Well-known or Hit Songs By Kalmar and Ruby
- "Who's Sorry Now?" (1923): Kalmar and Ruby's first big hit.
- "I Wanna Be Loved by You" (1928): a hit for Helen Kane, known as the "Boop-boop-a-doop girl" and sung by Marilyn Monroe in the film Some Like It Hot
- "I Love You So Much" (1928)
- "Three Little Words" (1930): Their biggest hit.
- "Nevertheless" (1931): A hit for both Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee, later done by The Mills Brothers and Frank Sinatra.
- "I'm Against It," "I Always Get My Man," and "Everyone Says I Love You," "Horsefeathers," 1932
- "Hail, Hail Fredonia," "Duck Soup," 1933
- "What A Perfect Combination" (1932): lyrics by Kalmar and Irving Caesar, music by Ruby and Harry Akst, written for the Broadway show The Kid, which starred Eddie Cantor.
- "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (1935): His last hit.
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