"Lullaby of Broadway" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1935.
The song was introduced by Wini Shaw in the musical film Gold Diggers of 1935 and, in an unusual move, it was used as background music in a sequence in the Bette Davis film Special Agent that same year. It won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra version was popular at the time of release. Also in 1...
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"Lullaby of Broadway" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1935.
The song was introduced by Wini Shaw in the musical film Gold Diggers of 1935 and, in an unusual move, it was used as background music in a sequence in the Bette Davis film Special Agent that same year. It won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra version was popular at the time of release. Also in 1936, it served as part of the background music of the Merrie Melodies cartoon Page Miss Glory, also based on a Dubin-Warren song.
Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song on her Verve release Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers, accompanied by the Frank DeVol Orchestra.
In 1951, Warner Brothers released a film of the same name starring Doris Day. The Day version, backed by Harry James orchestra, hit the Cashbox Top 50 the same year.
From 1959-1960, Lullaby of Broadway was the theme song of the syndicated television series, Johnny Midnight...
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