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Music in the vaudeville shows

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Gus Edwards' Postal Telegraph Boys (1906b)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Farewell Killarney Gus Edwards Edward Madden Groucho Marx  Farewell Killarney 

Home Again (1914)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
How Can I Marry One Little Girl When I'm In Love With Them All Leo Marks & Fred Fisher Leo Marks & Fred Fisher  The sheet music shows what seems to be a 1936 adaptation. (from whyaduck.com:) According to Ira Doldnick, the chorus is similar in both tunes, but they're otherwise quite different. How Can I Marry One Little Girl When I'm In Love With Them All 
Do Not Say Good-Bye Leonard Marx Leonard Marx   Do Not Say Good-Bye 
The Little Grey Mother, Who Waits All Alone      
Sweet Kentucky Lady      
Walking Thru Lover's Lane      

The Street Cinderella (1918)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Sailin' Away on the Henry Clay Egbert Van Alstyne Gus Kahn   Sailin' Away on the Henry Clay 

I'll say she is (1923)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Do It Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone Edward Metcalfe and Girls   
Pretty Girl Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone Marx Brothers, Metcalfe, Gardiner, Corbett, Darby   
Give Me A Thrill Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone  (same as below?)  
The Thrill of Love Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone  (same as above?)  
Only You Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone Miles  Only You 
When The Shadows Fall Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone Darby   
Break Into Your Heart Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone    
San Toy Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone    
(I'm Saving For A) Rainy Day Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone    
Beauty's Dress Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone    
Wall Street Blues Tom Johnstone Will B. Johnstone    
Glimpses of the Moon Tom Johnstone Phil Cook    
The Wonderful Nile (or) The Wonderful River      

The Cocoanuts (1925)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Why Do You Want To Know Why? Irving Berlin Irving Berlin   Why Do You Want To Know Why? 
Ting-a-ling The Bells'll Ring Irving Berlin Irving Berlin   Ting-a-ling The Bells'll Ring 
Everyone In The Word Is Doing The Charleston Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
Gentlemen Prefer Blonds Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
Florida By The Sea Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
The Monkey Doodle-doo Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
Lucky Boy Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
Tango Melody Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
Five O'Clock Tea Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
We Should Care Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
A Little Bungalow Irving Berlin Irving Berlin   A Little Bungalow 
The Tale Of A Shirt   Ruysdael, Company   
The Tale Of A Shirt "Piano Speciality"   Chico Marx   
The Tale Of A Shirt "Harp Speciality"   Harpo Marx   

Animal Crackers (1928)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Watching the Clouds Roll By Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Mary and John  Watching the Clouds Roll By 
Who's Been List'ning To My Heart Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Mary and John  Who's Been List'ning To My Heart 

Music in the movies

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The Cocoanuts (1929)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
Flo-Florida By The Sea Irving Berlin Irving Berlin    
When My Dreams Come True Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw  When My Dreams Come True 
When My Dreams Come True Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Harpo   
Monkey Doodle Doo Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Mary Eaton   
Dance of the Cocoanuts and reprise of When my dreams... Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Mary Eaton   
I want my shirt Bizet Bizet  sung to the music of the Toreador Song from Carmen  
Gypsy Love Song or A cup of coffee, a sandwich and You Verdi Verdi  from Aida  
I-Eat-A (Piano solo) Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Chico   

Animal Crackers (1930)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Butler's song Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Hooray For Captain Spaulding Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Groucho, Cast   
Somewhere My Love Live Sleepin' Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Main Title Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Why am I so Romantic 1 Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Why am I so Romantic 2 Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
End Title Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    

Monkey Business (1931)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title      
Sweet Adeline      
Classical Excerpt      
Potpourri      
O Sole Mio      
Sugar In The Morning      
Harp Theme      
End Title      
What follows is a listing from the movie's script. I will try to work out how this matches to title names above      
Monkey Business Prelude #2 John M. Leipold John M. Leipold    
I'm Happy Over You Chico Marx, Violinsky Chico Marx, Violinsky    
Sweet Adeline Henry Gerard, Henry Armstrong Henry Gerard, Henry Armstrong    
Improvising      
Sailor's Hornpipe      
I'm Daffy Over You Chico Marx, Violinsky Chico Marx, Violinsky    
Just One More Chance Coslow, Johnson Coslow, Johnson    
Volga Boat Song Trad. Russian Trad. Russian    
Dixie D. D. Emmett D. D. Emmett    
Argentina Rainger, Leipold Rainger, Leipold    
I'm Daffy Over You Chico Marx, Violinsky Chico Marx, Violinsky    
Argentina Rainger, Leipold Rainger, Leipold    
(Whistle)      
Just One More Chance Coslow, Johnson Coslow, Johnson    
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me Fain, Norman, Kahal Fain, Norman, Kahal    
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me Fain, Norman, Kahal Fain, Norman, Kahal    
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me Fain, Norman, Kahal Fain, Norman, Kahal    
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me Fain, Norman, Kahal Fain, Norman, Kahal    
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me Fain, Norman, Kahal Fain, Norman, Kahal    

