Songs


    During her career, Deanna Durbin recorded a great number of songs.  Most of these were featured in her films, though a few were not.  I have gathered below a list of songs recorded by Deanna.  The film it is from is listed (if applicable), as well as the composers, on which albums you can find the particular song and any other notes.  It should be noted that this listing only encompasses different songs, not different takes of the songs.  You will find that there are multiple versions of many.  It would thus be nearly impossible for me to list each one.  The information here has been gathered from a wide variety of sources, many of which differ on some points.  If you have any corrections or can help me with more information regarding any Deanna Durbin song, pleae e-mail me.

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"Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)"
Written by:  Unknown (Traditional)
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Kiss Me Again

"Alleluia"
Written by:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Featured in:   One Hundred Men and a Girl
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, The Fan Club

"Always"
Written by:  Irving Berlin
Featured in:   Christmas Holiday
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again

"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)"
Written by:  Albert Gamse, Joseph M. LaCalle
Featured in:   First Love
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"Americana"
Written by:  Con Conrad
Performed with:  Judy Garland
Featured in:  Every Sunday

"Annie Laurie"
Written by:  Lady John Douglas-Scott (Traditional)
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Kiss Me Again

"Any Moment Now"
Written by:  Jerome Kern, E.Y. Harburg
Featured in:   Can't Help Singing
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again

"Ave Maria"
Written by:  Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Bernard
Performed with:  the Vienna Boys Choir
Featured in:   Mad About Music
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

"Ave Maria"
Written by:  Schubert
Featured in:   It's a Date
Available on:   The Fan Club

- B -

"Be a Good Scout"
Written by:  Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Featured in:   That Certain Age

"Because"
Written by:  Edward Teschemacher, Guy D'Hardelot
Featured in:   Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

"Begin the Beguine"
Written by:  Cole Porter
Featured in:   Hers to Hold

"Beneath the Lights of Home (In a Little Old Sleepy Town)"
Written by:  Bernie Grossman, Walter Jurmann
Featured in:   Nice Girl?
Available on:   Can't Help Singing, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"Big, Wide Wonderful World"
Written by:  John Rox
Featured in:   For the Love of Mary
Notes:  Excised from film, but restored on home video version

"Blue Danube Dream"
Written by:  Johann Strauss II, Hans J. Salter, Gus Kahn
Featured in:   Spring Parade
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, The Best of Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"Brindisi"
From:  the opera "La Traviata"
Written by:  Giuseppe Verdi, Piave
Featured in:   One Hundred Men and a Girl
Available on:  Can't Help Singing, The Fan Club

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"Cal-i-for-ni-ay"
Written by:  Jerome Kern, E.Y. Harburg
Performed with:  Robert Paige and Cast
Featured in:   Can't Help Singing
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again

"Can't Help Singing"
Written by:  Jerome Kern, E.Y. Harburg
Performed with:  Robert Paige and Others
Featured in:   Can't Help Singing
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again

"Carousel in the Park"
Written by:  Sigmund Romberg, Fields
Performed with:  Dick Haymes
Featured in:   Up in Central Park

"Chapel Bells"
Written by:  Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Featured in:   Mad About Music

"Cielito Lindo (Beautiful Heaven)"
Written by:  C. Fernandez, Diaz
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Kiss Me Again

"Clavelitos"
Written by:  Verde
Featured in:   It Started with Eve

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"Danny Boy"
Written by:  Unknown (Traditional - Arr. Fred Weatherley)
Featured in:   Because of Him
Available on:   Movie Songs, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

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"Estrellita" (see "La Estrellita (My Little Star)")

- G -

"Give Me a Little Kiss"
Written by:  Pinkard, Turk, Smith
Featured in:   Lady on a Train
Available on:   Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" (see "Give Me a Little Kiss")

"God Bless America"
Written by:  Irving Berlin
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Kiss Me Again

"Goodbye"
Written by:  Tosti, Whyte, Melville
Featured in:   Because of Him
Available on:   Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"Going Home"
Written by:  Dvorak
Featured in:   It Started with Eve

"Granada"
Written by:  Augustin Lara, Dorothy Dodds
Featured in:   I'll Be Yours

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"Happy-Go-Lucky and Free"
Written by:  Unknown
Featured in:   Something in the Wind

"A Heart That's Free"
Written by:  Alfred G. Robyn, Thomas T. Railey
Featured in:   One Hundred Men and a Girl

"Home, Sweet Home"
Written by:  John Howard Payne, Sir Henry Bishop
Featured in:   First Love
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

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"Il Bacio (The Kiss)"
Written by:  Luigi Arditi, Aldghieri
Featured in:  Every Sunday, Three Smart Girls
Available on:  The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol 2., The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing:  Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing:  Original Film Soundtracks

