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Joseph J. Lilley (1913–1971)

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Composer, orchestrator, and musical director at Paramount since he was in his early 20s. Studied at Juillard and in Nice, France. Member of ASCAP from 1947. Worked primarily at Paramount, 1943-1957. Wrote the song "(I've Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingle".

Born:

in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Died:

(age 57) in North Hollywood, California, USA

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1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (choral arranger)
 
1969 Paint Your Wagon (choral arranger, music assistant to producers)
 
1969 How to Commit Marriage (musical director)
 
1967 Easy Come, Easy Go (conductor)
 
1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style (conductor)
 
1964 Roustabout (conductor)
 
1963 Fun in Acapulco (conductor)
 
1963 Papa's Delicate Condition (conductor)
 
1962 Girls! Girls! Girls! (conductor)
 
1962 Gay Purr-ee (vocal arranger)
 
1961 Blue Hawaii (conductor)
 
1960 G.I. Blues (conductor)
 
1959 Li'l Abner (conductor, vocal arranger)
 
1959 Alias Jesse James (conductor, music arranger)
 
1957 Beau James (conductor, music arranger)
 
1956 That Certain Feeling (conductor)
 
1956 Anything Goes (conductor, music arranger)
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– High Tor (1956) (conductor)
 
1955 The Seven Little Foys (conductor)
 
1954 White Christmas (music director, vocal arranger)
 
1954 Red Garters (musical director, vocal adaptor)
 
1953 Money from Home (arranger: songs, conductor: songs)
 
1953 Those Redheads from Seattle (vocal adaptor)
 
1953 The Caddy (musical director)
 
1953 Scared Stiff (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director)
 
1953 Off Limits (vocal arranger)
 
1952 The Stooge (musical director)
 
1952 Just for You (vocal arranger)
 
1952 Somebody Loves Me (composer: additional music - uncredited, vocal arranger)
 
1952 Jumping Jacks (music director)
 
1952 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (vocal arranger)
 
1952 Sailor Beware (music director)
 
1951 My Favorite Spy (vocal arranger - uncredited)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom (musical director)
 
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid (vocal arranger)
 
1951 Call Me Mister (vocal arranger)
 
1950 At War with the Army (musical director - as Joseph Lilley)
 
1950 Mr. Music (musical director)
 
1950 Let's Dance (vocal arranger)
 
1950 Riding High (vocal arrangements)
 
1949 Dear Wife (composer: incidental music)
 
1949 Red, Hot and Blue (musical director)
 
1949 Top o' the Morning (vocal arranger)
 
1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (composer: additional music - uncredited, vocal arranger)
 
1948 Isn't It Romantic? (music adaptor, musical director)
 
1948 Big Sister Blues (short) (musical director)
 
1948 Gypsy Holiday (short) (musical director)
 
1948 The Emperor Waltz (vocal arranger)
 
1948 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (short) (musical director)
 
1947 Road to Rio (vocal arrangements)
 
1947 Midnight Serenade (short) (musical director)
 
1947 Where There's Life (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Variety Girl (musical director)
 
1947 The Perils of Pauline (vocal arranger)
 
1947 Welcome Stranger (vocal arranger)
 
1946 Cross My Heart (vocal arranger)
 
1946 Blue Skies (vocal arranger)
 
1946 Road to Utopia (vocal arranger)
 
1945 The Stork Club (vocal arranger)
 
1945 Masquerade in Mexico (vocal arranger)
 
1945 Duffy's Tavern (vocal arranger - uncredited)
 
1945 You Hit the Spot (short) (musical director)
 
1945 Incendiary Blonde (vocal arranger)
 
1945 Out of This World (composer: additional music - uncredited, music arranger)
 
1945 Murder, He Says (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Boogie Woogie (short) (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1945 Bring on the Girls (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Here Come the Waves (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Rainbow Island (vocal arranger)
 
1944 Hail the Conquering Hero (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Going My Way (composer: additional music - uncredited, vocal arranger)
 
1944 And the Angels Sing (vocal arranger)
 
1944 You Can't Ration Love (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1944 Lady in the Dark (vocal arranger)
 
1944 Standing Room Only (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Riding High (vocal arranger)
 
1943 Let's Face It (composer: additional music - uncredited, vocal arranger - uncredited)
 
1943 Henry Aldrich Swings It (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Dixie (vocal arranger)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (vocal arranger)
 
