Rudy Vallee started his career as a saxophone player and singer and later became a band leader. In the 1920s and early 30s he had a hit radio program, The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour (where he was hated by his cast and crew due to his explosive ego-driven personality). In the early 1930's he was ranked with the likes of Bing Crosby and the tragic Russ Columbo in the Hit Parade...See full bio »
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Vaudeville
(1997)
(writer: "Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho!" - uncredited, "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" - uncredited / performer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" - uncredited)
1995Nixon
(performer: "STEIN SONG UNIVERSITY OF MAINE" / arranger: "STEIN SONG UNIVERSITY OF MAINE")
1993King of the Hill
(performer: "Kitty from Kansas City" 1921, "If I Had a Girl Like You" 1925, "You'll Do It Someday" 1929 / "Kitty from Kansas City" 1921)
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Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley
(1977)
(writer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" - uncredited / performer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" - uncredited, "Honey" - uncredited)
1975Brother Can You Spare a Dime
(documentary)
(writer: "The Drunkard Song There Is a Tavern in the Town" ca 1883 / performer: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" 1931, "The Drunkard Song There Is a Tavern in the Town" ca 1883)
1942The Palm Beach Story
(performer: "Isn't It Romantic?" 1932 - uncredited, "Goodnight Sweetheart" 1931 - uncredited)
1941Too Many Blondes
(performer: "Whistle Your Blues To a Bluebird", "Don't Mind If I Do", "Let's Love Again", "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" - uncredited / "Let's Love Again")
1940Susan and God
(writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart" 1931 - uncredited)
1939Second Fiddle
(performer: "When Winter Comes", "I Poured My Heart Into A Song", "An Old Fashioned Tune Is Always New")
1938Gold Diggers in Paris
(performer: "Daydreaming All Night Long", "The Latin Quarter" - uncredited, "I Wanna Go Back to Bali" - uncredited, "A Stranger in Paree" - uncredited)
1936Shop Talk
(short)
(writer: "Somewhere in Your Heart" - uncredited)
1935Sweet Music
(performer: "Ev'ry Day" - uncredited, "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle" - uncredited, "The Good Green Acres of Home" - uncredited, "Outside" - uncredited, "Selzer's Cigars" - uncredited, "Sweet Music" - uncredited, "There's a Diff'rent You in Your Heart" - uncredited)
1935Bordertown
(writer: "Somewhere in Your Heart" 1934 - uncredited)
1934Babbitt
(writer: "Somewhere in Your Heart" - uncredited)
1934Change of Heart
(performer: "My Time Is Your Time" 1924 - uncredited)
1934George White's Scandals
(performer: "Sweet and Simple", "Hold My Hand", "My Dog Loves Your Dog", "Every Day Is Father's Day With Baby")
1933International House
(performer: "Thank Heaven For You" 1933 - uncredited)
1932The Musical Doctor
(short)
(performer: "Keep a Little Song Handy", "Missin' All the Kissin' from My Alabamy Mammy Pains", "My Mammy")
1932Rudy Vallee Melodies
(short)
(lyrics: "DEEP NIGHT" / performer: "DEEP NIGHT", "A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING", "STEIN SONG", "GOOD NIGHT, SWEETHEART", "KEEP A LITTLE SONG HANDY")
1931Musical Justice
(short)
(performer: "I'M ON THE JURY NOW", "A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING", "DON'T TAKE MY BOOP-OOP-A-DOOP AWAY")
1931Confessions of a Co-Ed
(music: "Betty Co-Ed" - uncredited / lyrics: "Betty Co-Ed" - uncredited)
1929The Vagabond Lover
(writer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" 1929 - uncredited / performer: "I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You" 1929 - uncredited, "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" 1929 - uncredited, "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" 1929 - uncredited, "Then I'll Be Reminded of You" 1929 - uncredited, "A Little Kiss Each Morning A Little Kiss Each Night" 1929 - uncredited)
It always seems foolish to me to try to criticize the public for liking a thing. We of the soft-crooning radio type of singer are giving the people what they want. The American public as a whole does not care for full-throated operatic singing. And why should it? Down through the ages it has been the simple song which has lived and continues to touch the heart of humanity...
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Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio at 1632 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
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