 

 

[starliteyes]

The song is With Plenty of Money and You, written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin and sung by Dick Powell in Gold Diggers of 1937.

 

[MilesArcher]

But I'm certain, Honey

That life could be sunny,

With plenty of money and you.

Yes, Starlit.  This movie was from 1937 and Dick Powell and Joan Blondell had married each other the year before.  Apparently life wasn't always sunny because they divorced after eight years of marriage.

Good work and thanks for the clip, Starlit.    As I seem to always be saying, you get the thread.

[starliteyes]

Here's to you, here's to me

And here's to a life that's merry

[starliteyes]

The song is from an early 1950's WB musical.

[starliteyes]

The female star of the movie was a big box-office draw in the 1950's and in the 60's, but the male star was a bigger star on Broadway than in film.

[MilesArcher]

The song is "I'm Gonna Ring The Bell Tonight" from "April In Paris".  It was written by Vernon Duke and Sammy Cahn and it was performed by Doris Day and Ray Bolger in the world's most spacious, and cleanest, kitchen.  Here is Doris with the song:

 

 

Then Ray Bolger joins in in this clip: