Composer Harold Arlen Sings Plays Piano, 1954

Circa 1954 Harold Arlen plays and sings his songs on the Colgate Comedy Hour, assisted by Connie Russell, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Cantor (host). Medley of Harold Arlen songs: It s Only A Paper Moon (HA), Somewhere Over The Rainbow (CR), Accentuate the Positive (EC), One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (HA piano), Come Rain Or Come Shine (FS), I ve Got The World On A String (FS), That Old Black Magic (FS), Get Happy (ensemble), Blues In The Night (CR), Let s Fall In Love (HA), I Love A Parade (EC). Musical direction by Al Goodman. Followed by short exchange between Eddie Fisher and Frank Sinatra. Commercial for Palmolive Soap. Arlen songs cowritten with Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, and E. Y. (Yip)