Songs
The songs in Star Spangled Rhythm were written by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics):
- "Hit the Road to Dreamland" - sung by Mary Martin, Dick Powell and the Golden Gate Quartette
- "I'm Doing It for Defense" - sung by Betty Hutton
- "Old Glory" - sung by Bing Crosby and chorus
- "He Loved Me Till the All-Clear Came"
- "On the Swing Shift" - sung and danced by Marjorie Reynolds, Betty Jane Rhodes and Dona Drake
- "Sharp as a Tack" - sung by Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Katherine Dunham, Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart, and Woody Strode
- "A Sweater, Sarong and a Peek-A-Boo Bang" - sung by Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour, and Veronica Lake (dubbed by Martha Mears), and by Arthur Treacher, Walter Catlett and Sterling Holloway, in drag
- "That Old Black Magic" - sung by Johnny Johnston and danced by Vera Zorina
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