{"id":50070,"date":"2025-10-10T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=50070"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:10:15","slug":"and-another-10-best-musical-numbers-you-may-not-have-seen-but-need-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/10\/and-another-10-best-musical-numbers-you-may-not-have-seen-but-need-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"And Another 10 Best Musical Numbers You May Not Have Seen (But Need to See)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, we\u2019re back with yet another slate of fun musical numbers from films that you may not have seen or even heard about. So, pay close attention as we set the Wayback Machine to a time when the big screen was routinely filled with song and dance.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFairy on the Clock\u201d from \u201cElstree Calling\u201d (1930)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American percussionist Teddy Brown was the biggest star in this musical revue from early in the British sound film era. Well, maybe not the biggest in terms of star power, but certainly in regards to circumference. Nonetheless, he was a genius at the xylophone, a lot of fun on the drums, and a uniquely charismatic personality.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/abGfgWGflVs?si=pv-qGOsSIJkWErFy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n\u201cToreador Song\u201d from \u201cMetropolitan\u201d (1935)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notable as the first production of the merged 20th Century Fox studio (which previously consisted of 20th Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation), this was the rare Golden Age film that offered opera selections without the Marx Brothers or cartoon characters. The highlight was the great baritone giving a wonderfully florid interpretation of the \u201cToreador Song\u201d from \u201cCarmen\u201d \u2013 without subtitles, no less!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onjq9jtzLic?si=aHvfnA1bw-rCHhBX\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cPig Foot Pete\u201d from \u201cKeep \u2018Em Flying\u201d (1941)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Academy Award trivia buffs know that the song \u201cPig Foot Pete\u201d received an Oscar nomination in connection with the 1942 Olsen and Johnson extravaganza \u201cHellzapoppin\u2019,\u201d which was a major error since the song was not from that film but from the 1941 Abbott and Costello romp \u201cKeep \u2018Em Flying.\u201d However, how many people know the Martha Raye rendition of the song from its source film? Well, here it is:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t79oucg-TBs?si=KO03UpmcTQjt1oOD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s Only Money\u201d from \u201cDouble Dynamite\u201d (1951)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This RKO film was shot in 1948 but not released until 1951 \u2013 a delay created by Howard Hughes\u2019 purchase of the studio. And while Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx are endearing in this funny Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn song, we must admit this could be the worst rear projection effects are among the most worst in Hollywood history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eWGBVs-NXyg?si=qOLbWTIF-1qJnhn5\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n\u201cOnce in Love with Amy\u201d from \u201cWhere\u2019s Charley?\u201d (1952)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The film adaptation of Frank Loesser\u2019s musical adaptation of \u201cCharley\u2019s Aunt\u201d has been out of circulation for so many years that most people have never seen it, and perhaps didn\u2019t know it existed. \u201cWhere\u2019s Charley?\u201d was a popular film in its day, and Ray Bolger\u2019s rendition of this tune became his theme song for many years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gBneTft6qts?si=NqMKaBueFNnxlGBQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cUnchained Melody\u201d from \u201cUnchained\u201d (1955)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You probably know \u201cUnchained Melody\u201d from the melodramatic version by the Righteous Brothers, but the song was first heard in this plaintive interpretation by the great opera baritone Todd Duncan in this B-level movie set in a medium security prison.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G11mDi_LXe8?si=SnyeBRXNmyY12x5e\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI&#8217;m Going to Scotland\u201d from \u201cLet&#8217;s Be Happy\u201d (1957) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vivacious Vera-Ellen concluded her film career with this British musical where she plays a Vermont resident who travels to her ancestral homeland in Scotland. Vera-Ellen was a peerless dancer, but she was not the best singer \u2013 the voice you hear in this clip was dubbed by Joan Small.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o7_CfKymQdw?si=4rMHYDsf9LO3cjO-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHas Anybody Seen Our Ship?\u201d from \u201cStar!\u201d (1968)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStar!\u201d was a critical and commercial disappointment when it was first released in the U.S. in 1968, but over time there has been a greater appreciation of the film. Certainly, this number was a highlight, with Julie Andrews and Daniel Massey recreating one of the classic stage revue sketches by Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zpoIOFghtks?si=4Y-f7vOCmO7dLqWz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n\u201cMarieke\u201d from \u201cJacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris\u201d (1975<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>This American Film Theatre adaptation of the Off-Broadway musical predated MTV in its use of surreal and jolting imagery in the visualization of songs. The great stage and cabaret singer Elly Stone gave her only film performance in this production, offering Brel\u2019s song in English and Dutch lyrics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o_wHuw9ze4Q?si=6KevOEMvmZ9QMhPb\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLucy in the Sky with Diamonds\u201d from \u201cAll This and World War II\u201d (1976)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This film had one of the strangest concepts of all time \u2013 cover versions of Beatles songs presented against newsreel footage from World War II. The sole hit tune from the soundtrack was this Elton John spin on the psychedelic classic, which was presented against the aerial warfare of the 1940s conflict.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fcfgmP_Ry8s?si=8RI66f5oax7Nzajx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Martha Raye performing &#8220;Pig Foot Pete&#8221; in &#8220;Keep &#8216;Em Flying&#8221; (1941).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, we\u2019re back with yet another slate of fun musical numbers from films that you may not have seen or even heard about. So, pay close attention as we set the Wayback Machine to a time when the big screen was routinely filled with song and dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":50071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1369],"tags":[3532,3858,1956,2486,2491,3857,2000,3859],"class_list":["post-50070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retro-cinema","tag-beatles","tag-elly-stone","tag-frank-sinatra","tag-groucho-marx","tag-julie-andrews","tag-martha-raye","tag-musicals","tag-vera-ellen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50073,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50070\/revisions\/50073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}