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B 'Postrohe K No 'Postrophe Lyn

Words by Sammy Cahn, music by Jule Styne, ~1950
The West Point Story (sung and danced by James Cagney and Chorus), 1950



Babalu

English lyric by S. K. Russell, music by Margarita Lecuona, 1942
Introduced by Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
Two Girls and a Sailor (sung by Lina Romay with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra), 1944

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Babbitt and the Bromide, The

Hello! How are you?
Howza folks? What's new?
I'm great! That's good!
Ha! Ha! Knock wood!

Words by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, 1927
Introduced by Fred and Adele Astaire in the stage musical "Funny Face," 1927
Ziegfeld Follies (sung and danced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly), 1946
The only time Kelly and Astaire ever danced together in a regular feature film

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Babes in Arms

Words by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers, 1937
Introduced by Mitzi Green, Alfred Drake and Ray Heatherton in the stage musical "Babes in Arms," 1937
Babes in Arms (sung and marched by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Doug McPhail, Betty Jaynes and Ensemble), 1939

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Babes on Broadway

Words by Ralph Freed, music by Burton Lane, 1941
Introduced in the film Babes on Broadway by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Ray McDonald, Virginia Weidler, Richard Quine, Annie Rooney and the MGM Studio Chorus, 1941

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Baby, Baby, Baby

Words and music by Mack David and Jerry Livingston
Girls! Girls! Girls! (sung by Stella Stevens backed by The Jordanaires), 1962



Baby Come out of the Clouds

Written by Lee Pearl and Henry Nemo
Duchess of Idaho (sung by Lena Horne), 1950

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Baby Doll

Words by Johnny Mercer, music by Harry Warren
The Belle of New York (sung by Fred Astaire, danced by Fred and Vera-Ellen), 1952

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Baby Face

Words and music by Benny Davis and Harry Akst, 1926
Popularized by Eddie Cantor
Glorifying the American Girl (sung by Mary Eaton), 1930
Jolson Sings Again (Al Jolson dubbing for Larry Parks), 1949
Thoroughly Modern Millie (performed by Julie Andrews), 1967


Baby I Don't Care

Words and music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, ~1957
Jailhouse Rock (sung by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires), 1957

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Baby If You'll Give Me All Your Love

Words and music by Joy Byers, 1967
Double Trouble (sung by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires), 1967


music sheet cover Baby, It's Cold Outside

Words and music by Frank Loesser, 1949
Introduced in the film Neptune's Daughter by Ricardo Montalban with Esther Williams, Red Skelton and Betty Garrett, 1949
Best Song Academy Award Won Best Song Academy Award for 1949
Popularized by Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
Recorded by Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting

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Baby, Let Me Take You Dreaming
(aka "I'll Take You Dreaming")

Words by Sylvia Fine and Sammy Cahn, music by Sylvia Fine, ~1956
The Court Jester (sung by Danny Kaye), 1956


music sheet cover Baby Take a Bow

Words by Lew Brown, music by Lew Brown and Jay Gorney, 1934
Stand Up and Cheer (sung and danced by James Dunn, Shirley Temple and Chorus), 1935
Young People (sung by Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood [with slightly modified lyric], then sung by Jack Oakie and Shirley Temple [with the help of a double and inserts of the "Baby Take a Bow" number from the film Stand Up and Cheer]), 1940

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Baby, You Knock Me Out

Words by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by André Previn, 1955
It's Always Fair Weather (performed by Cyd Charisse and Chorus, Carol Richards dubbing for Charisse), 1955

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Baby, You'll Never Be Sorry

Words by Leo Robin, music by Jule Styne, 1951
Two Tickets to Broadway (sung by Gloria DeHaven and Eddie Bracken), 1951



Baby You're a Rich Man

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1967
Yellow Submarine (sung by The Beatles), 1968


Bach Invention #1

Words by Sammy Cahn, music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Jule Styne, 1947
It Happened in Brooklyn (sung by Kathryn Grayson and students, joined by Frank Sinatra at the end), 1947


Back, Back, Back to Baltimore

Written by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne, 1904
Look for the Silver Lining (sung and danced by Lyn and Lee Wilde, Rosemary DeCamp and Charlie Ruggles), 1949



Back Bay Polka, The (But Not in Boston)

(Posthumous) Music by George Gershwin reworked and lyrics added by Ira Gershwin, ~1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (sung by Betty Grable and the Boarders), 1947


Back Home Again in Indiana


Back in the Days of Old Broadway

Words by Charles Henderson, music by Alfred Newman, 1940
Lillian Russell (sung by Chorus as part of overture), 1940



