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"Lullaby of Broadway" is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1935. [1] The lyrics salute the nightlife of Broadway and its denizens, who "don't sleep tight until the dawn." The song was introduced by Wini Shaw in the musical film Gold Diggers of 1935, [1] and, in an unusual move, it was used as ...
Gold Diggers of 1935 is an American Warner Bros. musical film directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, his directorial debut.It stars Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Alice Brady, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh, and features Joseph Cawthorn, Grant Mitchell, Dorothy Dare, and Winifred Shaw.
Warren won the Academy Award for Best Song three times, collaborating with three different lyricists: "Lullaby of Broadway" with Al Dubin in 1935, "You'll Never Know" with Mack Gordon in 1943, and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" with Johnny Mercer in 1946. He was nominated for eleven Oscars.
Lullaby lyrics for five classics: The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Hush Little Baby, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and Are You Sleeping.
In 1980, producer David Merrick and director Gower Champion adapted the 1933 film 42nd Street into a Broadway musical that won The Tony Award for Best Musical in 1981. The book for the show was written by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble and featured a score that incorporated Warren and Dubin songs from various movie musicals including 42nd Street, Dames, Go Into Your Dance, Gold Diggers of ...
Lullaby of Broadway can refer to: "Lullaby of Broadway" (song) , a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1935 Lullaby of Broadway (film) , a 1951 movie with Doris Day, in which she sings the song
In 1935, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra had two No. 1 recordings on Decca, including "Lullaby of Broadway" with Bob Crosby on vocals, topping the charts for two weeks and No. 1 for three weeks. [ 2 ]
She is best remembered for introducing the song "Lullaby of Broadway" in the musical film Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935). [2] Shaw's only recording, with Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra, was "Lullaby of Broadway" and "I'm Goin' Shoppin' with You". Both songs were from the film, and the recording was made on February 28, 1935.