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Jack Brooks (I) (1912–1971)
Songwriter ("Ole Buttermilk Sky", "That's Amore"), composer and author, he came to the US in 1916 and wrote special material for Bing Crosby, Fred Allen and Phil Harris. He also wrote material for the Armed Forces Radio Service's "Command Performance". Joining ASCAP in 1946, his chief musical collaborators included Hoagy Carmichael, Walter Scharf,...
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Born:in Liverpool, England, UKDied:(age 59) in Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (166 credits)
Soundtrack (166 credits)
2020
Lovecraft Country
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Meet Me in Daegu
(2020)
... (writer: "You, Wonderful You")
2019
Britain's Got More Talent
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 2019: Auditions 1
(2019)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2018
I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.19
(2018)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.11
(2018)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2016
Who's Doing the Dishes?
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Edele Lynch
(2016)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2014
Linzer Eiszauber
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Eiszauber 2014: Die Magie des Eises
(2014)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2014
14.000.000.000$!!!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.5
(2014)
... (writer: "That's Amore")
2013
The Jonathan Ross Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Ant & Dec, Tim Roth, Gino D'Acampo and Kesha.
(2013)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2013
The Twenty-Eight Hits for Laughs
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Happy Birthday
(2013)
... (writer: "That's Amore")
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 2005 - 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- A Tree Grows in Springfield
(2012)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- Them, Robot
(2012)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore")
- The Italian Bob
(2005)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2011
20 to 1
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Adults Only 20 to 1: Sizzling Supermodels
(2011)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2010
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #10.8
(2010)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2009
Misfits
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(2009)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2009
Idol
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 30 October 2009
(2009)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2009
Loose Women
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #13.110
(2009)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2008
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Round 1: Part 3
(2008)
... (writer: "House of Bamboo" - uncredited)
2007
America's Got Talent
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Final Eight
(2007)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2007
Painkiller Jane
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Amazing Howie
(2007)
... (writer: "Who's Got The Action?")
2006
Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Bonus Features
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Moe n' Joe
(2006)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore")
2006
Without a Trace
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Check Your Head
(2006)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2005
Veronica Mars
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Hot Dogs
(2005)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2004
The Private Life of a Masterpiece
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Sandro Botticelli: La Primavera
(2004)
... (writer: "That's Amore")
2004
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Blindes Vertrauen
(2004)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2001
Zwei Männer am Herd
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Wie Pfeffer und Salz
(2001)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
2000
Columbo
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Murder with Too Many Notes
(2000)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore")
1999
King of the Hill
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Wedding of Bobby Hill
(1999)
... (writer: "That's Amore")
1998
Tohuwabohu
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Seite 45
(1998)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- 18. Juli 1998
(1998)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1998
ER
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Gut Reaction
(1998)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
3rd Rock from the Sun
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1997) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1996)
- Seven Deadly Clips
(1997)
... (writer: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- Dick Like Me
(1996)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1997
Friends
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The One with the Hypnosis Tape
(1997)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1993
Frasier
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Crucible
(1993)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1990
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- A Job, a Job, My Kingdom for a Job
(1990)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore")
1989
Moonlighting
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- In 'N Outlaws
(1989)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1989
Screen Two
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Firm
(1989)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1981) (writer - 1 episode, 1979)
- Gene Kelly
(1981)
... (lyrics: "You Wonderful You" - uncredited)
- Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
(1979)
... (writer: "A Four-Legged Friend" - uncredited)
1975
Paesano: A Voice in the Night
