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Harold Adamson (1906–1980)
Prolific composer and author, educated at the University of Kansas, and at Harvard University, where he wrote 'Hasty Pudding' shows. His Broadway stage scores include: "Smiles"; "Earl Carroll's Vanities" (1931); "Banjo Eyes"; and "As The Girls Go". For Jones Beach: "Around The World In Eighty Days". He came to Hollywood in 1933, writing many film ...
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Born:in Greenville, New Jersey, USADied:(age 73) in Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (201 credits)
2015
Countdown
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #73.21
(2015)
... (writer: "Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer" - uncredited)
2015
Stalker
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Love Hurts
(2015)
... (writer: "It's a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
2011
Land Girls
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Home to Roost
(2011)
... (lyrics: "On a Wing and a Prayer" - uncredited)
2011
Pan Am
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2011)
... (writer: "Around the World" - uncredited)
2011
20 to 1
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- TV's Funniest Neighbours
(2011)
... (writer: "I Love Lucy" - uncredited)
2009
Weeds
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- All About My Mom
(2009)
... (lyrics: "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "Chico Chico", "Dig You Later (A-Hubba Hubba Hubba)" - uncredited)
2007
Criminal Minds
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Lucky
(2007)
... (lyrics: "Sittin' in the Dark")
2006
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kiss Kiss, Bye Bye
(2006)
... (writer: "Where Are You" - uncredited)
2005
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2005)
... (writer: "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening")
2004
Ziegfeld Girl Intro
(Video documentary short) (writer: "She's A Follies Girl", "You Never Looked So Beautiful Before", "You")
1998
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
(writer: "Time On My Hands" - as Adamson)
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "True to the Navy")
1994
Seinfeld
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Chaperone
(1994)
... (lyrics: "It's a Most Unusual Day" - uncredited)
1993
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "Hear What My Heart Is Saying" (1935))
1993
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Secret Agent Super Dragon
(1993)
... (writer: "Around the World" - uncredited)
1987
The Charmings
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lillian Loses Her Powers
(1987)
... (writer: "I Love Lucy")
1977
Paesano: A Voice in the Night
(lyrics: "Music To Love By", "I Was Only Pretending", "Who Am I To Love You?", "In The Springtime Of Life")
1976
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 20 May 1976
(1976)
... (lyrics: "My Resistance is Low")
- Episode dated 6 May 1976
(1976)
... (lyrics: "My Resistance is Low")
1974
That's Entertainment!
(Documentary) (lyrics: "It's a Most Unusual Day" (1948), "Did I Remember" (1936), "Heigh-Ho, the Gang's All Here" (1933), "Let's Go Bavarian" (1933) - uncredited)
1970
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.21
(1970)
... (lyrics: "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" - uncredited)
1966
Where the Action Is
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.246
(1966)
... (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember" - uncredited)
1965
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.18
(1965)
... (lyrics: "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" - uncredited)
1964
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
(lyrics: "The Mr. Limpet March (Super Doodle Dandy)", "I Wish I Were a Fish", "Be Careful How You Wish", "Deep Rapture", "Hail To Henry Limpet")
The Jack Benny Program
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1962) (music - 1 episode, 1962)
- The Story of My Gang Comedy
(1962)
... (lyrics: "It's A Most Unusual Day" - uncredited) / (music: "It's A Most Unusual Day" - uncredited)
1955-1961
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(TV Series) (lyrics - 206 episodes)
- The Outlaws Cry Murder
(1961)
... (lyrics: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp")
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1961)
... (lyrics: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp")
- Just Before the Battle