1942 Holiday Inn (vocal arranger - as Joseph Lilley)
 
1942 Are Husbands Necessary? (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Pacific Blackout (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Sullivan's Travels (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
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1969 How to Commit Marriage
 
1967 Easy Come, Easy Go
 
1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style
 
1964 The Disorderly Orderly
 
1964 Roustabout
 
1963 Fun in Acapulco
 
1963 Who's Minding the Store?
 
1963 Papa's Delicate Condition
 
1962 Girls! Girls! Girls!
 
1961 Blue Hawaii
 
1960 G.I. Blues
 
1959 Li'l Abner
 
1959 Alias Jesse James (uncredited)
 
1958 Paris Holiday
 
1957 Beau James (uncredited)
 
1956 That Certain Feeling
 
1955 The Seven Little Foys (music scored by: featuring the songs sung by Eddie Foy)
 
1954 White Christmas (uncredited)
 
1954 Red Garters (uncredited)
 
1953 The Caddy (uncredited)
 
1952 The Stooge (uncredited)
 
1952 Road to Bali (uncredited)
 
1952 Jumping Jacks (uncredited)
 
1952 Sailor Beware (uncredited)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom (uncredited)
 
1951 The Mating Season
 
1950 At War with the Army (uncredited)
 
1950 Mr. Music (uncredited)
 
1949 The Great Lover
 
1948 Big Sister Blues (short) (uncredited)
 
1948 Gypsy Holiday (short) (uncredited)
 
1948 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (short) (uncredited)
 
1947 Midnight Serenade (short) (uncredited)
 
1947 Variety Girl
 
1947 Ladies' Man (uncredited)
 
1946 Double Rhythm (short) (uncredited)
 
1946 A Tale of Two Cafes (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Fun Time (short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (25 titles)
2006 Jackass Number Two (documentary) ("Jingle Jangle Jingle" / as Joseph Lilley)
 
1999 Man on the Moon (music: "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" 1942 / as Joseph Lilley)
 
1996 American Strays (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle Jangle Jingle")
 
1981 The Waltons (TV series)
– The Gold Watch (1981) (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle Jangle Jingle")
 
1972 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
– Songs of the 40's (1972) (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1959 That Kind of Woman (music: " I Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle" - uncredited / lyrics: " I Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1957 Beau James (music: "His Honor the Mayor of New York")
 
1955 The Seven Little Foys (writer: "I'm the Greatest Father Of Them All" - uncredited)
 
1954 Casanova's Big Night (writer: "The Gondolier's Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1953 Money from Home (music: "Be Careful Song", "Love Is the Same All Over the World")
 
1952 Son of Paleface (writer: "I've Got Spurs that Jingle Jangle Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1952 Sailor Beware (music: "JINGLE, JANGLE, JINGLE" - uncredited)
 
1952 Snooze Reel (short) (writer: "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle")
 
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth (music: " I Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1949 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1949) (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1948 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (short) (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle Jangle Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1946 Till the End of Time (music: "I Got Spurs Jingle Jangle Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1945 The Stork Club (music: "Stork Trot" - uncredited)
 
1945 No Buddy Atoll (short) (music: "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1944 Hail the Conquering Hero (arranger: "Home to the Arms of Mother" 1944 - uncredited)
 
1944 Tunisian Victory (documentary) (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1942 Lost Canyon (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1942 The Forest Rangers (music: "JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE")
 
1942 True to the Army (music: "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - uncredited)
 
1942/II Popular Science (documentary short) (music: " I Got Spurs Jingle Jangle Jingle")
 
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1948 Dream Girl
Piano Player in Honky Tonk (uncredited)
 
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1944 Lady in the Dark (voice arrangements)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1957) Record album: "Alone Together - Joe Lilley presenting His Whispering Choir and the Skylarks" (Decca DL 8223)

Alternate Names:

Joseph Lilley
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Trivia:

Composer, orchestrator, and musical director at Paramount since he was in his early 20s. Studied at Juillard and in Nice, France. Member of ASCAP from 1947. Worked primarily at Paramount, 1943-1957. Wrote the song "(I've Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingle". See more »

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