Songs Heard in Looney Tunes (Videos)

[Speedy Boris]

Hey guys, I'm trying to catalogue a list of popular songs that were used in Looney Tunes, performed by various artists. Here's what I've got so far:

I Like Mountain Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-lMJnm-O4)

In a Little Red Barn (On a Farm Down in Indiana) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qqQWkzl-E)

Chicken Reel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezqFcz94P4)

Blues in the Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th1iIqJ2X9Q)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsR5DPaFU7w

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO3M3WpcZpo)

With Plenty of Money and You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vda9Vr36XTw)

In My Merry Oldsmobile (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmBMq7Rokg) (Note: Let this play until 1 minute, as the first minute is just practicing)

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taRWGr40l8k)

By a Waterfall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0SERv-QFk)

California, Here I Come! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRF__3FWIp4)

It Had to Be You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_rHbBFhwAI)

Shuffle Off to Buffalo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mcNUrxh0k)

42nd Street (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TrNWbPweY)

April Showers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWWVGyxvSCk)

More finds are welcome!

[Joe H]

Oh, Susanna! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8yrBeigJwU)

[oceansoul]

Carolina in the Morning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MAtltZAlN4)

Ain't She Sweet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8s4FoKenU)

Ain't We Got Fun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy3QU1fQCqc)

Hello My Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xagjEfzV8qI)

[Leviathan]

Here:s a more obscure one: BEI MIR BIST DU SCHON (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8--9-LCJ14)(heard in several late-30's Merrie Melodies, Egghead sings it in A-Lad-IN Baghdad)

[janiepooh34]

The old stand by;

Raymond Scott's Powerhouse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDqR4fqIWE)

[Cartman]

Here are a few more:

The Hut Sut Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kKU1S0lWxo)

Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07xFlP_nA0)

When Irish Eyes are Smiling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QbKnHKMLAI)

The Arkansas Traveler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0GoxpbyyN8)

[Jon Cooke]

Great thread! A few more:

Umbrella Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1uMjz3n3w

Playmates - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_2grwv3hg4

I Love to Singa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXumgSDQPH4

Merry Go Round Broke Down - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOg2wL9W_Vs

We're in the Money - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqbuS7U1SWQ

Pettin' in the Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51pmycBcvBU

Strip Polka - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfDaR3iHk5U (heard in a couple Pvt Snafu shorts)

Jeepers Creepers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDaooJR66hs

Honeymoon Hotel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLYwSJMJoDo

[looneytooney]

Where is Playmates heard?

[Cartman]

Where is Playmates heard?
It can be heard in PORKY'S PREVIEW during (I think) the scene where the skunk walks to the ticket booth.

[Jon Cooke]

It can be heard in PORKY'S PREVIEW during (I think) the scene where the skunk walks to the ticket booth.

It's also the song the mice sing in "We the Animals, Squeak".

[Jon Cooke]

Little Man You've Had a Busy Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zR5ux1lGcA

When My Dreamboat Comes Home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLqMtkViaY

Merrily We Roll Along - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmkE5Yza054

Lady Play Your Mandolin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBlOX7zOtEA

The Charleston - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s58iTzznkp0

By the Light of the Silvery Moon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLUdsDeI3I


Somebody should make this thread a YouTube playlist. :cool:

EDIT:

When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kR903kEc-8

[Mac]

Great idea for a thread! I'm only familiar with most of these songs because of the cartoons. I find it odd how, when watching these videos, a lot of the songs sound really old and dated, but in the cartoons they still seem really fresh and a perfect fit to the action. Does anybody else think this, or is it just me?

[Speedy Boris]

^ I agree. Stalling and Franklyn were geniuses.

[Speedy Boris]

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBiSd9R9YUA)

[Fibber Fox]

Hey guys, I'm trying to catalogue a list of popular songs that were used in Looney Tunes, performed by various artists. Here's what I've got so far:

Wasn't just about every song from a Warners' musical used? Things like "I'd Love To Take Orders From You," "Singing in the Bathtub, "Page Miss Glory" etc.?