(lyrics: "Voice In The Night", "You're The Girl", "My Song") / (music: "Voice In The Night", "You're The Girl")
1966-1970
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #5.29
(1970)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.2
(1966)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1964
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(1964)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Meet The Beatles
(1964)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1957-1963
The Lawrence Welk Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- 400th Television Show: Guest Star - Eddie Peabody
(1963)
... (lyrics: "Innamorata" - uncredited)
- Episode #8.41
(1963)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore", "Innamorata" - uncredited)
- Guest Star: Fran Irwin
(1957)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1961-1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Sol and the Sponsor
(1962)
... (lyrics: "You Wonderful You" - uncredited)
- Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced
(1961)
... (lyrics: "You Wonderful You" - uncredited)
1957-1961
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Hoagy Carmichael
(1961)
... (lyrics: "Old Buttermilk Sky" - uncredited)
- Brenda Lee
(1961)
... (lyrics: "Set 'Em Up, Joe' - uncredited)
- Laraine Day
(1957)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1954-1960
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Frank Gorshin, Renee Taylor, Tommy Sands, The Lennon Sisters, the Crosby Brothers
(1960)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- Vera-Ellen, Dorothy Collins, Jimmie Rodgers, Harry Warren
(1958)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- Episode #6.60
(1954)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1960
Cinderfella
(lyrics: "Let Me Be a People (Plain Old Me)", "The Other Fella (A Soliloquy)", "The Princess Waltz (Once Upon A Time)", "Somebody")
1959
Startime
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Jazz Singer
(1959)
... (lyrics: "This is My Town")
1959
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Country Style
(1959)
... (writer: "A Four-Legged Friend" - uncredited)
1958
This Is Your Life
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Harry Warren
(1958)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1958
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.20
(1958)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1957
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Dean Martin
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Innamorata" - uncredited)
1955
Artists and Models
(lyrics: "Artists and Models", "The Bat Lady" (credit only), "Innamorata (Sweetheart)", "The Lucky Song", "When You Pretend", "You Look So Familiar")
1954
Name That Tune
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 14 October 1954
(1954)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore")
1953-1954
Your Hit Parade
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Episode dated 6 March 1954
(1954)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 27 February 1954
(1954)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore")
- Episode dated 26 December 1953
(1953)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1954
Coke Time
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Jill Corey
(1954)
... (lyrics: "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1953
Abbott & Costello Christmas Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.1
(1953)
... (lyrics: "You're the Right One", "That's Amore" - uncredited)
1953
The Caddy
("The Gay Continental", "It's A Whistle-in' Kinda Mornin'", "(It Takes A Lot Of Little Likes To Make) One Big Love", "That's Amoré (That's Love)", "What Wouldcha Do Without Me?", "You're The Right One")
1950
Buccaneer's Girl
(lyrics: "Here's to the Ladies", "Monsieur (You Have But to Say the Word)", "Because You're in Love", "A Sailor Sails the Seven Seas")
1949
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
(lyrics: "Look at Me", "They've Never Figured Out a Woman", "Men Are Little Children")
1948
The Countess of Monte Cristo
(lyrics: "Count Your Blessings", "Who Believes in Santa Claus", "The Friendly Polka")
1947/I
The Egg and I
(writer: "I Want To Be Talked About", "Jumpin' on Saturday Night" - uncredited)
1946
Black Angel
(lyrics: "Heartbreak", "I Want to Be Talked About", "Time Will Tell", "Continental Gentleman" - uncredited)
1946
Slightly Scandalous
(writer: "I Couldn't Love You Anymore", "When I Fall In Love", "Same Old Routine", "The Mad Hatter", "Baa Baa to You" - uncredited)
1946
The Mystery of Sherlock Holmes: Dressed To Kill
(lyrics: "Ya Never Know Just 'Oo You're Gonna Meet" - uncredited) / (music: "Ya Never Know Just 'Oo You're Gonna Meet" - uncredited)
1945
That Night with You
("Once Upon a Dream") / (lyrics: "Largo al factotum" from "Il barbiere di Siviglia", "Lullaby", "Shadows" - uncredited)
1945
Penthouse Rhythm
(writer: "When I Think of Heaven", "Peter Had a Wife and Couldn't Keep Her", "Up Comes Love", "Let's Go Americana")
1945
The Naughty Nineties
(lyrics: "Rolling Down the River", "I Can't Get You Out of My Mind" (1945), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - uncredited)
1945
Blonde Ransom
(lyrics: "Musical Wedding", "The Life of the Party", "A Million Dollars Worth of Dreams") / (music: "Musical Wedding", "The Life of the Party")
1945
Song of the Sarong
(writer: "Pied Pipers From Swingtown", "Ridin' on the Crest of a Cloud" - uncredited)
1945
Here Come the Co-eds
(lyrics: "Jumping On A Saturday Night", "Let's Play House", "I Don't Care If I Never Dream Again", "A New Day", "Hooray for Our Side", "Some Day We Will Remember", "The Head of the Class")
1942
Don't Get Personal
(writer: "It Doesn't Make Sense", "Now What Do We Do?", "Every Time A Moment Goes By")
1941
Melody Lane
(writer: "Cherokee Charlie", "Peaceful Ends the Day", "Caliacabu (Let's Go To Calicabu)", "Swing-a-bye My Baby", "Changeable Heart", "If It's a Dream", "Since the Farmer in the Dell" - uncredited)
1941
Once Upon a Summertime
(Short) (music: "Once Upon A Summertime", "What Happens To Us?", "Thumbs Up")
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