Back in Your Own Backyard

Words and music by Al Jolson, Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer, 1928
Popularized by Al Jolson
Jolson Sings Again (sung by Al Jolson dubbing for Larry Parks), 1949
Say It with Songs (sung by Al Jolson), 1929

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Back to Back

Words and music by Irving Berlin, 1939
Introduced by Mary Healy in the film Second Fiddle, 1939
Recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

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Bad News

Words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, ~1954
Red Garters (sung by Rosemary Clooney), 1954

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Badinage

Written by Victor Herbert and A.L. Davis, 1897
Sweethearts (sung by Jeanette MacDonald), 1938

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Bal Petit Bal

Words and music by Francis Lemarque
New Faces (sung by Eartha Kitt), 1954

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Balboa

Words and music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1957
The Girl Most Likely (sung and danced by Jane Powell, Cliff Robertson, Kaye Ballard, Kelly Brown and Ensemble), 1957

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Balboa, The

Words by Sidney D. Mitchell, music by Lew Pollack, 1936
Pigskin Parade (sung by Judy Garland, also sung and danced by Dixie Dunbar, Johnny Downs, Betty Grable, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and The Yacht Club Boys), 1936

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Bali Boogie

Words and music by Sylvia Fine, 1945
Wonder Man (sung and danced by Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen and Goldwyn Girls; June Hutton dubbing for Vera Ellen), 1945



Bali Ha'i

Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers, 1949
Introduced by Juanita Hall in the stage musical "South Pacific," 1949
Popularized by Perry Como
South Pacific (Muriel Smith dubbing for Juanita Hall), 1958

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Ballad for Americans

Written by Earl Robinson and John Latouche, 1941
Musical sequence directed by Busby Berkeley; cut from Babes on Broadway, 1941
Born to Sing (finale production number sung by Doug McPhail and large Chorus), 1942



Ballet in Jive

Written by Ray Heindorf, 1944
Hollywood Canteen (danced by Joan McCracken and Ensemble), 1944



Ballin' the Jack

Now, first you put your two knees
Close up tight.
Then you sway it to the left
Then you sway it to the right.
Step around the floor kind of nice and light
Then you twist around and twist around
With all of your might.

Words by James Henry Burris, music by Chris Smith, 1913
Introduced in the stage revue "The Passing Show of 1915"
Popularized by Prince's Orchestra
For Me and My Gal (sung and danced by Gene Kelly and Judy Garland), 1942
On the Riviera (sung by Danny Kaye and Chorus, then sung and danced by Danny Kaye), 1951

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Baltimore Oriole

Words by Paul Francis Webster, music by Hoagy Carmichael, 1942
Introduced in the film To Have and Have Not by Hoagy Carmichael, 1944
The Stork Club (instrumental by Orchestra with drum solo), 1945

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Bambú Bambú
(aka "Bambu Bambu" or "Bambu")

Words and music by Almirante
Down Argentine Way (sung and danced by Carmen Miranda with the Carmen Miranda Band), 1940

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Banana

Words and music by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, ~1958
King Creole (sung and danced by Liliane Montevecchi), 1958


Band Played On, The

Words by John Palmer, music by Charles Ward, 1895
Introduced by Dan Quinn
Lillian Russell (sung by Alice Faye), 1940
Recorded by Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra (No. 1 Chart Record), 1941

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Bang! Bang!

Words by Sammy Cahn, music by Jimmy Van Heusen, ~1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods (sung by Sammy Davis Jr.), 1964


Banjo Song

Words and music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, 1978
The Magic of Lassie (sung by The Mike Curb Congregation onscreen), 1978



Banks of the Sacramento

Traditional American Folk Song
Arranged and adapted by Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, 1962
How the West Was Won (sung by The Ken Darby Singers), 1963

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Barber's Song, The

Words by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh, 1965
Introduced in the stage musical "Man of La Mancha," 1965
Man of La Mancha (performed by Gino Conforti), 1972

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IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
("The Barber of Seville")

Opera by Gioacchino Rossini, first performed in Rome, 1816

Arias and excerpts from films on Class Act:
Largo al factotum

Films on Class Act:
Broadway Melody of 1938 (sung by Charles Igor Gorin), 1937
For the Love of Mary (comic rendition performed by Deanna Durbin), 1948

The Barber of Seville
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Bare Necessities, The

Written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, 1967
The Jungle Book (sung by Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman, reprised by Bruce Reitherman, reprised by Phil Harris and Sebastian Cabot), 1967