Horse Feathers (1932)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
I'm against it Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Everyone Says I Love You 1 Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Everyone Says I Love You 2 Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Ev'ryone Says "I Love You" Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar Groucho  Ev'ryone Says  
Everyone Says I Love You Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Harpo   
End Title Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    

Duck Soup (1933)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
His Excellency Is Due Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Hymn to Freedonia Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
Freedonia Is Going To War Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    
End Title Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby    

A Night at the Opera (1935)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Herbert Stothart Herbert Stothart    
Alone Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed Allan Jones / Kitty Carlisle  Alone 
Italian Potpurri Herbert Stothart Herbert Stothart    
Cosi Cosa Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann Ned Washington   Cosi Cosa 
Piano Theme Herbert Stothart Herbert Stothart    
All I do is Dream of You Herbert Stothart Herbert Stothart    
Il Trovatore Verdi Verdi    
End Title Herbert Stothart Herbert Stothart    

A Day at the Races (1937)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn    
Blue Venetian Water Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Allan Jones  Blue Venetian Water 
Who's that Man Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn    
Prelude In Do Mi, Op 23 Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn    
Blue Venetian Water Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn    
Tomorrow Is Another Day Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Allan Jones  Tomorrow Is Another Day 
A Message From The Man In The Moon Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Allan Jones  A Message From The Man In The Moon 
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Ivy Anderson  All God's Chillun Got Rhythm 
End Title Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn    

Room Service (1938)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
R.K.O. signature      
Main Title      
My Friend Going Back Home      
Traditional      
End Title      

At the Circus (1939)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Steep Up And Take A Bow 1 Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Two Blind Loves Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Train musique Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Beer Barrel Polka Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Frida Oum Papa Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Lydia the tattoed lady Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg   Lydia the tattoed lady 
Swingali Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Blue moon Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Two Blind Loves Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Circus Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
Steep up a take a bow Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    
End Title Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg    

Go West (1940)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title      
You can't argue with love Bronislau Kaper Bronislau Kaper    
You can't argue with love Bronislau Kaper Bronislau Kaper    
Rindin' the Range Roger Edens Roger Edens    
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean      
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean      
Land Of The Sky Blue Water Charles Wakefield Cadman Charles Wakefield Cadman    
As If I Didn't Know Bronislau Kaper Bronislau Kaper    
From the Land of the Sky Blue Water      

The Big Store (1941)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title      
If It's You Ben Oakland Milton Drake, Artie Shaw    
Sing While You Sell Hal Borne Sid Kuller, Hal Fimberg    
Harpo & Chico play Piano      
Mama Yo Quiero      
Piano Theme      
Harpo's bazar      
Classical Excerpt Bach Bach    
Tenement Symphony Hal Borne Sid Kuller, Hal Fimberg    
End Title      

A Night in Casablanca (1946)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Werner Janssen Werner Janssen    
Who's Sorry Now Ted Snyder Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby   Who's Sorry Now 
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Franz Liszt Franz Liszt Harpo played when Harpo finds the room with all the treasure  

Copacabana (1947)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Je Vous Aime Sam Coslow Sam Coslow    

Love Happy (1949)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Main Title Ann Ronell Ann Ronell    
Mama Wants To Know Who Stole The Jam Ann Ronell Ann Ronell    
Love 'N' Strip Ann Ronell Ann Ronell    

Other music

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Groucho Marx: The Funniest Song in the World (1949)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
The Funniest Song in the World   Groucho Marx   

Here's Groucho (1995)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Omaha, Nebraska   Groucho Marx   
Father's Day   Groucho Marx   
Go West Young Man   Groucho Marx   
How d'Ye Do And Shake Hands   Groucho Marx   
Dr Hackenbush   Groucho Marx   
Hooray For Captain Spaulding Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Groucho Marx   
Show Me a Rose   Groucho Marx   
Black Strap Molasses   Groucho Marx   

Unknown (1942)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Please Think Of Me   Chico Marx and his Orchestra  Please Think Of Me 

Unknown (1951)

TitleMusicLyricsPerformed byCommentsSheet Music
Guardian Angel Harpo Marx Gerda   Guardian Angel 

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