Some of his best known songs include "The Donkey Serenade," "Sands of Time," "Willow, Willow, Willow," "Night of My Nights" and "I've Been Working on the Railroad."
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1977Roseland
("Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Stranger in Paradise" / as Robert Wright)
1971Taking Off
(music: "Stranger in Paradise" / as Robert Wright / lyrics: "Stranger in Paradise" / as Robert Wright)
1970Song of Norway
(music: "Wrong to Dream", "Ribbons and Wrappings", "Song of Norway", "A Welcome Toast", "Little House", "She Dances", "Kittleson Cartoons", "Hand in Hand", "John Heggerstrom", "Midsummer's Eve", "Solveig's Song", "Church Bells Ringing", "Be a Boy Again", "Three There Were", "Hill of Dreams", "Strange Music", "Solitary Wanderer", "Rhyme and a Reason", "Life of a Wife of a Sailor" / as Robert Wright / lyrics: "Wrong to Dream", "Ribbons and Wrappings", "Song of Norway", "A Welcome Toast", "Little House", "She Dances", "Kittleson Cartoons", "Hand in Hand", "John Heggerstrom", "Midsummer's Eve", "I Love You", "Solveig's Song", "Church Bells Ringing", "Be a Boy Again", "Three There Were", "Hill of Dreams", "Strange Music", "Solitary Wanderer", "Rhyme and a Reason", "Life of a Wife of a Sailor" / as Robert Wright)
1967Kismet
(TV movie)
(music: "Rhymes Have I", "Fate", "Not Since Nineveh", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Stranger in Paradise", "He's in Love!", "Gesticulate", "Night of My Nights", "Was I Wazir?", "And This Is My Beloved" / lyrics: "Rhymes Have I", "Fate", "Not Since Nineveh", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Stranger in Paradise", "He's in Love!", "Gesticulate", "Night of My Nights", "Was I Wazir?", "And This Is My Beloved")
1955Kismet
(music: "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads", "Stranger in Paradise", "Bored", "Rhymes Have I", "Night Of My Nights", "Not Since Nineveh", "Sands Of Time", "The Olive Tree", "Fate", "And This Is My Beloved", "Gesticulate", "Rahadlakum" / as Robert Wright / lyrics: "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads", "Stranger in Paradise", "Bored", "Rhymes Have I", "Night Of My Nights", "Not Since Nineveh", "Sands Of Time", "The Olive Tree", "Fate", "And This Is My Beloved", "Gesticulate", "Rahadlakum" / as Robert Wright)
1942I Married an Angel
(lyrics: "I Married an Angel" 1938, "Spring Is Here" 1938, "To Count Palaff There Comes a Time" 1942, "Surprise at Party" 1942, "Tira Lira La" 1942, "I'll Tell The Man In The Street" 1938, "Hey Butcher" 1942, "May I Present The Girl" 1942, "Now You've Met The Angel" 1942, "But What Of Truth" 1942, "A Twinkle In Your Eye" 1938, "Les tringles des sistres tintaient Gypsy song" from the opera "Carmen" 1875, "Willie's Former Girl Friends" 1942, "At the Roxy Music Hall" 1938)
1942Flying with Music
(writer: "If It's Love", "Rotana", "Pennies For Peppino", "Caribbean Magic", "Song of the Lagoon")
1941Fiesta
(lyrics: "I'll Never Forget Fiesta", "Never Trust a Jumping Bean", "Quien Sabe")
1941Blondie Goes Latin
(music: "You Don't Play a Drum, You Beat It", "I Hate Music Lessons", "Querida", "You Can Cry On My Shoulder", "Brazilian Cotillion" / lyrics: "You Don't Play a Drum, You Beat It", "I Hate Music Lessons", "Querida", "You Can Cry On My Shoulder", "Brazilian Cotillion")
1940Dance, Girl, Dance
(writer: "Mother, What Do I Do Now?" - uncredited / lyrics: "Jitterbug Bite" - uncredited, "Morning Star" - uncredited)
1940Music in My Heart
(music: "I've Got Music in My Heart" 1939, "Hearts in the Sky" 1939 - uncredited, "No Other Love" 1939, "Punchinello" 1939, "Oh What a Lovely Dream" 1939, "It's a Blue World" 1939 / lyrics: "I've Got Music in My Heart" 1939, "Hearts in the Sky" 1939 - uncredited, "No Other Love" 1939, "Punchinello" 1939, "Oh What a Lovely Dream" 1939, "It's a Blue World" 1939)
1939The Women
(lyrics: "Forevermore" 1939 - uncredited)
1937The Firefly
(lyrics: "LOVE IS LIKE A FIREFLY" 1937 - uncredited, "THE DONKEY SERENADE" 1937 - uncredited, "A WOMAN'S KISS" 1937 - uncredited, "WHEN A MAID COMES KNOCKING AT YOUR HEART" 1937 - uncredited)
(1944). Stage Play: Song of Norway. Musical/operetta. A New Operetta based on the Life and Music of Edvard Grieg. Musical Adaptation by Bob Wright [credited as Robert Wright] and Chet Forrest [credited as George Forrest[. Lyrics by Bob Wright [credited as Robert Wright] and Chet Forrest [credited as George Forrest]...
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Some of his best known songs include "The Donkey Serenade," "Sands of Time," "Willow, Willow, Willow," "Night of My Nights" and "I've Been Working on the Railroad."
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