"I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen"
Written by:  Thomas P. Westendorf
Featured in:   For the Love of Mary
Available on:   Movie Songs

"Il Miserere"
From:  the opera "Il Trovatore"
Performed with:  Jan Peerce
Written by:  Giuseppe Verdi
Featured in:   Something in the Wind
Notes:  Sung in English, instead of the original Italian

"I Love to Whistle"
Written by:  Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Featured in:   Mad About Music

"In the Spirit of the Moment"
Written by:  Bernie Grossman, Walter Jurmann
Featured in:   His Butler's Sister
Available on:   Movie Songs

"Invitation to the Dance"
Written by:  Weber, Henderson
Featured in:   Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Available on:   Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"It's Dream Time"
Written by:  Walter Schumann, Jack Brooks
Featured in:   I'll Be Yours

"It's Foolish But It's Fun"
Written by:  Gus Kahn, Robert Stolz
Featured in:   Spring Parade
Available on:   The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"It's Only Love"
Written by:  Johnny Green, Leo Robin
Featured in:   Something in the Wind
Available on:   Can't Help Singing, Kiss Me Again

"It's Raining Sunbeams"
Written by:  Sam Coslow, Frederick Hollander
Featured in:   One Hundred Men and a Girl
Available on:  Can't Help Singing, The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing:  Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

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"Juliette's Waltz Song (Je Veux Vivre)"
From:  the opera "Romeo et Juliette"
Written by:  Charles Gounod
Featured in:   That Certain Age

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"The Kiss" (see "Il Bacio (The Kiss)")

"Kiss Me Again"
Written by:  Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Kiss Me Again

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"La Capinera (the Wren)"
Written by: Sir Julius Benedict
Featured in: Three Smart Girls Grow Up

"La Estrellita (My Little Star)"
Written by:  Manuel M. Ponce
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Kiss Me Again

"Largo al Factotum"
From:  the opera "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"
Written by:  Rossini, Sterbini
Featured in:   For the Love of Mary

"The Last Rose of Summer"
Written by:  Thomas Moore, Richard Alfred Milliken
Featured in:   Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

"Les Filles de Cadiz (The Maids of Cadix)"
Written by:  Alfred de Musset, Leo Delibes
Featured in:   That Certain Age
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Kiss Me Again

"Loch Lomond"
Written by:  Unknown (Traditional)
Featured in:   It's a Date
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

"Love at Last"
Written by:  Jacques Press, Eddie Cherkose
Featured in:   Nice Girl?
Available on:   Can't Help Singing, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again

"Love is All"
Written by:  Harry Tobias, Pinky Tomlin
Featured in:   It's a Date
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

"Lover"
Written by:  Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Featured in:   Because of Him
Available on:   Movie Songs, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"Love's Old Sweet Song"
Written by:  James L. Molloy, G. Clifton Bingham
Featured in:   Not featured in any film.
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Kiss Me Again

"Love's Own Sweet Song"
Written by: Emmerich Kalman
Featured in: I'll Be Yours

"Lullaby"
Written by:  Unknown
Featured in:   The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

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"The Maids of Cadix" (see "Les Filles de Cadiz (The Maids of Cadix)")

"Mighty Lak' a Rose"
Written by:  Frank L. Stanton, Ethelbert Nevin
Featured in:   The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

"Moonlight Bay" (see "On Moonlight Bay")

"More and More"
Written by:  Jerome Kern, E.Y. Harburg
Featured in:   Can't Help Singing
Available on:   Can't Help Singing, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again
Notes:  Nominated for Best Song Academy Award in 1945, losing to "It Might as Well Be Spring" from State Fair.

"Musetta's Waltz Song (Quando M'en Vo Soletta)"
From:  Act Two of the opera "La Boheme"
Written by:  Giacomo Puccini, Giacosa, Illica
Featured in:   It's a Date
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

"My Heart is Singing"
Written by:  Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn
Featured in:   Three Smart Girls

"My Hero"
Written by:  Oscar Straus, Stanislaus Stange
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Kiss Me Again

"My Own"
Written by:  Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Featured in:   That Certain Age
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, The Platinum Collection: Hooray for Hollywood
Notes:  Nominated for Best Song Academy Award in 1938, losing to "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938.

