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), Ac-cen-tuate 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 co-written with Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, and E.Y. (Yip) Harburg.