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Barefoot Ballad

Words and music by Dolores Fuller and Lee Morris, ~1964
Kissin' Cousins (production number sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires, danced by all the kinfolk), 1964

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Barn Dance

Music by Gene DePaul, additional music by Adolph Deutsch, 1953
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (production number played by MGM Studio Orchestra, danced by principles and ensemble), 1954

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Baron Is in Conference, The

Words by Mack Gordon, music by Harry Warren, 1941
That Night in Rio (musical skit performed by Don Ameche and Ensemble), 1941





THE BARTERED BRIDE
The Bartered Bride

Opera by Bedrich Smetana, first performed in Prague, 1866

Used in films on Class Act:
The Unfinished Dance (excerpts, Ballet by Ensemble), 1947

The Bartered Bride
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Basal Metabolism

Written by Leonard Gershe and Roger Edens?
Funny Face (danced by Audrey Hepburn and two unidentified male dancers in coffee house), 1957


Basin Street Blues

Words and music by Spence Williams, 1928
Introduced by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
Popular Jazz standard
The Glenn Miller Story (played by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra with Gene Krupa on drums), 1954

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Battle Hymn of the Republic

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.

Words by Julia Ward Howe, music by William Steffe, 1862
San Francisco (sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Chorus), 1936
Yankee Doodle Dandy (part of "George Washington Jr." sequence, sung by Chorus), 1942
The Five Pennies (sung by Louis Armstrong, played by Red Nichols for Danny Kaye with Louis Armstrong and His Band), 1959
How the West Was Won (sung by The Ken Darby Singers), 1963

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Batuca Nega

Words and music by Ary Barroso
Something for the Boys (sung and danced by Carmen Miranda), 1944



Batuque Nio Morro

Written by Russo de Pandeiro and Sa Roris
Road to Rio (sung and danced by The Wiere Brothers, danced by Albert Ruiz, Laura Corbay, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby), 1947

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Baubles, Bangles and Beads

Words and music by Robert Wright and George Forrest, 1953
Introduced by Doretta Morrow in the stage musical "Kismet," 1953
Popularized by Peggy Lee
Kismet (sung by Ann Blyth and Chorus), 1955

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Bayou Lullaby

Words and music by Sammy Cahn and Nicholas Brodszky
The Toast of New Orleans (sung by Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson), 1950

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Be

Words and music by Neil Diamond, 1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Neil Diamond), 1973

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music sheet cover Be a Clown

Words and music by Cole Porter, 1946
The Pirate (sung and danced by Gene Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers, sung and danced by Gene Kelly and Judy Garland in the finale), 1948
Singin' in the Rain (used as melody in "Make 'Em Laugh" number performed by Donald O'Connor), 1952
Les Girls (short excerpt played in background by Orchestra during backstage scene), 1957

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Be a Good Scout

Words by Harold Adamson, music by Jimmy McHugh, 1938
That Certain Age (sung by Deanna Durbin), 1938



Be a Jumping Jack

Words by Ned Washington, music by Victor Young
The Greatest Show on Earth (sung by Betty Hutton and James Stewart while jumping on trampoline), 1952



Be a Ladies Man

Words by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, Music by Ray Henderson, 1927
Introduced in the stage musical "Good News" (as "He's a Ladies Man"), 1927
Good News (sung and danced by Peter Lawford, Ray McDonald, Mel Torme and two additional unidentified men), 1947

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Be a Lion

Words and music by Charlie Smalls
The Wiz (sung by Diana Ross, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell, Michael Jackson), 1978

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Be Back Soon

Words and music by Lionel Bart, 1960
Introduced in the London production of the stage musical "Oliver!" 1960
Oliver! (performed by Ron Moody and Boys), 1968

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Be Careful, It's My Heart

Words and music by Irving Berlin, 1942
Holiday Inn (sung by Bing Crosby, danced by Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds), 1942

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Be My Baby

Words and music by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, 1963
Quadrophenia (sung by The Ronettes on record player, danced by kids at party), 1979

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Be My Little Baby Bumblebee

Words by Stanley Murphy, music by Henry I. Marshall, 1912
Introduced in the stage revue "Ziegfeld Follies of 1913"
Shine On, Harvest Moon (sung by Irene Manning), 1944
The Eddie Cantor Story (sung and danced by Richard Monda playing Eddie Cantor as a boy and Childrens Ensemble onstage in Gus Edwards' "Kid Kabaret"), 1953
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (sung by Doris Day, Russell Arms and Gordon MacRae), 1953


music sheet cover Be My Love

Be my love, for no one else can end this yearning;
This need that you and you alone create.
Just fill my arms the way you've filled my dreams,
The dreams that you inspire with every sweet desire...