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"Nessun Dorma"
From:  the opera "Turandot"
Written by:  Giacomo Puccini, Sam Lerner
Featured in:   His Butler's Sister
Available on:   Movie Songs
Notes:  Sung in English, instead of the original Italian

"Night and Day"
Written by:  Cole Porter
Featured in:   Lady on a Train
Available on:   Movie Songs, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

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"Oh Say Can You See"
Written by:  Sigmund Romberg, Fields
Featured in:   Up in Central Park

"The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)"
Written by:  Stephen Foster
Featured in:   Nice Girl?
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"The Old Refrain"
Written by:  Fritz Kreisler, Alice Mattullath, Fields
Featured in:   The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Available on:   Movie Songs, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"One Fine Day"
From:  the opera "Madama Butterfly"
Written by:  Giacomo Puccini, Giacosa, Illica
Featured in:   First Love
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944
Notes:  Sung in English, instead of the original Italian

"On Moonlight Bay"
Written by:  Edward Madden, Percy Wenrich
Featured in:   For the Love of Mary
Available on:   Movie Songs

- P -

"Pace, Pace Mio Dio"
From:  the opera "La Forza del Destino"
Written by:  Giuseppe Verdi
Featured in:   Up in Central Park

"Pale Hands - Kashmiri Song"
Written by:  Lawrence Hope, Amy Woodforde-Findlen
Featured in:   Hers to Hold

"Perhaps"
Written by:  Aldo Franchetti, Andres de Segurola
Featured in:   Nice Girl?
Available on:   The Best of Deanna DurbinCan't Help Singing, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"Poor Butterfly"
Written by:  John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Kiss Me Again

"The Prince" (see "Nessun Dorma")

- R -

"Russian Medley"
Written by:  Various (Arr. by Max Rabinowitsh)
Featured in:   His Butler's Sister
Available on:   Movie Songs

- S -

"Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There"
Written by:  Herb Magidson, Jimmy McHugh
Featured in:   Hers to Hold
Notes:  Nominated for Best Song Academy Award in 1943, losing to "You'll Never Know" from Hello, Frisco, Hello.

"The Seguidilla"
From:  the opera "Carmen"
Written by:  Georges Bizet
Featured in:   Hers to Hold

"A Serenade to the Stars"
Written by:  Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Featured in:   Mad About Music

"Silent Night, Holy Night"
Written by:  Franz Gruber, Mohr (Traditional)
Featured in:   Lady on a Train
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Kiss Me Again

"Someone to Care for Me"
Written by:  Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn
Featured in:   Three Smart Girls
Available on:   Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again

"Something in the Wind"
Written by:  Johnny Green, Leo Robin
Performed with:  the Williams Brothers
Featured in:   Something in the Wind
Available on:   Can't Help Singing, Kiss Me Again

"Spring in My Heart"
Written by:  Johann Strauss, Hans J. Salter, Ralph Freed
Featured in:   First Love
Available on:   Movie Songs, The Best of Deanna Durbin, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944

"Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year"
Written by:  Frank Loesser
Featured in:   Christmas Holiday
Available on:    Deanna Durbin, The Best of Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks, Kiss Me Again

"Swanee River" (see "The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)")

- T -

"Thank You, America"
Written by:  Bernie Grossman, Walter Jurmann
Featured in:   Nice Girl?

"That Certain Age"
Written by:  Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Performed with:  Cast
Featured in:   That Certain Age

"There'll Always Be an England"
Written by:  Parker, Charles
Featured in:   Nice Girl?
Notes:  Song used in place of "Thank You, America" for British release

"The Turntable Song ('Round an' 'Round an' 'Round)"
Written by:  Johnny Green, Leo Robin
Featured in:   Something in the Wind
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, The Best of Deanna Durbin, Kiss Me Again

- U -

"Un Bel Di" (see "One Fine Day")

- V -

"Viennese Waltz"
Written by:  Unknown
Featured in:   For the Love of Mary

"Vissi d'Arte"
From:  the opera "Tosca"
Written by:  Giacomo Puccini
Featured in:   The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

- W -

"Waltzing in the Clouds"
Written by:  Gus Kahn, Robert Stolz
Featured in:   Spring Parade
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks
Notes:  Nominated for Best Song Academy Award in 1940, losing to "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio.

"When April Sings"
Written by:  Gus Kahn, Robert Stolz
Featured in:   Spring Parade
Available on:   Deanna Durbin, Can't Help Singing, The Fan Club, Can't Help Singing: Her Greatest Recordings 1936-1944, Can't Help Singing: Original Film Soundtracks

"When I Sing"
Written by:  Tchaikovsky
Featured in:   It Started with Eve

"When the Roses Bloom Again"
Written by:  Walter Kent, Nat Burton
Featured in:  Not featured in any film
Available on:   The Best of Deanna Durbin, Vol. 2, Kiss Me Again

"When You're Away"
Written by:  Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom, Jr.
Featured in:   His Butler's Sister
Available on:   Movie Songs

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"You're as Pretty as a Picture"
Written by:  Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Featured in:   That Certain Age

"You Wanna Keep Your Baby Lookin' Right"
Written by:  Johnny Green, Leo Robin
Featured in:   Something in the Wind



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