(1961)
... (lyrics: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp")
- Wyatt's Brothers Join Up
(1961)
... (lyrics: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp")
- Requiem for Old Man Clanton
(1961)
... (lyrics: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp")
1957-1960
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Episode #13.10
(1960)
... (lyrics: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp" - uncredited)
- Episode #12.10
(1959)
... (lyrics: "Time on My Hands" - uncredited)
- Episode #10.4
(1957)
... (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember" - uncredited)
1960
Startime
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Soldiers in Greasepaint
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" - uncredited)
1958
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- You Gotta Be Miserable to Be Happy
(1958)
... (writer: "Around The World" - uncredited)
1958
This Is Your Life
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Harry Warren
(1958)
... (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember" - uncredited)
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(1957)
... (lyrics: "A Most Unusual Day")
1957
The Gisele MacKenzie Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1957)
... (lyrics: "An Affair to Remember" - uncredited)
1957
An Affair to Remember
(lyrics: "An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)", "Continué", "The Tiny Scout (He Knows You Inside Out)", "Tomorrow Land", "You Make It Easy To Be True")
1956
The Robert Q. Lewis Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 3 May 1956
(1956)
... (writer: "Too Young to Go Steady")
1955
Texaco Star Theatre
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #8.4
(1955)
... (lyrics: "Again" - uncredited)
1955
Ford Star Jubilee
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Together with Music
(1955)
... (lyrics: "Time on My Hands" - uncredited)
1955
Jupiter's Darling
(lyrics: "If This Be Slav'ry", "The Life Of An Elephant", "Never Trust A Woman", "I Had A Dream", "This Is What I Love", "Don't Let This Night Get Away", "Hannibal's Victory March")
1955
The Jane Froman Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Graduation Day
(1955)
... (lyrics: "It's a Most Unusual Day" - uncredited)
- Bonnie Scotland
... (lyrics: "It's a Most Unusual Day" - uncredited)
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(lyrics: "When Love Goes Wrong" (1953), "Anyone Here for Love?" (1953)) / (music: "When Love Goes Wrong" (1953), "Anyone Here for Love?" (1953))
1952
I Love Lucy
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Lucy Is Enceinte
(1952)
... (lyrics: "We're Having a Baby" - uncredited)
1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway
(lyrics: "You Send Me" - uncredited) / (writer: "Eighty Miles Outside of Atlanta" - uncredited)
1948
A Date with Judy
(writer: "Its a Most Unusual Day", "Its a Most Unusual Day" (Reprise #1), "Its a Most Unusual Day" (Reprise #2 - Finale))
1948
If You Knew Susie
(lyrics: "What Do I Want with Money" (1948), "My, How the Time Goes By" (1948))
1947
Hit Parade of 1947
(lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have That Dream Right Now", "Is Anybody Here From Texas", "It Could Happen To Me", "The Cats are Going to the Dogs", "Couldn't Be More in Love", "The Customer Is Always Wrong")
1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
(lyrics: "Hushabye Island" (1947), "I Miss That Feeling" (1947), "Life Can Be Beautiful" (1947), "When Love is Young" (1937) (uncredited))
1947
Calendar Girl
(lyrics: "Calendar Girl", "New York is a Nice Place to Visit", "Let's Have Some Pretzels and Beer", "A Lovely Night To Go Dancing", "Have I Told You Lately? (I'm Telling You Now)", "At the Fireman's Ball" - uncredited) / (writer: "A Bluebird is Singing to Me" - uncredited)
1946
Criminal Court
(lyrics: "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening", "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" - uncredited)
1946
Ding Dong Williams
(lyrics: "I Saw You First" (1943), "Candlelight and Wine" (1943) - uncredited)
1945
Doll Face
(lyrics: "Somebody's Walking in My Dream", "Red Hot and Beautiful", "Here Comes Heaven Again", "Dig You Later (A-Hubba Hubba Hubba)", "Chico Chico" - uncredited)
1945
Radio Stars on Parade
(lyrics: "Don't Believe Everything You Dream", "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night")
1945
Nob Hill
(lyrics: "I Don't Care Who Knows It", "I Walked Right in With My Eyes Wide Open", "Touring San Francisco" - uncredited)
