Caesar, Irving
Cahn, Sammy
Caldwell, Anne
Calloway, Cab
Cantor, Eddie
Carmichael, Hoagy
Chaplin, Charlie
Chaplin, Saul
Chevalier, Albert

Chopin, Frederic Francois
Cilea, Francesco
Cohan, George M.
Cole, Nat "King"
Comden, Betty
Conrad, Con
Copland, Aaron
Coward, Noel
Cugat, Xavier

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
From the Land of the Sky Blue Waters

Lyricist; born in Manhattan, N.Y. Published more than 1000 songs!

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Animal Crackers in My Soup
Cabin in the Cotton and Cotton in the Cabin
Call of the Sea
Crazy Rhythm
Every Day Is Father's Day with Baby
Hold My Hand
I Want to Be Happy
I'll Do the Strut-Away in My Cutaway
Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
It's All So New to Me
My Dog Loves Your Dog
Nasty Man
Six Women (Me and Henry the Eighth)
So Nice
Sometimes I'm Happy
Swanee
Sweet and Simple
Tea for Two
That's What I Want for Christmas
Umbriago
What a Perfect Combination
Yankee Doodle Blues, The

Compositions on JGDB:
If I Forget You

American-born lyricist; best remembered for collaborations with Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
All for One and One for All
Any Man Who Loves His Mother
Anywhere
As Long as There's Music
Ask the Madame
At the Cafe Rendezvous
B 'Postrohe K No 'Postrophe Lyn
Baby, Let Me Take You Dreaming
Bang! Bang!
Bayou Lullaby
Be My Love
Because You're Mine
Bei Mir Bist du Schoen
Better Day Is Coming, A
Blame My Absent-Minded Heart
Boom Biddy Boom Boom
Boy I Left Behind, The
Brooklyn Bridge, The
By the Kissing Rock
Charlotte Couldn't Charleston
Charm of You, The
Cinderella Jones
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
Cry and You Cry Alone
Dark Is the Night (C'est fini)
Dere's Yellow Gold on de Trees (De Banana)
Don't Be a Do-Badder
Elegant Captain Hook, The
Fiddle Dee Dee
Frankie and Johnny (special lyric)
Gal with the Yaller Shoes, The
Give Me a Song with a Beautiful Melody
Give Me Your Lips
Give Praise! Give Praise! Give Praise!
Hell Hath No Fury
Hey! What's Your Name?
Hey You with the Crazy Eyes
Home in the Meadow, A
How Do You Like Your Eggs in the Morning?
I Ask You
I Begged Her
I Believe
I Can See You
I Fall in Love Too Easily
I Love an Old Fashioned Song
I Refuse to Rock 'n' Roll
I Should Care
I'll Never Love You
I'll Never Stop Loving You
I'll Walk Alone
I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight
I'm in Love
If You Can Dream
If You're Waitin' I'm Waitin' Too
In Trinidad
Incurably Romantic
It Could Only Happen in Brooklyn
It Must Be Good
It's a Great Feeling
It's Magic
It's Raining Sundrops
It's the Same Old Dream
It's You or No One
Josie
Jungle Red
L'Amour Toujours (Tonight for Sure)
Let's Make Comparisons
Let's Make Love
Let's Not Be Sensible
Life Could Not Better Be
Life Is Such a Pleasure
Long Before I Knew You
Love Me
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Military Polka, The
Mister Booze
My Destiny
My Heart Knows a Lovely Song
My Kind of Town
My Lucky Charm
Now, Baby, Now
Opposite Sex, The
Outfox the Fox
Paris
Perfect Love, A
Place You Hold in My Heart, The
Put 'Em in a Box
Road to Hong Kong, The
Rock and Roll Tumbleweeds
Run, Run, Run
Second Hand Turban and a Crystal Ball, A
Second Star to the Right, The
Serenade
Sing Me a Song That Sells
So Long, Sarah Jane
Some Other Time
Song's Gotta Come from the Heart, The
Specialization
Style
Sunflower Song, The
Tapioca, The
Team Work
Ten Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Two Sheep
That Was a Big Fat Lie
That's What Makes Paris Paree
There's Nothin' Rougher Than Love
Thinkin' About the Wabash
This Is the Finale
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Time After Time
Tina Lina, The
Toast of New Orleans, The
Tonight And Every Night
Tourist Trade, The
Vict'ry Polka
Warmer Than a Whisper
We Hate to Leave
We Never Talk Much (We Just Sit Around)
Welcome Burleigh
What Does an English Girl Think of a Yank?
What Made the Red Man Red
What Makes the Sunset
When the One You Love (Simply Won't Love Back)
Where Does Love Begin
Whose Baby Are You
Why Must There Be an Opening Song
Wonder Why
Ya Gotta Give the People Hoke
You Can Bounce Right Back
You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
You Excite Me
You Love Me
You Never Know Where You're Goin' Till You Get There
You're the Cause of It All
Your Mother and Mine

Compositions on JGDB:
Call Me Irresponsible
(Can This Be) The End of the Rainbow
I've Heard That Song Before
Shoe Shine Boy

Born Boston, Massachusetts. Broadway librettist / lyricist

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Ka-Lu-A

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Smiles
Tell Me

Legendary singer / bandleader / songwriter, all-around entertainer. The hepest hep cat of them all! Caused many a commotion with his zoot suit!

See also: Actors: Cab Calloway

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Geechy Joe
Jumpin' Jive, The
Keep That Heigh-De-Ho in Your Soul
Minnie the Moocher
Rhythm Cocktail

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Bim, Bam, Boom
Oye Negra

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Goodnight Sweetheart

Compositions on JGDB:
If I Had You

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home

Legendary singer / actor / comedian / all-around entertainer also wrote a number of songs. One of the most beloved entertainers of al time; immensely popular in the 1920s through the 1940s.

See also: Actors: Eddie Cantor

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
There's Nothing Too Good for My Baby

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Summertime Blues

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
O Sole Mio

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Flashdance ... What a Feeling

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
You've Changed

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
America (My Country Tis of Thee)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Ja-Da
Philippine Dance, The

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Let the Rain Pour Down
Pat Sez He
Who Wants to Live Like That?

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Lonely Teardrops

Hoagland Howard Carmichael; born in Bloomington Indiana. American singer / actor / composer. Studied law at Indiana University; graduated with law degree in 1926, but turned to music for a career. One of his biggest hits has to be "Stardust."

See also: Actors: Carmichael, Hoagy

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Ain't There Anyone Here for Love
Baltimore Oriole
College Swing
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Down Boy
Heart and Soul
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
Judy
Nearness of You, The
Two Sleepy People
When Love Goes Wrong (Nothin' Goes Right)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
We Don't Want the Bacon, What We Want Is a Piece of the Rhine

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
There's No Tomorrow

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
South of the Border

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
By the Beautiful Sea
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
He Takes Me Off His Income Tax
Love Is a Simple Thing
Monotonous
Penny Candy
Time for Tea

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Beautiful Lady

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Sweet Georgia Brown

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Alone at a Drive-In Movie
Beauty School Dropout
Born to Hand-Jive
Freddy, My Love
Greased Lightnin'
It's Raining on Prom Night
Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee
Mooning
Rock 'n' Roll Party Queen
Summer Nights
There Are Worse Things I Could Do
Those Magic Changes
We Go Together

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Rumba Rumba

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
By the Waters of the Minnetonka

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Mississippi Mud

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
España

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Canadian Capers

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Charlena

Charles Spencer Chaplin; born London, England. Legendary comedian / actor / director / producer / composer / screenwriter.

Compositions on JGDB:
Smile

Composer / lyricist; born Brooklyn, N.Y. Often collaborated with Sammy Cahn.

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
All for You
Anniversary Song
Bei Mir Bist du Schoen
Count Your Blessings
Friendly Polka, The
Heavenly Music
Horatio's Narration
Seventeen Thousand Telephone Poles
Who Believes in Santa Claus
You Wonderful You

Compositions on JGDB:
(Can This Be) The End of the Rainbow
Shoe Shine Boy

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Gettin' Corns for My Country

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
There'll Always Be an England

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
My Man (original French lyric)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
What'd I Say

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Easy Street
I Don't Need Anything But You
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
It's the Hard-Knock Life
Let's Go to the Movies
Little Girls
Maybe
Sandy (Dumb Dog)
Sign
Tomorrow
We Got Annie
You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
If I Were King
King Louie
Mary, Queen of Heaven
What France Needs

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Charlena

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Love at Last
Peckin'
Rhythm of the Islands
Rhythm of the Rio
Tra-La-La

Legendary British actor / music hall entertainer / composer. Brother of Charles Ingle.