I Only Have Eyes For You
Sweet Georgia Brown
Song of the Marines
Nagasaki
Moonlight Bay (there's nothing like drunken fish in a cartoon)
She Was Only an Acrobat's Daughter (please do not spit on the floor)

The list is probably endless.

F. Fox

[Speedy Boris]

A Rainy Night in Rio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzTO4cTbKU)

A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RODS-Dy3w98) (apologies for the poor sound quality)

Baby Face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaTMwxgB9A4) (the man in the video is quite the opposite of a baby face. ;) )

[Jon Cooke]

In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rUri2TJyiI

Bye Bye Blackbird - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLpyiMYF-Q

Ain't She Sweet? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDORuUk1y0

Listen to the Mocking Bird - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNGrtxo8zXM

She Broke My Heart In Three Places - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRjcdagNKPY

Mexican Hat Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHRm3JfHIEg

I'm Just Wild About Harry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjraILHi8uw

[janiepooh34]

Great idea for a thread! I'm only familiar with most of these songs because of the cartoons. I find it odd how, when watching these videos, a lot of the songs sound really old and dated, but in the cartoons they still seem really fresh and a perfect fit to the action. Does anybody else think this, or is it just me?

My problem is that a lot of these links are not from the era, they are newer. I would rather see the old stuff. So, I think that is what makes some of these things seem dated. If it's not Al Jolson singing "April Showers" its just not right!

[J. J. Hunsecker]

YOU'RE AN EDUCATION (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwakeXynEJQ)

[J. J. Hunsecker]

GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT (heard in Tashlin's Hare Remover)

I couldn't find the song on Youtube, but you can hear it here. (http://www.emusic.com/album/Vocal-Masters-September-Song-Al-Martino-MP3-Download/11009231.html?fref=150051) It's song #11.

[Alf]

WOODEN HEAD PUDDEN´HEAD JONES

By the way, is there a way of getting an audio recording of this one? I have searched everywhere through the ´net, but with no success.

[AndrewGilmore]

WOODEN HEAD PUDDEN´HEAD JONES

By the way, is there a way of getting an audio recording of this one? I have searched everywhere through the ´net, but with no success.

Versions by both Rudy Vallee and Hal Kemp can found on jazz-on-line.com

[AndrewGilmore]

She Broke My Heart In Three Places - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRjcdagNKPY

Don't think I recognize this one, Doc. What cartoon(s) was it used in?

[Jon Cooke]

Don't think I recognize this one, Doc. What cartoon(s) was it used in?

It plays over the titles of "Book Revue". That's the only example I can think of off-hand, though.

[The Spectre]

It's also in the opening titles of "A Gruesome Twosome". I never knew it was a song with a title until now, what a great thread!

[Speedy Boris]

It's Magic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-1yrFtW-g) (the actual song is a couple minutes in)

[janiepooh34]

Here's another:

If I could be with you one hour tonight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qdElbF-SMM&feature=related)

[Javeman]

"Dixie" on The Beverly Hillbillies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzJQuWHHSSw

"Camptown Races! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lde8Qw0Ms

Bonus Track! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UcXBcMxUPc (You'll have to click to see it. It's hilarious)

[Larry T]

What a great thread!!!!

Here's a few more:

MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE TUNE FROM THE JAZZ ERA- see if you can guess which cartoons it came from....!!
Black Coffee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEvH6AObgo)

Some more:

Get Happy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-6BV7fP3TA) (Think early Merrie Melodies theme song)

Twilight In Turkey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdDFFKCWReQ)

Nagasaki (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGDujtewn74)

Here's another rendition of that one, not bad but wow, this is dated humour but the skee-bopping at the end is good...
Nagasaki - Pathe Films (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNQz7Tm2KJ8)

and it's not a Looney Tunes based song, but it's a great one from Betty Boop MD.... however, Bimbo does a great job handling it in that cartoon!!!

