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Johnny Burke (II) (1908–1964)
Songwriter ("Swinging on a Star" [Academy Award, 1944], "What's New?", "Oh, You Crazy Moon"), producer, director and author, educated at the University of Wisconsin and Crane College. He joined the staff of music publishing companies in New York and Chicago, then went to Hollywood under contract to Paramount Studios. Joining ASCAP in 1932, he ...
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Born:in Antioch, California, USADied:(age 55) in New York City, New York, USA |
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Soundtrack (220 credits)
2016
Bates Motel
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Goodnight, Mother
(2016)
... (lyrics: "Chicago Style" - uncredited)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Ben Affleck/Kate Walsh/Tony Bennett
(2014)
... (lyrics: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
2013
Bi no tsubo
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tokyo no mizube
(2013)
... (writer: "It Could Happen To You")
2012
The Walking Dead
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- When the Dead Come Knocking
(2012)
... (lyrics: "It Could Happen to You" - uncredited)
2010
Mafia II
(Video Game) (lyrics: "I HAVEN'T TIME TO BE A MILLIONAIRE", "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN", "THE PESSIMISTIC CHARACTER") / (music: "I HAVEN'T TIME TO BE A MILLIONAIRE", "THE PESSIMISTIC CHARACTER") / (writer: "I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS" - as Burke)
2009
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.24
(2009)
... (writer: "Tot és gris")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "The Merry Go Runaround" - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "Rhythm on the River", "That's for Me", "Only Forever" - uncredited)
2007
The War
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944
(2007)
... (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven")
2007
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Viña 2007: Noche 2
(2007)
... (writer: "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited)
2006
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven")
2005
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Sarah Vaughan
(Video) (lyrics: "Here's That Rainy Day", "Misty" - uncredited)
2004
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
(2004)
... (writer: "Pennies From Heaven")
Becker
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2004) (writer - 1 episode, 1999)
- Margaret Sings the Blues
(2004)
... (lyrics: "It Could Happen to You" - uncredited)
- Love! Lies! Bleeding!
(1999)
... (writer: "Moonlight Becomes You" - uncredited)
2001
Dean Martin: That's Amore
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven", "Aren't You Glad You're You")
2000
Family Guy
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Road to Rhode Island
(2000)
... (lyrics: "The Road to Rhode Island" - uncredited)
1999
Ally McBeal
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Troubled Water
(1999)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star")
1990-1998
Stars in Their Eyes
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #9.8
(1998)
... (writer: "Misty")
- Episode #1.5
(1990)
... (writer: "Misty")
1995
Tohuwabohu
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Op. (Opossum) 21
(1995)
... (lyrics: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
1992
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- City Limits
(1992)
... (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven")
Cheers
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 1986 - 1991) (writer - 1 episode, 1984)
- Baby Balk
(1991)
... (lyrics: "Misty" - uncredited)
- Cliffie's Big Score
(1986)
... (lyrics: "Misty" - uncredited)
- Fairy Tales Can Come True
(1984)
... (writer: "Misty" - uncredited)
1989
Designing Women
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- You Got to Have Friends
(1989)
... (writer: "Misty")
1989
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
(1989)
... (lyrics: "Skeleton in the Closet")
1985
Magnum, P.I.
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Man from Marseilles
(1985)
... (lyrics: "Misty" - uncredited)
1984
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Farm Show
(1984)
... (writer: "Would You Like to Swing on A Star?")
1983
Emu's World
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.5
(1983)
... (lyrics: "Busy Doing Nothing")
1979
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 29 March 1979
(1979)
... (writer: "Imagination")
1979
Happy Days
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Married Strangers
(1979)
... (lyrics: "Moonlight Becomes You" - uncredited)
1978
Good Times
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Traveling Christmas
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Misty" - uncredited)
1978
Pennies from Heaven
(TV Mini-Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Says My Heart
(1978)
... (lyrics: "The Moon Got in My Eyes", "Pennies from Heaven" - uncredited)
- Better Think Twice
(1978)
... (lyrics: "So Do I" - uncredited)
- Down Sunnyside Lane
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven" - uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Karen Black/John Prine
(1976)
... (writer: "Pennies From Heaven")
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 27 October 1975
(1975)
... (writer: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
1974
Van Oekel's Discohoek
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1974)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star")
1972
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
(TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(1972)
... ("Here's That Rainy Day")
1971
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall
(TV Special) (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven" - uncredited)
1969
Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.2
(1969)
... (lyrics: "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" - uncredited)
1969
The Mike Douglas Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 8 July 1969
(1969)
... (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven" - uncredited)
1969
In Melbourne Tonight
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 28 January 1969
(1969)
... (writer: "Imagination")
1968
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited)
1967-1968
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.28
(1968)
... (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.25
(1967)
... (lyrics: "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" - uncredited)
1967
Center Stage
(TV Mini-Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special
(1967)
... (lyrics: "Aren't You Glad You're You?")