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Wot' Cher! (Knock'd 'Em in the Old Kent Road)

Born in Poland. Popular classical composer / pianist; one of the greats!

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 in E Flat Major
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat Op. 53 "Heroic"
Revolutionary Étude
Waltz in D Flat, Opus 64, No. 1 ("Minute Waltz")

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Beach Party
Bikini Drag
Gasser, The
Muscle Beach Party
Muscle Bustle
My First Love
Record Run
Runnin' Wild
Secret Surfin' Spot
Ski Party
Surfer's Holiday
Surfin' Woodie
Swingin' and a-Surfin'

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Do I Love You?
Valentine

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Washing Song)
Happy as a Lark
Heigh-Ho
I'm Wishing
Never Smile at a Crocodile
One Song
Put Your Heart in a Song
Silly Song, The
Some Day My Prince Will Come
Songs of Italy
Sunny Side of Things, The
Whistle While You Work
With a Smile and a Song

Compositions used in films on Class Act:

Arias and excerpts:
Lamento di Federico (from L'ARLESIANA)

Operas:
L'ARLESIANA

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Honey Chile
(I'd Climb the Highest Mountain) If I Knew I'd Find You
Keeping Myself for You
La Locumba
Love is Smiling at Me
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
Music is Magic
My Future Star
On the Good Ship Lollipop
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Yes to You

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Roundup Lullaby

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Am I Blue
Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
In the Land of Beginning Again
Mother of Mine I Still Have You
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Second Hand Rose

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
I'm Sorry I Made You Cry

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
I Surrender Dear

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
If My Sister's in Trouble

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
If I Was a Millionaire
Yip I Addy I Ay!

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Old Piano Roll Blues, The

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Whispering

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Summertime Blues

Actor / producer / composer born in Providence, Rhode Island. Produced many big hits on Broadway in the early part of the 20th Century. Much of his music is of a "flag-waving," patriotic nature, and much is still popular today. Portrayed by James Cagney in the 1942 film, Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Belle of the Barber's Ball, The
Billie
Blue Skies, Gray Skies
Forty Five Minutes from Broadway
Give My Regards to Broadway
Harrigan
I Was Born in Virginia
In a Kingdom of Our Own
Keep Your Eyes Upon Me and Vaudeville
Like the Wandering Minstrel
Man Who Owns Broadway, The
Mary's a Grand Old Name
Nellie Is a Darlin'
Nellie Kelly, I Love You
Oh You Wonderful Girl
Over There
So Long Mary
Warmest Baby in the Bunch, The
(I Am The) Yankee Doodle Boy
You're a Grand Old Flag

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Keep Your Eyes Upon Me (The Dancing Master)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Canadian Capers

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
The Fairy Song (adaptation)
Oh, What a Day (adaptation)
Punch and Judy's Dance (adaptation)
Sugar and Spice (adaptation)
The Witch Is Dead (adaptation)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
I Don't Like You No More
Toreador

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
(Maine) Stein Song

Nathaniel Coles; born Montgomery, Alabama. Legendary pianist / singer / bandleader / composer. Father of Natalie Cole.

See also: Actors: Nat "King" Cole

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
That Ain't Right

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Under the Bamboo Tree

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Big Spender
I Love to Cry at Weddings
I'm a Brass Band
If My Friends Could See Me Now
It's a Nice Face
My Personal Property
Rhythm of Life
Rich Man's Frug
Sweet Charity
There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This
Where Am I Going

Compositions on JGDB:
Best Is Yet to Come, The
Doodlin' Song, A
Hey, Look Me Over

Betty Comden has collaborated with Adolph Green to write many successful movie screenplays and song lyrics, as well as stage musicals books and lyrics. They have worked together for about 50 years now, winning many awards for their exceptional work.