Nobody's Sweetheart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouUcwzCslpk)

Also... for Tom & Jerry fans....

Is You Is My Baby (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kjE2v1oDnbs&feature=related)


Here:s a more obscure one: BEI MIR BIST DU SCHON (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8--9-LCJ14)(heard in several late-30's Merrie Melodies, Egghead sings it in A-Lad-IN Baghdad)

Thanks a lot for posting that one!!! I had no idea what that song was called, but it's another of my favourites! It's also heard briefly in "You're An Education"...

[Duck Dodgers]

What a great thread!!!!

Here's a few more:

MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE TUNE FROM THE JAZZ ERA- see if you can guess which cartoons it came from....!!
Black Coffee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEvH6AObgo)


Prest-O Change-O!!!!;)

[Cartman]

This clip has two songs in one: Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair and Old Black Joe, bot from Swanee River, starring Don Ameche as Stephen Fostor (haven't seen the film though)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4rHE1nIVdo

[Speedy Boris]

They're Either Too Young or Too Old: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikVssGNdsgQ (starts about 40 seconds in)

[Cartman]

I found another one. This isn't on Youtube, but it is heard in an LT cartoon. The title is Go Get the Axe (http://www.contemplator.com/england/gogetax.html) and you can hear Bugs singing it at the beginning of HARE TRIGGER. It is also sung in the Oswald cartoon ALASKA.

[Mac]

I found another one. This isn't on Youtube, but it is heard in an LT cartoon. The title is Go Get the Axe (http://www.contemplator.com/england/gogetax.html) and you can hear Bugs singing it at the beginning of HARE TRIGGER. It is also sung in the Oswald cartoon ALASKA.

There sure are some messed up lyrics in this one: "Go get the ax,
There's a fly on the baby's chest"!

[AnthroCoon]

>>I'm only familiar with most of these songs because of the cartoons

Same here. I remember "Singing in the bathtub" from WB cartoons; never really heard the full version of it till a few years ago when Dr. Demento played a version of it from a children's record by John Lithgow

Wikipedia said it was in the very first Looney Tunes short and showed up
in 20 others!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin'_in_the_Bathtub

>>Warner Bros.' ownership of the copyright saved royalty payments

I noticed certain other songs also showed up and WB prob owned the
rights--not only saves royalty payments but maybe it was kind of
"advertising" the song...someone may have gone out to buy the sheet music.

[Speedy Boris]

Found another one: Pretty Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhqxFyDlYFc) . It's heard many times in Looney Tunes, such as the title card for "Goo Goo Goliath".

[jrinspace]

I have heard this song/melody in many LT/MM like "Porky at the Crocadero" (the old man from Guy Lombago and his boiled Kanadians warbles it before Porky does his Cab Calloway number), "The Film Fan" (plays when the busty snooty lady and her dog walks past the theatre), "She was an Acrobat’s Daughter" (heard at the beginning of the Bette Davis/Leslie Howard parody "The Petrified Florist" playing on screen), and at the beginning of both “The CooCoo Nut Grove” and “Speaking of the Weather”.

As a matter of fact, you couldn’t miss the melody as the last four LT/MM listed above are all on Disc #2 of Golden Collection #3.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-URbyxkDkLs (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-URbyxkDkLs)

[Leviathan]

Oh, my god THANK YOU! That is an excellent arrangement of that song (Summer Night)

[Speedy Boris]

It Can't Be Wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbR58xZXBhg)

[Speedy Boris]

It was referenced before, but I don't think anybody actually linked to anything. Anyway, here's Sweet Georgia Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhHH6vYzAgw) .

[Speedy Boris]

WOODEN HEAD PUDDEN´HEAD JONES

By the way, is there a way of getting an audio recording of this one? I have searched everywhere through the ´net, but with no success. There's also a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LsV-ks9d0Q

[AndrewGilmore]

Just discovered one called "The Old Apple Tree"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrMr810FvZs
but now I'm driving myself crazy trying to remember what cartoons it was used in!

