Abbott & Costello Soundtracks
by bderoes-12985 | created - 22 Nov 2017 | updated - 01 Jun 2018 | PublicThanks to list imdb.com/list/ls070547220, the 28 Universal titles. Also to list imdb.com/list/ls009118194, which also has the 8 non-Universal titles. I pasted in the soundtrack listings, focused on performances, not underscore.
Rather than rebuilding the links to individual names here, I just provide the direct link to the movie's soundtracks page.
Seven titles below are listed in Appendix B of Tap! The greatest tap dance stars and their stories, 1900-1955 by Rusty Frank, published 1990. See IMDb titles in that appendix here: imdb.com/list/ls027794353/
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1. Buck Privates (1941)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Two 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.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee
Votes: 4,729 | Gross: $4.00M
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)
2. Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
Approved | 77 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Two 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Joan Shawlee
Votes: 2,151
3. Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
77 min | Comedy, Musical
Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay, Kirby Grant
Votes: 1,454
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
4. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Two workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Paige, Mari Blanchard
Votes: 3,602
5. Here Come the Co-eds (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
Two bumblers become caretakers at an all-girls' college. During their misadventures, the duo raise money to free the school from its traditionally-minded landlord.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Peggy Ryan, Martha O'Driscoll
Votes: 1,474
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
6. Hit the Ice (1943)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
Two newspaper photographers get mixed up with gangsters at a ski resort.
Directors: Charles Lamont, Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ginny Simms, Patric Knowles
Votes: 1,716
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
7. Hold That Ghost (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis
Votes: 4,263
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
8. In Society (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two 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.
Directors: Jean Yarbrough, Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marion Hutton, Kirby Grant
Votes: 2,121
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
9. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy
Two Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak
Votes: 3,117
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042179/soundtrack
underscore only
10. In the Navy (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
Russ 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell, Claire Dodd
Votes: 3,212
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
11. It Ain't Hay (1943)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The horse of a street vendor is replaced by a racehorse.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Grace McDonald, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,033
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
12. Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
When a barnstorming stunt pilot joins the Air Corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him.
Directors: Arthur Lubin, Ralph Ceder | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Carol Bruce
Votes: 1,746
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
13. Little Giant (1946)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Lou 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 ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce, Jacqueline deWit
Votes: 1,406
14. Lost in Alaska (1952)
76 min | Adventure, Comedy
Two 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mitzi Green, Tom Ewell
Votes: 2,145
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
15. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens
Votes: 4,994 | Gross: $2.62M
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045469/soundtrack
Till We Women Get to Vote
(uncredited)
Performed by Helen Westcott
16. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert
Votes: 4,226
17. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,557 | Gross: $4.80M
18. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6,090 | Gross: $3.38M
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043255/soundtrack
underscore only
19. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Harry 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.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fred Clark, Lynn Bari
Votes: 2,383
20. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two 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.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara
Votes: 6,307
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
21. Mexican Hayride (1948)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
Two 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.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey, Luba Malina
Votes: 1,324
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
22. The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy
When 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.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson
Votes: 2,161
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
23. One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jim "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 ... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Bud Abbott
Votes: 1,856
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
24. Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy
A 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.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige
Votes: 2,402
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
25. Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
Two 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 1,731
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
26. The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, History
A psychiatrist stays in a mansion haunted by prankish ghosts from the Revolutionary War.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Reynolds, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 3,672
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039037/soundtrack
underscore only
27. Who Done It? (1942)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Mystery
Two 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.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, William Gargan
Votes: 2,706
28. The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Western
Chester 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main, Audrey Young
Votes: 1,261
29. Rio Rita (1942)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, War
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll
Votes: 1,282
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
30. Lost in a Harem (1944)
Passed | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte
Votes: 1,289
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
31. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
When 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.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Bob Haymes
Votes: 2,396
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
32. The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy
Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joseph Calleia, Leon Errol
Votes: 1,179
Eagle-Lion Films
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040652/soundtrack
none
33. Africa Screams (1949)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck
Votes: 4,056
United Artists
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041098/soundtrack
none
34. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford
Votes: 3,435
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
35. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Rocky 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.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 2,309
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
36. Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy
Two goofballs try to run a beaten-down old amusement park.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau, Rusty Hamer
Votes: 901
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
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