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.14
(1966)
... (lyrics: "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited)
1966
The Monkees
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Here Come the Monkees
(1966)
... (writer: "Pennies from Heaven" (instrumental))
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
(1966)
... (writer: "Pennies from Heaven" (instrumental))
1966
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Waiting for Joe
(1966)
... (writer: "Pennies From Heaven")
1965
Shindig!
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #2.29
(1965)
... (lyrics: "Misty")
- Episode #2.21
(1965)
... (lyrics: "Here's That Rainy Day")
1964
The Dodge Dancing Party
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.31
(1964)
... (lyrics: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
1963
The Jimmy Dean Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 21 November 1963
(1963)
... (lyrics: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
(1962)
... (lyrics: "Harmony" - uncredited)
1961
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.1
(1961)
... (lyrics: "Polka Dots and Moonbeams")
- Episode #1.10
(1961)
... (lyrics: "Life Is So Peculiar" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.3
... (lyrics: "What's New")
1957-1960
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Kathy and the Glamour Girl
(1960)
... (lyrics: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
- Danny Meets Kathy
(1957)
... (lyrics: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
1958-1960
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 4 episodes)
- Episode #12.30
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Country Style" - uncredited)
- Episode #12.14
(1960)
... (lyrics: "My Heart Is a Hobo", "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", "You Don't Have to Know the Language" - uncredited)
- Episode #11.19
(1959)
... (lyrics: "Pennies From Heaven" - uncredited)
- Episode #10.19
(1958)
... (lyrics: "It Could Happen to You" - uncredited)
1960
Startime
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Academy Award Songs
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
(TV Special) (lyrics: "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited)
1959
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Rosemary Clooney
(1959)
... (lyrics: "Personality" - uncredited)
1958
Peter Gunn
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Torch
(1958)
... (writer: "It Could Happen to You")
1958
Jazz Party
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.19
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Pennies from Heaven" - uncredited)
1957
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Dean Martin
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Sunday, Monday or Always" - uncredited)
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
1957
The Edsel Show
(TV Special) (lyrics: "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco", "Swinging on a Star", "Sunday, Monday or Always" - uncredited)
1956-1957
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.17
(1957)
... (lyrics: "This Is My Night to Dream")
- Episode #1.3
(1956)
... (lyrics: "Early American")
1956
The Rosemary Clooney Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.22
(1956)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star")
1956
The Vagabond King
("This Same Heart", "Bon Jour", "Vive La You", "Comparisons", "Watch Out For The Devil")
1953
Little Boy Lost
(lyrics: "The Magic Window", "Cela M'est Egal-If It's All the Same To You", "A Propos de Rien")
1952
Road to Bali
(lyrics: "CHICAGO STYLE", "MOON FLOWERS", "HOOT MON", "TO SEE YOU", "THE MERRY GO RUNAROUND")
1950
Riding High
(lyrics: "We've Got a Sure Thing" (1950), "Someplace on Anywhere Road" (1950), "Sunshine Cake" (1950), "The Horse Told Me" (1950) - uncredited)
1949
Texaco Star Theatre Starring Milton Berle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.11
(1949)
... (writer: "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" - uncredited)
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(lyrics: "IF YOU STUB YOUR TOE ON THE MOON", "WHEN IS SOMETIME?", "ONCE AND FOR ALWAYS", "BUSY DOING NOTHING")
1948
The Emperor Waltz
(lyrics: "The Kiss in Your Eyes", "Friendly Mountains", "The Emperor Waltz", "Get Yourself a Phonograph")
1947
Road to Rio
(writer: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THE LANGUAGE", "EXPERIENCE", "BUT BEAUTIFUL", "APALACHICOLA, FLA", "FOR WHAT?")
1947
Welcome Stranger
(lyrics: "SMILE RIGHT BACK AT THE SUN", "COUNTRY STYLE", "MY HEART IS A HOBO", "AS LONG AS I'M DREAMING", "SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAINE")
1946
Cross My Heart
(lyrics: "THAT LITTLE DREAM GOT NOWHERE", "HOW DO YOU DO IT", "LOVE IS THE DARNDEST THING", "It Hasn't Been Chilly in Chile", "Does Baby Feel Alright?")
1946
London Town
(lyrics: "You Can't Keep a Good Dreamer Down", "The 'Ampstead Way", "Any Way the Wind Blows", "So Would I", "My Heart Goes Crazy", "If Spring were only here to stay")
1946
Community Sing 7659: Aren't You Glad You're You
(Short) (lyrics: "Aren't You Glad You're You?")
