(This program aired on WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM, also streaming at wriu.org, on Sunday, May 23, from 6-8 PM)
The It’s a Movie Song of the Week
Intro: Coming Attractions from Matinee, composed by Jerry Goldsmith
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe from The Donut in Granny’s Greenhouse, composed and performed by The Bonzo Dog Band
The Show:
All the songs aired on Picture This 130 were composed by Harry Warren and a revolving cast of lyricists, who will be identified as we go along.
With lyricist Al Dubin
The Gold Digger’s Song, also known as We’re in the Money, from Gold Diggers of 1933, performed by Dick Powell
You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me, from 42nd Street, performed by Doris Day
Plenty of Money and You from Gold Diggers of 1937, performed by Dick Powell
I Only Have Eyes for You from Dames, performed by The Flamingoes
Optimistic Voices, including Lullaby of Broadway from Gold Digger’s of 1935, performed by Bette Midler
With lyricist Mack Gordon
Chicka-chicka-boom-chick, from That Night in Rio, performed by Carmen Miranda
With lyricist J. Lipski
Czy ty Pamietasz? (Do You Remember?) from Wonder Bar, performed by Mieczyslaw Fogg
With lyricist Mack Gordon
I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, I Like You Very Much from from That Night in Rio, performed by Carmen Miranda
With lyricist Johnny Mercer
Jeepers Creepers from Going Places, performed by Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Johnny Mercer, and Dr. Leo Watson
With lyricist Mack Gordon
At Last from Sun Valley Serenade, performed by Etta James
You’ll Never Know from Four Jills and a Jeep, performed by Alice Faye
You Can’t Say No to a Soldier from Iceland, performed by Joan Merrill
Chattanooga Choo-Choo from Sun Valley Serenade, performed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Tex Benike.
I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo from Orchestra Wives, performed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Tex Benike
With lyricist Jack Brooks
That’s Amore from The Caddy, performed by Dean Martin
With lyricist Leo Robin
Zing a Little Zong from Just for You, performed by Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Jud Conlon and the Jud Conlon Rhythmaires
(Instrumental) Rose of the Rio Grande title song, performed by Sidney Bechet
With lyricist Mort Dixon
Nagasaki from Tin Pan Alley, performed by Django Reinhardt and the Quintette de France with Freddie Taylor
Nagasaki from Jeeves and Wooster, arranged by Anne Dudley and performed by Hugh Laurie
With lyricist Al Dubin
Lulu’s Back in Town from Broadway Gondolier, performed by Leon Redbone
With lyricist Al Dubin
A Quarter to Nine from Go into Your Dance, performed by Al Jolson
With lyricist Johnny Mercer
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe from The Harvey Girls, performed by Judy Garland and the Merry Macs
With lyricist Al Dubin
A Quarter to Nine from Go into Your Dance, performed by Al Jolson
With lyricist Mack Gordon
The More I See You from Diamond Horseshoe, performed by Chris Montez
With lyricist Johnny Mercer
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe from The Harvey Girls, performed by Judy Garland and the Merry Macs
With lyricist Al Dubin
She’s a Latin from Manhattan from Go Into Your Dance, performed by Bobby Short
With lyricist Sammy Cahn
Dormi Dormi Dormi from Rock-A-Bye-Baby, performed by Jerry Lewis
With lyricist Al Dubin (September in the Rain)
Stalling Self-Parody: Music from Porky’s Preview from the Carl Stalling Project, performed by Carl Stalling and Orchestra
With lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose
I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five amd Ten Cent Store) from Billy Rose’s Crazy Quilt, performed by Bobby Darin

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