[Speedy Boris]

Don't Sweetheart Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQUvTRTSVHU) , heard as the title card for "Design For Leaving" as well as elsewhere.

[Larry T]

Just discovered one called "The Old Apple Tree"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrMr810FvZs
but now I'm driving myself crazy trying to remember what cartoons it was used in!

Isn't that the tune that gets played when Sloppy Moe shakes the arrows out of his beard in "Injun Trouble"?

Actually I just checked.... it is :)

[Jon Cooke]

Isn't that the tune that gets played when Sloppy Moe shakes the arrows out of his beard in "Injun Trouble"?

Actually I just checked.... it is :)

It also shows up (with new lyrics) in "Gold Rush Daze".

[Ray Pointer]

As Time Goes By
Horay for Hollywood
A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You
They're Either Too Old, Or Too Young
The Whirling Dervish
The Penguin (Raymond Scott)
The Bow'ry
Tea for Two
Jeepers Creepers

[Larry T]

Here's another-

It's the great jazz number played at the end of Betty Boop's May Party when everything goes haywire:

It Don't Mean A Thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ARpFwQ9E0Y&feature=related)

[AndrewGilmore]

Here's another-

It's the great jazz number played at the end of Betty Boop's May Party when everything goes haywire:

It Don't Mean A Thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ARpFwQ9E0Y&feature=related)

a song composed by none other than the great Duke Ellington, I might add.

[larriva9/11]

Well, not quite "songs heard in Looney Tunes", but couldn't resist the sequence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzpe1Rq6f3o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U

[Speedy Boris]

Got another one. This tune is briefly heard in "The Hole Idea": King Chanticleer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIIWIjknUog)

[Matt the Y]

Just discovered one called "The Old Apple Tree"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrMr810FvZs
but now I'm driving myself crazy trying to remember what cartoons it was used in!

Off the top of my head.....

Sung by the crazy crow (with substitute lyrics) in "Corn Plastered"

Played when Daffy eludes the Wolf in "The Petrified Forest" in "Book Revue"

Played while Dora Standpipe hides her eyes and counts (under a tree, natch) while the Dover Boys try and find a place to hide in "The Dover Boys"

Played each time Willoughby runs into a tree and points it out to us in "The Crackpot Quail"

Played at frequent intervals (usually establishing scenes) in "Fair and Worm-er"

[Speedy Boris]

A Little On the Lonely Side (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q7h3qdZc94)

[Speedy Boris]

Here are a couple that played in "Dog Gone People":

Cheerful Little Earful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hnC1wAD5F0&feature=channel_page
I Want to Be Happy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aDJGvFSVOQ&feature=channel_page

[Emmanuel Cruz]

Ah, I'm happy to find "The Old Apple Tree" because I really enjoy the melody of that tune. I was watching "Gold Rush Daze" yesterday and the rendition done in the cartoon is always pleasant to hear.

Where would be a good place (besides iTunes) to buy recordings of these tunes? I highly doubt FYE or Best Buy would have them.

-EJC

[looneytooney]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NivdvMwcxmc

I'm Feeling High and Happy (also known as the Dodo's theme in the two Wackyland cartoons). Sorry that this is not really appropriate for the video content, but this is the only copy of the song I can find on YouTube.

[janiepooh34]

"Goofus" is a song I hear a lot when they show characters walking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNbye4m2Vs&feature=related

[looneytooney]

"Goofus" is a song I hear a lot when they show characters walking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNbye4m2Vs&feature=related

I've heard that tune also! I just can't place what cartoons I've heard it from.

[Speedy Boris]

Here's "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" by Harry Warren: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiF54LhRUjQ . This was heard in "Goldimouse and the Three Cats" when, appropriately enough, Sylvester suggests they take a walk while their meal cools.

[janiepooh34]

I've heard that tune also! I just can't place what cartoons I've heard it from.