Films:
Films on Class Act:
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
It's Always Fair Weather (AAN, 1955)
The Band Wagon (screenplay, AAN, 1954)
Singin' in the Rain (1951)
On the Town (1949)
The Barkleys of Broadway (screenplay, 1949)
Good News (1947)
(many others)

Songs:
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Baby, You Knock Me Out
Bells Are Ringing
Come up to My Place
Count on Me
Do It Yourself
Drop That Name
French Lesson, The
I Feel Like I'm Not out of Bed Yet
I Like Myself
I Love Your Sunny Teeth / Oh How It Hurts / Hot and Cold
I Met a Girl
I'm Goin' Back
It's a Perfect Relationship
It's a Simple Little System
It's Better Than a Dream
It's Fate Baby, It's Fate
Just in Time
Main Street
March, March
Midas Touch, The
Miss Turnstiles Dance
Moses
Mu Cha Cha
Music Is Better Than Words
New York, New York
O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg
On the Town
Party's Over, The
Prehistoric Man
Right Girl for Me, The
Situation Wise
Stillman's Gym
Thanks a Lot, But No Thanks
That's All There Is Folks
Time for Parting, The
Why Are We Here?
Yes, Indeed
You're Awful

Compositions on JGDB:
Comes Once in a Lifetime
Make Someone Happy

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Dizzy Fingers
Stumbling

Compositions on JGDB:
Cottage for Sale, A

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Yes, We Have No Bananas

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Goodnight Sweetheart

Compositions on Class Act:
If I Had You

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Lonely Night

Conrad K. Dober; born New York, N.Y. Vaudeville performer / composer / pianist / publisher.

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Bend Down, Sister
Circus Must Be Different In a Ziegfeld Show, A
Continental, The
Dunk, Dunk, Dunk
Goose Pimples
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (Hinky-Dinky Parlex-vous)
Margie
Needle in a Haystack, A
Oh, Frenchy
Only When You're in My Arms
Yes, Yes (My Honey Said Yes, Yes)

Compositions on JGDB:
Americana
Opera vs. Jazz (Americana Reprise)

Compositions on JGDB:
Maybe I'll Come Back

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
You Send Me

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Sweet Genevieve

Compositions on JGDB:
Star of the East, The

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
If You Think I Don't Need You

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Your Last Chance

Compositions on JGDB:
You Go to My Head

Highly respected New York born composer / lyricist of ballet, orchestral music, choral music and movie scores.

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Fantasia Mexicana

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
The Machine Gun Song

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
There's No Tomorrow

Compositions on JGDB:
I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Beware My Heart
I Haven't Got a Thing to Sell
If I Were King
If You Want to Make a Hit with Fifi
It's On, It's Off
It's Raining Sunbeams
Je Vous Aime
King Louie
Let's Do the Copacabana
Mary, Queen of Heaven
Mr. Paganini, You'll Have to Swing It (If You Can't Sing It)
My Heart Was Doing a Bolero
Sing You Sinners
Song of the South
Stranger Things Have Happened
We've Come to Copa

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
A'Frangesa

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Manhunt

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Waltzing Matilda

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You (Dream of My Heart)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Do I Worry?

Author / composer / lyricist / actor / singer / director. Highly admired by the public and by his peers.

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Dear Little Cafe
I'll See You Again
If You Could Only Come with Me
Kiss Me
Ladies of the Town
Love in Any Language
Tokay
What Is Love?
Zigeuner

Compositions on JGDB:
If Love Were All
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Play, Orchestra, Play
Poor Little Rich Girl
Sail Away

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Harem Holiday

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Funny Little Butterflies
The Girl Is a Girl Is a Girl

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
After You've Gone
If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Can't Help Falling in Love
Hawaiian Sweetheart (Ku-U-I-Po)
Wild in the Country

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Green Onions

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Let's Make Comparisons

Compositions on JGDB:
I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Cat's Lullaby (I'll Watch Over You)
Gift for the King
Happy Cat
Love at First Sight
Stick Your Neck out Now and Then
To Be Genteel

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Diz Que Tem

Spanish-American bandleader, featured in many musicals of the 1940s. Often seen holding a Chihuahua. Lina Romay often sang with his orchestra. Wrote some of his own material.

See also: Actors: Xavier Cugat

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Con Maracas
Cugat's Nougat
Nightingale
Un Poquito de Amor
Yo Te Amo Mucho (And That's That)

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Last Call for Love, The

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Didja Ever
Look Out! I'm Romantic
Machine Gun Song, The
That's What a Rainy Day Is For

Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Rock Around with Ollie Vee