1945
Bring on the Girls
(lyrics: "You Moved Right In", "Bring On the Girls", "If It Could Happen", "How'd You Like to Take My Picture?", "Uncle Sammy Hit Miami", "True to the Navy", "I'm Gonna Hate Myself in the Morning")
1944
Something for the Boys
(lyrics: "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?", "I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY GOODNIGHT", "EIGHTY MILES OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA", "IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE", "CLIMBIN' UP DEM GOLDEN STAIRS", "SAMBA-BOOGIE") / (writer: "SOUTHLAND")
1944
Bathing Beauty
(lyrics: "I'll Take the High Note" (1943) (uncredited), "Bim, Bam, Bum" (1935)) / (music: "Bim, Bam, Bum" (1935))
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
(lyrics: "How Blue the Night", "You Send Me", "How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?", "Crazy Me" - uncredited)
1943
Higher and Higher
(lyrics: "It's a Most Important Affair" (1943), "Today I'm a Debutante" (1943), "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" (1943), "The Music Stopped" (1943), "I Saw You First" (1943), "Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (1943), "You're On Your Own" (1943), "Minuet in Boogie" (1943))
1943
Around the World
(lyrics: "Don't Believe Everything You Dream", "They Just Chopped Down the Old Apple Tree", "The Moke from Shamokin'", "Candlelight and Wine", "He's Got a Secret Weapon", "Roodle-ee-doo", "Great News in the Makin'" - uncredited)
1943
Hit Parade of 1943
(lyrics: "Tahm-Boom-Bah", "That's How to Write a Song", "Harlem Sandman", "Change of Heart" - uncredited)
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
(lyrics: "You Never Looked So Beautiful" (1936), "You Gotta Pull Strings" (1936) - uncredited)
1938
That Certain Age
(lyrics: "My Own", "That Certain Age", "Be a Good Scout", "You're as Pretty as a Picture")
1938
Mad About Music
(lyrics: "A Serenade to the Stars", "Chapel Bells", "I Love to Whistle", "I Love to Whistle (Reprise)" (uncredited), "A Serenade to the Stars (Reprise)" (uncredited))
1937
You're a Sweetheart
(lyrics: "You're a Sweetheart", "Broadway Jamboree", "My Fine Feathered Friend", "Oh, Oh, Oklahoma", "Who Killed Maggie?")
1937
Hitting a New High
(lyrics: "I Hit a New High" (1937), "This Never Happened Before" (1937), "Let's Give Love Another Chance" (1937))
1937
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
(lyrics: "I'm In My Glory", "More Power to You", "You're My Dish", "Six of One and a Half-Dozen of the Other")
1937
Top of the Town
(lyrics: "Where Are You?", "Blame It on the Rhumba", "Jamboree", "Top of the Town", "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On", "There Are No Two Ways About It", "Fireman, Fireman Save My Child", "Post Office (I've Got To Be Kissed)")
1936
Banjo on My Knee
(lyrics: "Where the Lazy River Goes By" (1936), "There's Something in the Air" (1936), "With a Banjo on My Knee" (1936))
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
(lyrics: "You Gotta Pull Strings" (1936), "She's a Follies Girl" (1936), "You" (1936), "You Never Looked So Beautiful" (1936), "Queen of the Jungle" (1936), "It's Been So Long" (1935) - uncredited)
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
(lyrics: "There's a Home in the Mountains" (1936), "There's No Two Ways About It" (1936) - uncredited)
1935
Reckless
(lyrics: "Trocadero" (1934) (uncredited), "Ev'rything's Been Done Before" (1935), "Hear What My Heart Is Saying" (1935))
1934
Kid Millions
(lyrics: "I Want to Be a Minstrel Man" (1934), "Your Head on My Shoulder" (1934) - uncredited)
1934
Strictly Dynamite
(lyrics: "Swing It Sister" (1932), "Oh, Me! Oh, My! Oh, You!" (1933) - uncredited) / (writer: "I'm Putty in Your Hands" (1933) - uncredited)
1934
Bottoms Up
(lyrics: "Little Did I Dream", "Turn on the Moon", "I'm Throwing My Love Away" - uncredited)
1933
Dancing Lady
(lyrics: "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1933), "Heigh-Ho, the Gang's All Here" (1933), "Let's Go Bavarian" (1933))
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Stage Play: As the Girls Go. Musical comedy. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Harold Adamson [final Broadway credit]. Book by William Roos. Vocal Director: Hugh Martin. Music arranged by Hugh Martin. Music orchestrated by Ted Royal. Conducted by Max Meth. Music Contractor: Jack Saunders. Costume Design by Oleg Cassini. Choreographed by ... See more »
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