The Barkleys of Broadway - Songs

Songs

  • "Swing Trot" - music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Dance critic Arlene Croce called this the best number in the film. Seen through the opening credits, it was released without visual impediment on That's Entertainment III (1997).
  • "Sabre Dance" - by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for piano and orchestra, with Oscar Levant at the piano
  • "You'd be Hard to Replace" - by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin
  • "Bouncin' the Blues" - by Harry Warren
  • "My One and Only Highland Fling" - by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin
  • "Weekend in the Country" - by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin. Performed by Astaire, Rogers and Oscar Levant.
  • "Shoes with Wings On" - by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin. Fred Astaire performs this number alone, as part of the show that Josh Barkley does by himself. It utilized green screen technology to have Astaire, a cobbler, dance with many pairs of shoes.
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky), First Movement - Performed by Oscar Levant with full symphony orchestra.
  • "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - by George Gershwin (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics). This song was also used in RKO's 1937 Astaire-Rogers film Shall We Dance, where Astaire had sung it to Rogers. Their dance duet here, one of their most effective, was the first time they danced it together.
  • "Manhattan Down Beat" - by Harry Warren and Ira Gershwin

Three other Harry Warren-Ira Gershwin songs were intended for the film but never used: "The Courtin' of Elmer and Ella," "Natchez on the Mississippi," and "Poetry in Motion."

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