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• "The Flight of the Bumblebee"
  (1899-1900)
  Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (as N.A. Rimsky-Korsakoff)
  Performed by Harry James
  Courtesy of CBS Records
  Played during the opening credits
  
  
  
• "Dancing in the Dark"
  (1931)
  Music by Arthur Schwartz
  Lyrics by Howard Dietz
  Played at the Guess That Tune broadcast
  
  
  
• "Chinatown, My Chinatown"
  (1906)
  Music by Jean Schwartz
  Lyrics by William Jerome
  Played at the Guess That Tune broadcast
  
  
  
• "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing"
  (1932)
  Music by Tolchard Evans
  Lyrics by Stanley Damerell (as Stanley J. Damerell) and Robert Hargreaves
  Sung by Danielle Ferland (uncredited) in a radio commercial
  
  
  
• "September Song"
  (1944)
  Music by Kurt Weill
  Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
  In the score in a Rockaway scene
  Reprised at a beach scene and at the end
  
  
  
• "Body and Soul"
  (1930)
  Music by Johnny Green (as John W. Green)
  Lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton
  Performed by Benny Goodman
  Background music as Joe introduces his family
  Reprised for scenes at the zoo
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "In the Mood"
  (1939)
  Written by Joe Garland
  Performed by Glenn Miller on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Radio Show Themes"
  (1987)
  Music by Dick Hyman
  
  
  
• "I Double Dare You"
  (1937)
  Music by Jimmy Eaton
  Lyrics by Terry Shand
  Performed by Larry Clinton on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me"
  (1932)
  Music by Harry Warren
  Lyrics by Al Dubin
  Played at the roller rink
  
  
  
• "La Cumparsita"
  (1916)
  Written by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (as Matos Rodríguez)
  Performed by The Castilians on car radio at Breezy Point
  Courtesy of MCA Records
  
  
  
• "Carioca"
  (1933)
  Music by Vincent Youmans
  Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu
  Played as dance music at a nightclub
  
  
  
• "Tico Tico"
  (1942)
  (aka "Tico Tico No Fubá")
  Music by Zequinha De Abreu (as Zequinha Abreu)
  Lyrics by Aloysio De Oliveira (as Aloysio Oliveira)
  English Lyrics by Ervin Drake
  Performed by Denise Dumont (uncredited) with Tito Puente (uncredited) and His Band
  
  
  
• "Begin the Beguine"
  (1935)
  Written by Cole Porter
  Played as dance music at the nightclub
  Sung briefly by David Warrilow (uncredited) on the roof
  
  
  
• "Opus One"
  (1943)
  Written by Sy Oliver
  Performed by Tommy Dorsey on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Frenesi"
  (1939)
  Written by Alberto Domínguez (as A. Domínguez)
  English Lyrics by Ray Charles (uncredited) and S.K. Russell (uncredited)
  Performed by Artie Shaw on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "All or Nothing at All"
  (1940)
  Music by Arthur Altman
  Lyrics by Jack Lawrence
  Sung by Todd Field (uncredited) on radio
  
  
  
• "The Donkey Serenade"
  (1923)
  Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart
  Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
  Performed by Allan Jones on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "You and I"
  (1941)
  Written by Meredith Willson
  Performed by Tommy Dorsey
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  In the score during a flashback
  
  
  
• "Paper Doll"
  (1915)
  Written by Johnny Black (as Johnny S. Black)
  Performed by The Mills Brothers on radio
  Courtesy of MCA Records
  
  
  
• "Pistol Packin' Mama"
  (1943)
  Written by Al Dexter
  Performed by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
  In the score during the snowman sequence
  Courtesy of MCA Records
  
  
  
• "South American Way"
  (1939)
  Music by Jimmy McHugh
  Lyrics by Al Dubin
  Performed by Carmen Miranda on radio as Ruthie imitates her
  Reprised by Miranda during the end credits
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Mairzy Doats"
  (1943)
  Written by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
  Performed by The Merry Macs on radio
  Courtesy of MCA Records
  
  
  
• "If You Are But a Dream"
  (1941)
  Written by Moe Jaffe, Nat Bonx and Jack Fulton
  Adapted from "Romance" by Arthur B. Rubinstein (uncredited)
  Performed by Frank Sinatra as background during the Radio City Music Hall scene
  Courtesy of CBS Records
  
  
  
• "If I Didn't Care"
  (1939)
  Written by Jack Lawrence
  Performed by The Ink Spots as background in a nightclub
  Courtesy of MCA Records
  
  
  
• "Schloff mein Kind"
  Traditional
  Performed by Emil Decameron as background when Sally first gets on radio
  Courtesy of Vanguard Recording Society, Inc.
  
  
  
• "I Don't Want to Walk Without You"
  (1941)
  Music by Jule Styne
  Lyrics by Frank Loesser
  Performed by Mia Farrow (uncredited) at a USO show
  
  
  
• "Remember Pearl Harbor"
  (1941)
  Music by Don Reid and Sammy Kaye
  Lyrics by Don Reid
  Performed by Sammy Kaye as background after the Pearl Harbor bombing
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Babalu"
  (1941)
  Written by Margarita Lecuona
  English Lyrics by S.K. Russell
  Performed by Xavier Cugat with Richard Hayes (uncredited)
  Played for the substitute teacher scene
  Courtesy of PolyGram Records
  
  
  
• "They're Either Too Young or Too Old"
  (1943)
  Music by Arthur Schwartz
  Lyrics by Frank Loesser
  Performed by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (uncredited)
  Sung by Kitty Carlisle (uncredited) in a Maxwell House radio show
  
  
  
• "That Old Feeling"
  (1937)
  Music by Sammy Fain
  Lyrics by Lew Brown
  Performed by Guy Lombardo on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Re-Lax Jingle"
  (1987)
  Written by Dick Hyman
  Performed by Mia Farrow (uncredited) for a radio ad
  
  
  
• " (There'll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"
  (1941)
  Music by Walter Kent
  Lyrics by Nat Burton
  Performed by Glenn Miller on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Goodbye"
  (1934)
  Written by Gordon Jenkins
  Performed by Benny Goodman on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You"
  (1932)
  Music by George Bassman
  Lyrics by Ned Washington
  Performed by Tommy Dorsey on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Lullaby of Broadway"
  (1934)
  Music by Harry Warren
  Lyrics by Al Dubin
  Performed by Richard Himber on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "American Patrol"
  (1891)
  Written by F.W. Meacham
  Performed by Glenn Miller on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Take the 'A' Train"
  (1941)
  Written by Billy Strayhorn
  Performed by Duke Ellington
  In the score for the hospital scene
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "You'll Never Know"
  (1943)
  Music by Harry Warren
  Lyrics by Mack Gordon
  Played by the band at the Broadway dance palace
  
  
  
• "One, Two, Three, Kick"
  (1933-42)
  Music by Xavier Cugat
  Lyrics by Albert Stillman
  Performed by Xavier Cugat on radio
  Courtesy of RCA Records
  
  
  
• "Just One of Those Things"
  (1935)
  Written by Cole Porter
  Played as dance music at the King Cole room on New Year's Eve
  
  
  
• "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
  (1943)
  Written by Cole Porter
  Performed by Diane Keaton (uncredited) at a nightclub
  
  
  
• "Night and Day"
  (1932)
  Written by Cole Porter
  Played as dance music at a nightclub
  
  
  
• "The Sailor's Hornpipe"
  (uncredited)
  Traditional
  Played at the Guess That Tune broadcast
  
  
  
• "Auld Lang Syne"
  (uncredited)
  Traditional
  Played on New Year's Eve
  

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