The image that comes to mind for me is Porky walking in a farmyard and it is a black and white cartoon...does that nail it down??? :D I don't remember the names of cartoons like other people do.

[Speedy Boris]

Here's "Wintermarchen" (aka Hearts and Flowers), which played in numerous LT shorts, usually during sad scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uS5xPWfxPY . It was also the title card for "To Hare is Human", jazzed up a bit.

Also, "The Japanese Sandman", which is heard at the beginning of "A Sunbonnet Blue": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXubqxa4QI4&feature=channel

[looneytooney]

Here's "Wintermarchen" (aka Hearts and Flowers), which played in numerous LT shorts, usually during sad scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uS5xPWfxPY . It was also the title card for "To Hare is Human", jazzed up a bit.

Don't forget the scene in 'A Christmas Story' with Ralphie's "soap...poisoning" fantasy.

[olaf]

Great thread.

I wonder if someone has compiled a listing of famous songs borrowed for numerous Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes soundtracks, the cartoons they were in, and the person who originally made them famous...

In any case, I'm sure it would be an exhausting task.

Here are some more --

"Fiddle Dee Dee" by Styne/Cahn from the 1949 film 'It's a Great Feeling', which was sung by Bugs Bunny in the 1952 cartoon "The Hasty Hare".

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a sample by any performer.

"Singin' Down the Road" by Raymond Scott (!), which was Sniffles' theme in "Hush My Mouse" (1946). It was in the 1945 Roy Rogers film 'Bells of Rosarita'. A version by Hoagy Carmichael can be heard in the box set 'Hoagy Carmichael - In Person 1925-1955'.

It was hilarious to see Bobby Goldsboro & the Lennon Sisters singing 'A Rainy Night In Rio' (by Swartz/Robin), which was from the 1946 movie 'The Time, the Place and the Girl', and performed by Bugs Bunny (to the irritaion of Giovanni Jones) from "Long Haired Hair" (1949). Desi Arnaz also did a version.

Two other songs from this cartoon are "My Gal Is a High-Born Lady" (1886) by Barney Fagan, here sung by Len Spencer in 1896.

http://www.archive.org/details/MyGalIsAHighBornLadyByLenSpencer1896

and "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba", here performed by Rudy Vallee, 1931
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5B2F1VYqbA

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In the event someone hears a song in any Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes, you may find song titles listed in the cartoon's 'Soundtrack Listing' on IMDb.com -- Very, very helpful.

Here's another thread -- http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/archive/index.php/t-8500.html

I imagine there are others at -- http://www.animationshow.com/Forums/ -- and -- http://forum.bcdb.com

This other site -- http://www.classicmoviemusicals.com -- may also have information on where some song might have appeared first.

:bugs1:

[CartoonCrazy]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Smile Darn Ya Smile". Maybe I've been watching "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" too much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRUs8I9f64

[Speedy Boris]

This thread just keeps coming back. Bwahaha.

Lulu's Back in Town: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fme9Ojs_t18&feature=channel_page (heard in "Buddy the Gee Man")

Can't We Talk it Over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vS1-Qy0RqM&feature=channel_page (title card for "Wild Wife"; also heard in "Duck Amuck")

Bartered Bride- Dance of the Comedians: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOqz__nrkWk&feature=channel_page (heard in numerous Road Runner shorts)

Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWXYqZt31RE&feature=channel_page (title card for "Bee-deviled Bruin")

Avalon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O5nPM0atg0&feature=channel_page (title card for "Malibu Beach Party")

Young and Healthy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zBagl0r4_Y&feature=channel_page (heard in, what else, "Young and Healthy")

Cuddle Up a Little Closer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmmoaY3HSjE&feature=channel_page (heard in "Rabbit Romeo" and "Bunny Hugged")

Every Little Movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj5pVOKhK5Y (heard in "Bunny Hugged" and "Riff Raffy Daffy")