1945
Road to Utopia
(lyrics: "Put It There, Pal" (1946), "It's Anybody's Spring" (1946), "Sunday, Monday or Always" (1943), "Good Time Charlie" (1946), "Personality" (1946), "Welcome to My Dream" (1946), "Would You?" (1946))
1944
Belle of the Yukon
(writer: "Like Someone in Love", "I Can't Tell Why I Love You", "Sleigh Ride in July", "Every Girl Is Different")
1944
Going My Way
(lyrics: "Going My Way" (1944), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), "The Day After Forever" (1944), "Hail Alma Mater" (1944) (uncredited))
1944
And the Angels Sing
(writer: "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU", "HIS ROCKING HORSE RAN AWAY", "BLUEBIRDS IN MY BELFRY", "FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS", "KNOCKING ON YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR", "MY HEART'S WRAPPED UP IN GINGHAM", "WHEN STANISLAUS GOT MARRIED", "HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?")
1943
Dixie
(lyrics: "SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS", "SHE'S FROM MISSOURI", "MISS JEMIMA WALKS BY", "IF YOU PLEASE", "KINDA PECULIAR BROWN", "A HORSE THAT KNOWS HIS WAY BACK HOME")
1942
Road to Morocco
(lyrics: " (We're Off on the) Road to Morocco" (1942), "Ain't Got a Dime to My Name (Ho Hum)" (1942), "Constantly" (1942), "Moonlight Becomes You" (1942), "Aladdin's Daughter" (1942))
1941
Playmates
(lyrics: "How Long Did I Dream" (1941), "Thank Your Lucky Stars and Stripes" (1941), "Romeo Smith and Juliet Jones" (1941), "Humpty Dumpty Heart" (1941), "Que Chica" (1941))
1941
Road to Zanzibar
(lyrics: "ROAD TO ZANZIBAR", "YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU", "AFRICAN ETUDE", "YOU'RE DANGEROUS", "IT'S ALWAYS YOU" - uncredited)
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
(lyrics: "Isn't That Just Like Love", "Do You Know Why", "Dearest, Darest I")
1940
Rhythm on the River
(lyrics: "Ain't It a Shame About Mame", "Only Forever", "Rhythm on the River", "When the Moon Comes Over Madison Square Garden", "What Would Shakespeare Have Said?", "That's for Me" - uncredited)
1940
If I Had My Way
("April Played the Fiddle", uncredited) / (lyrics: "I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire", "Meet The Sun Halfway", "The Pessimistic Character (With The Crab Apple Face)", "Meet The Sun Halfway" (reprise))
1940
Road to Singapore
(lyrics: "Too Romantic" (1940), "Sweet Potato Piper" (1940), "Kaigoon" (1940), "The Moon and the Willow Tree" (1940), "Captain Custard" (1940))
1939
The Star Maker
(lyrics: "A Man and His Dreams", "Go Fly a Kite", "An Apple for the Teacher", "Still the Bluebird Sings")
1939
East Side of Heaven
(writer: "East Side of Heaven", "Hang You Heart on a Hickory Limb", "Sing a Song of Sunbeams")
1938
Sing, You Sinners
(lyrics: "DON'T LET THAT MOON GET AWAY", "I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS", "LAUGH AND CALL IT LOVE" - as John Burke)
1937
Double or Nothing
(lyrics: "The Moon Got in My Eyes", "It's the Natural Thing to Do", "Double or Nothing", "All You Want to Do Is Dance" - uncredited)
1936
Pennies from Heaven
(lyrics: "Pennies From Heaven" (1936), "Skeleton in the Closet" (1936), "So Do I" (1936), "One Two Button Your Shoe" (1936), "Let's Call a Heart a Heart" (1936))
1936
Go West Young Man
(lyrics: "ON A TYPICAL TROPICAL NIGHT", "I WAS SAYING TO THE MOON", "GO WEST, YOUNG MAN", "MOMENT")
1933
Strange Case of Hennessy
(Short) (lyrics: "I Always Get My Man", "I Knew I'd Find You", "Make a Note of It", "I Thought I Heard a Noise" - uncredited)
1930
Rough Romance
(writer: "The Song of the Lumberjack", "Nobody Knows", "She's Somebody's Baby" - as John Burke)
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Nellie Bly (1946). Musical. Music by Jimmy Van Heusen. Material by Joseph Quillan. Lyrics by Johnny Burke. Musical Director: Charles Drury. Choreography by Edward Caton and Lee Sherman. Directed by Edgar MacGregor. Adelphi Theatre: 21 Jan 1946- 2 Feb 1946 (16 performances). Cast: Walter Armin (as "Pulitzer" and "French Mayor"),... See more »
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