Best Foot Forward > Film Soundtrack

Show Details

Show: Best Foot Forward (6)
Music: Ralph Blane (114), Hugh Martin (129)
Lyrics: Ralph Blane (114), Hugh Martin (129)
Book: John Cecil Holm

Recording Details

Date: 1943
Type: Audio / Film Cast
Language: English
Group/Studio: MGM
Producer: George Feltenstein (55)
Engineer: Doug Schwartz (21)
Mastering: Doug Schwartz (21)
Liner Notes: George Feltenstein (55)
Package Design: Bryan Lasley (3), Valerie Valera
Director: Edward Buzzell (6)
Choreography: Charles Walters (33)
Conductor: Lennie Hayton (81)
Music Director: Lennie Hayton (81)
Orchestrations: Ted Duncan (10), Robert Franklyn (31), Wally Heglin (20), Jack Matthias (4), Conrad Salinger (106)
Vocal Arrangements: Hugh Martin (129)
Performer: Ralph Blane (114) — dubs Jack Johnson,
Jeanne Darrell — dubs Virginia Weidler,
Gloria Grafton (6) — dubs Lucille Ball,
June Allyson (47), Kenny Bowers (2), MGM Studio Chorus (55), Gloria DeHaven (45), Tommy Dix (3), Helen Forrest (80), Sara Haden (5), Donald MacBride (5), The Music Maids (11), B. Saul, Beverly Tyler (3), Nancy Walker [1] (47)
Musician: Harry James & His Orchestra (7), MGM Studio Orchestra (66)
Shortcode: [r1739]

Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings

	That's Entertainment! III - 1994 Film Soundtrack	The Three B's
	That's Entertainment! The Ultimate Anthology of MGM Musicals	The Three B's
	Alive And Kickin': Big Band Sounds At M-G-M - 1997 Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology	Alive and Kicking

Releases (2)

Format: CD
Label: Rhino 7774
Released: 2004-01-01
Country: US
Barcode: 0603497777426
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Notes: "Rhino Handmade"
# Tracks: 24
Length: 1:18:47
Lists: 41 collectors / 2 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl4610]

1. Overture -- MGM Studio Orchestra
2. Main Title (Buckle Down Winsocki, You're Lucky) -- Ralph Blane, MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus
3. Opening (Gymnasium/Arrival of Girls/Buckle Down Winsocki) -- MGM Studio Orchestra
4. Wish I May -- June Allyson, Ralph Blane (for Jack Jordan), Kenny Bowers, Sara Haden, Gloria DeHaven, Donald MacBride, MGM Studio Chorus
5. Three Men on a Date -- Tommy Dix, Ralph Blane (for Jack Jordan), Kenny Bowers
6. Two O'Clock Jump -- Harry James & His Orchestra
7. Ev'ry Time (Orchestral Version) -- Harry James & His Orchestra
8. Ev'ry Time (Vocal Reprise) -- Jeanne Durrell (for Virginia Weidler)
9. Flight of the Bumblebee -- Harry James & His Orchestra
10. Three B's -- June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Nancy Walker, MGM Studio Chorus, with Harry James & His Orchestra
11. I Know You by Heart (Orchestral Version) -- Harry James & His Orchestra
12. I Know You by Heart -- Tommy Dix
13. Shady Lady Bird -- Helen Forrest, B. Saul, Harry James & His Orchestra
14. My First Promise (The Ring Waltz) -- Helen Forrest, Beverly Tyler, Harry James & His Orchestra
15. Alive and Kickin' -- Nancy Walker, Harry James & His Orchestra
16. What Do You Think I Am? (Outtake) - June Allyson, Kenny Bowers
17. You're Lucky -- Gloria Grafton (for Lucille Ball
18. Buckle Down Winsocki -- Tommy Dix, MGM Studio Orchestra
Finale
19. Exit Music -- MGM Studio Orchestra
20. Wish I May (Alternate Take) -- June Allyson, Ralph Blane (for Jack Jordan), Kenny Bowers, Sara Haden, Gloria DeHaven, Donald MacBride, MGM Studio Chorus
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21. I Hope the Band Keeps Playing -- Bob Stanton, The Lyttle Sisters
22. Cocabola Tree -- Jean Porter, The Lyttle Sisters
23. As I Remember You -- Bob Stanton, Arthur Shutt (piano)
24. Fun on the Wonderful Midway -- Bob Stanton, Frances Rafferty, Chorus