Words and music by Sammy Cahn and Nicholas Brodszky, 1949
The Toast of New Orleans (sung by Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson), 1950
Nominated for Best Song Academy Award for 1950
Because You're Mine (sung by Doretta Morrow), 1952
Niagara (played on carillon), 1953
Looking for Love (sung by Connie Francis), 1964

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Be Optimistic

Words and music by Walter Bullock and Harold Spina, 1938
Little Miss Broadway (sung by Shirley Temple, The Brian Sisters and the Orphan Girls), 1938


Be Our Guest

Words by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken, 1991
Beauty and the Beast (sung by Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Dishes), 1991

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Be Prepared

Words by Richard Quine, music by Fred Karger, 1959
It Happened to Jane (sung by Doris Day, Jack Lemmon and Cub Scouts), 1959



Beach Ball

Written by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner, 1964
Pajama Party (instrumental played by The Nooney Rickett 4, danced by the Pajama Boys and the Pajama Girls), 1964



Beach Blanket Bingo

Words and music by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner
Beach Blanket Bingo (sung by Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon and Chorus), 1965


Beach Boy Blues

Words and music by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, ~1961
Blue Hawaii (sung by Elvis Presley and Ensemble), 1961

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Beach Party

Written by Gary Usher and Roger Christian, ~1963
Beach Party (sung by Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon backed by Dick Dale and The Del Tones), 1963


Beach Shack

Words and music by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye, ~1966
Spinout (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires), 1966

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Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum

Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Georges Bizet
Music from the aria "Gypsy Song" from the opera CARMEN with new lyric
Carmen Jones (sung by Pearl Bailey and Ensemble), 1954

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Beautiful Beulah

Words and music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Summer Magic (used in background score, played and sung by Eddie Hodges and Hayley Mills), 1963



Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, The

Words by Don George, music bt Lionel Newman
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (sung offscreen by mens quartet), 1949



Beautiful Briny Sea, The

Words and music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (sung by Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson), 1971


Beautiful City

Written by Stephen Schwartz, 1971
Godspell (sung by The Company), 1973

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Beautiful Day, The

Words and music by Leslie Bricusse
Scrooge (sung by Richard Beaumont), 1970



Beautiful Dreamer

Words and music by Stephen Foster, 1864
Second Chorus (played by Paulette Goddard at the piano on-screen, Charles Butterworth on mandolin on-screen and sung by Charles Butterworth), 1940
Go West (sung by Diana Lewis), 1940
I Dream of Jeanie (sung by Bill Shirley serenading Inez), 1952

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Beautiful Face, Have a Heart

Written by Fred Fisher, James V. Monaco and Billy Rose, 1934
Funny Lady (sung by unidentified singer with Chorus), 1975



Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes

Words and music by Irving Berlin, 1920
Easter Parade (instrumental danced by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, comical number), 1948


Beautiful Girl

Words by Arthur Freed, music by Nacio Herb Brown, 1933
Stage Mother (sung by Sam Ash and Chorus), 1933
Going Hollywood (sung by Bing Crosby), 1933
Popularized by Bing Crosby
Singin' in the Rain (sung by Jimmy Thompson with string of Chorus Girls), 1952

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Beautiful Lady

Written by Ivan Caryll and C. H. S. McClellan
This Time for Keeps (instrumental in Esther Williams production number), 1950
Two Weeks with Love (sung by Chorus - part of the corset scene), 1950


Beautiful Ohio

Written by Mary Earl and Ballard MacDonald, 1918
Cairo (excerpt, part of medley, sung by Jeanette MacDonald and The King's Men), 1942

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Beautiful Things

Words and music by Leslie Bricusse, 1967
Doctor Dolittle (sung by Anthony Newly), 1967


Beauty and the Beast

Words by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken, 1992
Introduced by Angela Lansbury in the animated film Beauty and the Beast, 1991
Sung behind end credits of film by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
Best Song Academy Award Won Best Song Academy Award for 1991
Recorded and popularized by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson

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Beauty School Dropout

Words and music by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, 1972
Introduced in the stage musical "Grease" by Alan Paul, Marya Small and Chorus, 1972
Grease (performed by Frankie Avalon and Girls Chorus), 1978

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Because

Words by Edward Teschemacher, music by Guy d'Hardelot, 1902
Introduced by Enrico Caruso
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (sung by Deanna Durbin), 1939
Thrill of a Romance (