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Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" is a 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. [1] It first appeared in the Marx Brothers film At the Circus (1939) and became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes. It subsequently appeared in the movie The Philadelphia Story (1940), sung by Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord.
At the Circus is a 1939 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which they help save a circus from bankruptcy. The film contains Groucho Marx's classic rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, and Eve Arden.
Captain Spaulding is mentioned in the song "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. Groucho performs the song in the Marx Bros. film, At the Circus (1939); Virginia Weidler also sings it in The Philadelphia Story (1940). "Hello, I Must Be Going" became a theme in Oliver Stone's miniseries Wild Palms.
Lydia the Tattooed Lady This page was last edited on 27 March 2021, at 12:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ... Category: Groucho Marx songs.
Throughout his career Marx introduced a number of memorable songs in films, including "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" and "Hello, I Must Be Going", in Animal Crackers, "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It", "Everyone Says I Love You" and "Lydia the Tattooed Lady".
In the 1939 Marx Brothers' film At the Circus, J. Cheever Loophole (also played by Groucho Marx) sings a rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" and one line references Lydia having a tattoo of Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Wallowitch performed and recorded the song “Hillary Oh Hillary,” for Hillary Clinton during her run for U.S. Senate. Henry and Bobbie Shaffner, veteran members of ASCAP, wrote the lyrics and set them to the tune of the old Groucho Marx song, “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady”. Wallowitch and the Shaffners were inspired to write it after Clinton ...
Ol' Brown Ears Is Back features Jim Henson performing songs as Muppet Rowlf the Dog. The tracks include "Lydia the Tattooed Lady", a song composed by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg that first appeared in the 1939 film At the Circus, in which it was performed by Groucho Marx; [4] [better source needed] "Eight Little Notes", a song that includes a rendition of "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven ...