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Thread #18329   Message #3634644
Posted By: Jim Dixon
19-Jun-14 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)
According to IMDb.com, STRIKE UP THE BAND (HERE COMES A SAILOR) has been used 11 times in various movie soundtracks:

1. Navy Blues (1929) - played by the ladies' band at the party
2. Way for a Sailor (1930) - played during the opening credits; also played on a concertina by Wallace Beery and sung by the sailors
3. Suicide Fleet (1931) - played during the opening credits medley
4. Midshipman Jack (1933) - part of a medley played during the opening credits and at the end
5. The Bowery (1933) - performed by Pert Kelton and chorus girls
6. This Is My Affair (1937) - played at the Capital Cafe; also sung by a chorus at the end, with modified lyrics ("..., Here Comes the Navy")
7. Thunder Afloat (1939) - played and sung by a chorus during the opening and end credits; also played on harmonica by a sailor; also played as background music often
8. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) - performed by June Havoc and chorus
9. The Naughty Nineties (1945) - played by the showboat band marching through Ironville
10. In Old Sacramento (1946)
11. Gobs of Fun (1949 Short Film)

The recording by June Havoc—presumably from "Hello, Frisco, Hello"—appears on two albums: "Famous Movie Melodies, Vol. 3" and "Movie Themes, Vol. 21," both of which can be heard on Spotify. However, she only sings one chorus and then segues into a different song: I'VE GOT A GAL IN EVERY PORT, which she sings as a duet with Jack Oakie.